Category: Industry Digest

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

Students from the Stevens Institute of Technology recently won the 2015 Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Decathlon with its SURE HOUSE – a solar-powered home made with composites repurposed from...