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Design and Innovation News

Successful Printing of Nanoparticle Copper Inks onto Commercial Paper

Universal Display Corp Strengthens Collaboration to Create Flexible PHOLED Displays

BMW Motorcycles get High Efficiency LED Fog Lamps OSRAM’s highly efficient LED modules are used in fog lights on BMW motorcycles. The modules are very resistant to shocks and vibrations with a lifespan that usually exceeds that of the motorcycle itself. Full Story

Innovative Use of Steel on Garbage Truck Rewarded with Swedish Steel Prize

Radiation-Resistant NRAM Carbon Nanotube-Based Memory Tested on Recent Space Shuttle Mission

Using the Malvern Kinexus Expert Rheometry System to Create New Formulations Manufacturers and materials professionals can now access an online article that describes the efficient application of performance-controlling design rules through the use of expert system rheometry. Using the ‘rSpace’ expert software in the innovative Kinexus rheometry platform from Malvern Instruments, the development and application of design rules is not only straightforward but allows a formulation or product microstructure to be engineered for optimal performance. Full Story

AZoM Puts The Materials World in The Palm of Your Hand with The New iPhone App AZoM.com is pleased to announce the launch of the AZoM.com ‘App’ for the Apple iPhone™ Available for free download by searching for “AZoM” or “Materials” through the iTunes App Store. Full Story

New LED-Based General Illumination Solutions from Albeo Albeo Technologies, a performance leading LED lighting manufacturer, introduces its new S-Series line of general illumination light fixtures for demanding environments. The products feature continuously-welded heavy-gauge aluminum housings, silicone gasketed water-tight seals, stainless-steel hardware, high-performance thermal conductors, large area thermal radiators, toroidal power conversion, high impact optics, and top tier LEDs. Full Story

All Electric Tube Benders Open Up New Applications

First Universal Programmable Processor Based on Quantum Bits Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated the first "universal" programmable quantum information processor able to run any program allowed by quantum mechanics-the rules governing the submicroscopic world-using two quantum bits (qubits) of information. Full Story

Adjustable Focus Spec's Win Coverted Popular Science Award Popular Science Magazine has named TruFocals, the market’s first adjustable focus eye glasses, a winner of its coveted 2009 Best of What’s New Award in the Health category. Full Story

World's Highest Efficiency LED Bulbs to Replace Incandescent and Fluorescent Bulbs

New TPE Wire and Cable Products Combine Flare Retardance and RoHS Compliance A new series of Elexar® thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) compounds for wire and cable and molded products provides a combination of RoHS compliance, UL-V0 flame retardance, and excellent performance over a wide range of end use conditions, it was announced today by the Thermoplastic Elastomer Division of Teknor Apex Company. Full Story

The Search is on for Improved Pressure Suit Gloves for Astronauts

Powder Coating Technolgy Wins PPG R+D Award

OSRAM LEDs Used in Micro Projectors that can be Attached to Mobile Phones The diversified technology company 3M is including OSRAM Opto Semiconductors’ LEDs in its new micro projectors, which can be connected to mobile phones and cameras. The small, bright, energy-saving diodes are the key to developing micro projectors, which could not be implemented with other light sources. Full Story

STOBA, The First Materials to Improve the Safety of Li-Ion Batteries ITRI (Industrial Technology Research Institute), Taiwan's largest and one of the world's leading high-tech research and development institutions, introduces STOBA (self-terminated oligomers with hyper-branched architecture), the first material technology to enhance the safety of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries. Full Story

Exciting Prospects for Plasmonic-Based Sensing, Imaging and Communications

New Kind of AFM Probe Produces Batter Images and Manipulates at the Nanoscale

High Temperature Resin provides Advantages for Food Service Provider