Archive for December 2012
Peter distills his picks for the top 5 posts for 2012
My list is much more straightforward than Eileen’s. I find that restraint and discipline comes with age. Mostly. (Eileen adds—See…
Read MoreEileen’s five fave CTT posts in 2012 (and her liberal interpretation of the number five)
Background image: Molten glass. Credit: Michael Germann; Dreamstime.com. Peter and I thought it would be fun to share our five…
Read MoreCTT readers’ top 10 posts of the year
What did our readers think were our top stories of the year? Rather than do an unscientific poll, we combed…
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news of the week
Mid-holiday edition: NanoMaterials Innovation Center welcomes new technical manager, process engineer The Nanomaterials Innovation Center is pleased to announce additions…
Read MoreNBC News: Glass cookware complaints in the US on the rise; finds Bulletin story sound
A while back I wrote a blog post about a story featured in the September issue of ACerS’ Bulletin by R.C. Bradt and…
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest
Mid-holidays edition: Peel-and-stick solar panels For all their promise, solar cells have frustrated scientists in one crucial regard: Most are…
Read MoreNews from the glass and refractory ceramics worlds
• Vitro has started the process to recover $1.59 billion damages (PDF) caused by lawsuits filed to put Vitro into…
Read MoreIs artificial emotional intelligence possible? It depends on whom you ask
[Image above] Kismet, a 1990s-era robot made at Massachusetts Institute of Technology has auditory, visual, and facial systems to demonstrate…
Read MoreHappy holidays and season’s greetings, from The American Ceramic Society & Ceramic Tech Today
Video: GE demonstrates piezo-driven cooling air-circulation wafers
Credit: GE Research; YouTube For years, there have been scads of applications and gizmos based on piezoelectric materials. Nevertheless, I…
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