Even when we share the design files for open source hardware, the step between digital files and a real-world mechatronics widget is still a big one. That’s why I set off on a personal vendetta to ...

The Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms maintained by the Department of Defense defines a part number as a "combination of numbers, letters, and symbols assigned by a designer, a manufacturer, ...

Just five years ago, Stephen Snow recalls, Ford's F-series pickups offered three choices of batteries. Today, says the parts director at Northstar Ford- Lincoln in Fort McMurray, Alberta, "you're ...

In a battle as old as ERP itself, users demand intelligent numbers that the IT team bucks against. The battle pits u201cintelligentu201d numbering systems that embed key identifying information ...

Back in the late '60s, some people in the trucking business got together and decided to come up with a system that used numbers to describe parts and maintenance activities - a system that could cut ...

It seems that some the part numbers leaked earlier this week are not for the new Mac Pros, but instead for new Mac minis and White MacBooks. At least, according to 9to5Mac who originally reported the ...

FARGO, N.D. – Jake Enget likes pi. Not pie – pi. Jake, who last year memorized 1,001 digits of the number pi, did better last week: He recited 5,005 digits to win first place in his school’s annual pi ...