Posts by Lisa McDonald
Weekend warriors: DIY piezo speed belt with LED display makes runners safer, shinier
A light-up speed belt with a built-in piezo vibration sensor detects your pace and keeps you safe during your dawn-to-dusk runs.
Read MoreScience rocks: Music videos can improve science learning
New research suggests that music videos may be able to enhance science learning, and may provide a tool to help improve science literacy.
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news of the week
Unifrax, GE, Kyocera, FuelCell Energy, and Owens Corning are in the ceramics and glass business news of this week.
Read MoreWill the brain power behind PowerPots sink or swim in the Shark Tank?
Shelve your Friday night plans—or, at the very least, set your DVR—the guys from Power Practical are making their way to the “Shark Tank.”
Read MoreConcrete-sleeved caissons shore up new NYC skyscrapers that ‘barely touch the ground’
By 2018, Manhattan’s iconic skyline will morph once again, with the addition of mixed-use skyscrapers—the largest private real-estate development in US history—that “barely touch the ground.”
Read MoreNews from the glass and refractory ceramics world
° Slovenian manufacturer Steklarna Hrastnik will invest €8 million in a container line upgrade, according to a company press release.…
Read MoreRoll tide: Powder injection molding powers generator that pulls tidal energy
A team of scientists from Spain’s Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) is working with European researchers to develop a tidal energy generator that’s not only less costly but also more efficient.
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest (with video)
Other materials stories that may be of interest on April 8, 2014.
Read MoreHard knock life: Marine mollusks inspire stronger ceramics
New research uses inspiration from the ocean to improve ceramics, making them stronger by controlling their microstructure and mimicking that of marine mollusks.
Read More“Ode to ceramics”: Mazda’s concept car is eye-catching and edgy, but not-so-much ceramic
The Mazda6 Ceramic Concept car boasts a matte-white paint job with stately silver stripes that is less ceramic, and more “ode to ceramic.”
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