Conformity Magazine- May 2008 - (Page 69) NewsBreaks • UL 512 Standard for Fuseholders. Revision dated January 31, 2008 • UL 558 Standard for Industrial Trucks, Internal Combustion EnginePowered. Revision dated February 26, 2008 • UL 603 Standard for Power Supplies for Use with Burglar-Alarm Systems. New Edition dated February 18, 2008 • UL 697 Standard for Toy Transformers. Revision dated February 7, 2008 • UL 745-4-6 Particular Requirements for Battery-Operated Hammers. New Edition dated February 1, 2008 • UL 749 Household Dishwashers. New Edition dated January 31, 2008 • UL 796 Standard for Printed-Wiring Boards. Revision dated February 26, 2008 • UL 943 Ground-Fault CircuitInterrupters. Revision dated February 22, 2008 • UL 1042 Standard for Electric Baseboard Heating Equipment. Revision dated February 11, 2008 • UL 1278 Standard for Movable and Wall- or Ceiling-Hung Electric Room Heaters. Revision dated February 11, 2008 • UL 1727 Standard for Commercial Electric Personal Grooming Appliances. Revision dated February 7, 2008 • UL 2034 Standard for Single and Multiple Station Carbon Monoxide Alarms. New Edition dated February 28, 2008 • GR-82, Issue 11, Signaling Transfer Point (STP) Generic Requirements • GR-317, Issue 10, LSSGR: Switching System Generic Requirements for Call Control Using the Integrated Services Digital Network User Part (ISDNUP) • GR-905, Issue 10, Common Channel Signaling Network Interface Specifications (CCSNIS) Supporting Network Interconnection, Message Transfer Part (MTP), and Integrated Services Digital Network User Part (ISDNUP) • GR-3058, Issue 5, Voice Over Packet (VOP): Next Generation Networks (NGN) Accounting Management Generic Requirements • GR-3119, Issue 3, Emergency Service Zone (ESZ) Routing Database (ERDB) Generic Requirements A miniature mock-up of the folding car has reportedly already been created, and there are plans to build a full-scale model of the vehicle later this year. Looking Back: Items from Past Issues of Conformity Here is a look back at some of the topics we’ve covered in the NewsBreaks section of Conformity during the past decade: One year ago Australia Goes Green, Moves to Ban Incandescent Light Bulbs “Hoping to reduce that country’s greenhouse gas emissions by an estimated 4 million tons a year, the Australian Environmental Ministry has moved to ban the use of incandescent light bulbs in Australia by 2010. The decision, which would replace incandescent lighting with compact fluorescent bulbs, will reportedly make Australia the first country in the world to ban incandescent lighting in a bid to save energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.” Conformity, May 2007 From Our “You Can’t Make This Stuff Up” Department Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have come up with an innovative way to reduce traffic and parking congestion in major cities around the world—a folding car. According to recent Reuters report, Bill Mitchell, an MIT professor of architecture, along with a team of a dozen or so engineers and fellow architects, have created a design for a vehicle that would fold in half, enabling it to be stacked like a shopping cart with other folding cars. Mitchell’s team envisions stations of foldable cars deployed around major cities, similar to the bicycle kiosks installed last year in downtown Paris, allowing consumers to swipe a credit card and use the vehicle for errands and around town transportation. Telcordia Standards Update Telcordia has announced the release of the following standards (additional information is available at www.telcordia.com): mAy 2008 Conformity 9 http://www.ieee-pses.org http://www.nepss.org http://www.telcordia.com
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