This month's Tinker's Toolbox podcast revisits our discussion on standards and regulations and their impact on the design engineer. Topics include: when standards may or may not be needed, the role of industry and government in creating them, time and cost issues, the dynamic technology landscape, and ways of dealing with standards and regulation in the design process.

Our guests for this podcast include:

Chase Sebor Director of Software Venture Technologies www.venturetechnologies.com

Bob Burckle Vice President WinSystems www.winsystems.com

Arnold Alderman President Anagenesis www.anagenesis-inc.com