World’s First Four-Seater Hydrogen Fuel Cell Plane Has First Flight

Last month, the HY4 – the world’s first four-seater hydrogen fuel cell plane took off for the first time at the Stuttgart airport in Germany.  The plane, which impressed visitors […]

MIT Creates “Foundry” – The Photoshop of Composite 3-D Printing

Last week, a team from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) presented “Foundry,” a design program that can customize a variety of 3-D printed objects with composite materials. […]

MIT and Google Create Private Drop-Down Meeting Spaces with Fiberglass

Thanks to innovative manufacturing, there may now be a solution to a problem many in the working world face: a lack of privacy in an open office. MIT’s Self-Assembly Lab, with […]

All-Composite Yacht “Galaxy of Happiness” Debuts in Monaco

Latitude Yachts’ futuristic, all-composite 53 meter (~174 foot) multihull trimaran known as the “Galaxy of Happiness” debuted at the Monaco Yacht Show. The yacht and its twin, simply named “Galaxy,” […]

Carbon Fiber Bike Sets World Record for Human-Powered Speed

During the World Human Powered Speed Challenge, vehicle designer and manufacturer Aerovelo broke its own record for the fastest human-powered vehicle ever, going 89.6 mph in an egg-shaped bike known as […]

Ford Technical Leader David Wagner: Composites “Poised for a Breakthrough”

For decades, the composites industry has been searching for ways to gain traction in the mainstream automotive market. Four years ago, the EPA announced a fuel economy standard of 54.5 […]

Ingersoll and ORNL to Collaborate on Enormous 3-D Printer

Over the past few years, Oak Ridge National Laboratory has made many headlines with its collaboration with Cincinnati Inc. on Big Area Additive Manufacturing (BAAM) technology, which recently produced the […]

Teijin Acquires Continental Structural Plastics for $825 Million

Teijin Limited has agreed to acquire Continental Structural Plastics Holdings Corporation (CSP), based in Auburn Hills, Mich., for $825 million. Under the terms of the agreement, CSP will become a wholly […]

Briggs Automotive Company Develops World’s First Car Made with Graphene

Liverpool-based Briggs Automotive Company (BAC) has developed the BAC Mono – the world’s first car to feature lightweight panels made with graphene composites.  BAC worked with Haydale Composite Solutions Ltd […]

Energy Department 3D Prints Wind Blade Molds to Reduce Costs

The Department of Energy’s Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) has turned to 3D printing to reduce development costs for wind turbines. AMO has started building molds made from six-foot-tall, 3D printed […]