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Wide-width fabric for making bellows

1 October 2013
A polyurethane (PU) fabric that is free from polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and is coated using an aqueous process is now available for making industrial bellows.
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US Army to assess TenCate's anti-blast technology

1 October 2013
TenCate Advanced Armor of Newark, Ohio, USA, says it has signed a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with the US Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command (RDECOM) that w
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Lightweight anti-ballistic inserts

1 October 2013
TenCate Advanced Armour claims its latest antiballistic inserts have the lightest weight of any capable of protecting the wearer from one of the most common gun threats in the world, the mild steel-co
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Simple coating allows gloves to operate touchscreens

1 October 2013
A formulation that can be applied to a glove to allow the wearer to operate touchscreen devices has won recognition by the US Department of Defense (DoD).
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Glove gives golfers real-time feedback

1 October 2013
A German company specializing in information technology (IT) systems for analysing sports performance has developed a golf glove that contains sensors designed to help the wearer improve their swing.
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Warp-knitted aramid spall liner

1 October 2013
An anti-ballistic spall liner for the interior of military vehicles was launched by Teijin Aramid at the defence and security exhibition DSEI, held in London, UK, on 10-13 September 2013.
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Aligned polyurethane nanofibres aid wound healing

1 October 2013
Researchers in China have made a membrane of aligned polyurethane (PU) nanofibres and tested its efficacy for accelerating the healing of wounds.
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Soft, comfortable body armour for ballistic - and stab - protection

1 October 2013
Scientists in the USA are developing soft body armour that they claim can offer a high level of protection from ballistic projectiles and resistance to strikes from sharp objects.
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Spread-tow reinforcement for lightweight bicycle

1 October 2013
Kemo Bikes of Zug, Switzerland, introduced a range of road bicycles at the Eurobike exhibition (held in Friedrichshafen, Germany, on 28-31 August 2013) that includes a top-of-the-line model designed a
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Antennae add intelligence to composites

1 September 2013
In aircraft construction RFID chips are employed to provide information about componentd quickly, efficiently and consistently to a receiver via radio waves.
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Safe cargo, less CO2

1 September 2013
Air France-KLM will cut further tons from its annual aircraft carbon dioxide emissions by using new lightweight cargo nets.
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New meta-aramid improves heat resistance

1 September 2013
Japan's Teijin has developed a new type of meta-aramid fibre said to offer the world's highest level of heat resistance combined with excellent dyeablility.
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Colour-changing gloves for toxic substance detection

1 September 2013
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Research Institute for Modular Solid State Technologies EMFT in Regensburg, Germany, have engineered a glove that recognises if toxic substances are present in the surrou
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Vibrotactile wearable displays as navigational aids

1 September 2013
In her development work on wearable tactile displays, Lynette Jones, a senior research scientist at MIT's Department of Mechanical Engineering hasobserved that the skin is a sensitive - though largely
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NSF grant and Seika deal for Xanofi

1 September 2013
Xanofi has been granted a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grant by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) to build a working prototype for efficiently spraying polymeric nanofibres
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Patented technology for superior shock absorption

1 September 2013
D3O, the British smart materials specialist, has developed a new range of cushioning materials specifically for footwear applications.
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Sheet structured for less skin contact pressure

1 September 2013
Schoeller Medical, Swiss research institute Empa and the Swiss Paraplegic Centre received a 2013 Techtextil Innovation Award for their 'fitted decubitus sheet', developed to assist in the prevention o
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Thinnest carbon fabric for the Solar Challenge

1 September 2013
Teijin Group companies Toho Tenax and GH Craft have supported Japan's Kogakuin University in developing a car made with carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) for the 2013 World Solar Challenge, the w
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Multi-polymer 3D printing replicates bone at MIT

1 September 2013
Researchers at MIT have employed a multi-polymer 3D printer to replicate the natural composite properties of bone in work funded by the US Army Research Office.
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Nanofibre membranes for energy efficient ethanol dehydration

1 September 2013
The Research Foundation of State University of New York has just secured US patent 20130175218 in relation to its development of polymeric nanofibrous composite membranes for the energy efficient dehy
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