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Mesh textile produces puncture-resistant bike tires
August 1st, 2021
The hexagon construction of Gridskin mesh on a bike tire helps to isolate small cuts and prevents punctures from embedded sharp objects from enlarging. Photos: Hutchinson. A punctured tire can ruin a biker’s day, but opting for puncture-resistant tires involves a trade-off, because they are generally heavier and slower than other types of tires. French […]
Backpack brand is ‘plastic negative’
August 1st, 2021
Solgaard’s flagship product, the Lifepack Backpack, is a solar-powered, anti-theft backpack that is fabricated with Shore-Tex™ fabric made from upcycled ocean plastic. Photo: Solgaard. Travel bag and backpack brand Solgaard has announced that the company has achieved its “plastic negative” sustainability goal through the use of recycled materials and upcycled ocean-bound plastic in all of […]
AR Tech supports U.S. Space Force launch
August 1st, 2021
Multilayer insulation (MLI) is composed of 12 layers of thin sheets and is used on the spacecraft of AR Tech’s customers. A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket launched in April from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, with AR Tech supporting the mission with its multilayer and single-layer insulation blankets. Based in […]
Making connections and finding solutions
August 1st, 2021
How do you build a digital workflow? What skills do you look for when hiring an employee with no experience? How are you handling vaccination policies for both current and new employees? And finally, where do you turn to find answers to questions like these? Industry professionals often cite “networking with peers facing the same […]
Myovolt uses vibration as wearable recovery
August 1st, 2021
A company that pioneered and patented wearable vibration technology for athletes has now made its wearable recovery products available in the U.S. New Zealand-based Myovolt Ltd. says its products use focal vibration to massage muscles, stimulate blood flow, promote localized circulation, relieve soreness and increase flexibility for athletes. The units are equipped with vibration technology […]
‘Smart foam’ could give machines a sense of touch
August 1st, 2021
As smart as machines have become, they still don’t have a human’s ability to feel. However, a team of researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have invented a “smart foam” that they believe can give machines a sense of touch. Artificially innervated foam, or AiFoam, which is soft and feels like a sponge, […]
Canatu doubles performance in its conductive film
August 1st, 2021
Carbon nanomaterial company Canatu has more than doubled the performance of its Carbon NanoBud™ (CNB) transparent conductive film. According to the company, headquartered in Finland, it has developed the best industrially applicable sheet resistance-to-optical-transparency ratio seen in carbon nanotube (CNT) films, offering a major improvement in commercial-scale manufactured CNT thin film transmittance and electrical conductivity. […]
Jeff Newkirk: The next step
August 1st, 2021
Jeff Newkirk, MFC, started sailing at such a young age, he can’t remember a time when he wasn’t entranced with sailboats, the glide across open water and the call of the open wind. That’s why sail and canvas making was an obvious choice when it came time for him to choose a career. After he […]
Shade sails find a place in the sun
August 1st, 2021
It was only a few years ago that Amy Poe, owner of Wyckam Fabric Creations, in Portland, Ore., started hearing about shade sails. Now the company is doing elaborate shade sail projects like this shade cover for the Big Toy Playground at Keizer Rapids Park in Keizer, Ore. Photo: Wyckam Fabric Creations. For something that’s […]
Advanced textiles rocketing into the future
August 1st, 2021
During a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Aug. 22, 2019, astronaut Nick Hague debuted the Artemis program identity in space. Hague and fellow crewmember Andrew Morgan installed the second International Docking Adapter on the complex to enable commercial spacecraft from Boeing and SpaceX to carry astronauts to the station. NASA’s Artemis lunar exploration […]