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TransCanada Alaska Co.'s (TC Alaska) proposed natural gas pipeline project is preferred by the Alaskan government more than BP and ConoPhillips' proposals. A license has yet to be given to the project, which could reach $30 billion, or $10 million more than TC Alaska's market capitalization. Details on the pipeline's projected revenue are discussed.

Howard P. Zinschlag received the Albert F. Sperry Founder Award for his pioneering work in automating silicon ingot growth. A description of the process and Zinschlag's other achievements are also included.

The increasing use and benefits of automated infrared (IR) imaging technology in high-temperature product making industries is discussed.

Fifty influential measurement and control individuals were selected, by over 80 individuals in the field in the early 21st century, to commemmorate InTech magazine's 50th anniversary.

Fluid Science Laboratory has joined the International Space Station to study the dynamics of fluid flow in zero gravity. Results of the experiments are expected to be useful in several engineering applications. The facilities and equipment to be used for the experiments are discussed.

IBM Multimedia Strategy: Platforms, Software, Partners, Add-Ons When promoting multimedia products, take a multi-pronged marketing strategy. That seems to be International Business Machines Corp.'s philosophy, as it plunges into a [...]

Wanted: Computer-Savvy Artists The 'Help Wanted' advertisements in the classified section of a typical Sunday newspaper tell the story. 'MAC ARTISTS (3), $30-40K, Ad agencies, Strng Quark, Adobe, Grt Typography, [...]

William Jeffrey, director of the US Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology, has been elected ISA Honorary Member for 2007 due to his work at NIST promoting the advancement of measurement science and standards.

Opinions of the executives and industry experts present at the ISA Expo 2003, about the manufacturing industry, its gaining momentum and the good times ahead have been discussed. The list of companies and their exhibits is also given.

NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center has developed a quality flowmeter and an ethernet-based data acquisition system that has commercial viability. Better sensitivity than existing capacitance sensors is one of the benefits of the flowmeter. The ethernet-based data acquisition technology, a low-cost system, uses standard TCP/IP to communicate to any PC.

Growing terrorism and the 2001 anthrax attacks have created a need for chemical and biological agent detectors with higher sensitivities, and the United States government has increased funding for product development.

Seybold Meeting Spotlights Windows, Workgroups, Color Pre-Press Action SAN JOSE, Calif. -- What are the 'in' things in desktop publishing and presentation-making? Windows 3.0, workgroups, color, compression and, unfortunately, recession [...]

K. Arvid Johanson has been given the ISA Life Achievement Award for his work as head of the Process Control Function Team at the Process Industry Practices Consortium, a task group made up of representatives from the manufacturing industry.

Chang-Dong Feng is awarded the Arnold O. Beckman Founder Award for his research in advanced electrochemical sensing and analysis instrumentation.

Software company Wonderware's former president and chairman, Peter Pitsker has won the ISA life achievement award.

Jerome Paros has won the Sperry award for developing a quartz crystal resonator sensor technology that can help detect Tsunamis.

Chemical industry UOP's chief Carlos Cabrera has won the ISA award for honorary member.

Zewu Chen has won the Beckman award for inventing x-ray based sulfur measurement and detection technology.

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Long-simmering divisions over the proposed Lufthansa settlement in agents' antitrust suit against major carriers came to the forefront last week as a U.S. District Court judge now [...]

Linux based systems are being used for seismic oil exploration. Oil and gas company Amerada Hess has replaced the exploration system from the existing IBM super computers with Linux, which proved to be easy to install and upgrade. WesternGeco, an imaging service provider also recently shifted to the Linux system.

Web services, a browser-based resource centre, use open standards like HTTP, XML and SOAP. The advantage that human-machine interface (HMI) has over web services is its faster real-time response. Many of the major manufacturers are trying to replace HMI with web services and a few of the implementations are described.

Avoiding PostScript pains Folio: To convert to desktop publishing and PostScript output, or not to convert. That is the question. And, warn many who have made the move or seriously [...]

YESTERDAY'S LANGUAGES BUILT TODAY'S SOFTWARE Even as the independent software industry this year celebrates two decades of unbundled life, 1989 marks another anniversary of historic proportions in software annals--the 35th […]

High-speed rendering technology that could bring interactive 3-D graphics to numerous mainstream Windows-based graphics applications is being marketed to U.S. software suppliers by a newly formed subsidiary of Canon Inc. [...]

Tektronix has tossed its big hat into the photorealistic, dye-sublimation color printer market with an under-$10,000 model designed for boardroom presentations, scientific imaging and high-quality graphics arts applications. Equipped with [...]

