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Anti-Flicker Lighting for Crash Tests, Press Release

ANTI-FLICKER LIGHTING SHINING BRIGHTEST LIGHT ON AUTOMOTIVE CRASH TESTS
Southern California-based Nectar Design Aids in Creation of Lighting System for Use with High Speed Film
Long Beach, California (April 27, 2009) – Working in conjunction with a leading specialist in high-intensity lighting, Long Beach-based Nectar Design has perfected an advanced lighting structure that eliminates the problem […]

 

Thinking Thin

Okay, so in the last week we have had two news stories dealing with new materials that are incomprehensibly thin.
First, there is this recent breakthrough, covered on NPR, regarding a new fabric that is by far the blackest material on earth, absorbing almost all light. This material is composed of nanotubes that are, according […]

 

Judging Books by Their Covers

When it comes to new manufacturing materials, beauty is more than skin deep.
If you had two identical products side by side, yet one was made with sustainable materials and the other not, would you consider one more attractive than the other? We’re not discussing price yet…
This is a question that many designers and manufacturers […]