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Wearing it well
Do you monitor yourself closely? Heart rate, carb intake, sleeping patterns? Are you tracking your child’s whereabouts or monitoring your baby’s sleeping patterns? What about the dog, your keys or wallet? Fast-growing market The global market for wearables has experienced an explosion
Read MoreJune 22, 2015
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Video Competition for World Standards Day – submit your entry now!
Have fun and win one of 4 prizes available! This year IEC, ISO and ITU are organizing a video competition to raise awareness of the importance of standards in our daily life. The best video will be awarded 1,500 Swiss francs, with the three runner-ups each receiving 500 Swiss francs.
Read MoreJune 19, 2015
Online collections in our webstore
We are now offering a new way of easy access to our standards in our webstore – online collections: An online collection is a completely new way for you to view our publications. Your annual subscriptionensures you always have online access to the latest, most up-to-date edition
Read MoreA woman at the top
Profiling Marie-Elisabeth d’Ornano, Chairman of IECQ ¦ From an IEC e-tech article by Claire Marchand. Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, or STEM, careers are still very much the prerogative of men. Electrotechnical standardization and conformity assessment are no
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Putting driverless transport to the test
Saving commuter time, money, the environment and eliminating human error are key reasons behind a number of projects trialing driverless car-like transport for congested cities. Pods for people Driverless, fully automated transit systems which move along rail guideways are not new; th
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A new way to get around town
Hate the rush-hour, bumper-to-bumper routine, which ends in a lengthy search for that elusive, expensive parking space? Despite decades of car-pooling and deterring drivers with congestion charges, city driving is more time-consuming and choked than ever and often ends in gridlock, no
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Find out more about our history
Our History goes back to 1906 and includes many prominent figures from the world of science. Founding On 15 September 1904, delegates to the International Electrical Congress, being held in St. Louis, USA, adopted a report that included the following words: “…steps should be tak
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IEC Values – Safety
Electrical safety is one of the core activities of the IEC. The IEC helps protect human lives by producing international safety standards which take into account the integrity of installations and systems and by operating CA (Conformity Assessment) Systems. Governments want to protect
Read MoreJune 10, 2015
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