Critical Uniformity Requirement For Contact Lens Curing Greatly Surpassed With Despatch Oven

To manufacture contact lenses, a monomer resin called “hydrogel” is injected into molds and heat-cured in an oven. The process polymerizes the hydrogel to produce hard, slightly flexible lenses. The lenses are then removed from…

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New Wind Tree Design: Green “Leaves” Are Actually Wind Turbines Twirling On The Branches

With an eye on art and a brain on science, energy conservation can have an aesthetic, as well as ecological, reward. In a testament to the value of taking time to ponder and let the…

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India Poised To Have The World’s Largest Solar Power Plant… A 750 MW Project!

India is aggressively pursuing a plan to install “ultra mega solar power plants” in order to support a 750 MW power plant that is sure to be the world’s largest solar power plant. At the…

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New Thermoelectric Generator Could Save Military Billions In Fuel Consumption Costs

GMZ Energy’s new thermoelectric generator represents a potential breakthrough in thermal technology as it is capable of capturing heat from the exhaust of vehicles and then converting it into useable energy. Funded by Army and…

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Thermocouple Market to Increase to $1.42 Billion By 2020

Despite being old technology, thermocouples are still widely used for industrial and commercial applications, and with the thermocouple market forecasted to reach $1.42 billion by 2020, companies will need to fend off competition from other…

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Southern California Edison Is Betting On Storing Energy In Giant 450-Gallon Ice Packs

California’s wind-reliant electric grid has an underlying problem that electric company Southern California Edison plans to address. Wind turbines spin continuously, resulting in a surplus of power, especially at night when most people are not…

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New ‘Electronic Skin’ Can Feel In Three Dimensions… Represents Major Breakthrough For Prosthetics!

The journal ACS Nano reports scientists have developed a stretchable “electronic skin” designed after our own, capable of detecting pressure and what direction it’s coming from. This a potential breakthrough technology, especially as it pertains…

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Patrick O’Brien New VP/GM of Speedline Technologies, ITW Electronic Assembly Equipment Businesses

Pat O’Brien, Vice President/General Manager of ITW Thermal Processing, will be taking the helm at Speedline Technologies effective January 1, 2015, it is announced today. Pat will succeed Scott Koizumi, who, after seven successful years…

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