Category: Columns

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...

[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...

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...

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...

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...