NIST Wants An Electronic Kilogram

Dearing writes "According to the Global Engineering Journal, NIST, those not-so-standard standards people, want to give up the hunk of metal they've been calling a kilogram, even though it never weighs the same twice. In it's place, an electronic kilogram could act as the permanent standard."

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E-Kilo ! Well, after e-commerce, another fancy 8)

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This is sufficient for a 5yh post 8)

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I find the idea "electrical reference measure" a fascinating idea; I just hope the gov't is not wasting millions of dollars trying to implement it.

Well, under our current administration, practically any research not directly related to making Dick & George and their corporate masters richer, is considered waste. Anything that threatens their interests are downright garbage: alternative energy (fusion, solar, etc...), Kyoto Protocol, Nuclear & Coal Energy accountability (Let's limit lawsuits on the next Three Mile Island incident and continue to grandfather filthy old coal plants), and, Treaties. Treaties? Treaties?!? We don't need no steenking Treaties!

Is it necessary science? Probably not, but it is interesting!

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