http://www.product-next.org/home/productnext/productnext http://www.product-next.org/home/productnext/productnext/standards-development-in-a-virtual-world Can meeting in a virtual environment help facilitate the development of IEEE standards? http://www.product-next.org/home/productnext/productnext/standards-development-in-a-virtual-world Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:09:52 -0500 http://www.product-next.org/home/productnext/productnext/standards-for-dummies Walk into any bookstore these days and you'll see several shelves full of books for "Dummies" and "Idiots" on just about every topic imaginable... http://www.product-next.org/home/productnext/productnext/standards-for-dummies Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:45:43 -0500 http://www.product-next.org/home/productnext/productnext/help-ieee-standards-go-green "Going green" means many things to different people: it means saving energy, saving money, manufacturing devices responsibly, branding devices that comply to environmental standards, and operating in an efficient manner. http://www.product-next.org/home/productnext/productnext/help-ieee-standards-go-green Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:46:45 -0500 http://www.product-next.org/home/productnext/productnext/baby-standards At the 2009 O’Reilly Media ETech Conference, IEEE-SA sponsored a fun, interactive seminar called "Redefining Standards for Emerging Technologies." Participants were encouraged to work together and share information as a way to examine who today's standards could be improved to address emerging technologies. http://www.product-next.org/home/productnext/productnext/baby-standards Wed, 22 Jul 2009 07:51:24 -0500 http://www.product-next.org/home/productnext/productnext/everything-is-bigger-in-texas----even-nanotechnology Despite a sluggish economy and fears of a swine flu outbreak, more than 250 exhibitors and 5,000 visitors from 67 countries filled the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston for NSTI Nanotech 2009, the largest event of its kind in the world. At the busy IEEE-SA ProductNEXT exhibit, discussion focused on the pressing need for new standards to enhance global research, collaboration and market development in what some experts are calling "the second industrial revolution." http://www.product-next.org/home/productnext/productnext/everything-is-bigger-in-texas----even-nanotechnology Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:01:48 -0500 http://www.product-next.org/home/productnext/productnext/whats-the-most-important-standard-for-your-job What standards are you using these days, and which ones are the most important to the work you're doing? http://www.product-next.org/home/productnext/productnext/whats-the-most-important-standard-for-your-job Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:34:58 -0500 http://www.product-next.org/home/productnext/productnext/come-see-ieee-sa-at-nsti-nanotech-2009-this-may The IEEE Standards Association will be exhibiting at the NSTI Nanotech 2009 Conference and Expo from 3 – 7 May 2009. Come by the booth for your chance to win prizes and influence the future of IEEE-SA products. http://www.product-next.org/home/productnext/productnext/come-see-ieee-sa-at-nsti-nanotech-2009-this-may Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:57:57 -0500 http://www.product-next.org/home/productnext/productnext/follow-ieee-sa-on-twitter Looking for a way to get the latest news from the IEEE Standards Association? Here's a new way to get the headlines... http://www.product-next.org/home/productnext/productnext/follow-ieee-sa-on-twitter Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:24:57 -0500 http://www.product-next.org/home/productnext/productnext/can-social-networking-or-web-2.0-tools-help-in-standards-development Many standards working groups already use online tools like wikis in the development of new standards drafts. What tools should we use next, and which ones aren't we using enough yet? http://www.product-next.org/home/productnext/productnext/can-social-networking-or-web-2.0-tools-help-in-standards-development Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:45:59 -0500 http://www.product-next.org/home/productnext/productnext/aggregates--mashups----right-for-standards "Mashups" aren't just for videos on YouTube. In the standards arena, some end-users are looking for ways to create mashups that collect, combine and process standards content in novel ways. http://www.product-next.org/home/productnext/productnext/aggregates--mashups----right-for-standards Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:51:39 -0500 http://www.product-next.org/home/productnext/productnext/smart-standards Sometimes a standard can't be implemented without a little extra help... http://www.product-next.org/home/productnext/productnext/smart-standards Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:06:32 -0500 http://www.product-next.org/home/productnext/productnext/using-standards-on-mobile-devices2 Increasingly, people are accessing information on portable devices such as PDAs, smartphones, and e-book readers like Amazon's Kindle. But what does that mean for standards? http://www.product-next.org/home/productnext/productnext/using-standards-on-mobile-devices2 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:33:59 -0600