The Teijin Group has announced that two of its business divisions are supporting Japan’s Kogakuin University in developing a car made with carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) for the World Solar Challenge, the world’s biggest solar car race, which will take place in Australia from October 6–13. Toho Tenax Co., Ltd., the core company of [...]

Metlon Corporation updates, launches new website Metlon Corporation updates, launches new website Cranston, R.I.-based Metlon Corporation has launched its new company website, which incorporates new photographs and a more comprehensive, user-friendly experience. The new website is modeled to reflect the company’s three distinct business sectors: reflective products, custom slitting and metallic yarns. Metlon has expanded [...]

Larson Electronics, Kemp, Texas, has announced the release of a powerful new explosion-proof LED light fixture designed to replace older style 400-watt metal halide units. The HAL-PRM-150W-LED-100 Surface Mount Hazardous Area Light features high output, weatherproof construction, 100 feet of cord, and cool operation in an explosion-proof design fitted with an adjustable flat surface mount [...]

Japanese design studio YOY, a Tokyo-based studio composed of Naoki Ono, a spatial designer, and Yuki Yamamoto, a product designer, intended to “create a new story between space and objects” at the Milan Design Week 2013 exhibition. The international design event featured YOY’s “canvas” chairs. On first look, the chair appears to be a two-dimensional [...]

The USS Iowa patrolled the ocean from World War II until it was mothballed in 1990, the last battleship in the world to be retired from service. At the USS Iowa’s new home at the USS Iowa Battleship Museum, San Pedro, Calif., the restored version is on display, along with statistics about the ship’s fast [...]

Nothing creates a mysterious and evocative ambiance better than an evening event awash in lights. Air Dimensional Design Inc. (AirDD), North Hollywood, Calif., has installed the company’s huge inflatable Hi-Lights™ on the ground and from the ceilings at events as diverse as the Pasadena Museum of History Gala, “Despicable Me” movie premier after-party, hospital fundraisers [...]

Modern architecture and design use form, light, shape and color to create amazing spaces and open new vistas. 3M Architectural Markets brings the St. Paul, Minn., company’s expertise with adhesives and films to easy-to-apply surface finishes that provide unique and astonishing effects to designed spaces at a reasonable cost. The 3M™ DI-NOC™ architectural finishes are [...]

TenCate Geosynthetics, Pendergrass, Ga., developed the durable Geotube® system for large-scale water management projects, such as sludge dewatering and breakwater stabilization. Dewatering contaminated sludge or sediment pumped into a Geotube is simple and conservative; the high-strength, permeable, specially engineered geotextiles allow water to escape while capturing solids for re-use or appropriate disposal. Geotubes packed with [...]

Professional golfers, branded from head to toe with logos for athletic apparel and equipment, stride on challenging, sun-drenched courses displaying their skills and their sponsors. Now everyone, from the business manager entertaining clients to the high-school golf team practicing in cut-off jeans, can make a statement on the links. ClubCrown by VIVE is a patented [...]

Smears on the iPhone, dust on the computer tablet and grease on the sunglasses: these inevitable irritations provoke a common response among neat freaks on the move. People use their shirt-tails to buff off fingerprints or fuzz. Nat Disston, a designer with New York-based clothing line VoyVoy, realized the implications of this universal cleaning ploy [...]