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Style meets engineering in smart fabric belly band
June 9th, 2014
Researchers at Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pa., are combining fashion design with wireless technology to produce a belly band that will be able to monitor uterine contractions and fetal heart rate in real time. The band, which is in prototype production in the Shima Seiki Haute Technology Lab in Drexel’s Expressive & Creative Interaction Technologies (ExCITe) Center, […]
A winning solution
June 9th, 2014
Porte-cochere using Birdair’s ETFE welcomes guests at expanded casino Empire City Casino at Yonkers Raceway, Yonkers, N.Y., selected Birdair Inc., Williamsville, N.Y., to build the porte-cochere to create a welcoming entrance to the casino in conjunction with its $50 million expansion project. The canopy was designed and engineered by FTL Design Engineering Studio, a New […]
Sustainable building uses DuctSox HVAC strategy
June 9th, 2014
UnderFloorSox (UFSox), a fabric ductwork manufactured by DuctSox Corp. of Peosta, Iowa, has been installed in the new Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS) on the University of British Columbia’s (UBC) Vancouver campus. It uses geothermal, solar, under-floor air distribution, natural ventilation and other technologies without conventional heating and cooling systems, making it an […]
IBM Research discovers a new class of polymers
June 9th, 2014
According to information released by IBM Research, scientists there have successfully discovered a new class of polymer materials that they say could potentially transform manufacturing and fabrication in the fields of transportation, aerospace and microelectronics. Through the unique approach of combining high performance computing with synthetic polymer chemistry, these new materials are the first to demonstrate […]