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8I3M Conference was a success!

The Eighth International Meeting for Manikins and Modeling (8I3M) was deemed a great success by all the conference attendees. The August 22-26 event, in Victoria, BC, Canada, enjoyed the happy combination of outstanding weather, first-class facilities, highly relevant presentations, lively discussions, and great food. Plus, Victoria is an outstanding city for tourism, and there was […]

Thermetrics and Boston Dynamics team up to create the IPEMS robotic thermal manikin

As regular Measurement Technology NW followers may know, back in November 2008 MTNW and a group that included Midwest Research Institute, Boston Dynamics, Smith Carter CUH2A, and HHI Corporation were chosen by the US Army to design and build “IPEMS” (Individual Protection Ensemble Mannequin System). This project includes state-of-the-art chemical testing facilities and a first-of-its-kind […]

Manikin or Mannequin?

Throughout Thermetrics’ website, visitors will see that Newton, Nemo, ADAM, STAN, and our other anthropometric systems are called “Thermal Manikins.” Hmmm, you say, why aren’t they called “Thermal Mannequins”? They’re the same thing, right? In many European countries (and a good part of the Americas) a retail store display or fashion dummy is called a mannequin. That word has […]

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8I3M Conference was a success!

Thermetrics and Boston Dynamics team up to create the IPEMS robotic thermal manikin

Manikin or Mannequin?