One of our readers just sent us a tip about this interesting kickstarter project. [Turner Hunt] is bringing carbon fiber manufacture into the hands of makers — at considerable cost savings! So how ...

Uni carbon fiber, placed in accordance with a structural design, enhances strength of reinforced concrete. Careful surface preparation ensures that wet-out carbon fabric adheres to the concrete to ...

Generic video game console controllers have certainly gotten better and more ergonomic since the hard corners of the Atari joystick. As beautiful and engrossing as games have become, the controller is ...

(Nanowerk News) An international research team based at The University of Texas at Dallas has made electrically conducting fibers that can be reversibly stretched to over 14 times their initial length ...

Chemical giant BASF SE and Germany-based carbon company SGL Group have announced that they have concluded joint research of a new composite material system which aims at enhancing the ...

Composites technology company Cygnet Texkimp (Cheshire, U.K.) has developed a high-tension fiber winding solution to create lightweight rotating parts with greater dimensional stability at higher ...

We can understand why the owner of a common car like the Chevrolet Malibu would want to customize it to stand out a little bit from the crowd. It’s possible to personalize a car like this tastefully, ...

When it comes to custom vehicle modifications, everyone is entitled to their opinion – if it’s your vehicle, you should modify it how you want, right? Nevertheless, beauty is in the eye of the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Nargess Banks covers the arts, with a focus on design and lifestyle. A car sits silently before me, wrapped in carbon fiber. The ...