When AT&T Network Systems embarked on a systemwide program to improve quality throughout its national sales division, it decided a multimedia production was the best way to grab its employee's [...]

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-- Like bees to pollen, graphics and multimedia software suppliers are jumping aboard Silicon Graphics Inc.'s (SGI) new IRIS Indigo 3-D multimedia platform. Featuring a starting price tag [...]

The proposed natural gas pipeline in Alaska would dwarf the state's Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS), which was completed in 1977 and has transported more than 14 million barrels since then. The 48-inch pipeline, operated by Alyeska Pipeline Service Co., cost $8 million to build. Other details about TAPS are discussed.

The Space Shuttle Atlantis' launch attempt in December 6, 2007 was delayed due to the false readings by two of its liquid hydrogen tank engine cutoff sensors. A troubleshooting group was formed to find the cause of the problem and repair the sensor system. The cause of the false readings and the sensor system's new configuration are discussed.

Commodore Amiga, Multimedia Vet, Aids in Presentations, Training While many see 'multimedia' as the hot new buzzword for the 90s, it's old hat to veteran Commodore Business Machines Inc., which [...]

DALLAS - As Texas enjoyed a rare August cool spell outside the Dallas Convention Center, inside, at SIGGRAPH '90, graphics technology and business developments advanced at a heated pace. CAD [...]

NEW YORK - While still a financial stretch, high-powered graphics workstations are moving closer toward opening new potential users' wallets with, price-curve-lowering announcement by IBM and Silicon Graphics, plus a [...]

The 'Geek Pride day 2004' hosted by control systems innovator, Dick Morley, at his workplace on New Hampshire Mountain, is reported. He pointed out that solar energy systems are an excellent solution to the mounting electric utility bills.

NASA's Glenn Research Center and Cisco Systems jointly develop mobile Internet protocol, software code that allows communication networks to move without interruption.

After a more than three months' delay, Gold Disk's new Macintosh-based Astound presentation software has begun shipping. Early users generally agree, however, the end result is an excellent, attractively priced [...]

This article provides a forecast for trends in the automation industry in the U.S. in 2009. According to the article, the industry expects a range of product and technology launches. It highlights the popularity of wireless and safe and secure technologies, including electronic device description language (EDDL) technology. It also sees the emergence of partnerships between companies operating in the industry. However, the article expresses worries about the impact of energy sources and the economic slowdown on the industry.

The article focuses on the use of automated infrared (IR) imaging technology in temperature-sensitive segments. Such technology has the capability to enhance many industrial tasks including process monitoring and control, predictive maintenance, and quality control. In one application, a company that manufactures ceramic igniters uses IR technology to locate cracks that are not visible to the naked eye. IR sensors have the ability to find flaws in the ceramic devices by slightly heating the igniters with the use of a low electrical current.

This article deals with the security technical sessions conducted at the Instrumentation Systems and Automation Society (ISA) EXPO 2004 in Houston, Texas. Officials needed to bring in dozens of extra chairs to seat attendees at a security standards panel discussion organized by Bryan Singer, chairman of the ISA-SP99 standards committee focusing on control systems security. Singer said the SP99 committee's membership totaled 240 individuals from a broad cross section of industries, including international interests. Singer said the standards committee's goal was to reduce the complexity of implementing standards, provide a common means for vendors and customers to communicate and receive expert guidance, and reduce industry-wide risks. Security issues at the show were not just limited to the standards arena. Suppliers were keeping a sharp eye on the topic. But they also realized all systems are not tamper-proof. During the session, industrial cybersecurity expert Eric Byres went on to compromise a programmable logic controller that he had in the front of the ball running a program of blinking lights. Byres went on to talk about attack tree methodology as applied to analyzing common supervisory control and data acquisition protocol for possible security vulnerabilities.

The article discusses the career and significant contributions of Gregory McMillan, formerly connected with Monsanto Co., to the automation industry. A process control technical innovator, control theory instructor and author, McMillan has spent a 40-year career in the process control technology field. He will be receiving the 2010 Life Achievement Award from the International Society of Automation (ISA). Details regarding the technical achievements of McMillan are also outlined.

What do computer hardware and software manufacturers, Hollywood, blue chip corporations, ma businesses, video and audio production houses, media companies, high-technology semiconductor firms, TV networks value-added resellers (VARs) and systems [...]

The article announces that ARC Advisory group founder Andy Chatha received the ISA Honorary Member award from the International Society of Automation (ISA).

The article announces that Gerald Wilbanks received the 2011 Life Achievement Award from the International Society of Automation (ISA).

The article announces that Martin Klein received the Arnold O. Beckman Founder Award from International Society of Automation (ISA).