Every time you cross a bridge, fasten a bolt or turn on a light in your home, you're relying upon the work of engineers in a world shaped continually by technology. The Takeaway's "Meeting the Standard" series sits you down with the people who create the standards for safety and compatibility for the tools we rely on daily. "Meeting the Standard" is one part public public service, one part democracy and two parts hard science and engineering—it explores standards for everything from nuclear power plants to the workout monitors and medical devices keeping you on top of those New Year's resolutions.
The challenges of helping large segments of the rural and undeveloped world are extremely complex. Joining The Takeaway in our fourth and final installment of our "Meeting the Standar...
eHealth has arrived and that means more gadgets, more devices, and more apps that can look inside our bodies and our lives. And if we want a shot at accuracy—or a chance of privacy—it...
As part of our second conversation in our "Meeting the Standard" series, The Takeaway sat down with Ken Balkey, consulting engineer at Westinghouse and senior vice president of ASME S...
All this week we are going to seat you next to people who might not have risky professions, but who quietly perform jobs as engineers—setting the standards for everything from nuts an...
