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Ten kilometres of CNT yarn delivered

1 August 2009
Nanocomp Technologies has now produced and delivered 10 kilometres of its Ctex carbon nanotube (CNT) to a Fortune 100 aerospace customer.
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Compressed air powers smart seat belt

1 August 2009
The latest seatbelt innovation from Sweden-headquartered Autoliv is a high performance reversible pre-pretensioner system that resets itself automatically after triggering.
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Nanotechnologies will spur fuel cell growth

1 August 2009
The global market for fuel cells, hydrogen energy and related nanotechnology will reach $14 billion by 2014, according to a new report.
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Elmarco and Hemcon go exclusive

1 August 2009
Elmarco and HemCon Medical Technologies have announced an exclusive partnership to develop and commercialise products for the wound care market manufactured with Nanospider technology.
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Hypoallergenic test method developed

1 August 2009
New textile testing methods developed by scientists at Hohenstein's Institute for Hygiene and Biotechnology now enable textile products to be certified as hypoallergenic.
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Spotting the difference

1 August 2009
At the recent Techtextil trade fair in Frankfurt, Schoeller Technologies AG presented its new DNAtex technology for rapidly detecting counterfeit branded clothing.
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Auxetics workshop in UK

1 August 2009
The 6th International Workshop on Auxetics and Related Systems, including the 6th Annual AuxetNet Young Researchers Forum, takes place from September 14-17 2009at The Mercure Last Drop Village Hotel a
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Zetasizer Nano enables structural research

1 August 2009
Researchers from Abo Akademi University and the University of Turku in Finland have discovered that the stability of functionalised nanoparticles is crucially dependent on all functional groups presen
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Printed batteries need products

1 August 2009
By 2015, sales of products employing printed batteries will total $1.5 billion, with the value of the batteries themselves amounting to more than $200 million, according to a new report.
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New focus group for Nano-enabled coatings

1 August 2009
The Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network (NanoKTN), one of the UK's primary knowledge-based networks for micro and nanotechnologies, has announced the launch of the Nano-enabled Coatings focus gr
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Innovation award for thermoformable yarn

1 August 2009
A new thermoformable yarn received the Techtextil 2009 Innovation Prize for New Materials Jointly developed by Massebeuf Textiles of France and Luxilon Industries of Belgium, the yarn, which can be us
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Flu strain detection in seconds

1 August 2009
Envision ALR, an emerging technology investment & operating company announced today that it is commercialising a new form of nanotechnology-based infectious disease detection system with the capab
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Textile membranes in contexT

1 August 2009
Promising results have been achieved within the contex-T Euro3.6 million EU-funded research project, which is working to develop improved lightweight, fire-safe and eco-friendly textile materials for
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CNTs will reinforce composite vehicle

1 August 2009
Los Angeles-based Velozzi plans to build an environmentally friendly new crossover vehicle employing new lightweight composite materials reinforced by carbon nanotubes (CNTs).
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Sustainable self-cleaning finish

1 August 2009
Barrier by HeiQ is a new particle-based water and oil repellency system for protection against the elements and stains.
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New washable APS systems

1 August 2009
Dow Corning has introduced two new versions of its Active Protection System - the S-Range, based on three dimensional spacer fabrics, and the TP-Range of thermoplastic silicone materials.
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Therapy glove for apoplexia patients

1 August 2009
New universal textile electrode systems were presented at Techtextil 2009 in Frankfurt by TITV Greiz (the Textile Research Institute of Thuringia-Vogtland).
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New carbon fabric for fuel cells

1 August 2009
Zorflex FC is a range of new products being developed specifically for the fuel cell market by Chemviron Carbon Cloth Division.
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Label for smart textiles

1 August 2009
TITV Greiz (the Textile Research Institute of Thuringia-Vogtland) has developed quality standards and a reliable product label for smart textiles
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Smart coatings from Nano-X

1 August 2009
The impregnation materials for synthetic fibres and leather in the Nano-X x-clean EC5000 series are based on transparent inorganic-organic composites with hydrophobic sidechains in nanometre dimension
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