Discover Apr 06 03:00 pm
The word foam doesn39t necessarily convey strength but seeing a bullet explode upon impact with composite metal foam certainly does. Researchers at North Carolina State University created a bubble-filled metal composite that combines the strength of steel with the airiness and heat-resistant properties of foam. In tests with armor-piercing bullets a one-inch layer of the material stopped the ...
Bennington Banner Apr 06 03:42 pm
BENNINGTON gtgt Since ancient times humans have sought to apply an aesthetic to the practical. The artist39s eye often contributed to everything from architecture to simple household implements. To design such items and then produce them was often laborious. Enter the Digital Age. With the ever increasing power and abilities of information technology designing has entered a new realm one
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance India Apr 06 11:40 am
According to their latest report Technavio analysts expect the global piezoelectric smart materials market for 2016-2020 to exceed USD 42 billion by 2020 growing at a CAGR of almost 13.
UPI Apr 06 08:49 am
Brooks Hays RALEIGH N.C. April 6 UPI -- New test results suggest metal foam has tremendous bullet-stopping potential.
Marketwired via Yahoo UK & Ireland Finance Apr 06 05:28 am
Anomet Products custom manufactures composite clad metal wire that provides a wide range of options for design engineers with respect to material selection cladding thickness and diameter.
gizmag Apr 06 12:47 am
Not content with rescuing kayakers39 tired arms with its highly efficient pedal-propulsion system water sports specialist Hobie is now setting its sights on those who like to take to the water upright. The company39s Mirage Eclipse stand-up Pedal boards make for new kinds of aquatic adventure by allowing standing users to glide across the water simply by moving their legs up and down. .. Continue...
gizmag Apr 05 08:55 am
The latest enterprise-grade 3D printer from Stratasys the J750 model is reportedly the first that can print objects with photorealistic color accuracy. In addition like other premium printers from the same company it can also print in multiple materials to produce parts that are hard or soft opaque or transparent for some rather impressive results. .. Continue Reading 3D printer creates ...
The Aero-News Network Apr 05 02:15 am
Sport Aviation39s STOL Champion CubCrafters Helps ANN Bring You Sun 39n Fun The Carbon Cub SS is a thoroughly modern high performance airplane that has taken the fundamentally superior design of the Piper Super Cub and reinvented it using 21st Century materials such as carbon fiber and computer-aided design technology. Superior engineering results in the Carbon Cub SS having 50 percent ...
materialstoday Apr 05 04:00 am
Web Industries Inc a provider of prepreg composite formatting technologies and services has joined the ThermoPlastic Composites Research Center TPRC based in Enschede The Netherlands.
Daily Mail Apr 05 04:16 am
Engineers at the University of South California and UC San Diego have created a new type of metallic glass that is 588 times more resistant to damage than stainless steel and can bounce when dropped.
materialstoday Apr 05 04:16 am
AIC Group has delivered an advanced composite processing oven to Terma Aerostructures AS in Denmark.
materialstoday Apr 05 04:45 am
Last July as it flew past Pluto NASAtrades space probe contained a small but significant piece of space history a small carbon fiber piece of SpaceShipOne. Liz Nickels looks back at the groundbreaking composite commercial spacecraft eleven years on.
Scientific American Apr 05 05:48 am
The artisttrades famous flowers are turning from bright yellow to brown because sulfates he used degrade under light -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
SpaceDaily Apr 05 01:17 am
Gurpreet Singh Kansas State University associate professor of mechanical and nuclear engineering and his research team have developed a paperlike battery electrode using silicon oxycarbide glass and graphene.
gizmag Apr 04 09:07 pm
Bulk metallic glasses BMGs are artificial materials that boast superior strength and hardness to conventional metals due to a jumbled arrangement at the atomic level. By tweaking this recipe just a little researchers have been able to produce a bouncy material with the highest degree of elasticity of any BMG something they say could come to form everything from new drill bits and body armor...
Reuters via Yahoo Canada News Apr 04 03:34 pm
Boeing Co said on Monday it had picked a new aircraft seat supplier for its most popular jet the 737 a move that industry experts said adds competition to leading seat makers Zodiac Aerospace and BE Aerospace . In response to questions from Reuters Boeing said it will buy seats directly from the new supplier LIFT by EnCore of Huntington Beach California - a break from the past practice of...
PR Newswire Apr 04 04:39 pm
NEW YORK April 4 2016 PRNewswire -- Carbon fiber is the new-generation reinforced fiber and made into carbon fiber composites including the most widely used CFRP by adding of resins metals ceramics concrete and other materials mainly used in the fields of aerospace automobiles...
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance Apr 04 05:00 pm
SYDNEY April 5 2016 PRNewswire --Unified Weapons Master UWM a new combat sport that combines advanced patented technology with traditional weapons martial arts has unveiled its Lorica Mk II the next generation of its intelligent combat armour in the company39s first official combat test event. Six international weapons martial artists battle tested the new armour during UWM39s Vital ...
EE Times Asia Apr 04 05:03 pm
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute in Berlin have found a way of making cost-efficient and compact sensor heads significantly improving handling. The sensor heads that were available in the past have been expensive and unwieldy up until now.
PR Newswire Apr 04 05:25 pm
LONDON April 4 2016 PRNewswire --This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Nanofibers in US Thousand. The Global market is further analyzed by the following End-Use Segments Energy ChemicalMechanical and Others. The report provides separate comprehensive analytics for the...
Lim Kit Siang Apr 04 05:53 pm
M. Bakri Musa 5th April 2016 A discussion on the free mind begins with clarifying three related terms brain mind and mindset. The brain is the jelly-like structure in our skull part of our central nervous system. To use the language of computers the brain is the central processing unit of our nervous system. It