Metric Today:
the USMA newsletter

Found in the 2010 March/April issue of Metric Today: What is "USNG" and what's it got to do with the metric system? Are metric road signs still legal in the U.S.? What's a marine joiner? How do you decimalize a racetrack? Can kitchen spoons be dangerous? How does Britain measure alcohol in drinks?

Found in the 2010 January/February issue of Metric Today: Why will consumers soon be learning about lumens? How will liquid drugs be measured in the future? Why are metric unit symbols better than unit names on British road signs? How many postage stamps feature metric units? Who is the new NIST director?

Found in the 2009 November/December issue of Metric Today: What did Walter Cronkite think of the metric system? How big is a gigabyte? Can you get a pint of beer in British Columbia? Where is Britain's watt balance? When was the first USMA newsletter published?

Found in the 2009 September/October issue of Metric Today: What country has been asking the U.S. to legalize metric-only labels? Will prescription doses finally abandon teaspoons? How can you volunteer to be a USMA judge at a science fair? Did Americans influence the creation of the metric system? Do New Zealand's metrication experiences in the 1970s seem relevant today? Are you ready for Metric Week?

Found in the 2009 July/August issue of Metric Today: Has the metric moon gone non-metric? Have Arizona's non-metric replacement road signs gone metric? How do you label canned clams? What does the NCTM think about teaching measurement? Is there a right way to say "kilometer"? Should the U.S. health care system go metric?

Found in the 2009 May/June issue of Metric Today: What's going on 100 m below the city of Niagara Falls, Ontario? How metric are IEEE standards? What do Canada and Australia say about metric shopping? When and where was one of the first metric highway sign projects in the U.S.? What sort of units did the Apollo computer use for its moon landings?

Found in the 2009 March/April issue of Metric Today: Why is the European Measurement Directive amendment good news for U.S. metrication? What has the Federal Highway Administration done to its metric policy? What did Julia Child think of the metric system? How big is a trillion dollars? How can a pool be 25 meters long if it's 25 yards long? Why is metrication relevant to pie-eating contests?

Found in the 2009 January/February issue of Metric Today: Is NASA serious about the metric system? How are hospitals reducing the chances of medication errors? How can 4-H use the metric system? Which units are simplest for sizing children's clothing? Why is the Coast Guard adding metric units to some regulations? Will the UK change its remaining package size laws?

Found in the 2008 November/December issue of Metric Today: What do Britons think of metric road signs? How did USMA's newest metric poster come to be? When did USMA's metric bibliography begin? What did the New York Times think of the metric system in 1877? How did the ATF introduce metric liquor bottles? Who measured the Olympics marathon course, and how did they do it?

Found in the 2008 September/October issue of Metric Today: How will hydrogen be measured when fueling cars? What metric-related holidays occur in October? Whose award-winning exhibitions and book are promoting American metrication? How did John Deere metricate?

Found in the 2008 July/August issue of Metric Today: What units will the health care industry use for children's weights? Which industry announced a switch to metric units for its standards? What metric-related publications have recently been updated? Who's making metric music? How do you figure out where you are when you break down on a highway? Why is gravity different in math than in physics?

Found in the 2008 May/June issue of Metric Today: Where did USMA get its copy of the prototype meter bar? Why didn't the U.S. go metric in the 1830s? Who made metric fudge on TV? What didn't the National Math Panel recommend?

Found in the 2008 March/April issue of Metric Today: How does the metric system help attract businesses to West Virginia? Can you measure a zeptoliter? Do Japanese labels use SI symbols? What's the story behind metrication at IBM?

Found in the 2008 January/February issue of Metric Today: Which state will likely be the newest to allow metric-only labels? What new size of milk packaging recently turned up? Is there really a problem with the prototype kilogram? Where have Celsius temperatures started to appear? Does it make sense to ban any particular package sizes?

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