This paper widens our suggestions made in Busan. Here we suggest much more general plan of changes which - we think - are necessary for metrology to march with the times and not to become obsolete. Our suggestions refer to general basis of metrological standards and to their link with the main notions of statistical thinking introduced by such pillars of statistics as R. Fisher, W. Shewhart, E. Deming and G. Box.

This paper describes characterization of the first psychrometer developed by Puslit Metrologi LIPI. The psychrometer is dedicated to operate at a temperature range of 25 °C to 65 °C and 15 %rh to 90 %rh. The highest temperature range is limited by the local traceability for dew point measurement. The work includes the determination of psychrometer coefficient and its characteristics due to effect of the wind velocity which is adjusted by applying voltage 12 V and 5 V to the fan.
When 12 volt of voltage is applied, the psychrometer coefficient obtained by using Apjohn and Ferrel equations yields 8.3 × 10^-4 °C^-1 and 7.2 × 10^-4 (1 + 0.0043 t_w) °C^-1, respectively. The first value produces relative humidity deviation (standard error estimate) from the experimental data less than 2.8 %rh while the second is less than 1.2 %rh. When 5 volt of voltage is applied, both the psychrometer coefficient and the deviation become larger, and on relative humidity of 90%rh the psychrometer coefficient obtained from the experimental data drops considerably which means that wind velocity is insufficient to operate the psychrometer.

Nowadays the consumer society uses giant amount of energy in its everyday life. A huge part of this energy is used for travelling and traffic. Field of the research project presented in this paper is the energy harvesting with special focus to the energy retrieving systems of electrical vehicles. Effects of thermoelectric generators (TEG) to the driving range of electrical vehicles is analysed, as well as simulation results and a new calibration system for TEGs are introduced in the paper.

A tendency is noted that the metrology scope extends to the field of non-physical multidimensional quantities. Special features of forming the models for measuring such quantities are demonstrated. Examples are given including those related to measurements of the food quality, state of health, properties of social-and-cultural processes as well as expected emotional response of listeners to music.

A half model of the aerospace vehicle Sonda III is being tested at the Brazilian Pilot Transonic Wind Tunnel. The aim of the tests is to study the presence of shock and expansion waves in the inter-stage region of the vehicle. Special emphasis is placed on the nominal Mach number 0.90. Measured values are static pressure on the model surface and freestream total and static pressures. The estimated parameters are pressure coefficients and Mach number. Numerical analysis of the flow field parameters is done and compared to experimental results.