Adventure Tourism
Wildlife biologists made modern ziplining popular when they were looking for a way to study and explore densely forested areas of Costa Rica without disturbing […]
A Brief History of Golf
Golf courses around the world have different numbers of holes. Even the Old Course at St. Andrew in Scotland, which was the first course to […]
ISO 25649-1:2017—Floating Leisure Articles In Water
The history of today’s inflatables began centuries ago when the Romans used animal skin-based contraptions for boats, such as reed rafts, bladders filled with air, […]
MSS SP-99-2023: Instrument Valves
Whether employing the use of a needle-shaped plunger, a pivoting ball, or a rotating cylindrically tapered plug, instrument valves are abundant in industry to control […]
ANSI/BHMA A156.2-2022: Bored and Preassembled Locks and Latches
American National Standard ANSI/BHMA A156.2-2022: Bored and Preassembled Locks and Latches offers guidance for performance tests of bored and preassembled locks and latches. Its scope […]
More Worker-Centered Research Needed
Workcred has published a new report examining the value of credentials and their use in the manufacturing sector: Examining the Return on Investment of Manufacturing […]
NSF/ANSI 7-2023: Commercial Refrigerators And Freezers
The refrigerators of the 1920s were deadly because their motorized compressors easily malfunctioned, allowing the refrigerants (i.e., toxic gases) to escape and sicken or kill […]
IEC 60335-2-53 Ed. 4.1 b:2017—Sauna & Infrared Cabins
Sweating has long been used as a therapy and traditional medicine. The Mayans used sweat houses 3,000 years ago. In Finland, saunas have been used for thousands […]
Foodborne Illness Risk Factors in Restaurants
The FDA released a report on the Occurrence of Foodborne Illness Risk Factors in Fast Food and Full-Service Restaurants. The report shows that having a […]
ANSI B11.0-2023: Safety of Machinery
In the hands of Homo erectus—or its contemporary primitive cousin, H. habilis (whose name literally means “handy man”)—the hand axe, dating back 1.8 million years, […]