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ASTM International’s Exo Technology Center of Excellence (ET CoE) is sponsoring the 2 nd Annual Exo Games, an initiative to improve student involvement and education in the exo technologies industry. NIST is partnering with ASTM ET CoE through a CRADA agreement to develop the underpinning metrology for exoskeletons and promote student STEM involvement. All competitions in this year’s games will…, ,, 2024 at 11:59 p.m., EST through the ET CoE website . The competition will be held from, Aug. 5-9, 2024,, at the ASTM International headquarters in West Conshohocken, PA. For more information on the event, please visit https://www.etcoe.org/new-events-1/exogames2024 Established in 2019, ASTM’s Center of Excellence in Exo Technology (ET CoE) focuses on accelerating exo standards through research, education, workforce development, training certifications, and connecting global exo communities. For…, Media Inquiries:, Gavin O’Reilly, tel +1.610.832.9618; goreilly@astm.org Release #11757 ###
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ASTM International’s Exo Technology Center of Excellence (ET CoE) has announced publication of a new survey report, titled “Global Survey of Healthcare Professionals Using Medical Exoskeletons.” The purpose of the survey was to gather feedback from medical professionals using exoskeletons in rehabilitation, research, and more. The survey will help readers understand the experience, perspectives,…, Media Inquiries:, Gavin O’Reilly, tel +1.610.832.9618; goreilly@astm.org Release #11754 ###
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ASTM International has announced a new eLearning program focused on usage of a standard practice for Remote ID Means of Compliance ( F3586 ) developed by ASTM’s unmanned aircraft committee (F38). This standard practice acts as an overlay of requirements to the ASTM standard for Remote ID and tracking (F3411). The program will support manufacturers and producers of remote ID systems for unmanned…, Media Inquiries:, Gavin O’Reilly, tel +1.610.832.9618; goreilly@astm.org Release #11753 ###
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Registration is open for ASTM International’s Workshop on Sensory and Consumer Research for Products Containing Cannabis, organized by the cannabis committee (D37). The symposium will be held in person only on Jan. 21, 2024. The workshop serves to highlight the opportunities and potential roadblocks to understanding cannabis products and consumers as markets evolve both locally and globally. The…, Symposia Operations Contact:, Tammy Schane, tel+1.610.832.9522, symposia@astm.org Release #11746 ###
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Papers are invited for ASTM I nternational’s Conference on Overcoming Barriers to Entry in Cannabis Industries: Views from Around the World, to be held Jan. 27-28, 2025, in Cape Town, South Africa. The conference is sponsored by ASTM’s cannabis committee (D37). The global cannabis (and all its end uses, including industrial hemp) industries are diverse, represented by several stakeholder groups.…, Mar. 31, 2024, . To ensure your abstract was received into the ASTM database, please email symposia@astm.org and let us know that you have submitted an abstract. Additional information is available from the planning team’s technical contacts, Amy King amy.king@delta9mexico.com or Darwin Millard darwin@thespockofcannabis.com . For more information on this conference, visit https://go.astm.org/overcoming-…, Symposia Operations Contact:, Tammy Schane, tel+1.610.832.9522, symposia@astm.org Release #11728 ###
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The results are in for the first ever Exo Games, hosted in August by the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) in collaboration with ASTM International’s Center of Excellence in Exo Technology (ET CoE). The inaugural event saw five student teams from the UK, United States, Belgium and Brazil compete in designing an exoskeleton, testing it against standards and measures decided by ASTM…, Media Inquiries:, Gavin O’Reilly, tel +1.610.832.9618; goreilly@astm.org Release #11714 ###
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ASTM International’s commercial spaceflight committee ( https://www.astm.org/get-involved/technical-committees/committee-f47 F47 ) is developing a proposed standard ( https://www.astm.org/workitem-wk86387 WK86387 ) that introduces a new practice for safe operating practices in space for space fission reactors used for nuclear power and propulsion. “The proposed application relates to the design…, Media Inquiries:, Gavin O’Reilly, tel +1.610.832.9618; goreilly@astm.org, Committee Contact:, Katerina Koperna, tel +1.610.832.9728; kkoperna@astm.org Release #11682 ###
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Global standards organization ASTM International and Doctors for Cannabis Regulation (DFCR) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) aimed at the continued development of ASTM standards for cannabis. The MoU was signed by Bryon Adinoff, DFCR president, and Dan Smith, ASTM International’s vice president of technical committee operations. DFCR’s founder and past president, Dr. David Nathan,…, ASTM Media Inquiries:, Dan Bergels, tel +1.610.832.9602; dbergels@astm.org , DFCR Media Inquiries:, info@dfcr.org Release #11668 ###
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ASTM International’s commercial spaceflight committee ( F47 ) has approved a new standard that will aid spaceports in developing descriptions of their sites and capabilities, including location and contact information. The new standard will soon be published as F3610. According to ASTM member Mark Greby, the standard will lead to spaceport descriptions that will provide potential customers and…, Media Inquiries:, Gavin O’Reilly, tel +1.610.832.9618; goreilly@astm.org, Committee Contact:, Katerina Koperna, tel +1.610.832.9728; kkoperna@astm.org Release #11663 ###
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ASTM International’s cannabis committee ( D37 ) has approved a new standard that defines labeling specifications for consumer products containing cannabinoids. According to ASTM member Darwin Millard, the new standard (D8449) is the first set of internationally harmonized label content specifications for consumer products containing cannabinoids to be published anywhere in the world. Millard…, Media Inquiries:, Gavin O’Reilly, tel +1.610.832.9618; goreilly@astm.org, Committee Contact:, Jimmy Farrell, tel +1.610.832.9661; jfarrell@astm.org Release #11653 ###