Category: Industry Digest

Rifath Sharook, an 18-year-old from India, has made a 3-D printed satellite that weighs just 2.25 ounces and is lighter than an iPhone. The satellite, dubbed KalamSat, was named...

U.S. firm Workhorse has debuted its W-15: the automotive industry’s first electric pickup truck built from the ground up. Other electric pickup trucks have been made in the past,...

Port Angeles, Wash.-based Composite Recycling Technology Center has received $10,000 in seed money from the city’s Parks and Recreation Department for a pilot project to create park benches with...

During RAPID + TCT 2017, one of the world’s premier conference dedicated to advances in additive manufacturing, Impossible Objects unveiled its Model One printer, which the company believes has the potential...

Last week, after an unprecedented 718 days in orbit, the U.S. Air Force’s robotic X-37B space plane has returned to Earth, touching down safely at the Kennedy Center Space in...

During the American Institute of Architects (AIA) show, April 27-29 in Orlando, the American Composites Manufacturers Association (ACMA) held its fourth annual Composites Pavilion. The pavilion was an opportunity...

The U.S. Army is developing a “third arm” device that can be attached to a soldier’s protective vest to hold a weapon. The purpose of the device is to...

Ukrainian engineer Max Gerbut and his team has created an autonomous, 3-D printed, composite solar powered-house called PassivDom. Gerbut and the PassivDom team claim the 387 square foot house,...

Lausanne, France-based DECISION SA, a composite manufacturer that contributed to the creation many innovative composite creations, including the famous Solar Impulse aircraft, has signed a deal for the delivery...