NASA Composite Solution Could Save Airlines $250 Billion

Correction [1/14/2016]: The original title of the article said NASA’s composite material solution could save airlines $250 million. It is actually $250 billion. The article has been updated.  Last week, […]

Composites Make Personal Submarines More Common Than Ever

According to a January 4 CNN feature story, there are more personal submarines on the market now than there have even been before. CNN cites one such submarine, the Dragon, […]

Disney Creates Carbon Fiber Robot that Can Climb up Walls

Disney has collaborated with composite material researchers from ETH Zurich to create a robot, named VertiGo, which can scale walls and pull off 90 degree flips. Fortune reports that the […]

State of the Composites Industry

[alert type=blue] The 2017 State of the Industry report is now online! Make sure to check out our forecast for the composites industry in 2017.[/alert] A Look at Materials, Manufacturing Processes […]

2050 Motors Bulletproof, All-Carbon Fiber Electric Vehicle now in the US

In a November 17 press release, emerging China-based automotive company 2050 Motors announced the world’s first all carbon fiber electric vehicle, its e-Go Electric Vehicle (EV), has arrived in the […]

Chicago Cubs Wrigley Field to be Preserved with Composites from DowAksa

According to a Nov. 11 press release, DowAksa has signed an agreement with the Chicago Cubs to help restore and preserve Wrigley Field with DowAksa CarbonWrap, the industry’s original carbon fiber […]

Local Motors to Pre-Sell World’s First 3-D Printed Car Series in 2016

At the 2015 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) trade show in Las Vegas, Local Motors (LM) unveiled LM3D Swim, the world’s first 3-D printed car series. In a Nov. 3 […]

FRP-Made San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) Nears Completion

According to a recent article by Dezeen Magazine, the renovation of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), which was made with FRP, is almost done. The building is […]

Proper Tooling Design Matters

Early in my composites career, I owned a small shop focused exclusively on manufacturing whitewater racing kayaks and canoes, which was really just an excuse to support my own personal […]

Airlander 10 Gets Second Wind

In June 2010, the U.S. Army took a chance by investing in a hybrid blimp/plane/helicopter for its Long Endurance Multi-intelligence Vehicle (LEMV) project. Known as the HAV304, the aircraft was […]