{"id":719,"date":"2017-09-08T21:24:37","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T21:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labmath.org\/?p=719"},"modified":"2017-09-08T21:24:37","modified_gmt":"2017-09-08T21:24:37","slug":"measurement-appreciation-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/labmath.org\/?p=719","title":{"rendered":"Measurement appreciation day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Measurement appreciation day<\/p>\n

In the 2 July 2017 issue of Nature, there is an article in the Comment section about the science of measuring:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/metrology-is-key-to-reproducing-results-1.22348<\/a><\/p>\n

The moral of the article is that if we all actually measured properly it would go a long way towards fixing our reproducibility problem. Good point, that unfortunately has to be made over and over and over.<\/p>\n

Then, while looking for a good image to represent Metrology in this post, I learned that the 20th of May is World Metrology Day. According to http:\/\/www.npl.co.uk\/world-metrology-day\/<\/a>,
\n\u201cWorld Metrology Day is celebrated by over 80 countries each year on 20 May – the anniversary of the signing of the Metre Convention back in 1875. To this day, the agreement provides the basis for a single, coherent system of measurements that are traceable to the International System of Units (SI).\u201d
\nNow THAT is worth cheering!<\/p>\n

While this may not be something you think about much, some of you may recall what happened to the Mars Climate Orbiter because of a “failed translation of English units into metric units\u201d (it probably crashed into mars). That\u2019s right, not everyone used SI units, and, well, oops.<\/p>\n

\"traj1\"<\/a><\/p>\n


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\nHere is my suggestion: You know how we all (are supposed to) check the batteries in our smoke detectors whenever the time changes? I think that every May 20th we should all check our units. Mark your calendars.\n<\/p>\n

\nImage from: https:\/\/degiuli.com\/2017\/04\/19\/6-project-management-lessons-from-the-mars-climate-orbiter-failure\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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