Monthly Archives: March 2016

Artificial ‘Nose’ Sniffs Out Pollution To Protect Disney Art On International Tour

Newswise Mar 14 03:43 am 

When original drawings and sketches from Walt Disney Animation Studio39s more than 90-year history traveled internationally last summer conservators had the opportunity to monitor the artwork with a new state-of-the-art sensor. A team of researchers developed a super-sensitive artificial quotnosequot customized specifically to detect pollutants before they could irreversibly damage the artwork. The ...

The carbon fiber Half Cap provides practical protection for major league pitchers

Digital Trends Mar 13 10:35 pm 

The Half Cap is described as a quothybrid of a cap and a helmet.quot Its carbon fiber construction provides lightweight practical protection for MLB pitchers. 20 major league players have already signed on to test it during spring training. The post The carbon fiber Half Cap provides practical protection for major league pitchers appeared first on Digital Trends .

Solvay And Renault Trucks Win JEC Innovation Award

Plastics and Rubber Weekly Mar 09 09:14 pm 

Solvay Renault Trucks and its partners have won the 2016 aJEC Innovation Award for Structural Parts in Automotiveatrade using a thermoplastic composite material.

2017 Cadillac XT5 First Drive

SlashGear Mar 09 08:18 am 

Regime change doesn39t have to be bloody. Sometimes the weight of new ideas alone is sufficient to push out the lingering elements of old-school thinking creating a void where innovation floods in to fill the vacuum with a renewed sense of purpose. The 2017 Cadillac XT5 crossover represents the latest and perhaps capstone chapter in the automaker39s near-total makeover from a Continue reading

NIST Invents Non-Contact Test For Nanomanufacturing QC.

ThomasNet Mar 09 08:38 am 

Advance made by researchers at NIST in roll-to-roll measurements may lead to manufacturers having accelerated and nondestructive way to test array of materials under real-world conditions. NIST physicists Nathan Orloff Christian Long and Jan Obrzut adding to existing testing non-contact methodsA measured properties of films by passing them throughAmicrowave cavity. Researchers also built ...

Clean Sky: MTU And Partners Develop New Propulsion Technologies

Aircraft Maintenance Technology Mar 09 04:56 am 

Munich March 8 2016 a Clean Sky is the largest aviation technology research initiative ever launched by the European Commission. Under the effort over 600 partners have joined forces to develop new technologies to further improve the environmental compatibility of aviation in the future.

New High-pressure RTM Process For Carbon Fiber Composites Promises Economies Of Scale

PlasticsToday.com Mar 08 09:43 pm 

March 08 2016 Stephen Moore Automotive and Mobility Combining a high-pressure resin transfer molding HP-RTM process with carbon fiber pre-processed to incorporate a binder resin has reportedly realized an an integrated production system for carbon fiber-reinforced plastic CFRP that enables manufactured composite parts to be optimized for... Compounding

Facebook Shows Off Progress In Using Lasers To Deliver Internet

PC World Mar 08 04:14 pm 

A key part of Facebook39s ambitious plan to deliver Internet connectivity via drone is an air-to-ground laser link that will connect the high-flying aircraft to the Internet and on Tuesday Facebook showed off important progress in that technology. The company39s Connectivity Lab has developed a gimbal that will hang from the underbelly of the Facebook drone and keep the laser system connected to...

Facebook Shows Off Air-to-ground Laser Progress

PC World Mar 08 02:59 pm 

A key part of Facebook39s ambitious plan to deliver Internet connectivity via drone is an air-to-ground laser link that will connect the high-flying aircraft to the Internet and on Tuesday Facebook showed off important progress in that technology. The company39s Connectivity Lab has developed a gimbal that will hang from the underbelly of the Facebook drone and keep the laser system connected to...

Perrin Impresses At National Meet

The Simcoe Reformer Mar 08 03:49 pm 

Her hometown of St. Williams isn39t exactly known as a hotbed for synchronized swimming but that hasn39t stopped Madeline Perrin from making a name in the sport.

The Optical Society Presents 19 Prestigious Awards For 2016

Business Wire Mar 08 08:56 am 

WASHINGTON--BUSINESS WIRE--The Optical Society OSA is pleased to name the 2016 recipients of its prestigious awards and medals. The winners include GAcopyrard Mourou Frederic Ives MedalJarus Quinn Prize Bishnu Pal Esther Hoffman Beller Medal Xiang Zhang Max Born Award G. Michael Morris Stephen D. Fantone Distinguished Service Award Robert Alfano Michael S. Feld Biophotonics Award ...