Ford and MacDonald’s collaborate to convert coffee bean skin into car...
Ford Motor Company and McDonald’s USA will soon be giving vehicles a caffeine boost by using part of a familiar staple in the morning...
New ‘hyper glue’ formula developed
With many of the products we use every day held together by adhesives, researchers from UBC’s Okanagan campus and the University of Victoria hope...
This thermoplastic is learning a new trick: Walking
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This video illustrates the role of the association process in devising a locomotive robot that ''learns'' to walk by irradiation. The LCN-based robot is...
Next-Generation Composites May Monitor Their Own Structural Health
Carbon fiber composites—lightweight and strong—are great structural materials for automobiles, aircraft and other transportation vehicles. They consist of a polymer matrix, such as epoxy,...
Alternative for petroleum polycarbonate
The Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT) has developed a bio-polycarbonate which has been monopolized by Japan, and has opened up the possibility...
New ultralight material offers many uses for plastic waste
The National University of Singapore team said it had found a way to convert bottles made from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) into aerogels that have...
Organic material for lithium battery anode
At JST Strategic Basic Research Programs, the research group led by associate professor Yuya Oaki and graduate student (at the time) Hiromichi Numazawa of...
Leister® Fusion 3C Hand Extruder | Interstate Plastics
The Fusion 3C hand extruder by Leister® is both clever and smart: Despite its simple and symmetrical construction, the Fusion 3C hand extruder achieves...
3D Systems Breakthrough Material to Enable Digital Production of Plastic Parts
3D Systems (NYSE:DDD) unveiled Figure 4 Production Black 10 (PRO-BLK 10) - a revolutionary production material for additive manufacturing applications that enables manufacturers to...
Leister Hosts Certification Classes with Leading Plastic Welding Experts
Leister Technologies LLC, the worldwide leader in hot gas plastic fabrication tools and equipment, is set to host DVS (German Welding Society) training and...
