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Future Technologies
New plastics — including composites, nanoplastics and bio-plastics — are helping to create a future of endless possibilities. Plastics give us tougher, safer, cleaner, more comfortable homes, cars and airplanes in addition to sports gear, and hospitals that protect and enhance our lives.Imagine walls that respond to temperature and sound, floors that self-clean and chairs that adjust to the size and weight of the person sitting on them. We’re not there yet, but advancements in plastics are getting us closer. Plastics are allowing us to do so many things today that we couldn’t do before; and they will allow us to do things in the future that we haven’t imagined yet.
When Less is More: Plastic Nanotechnology
Read MoreTalk on Recycled Plastic
Submitted on Aug 5, 2010
Verizon Wireless is now selling the Samsung Intensity II online. A phone made partly from recycled plastic.
Category: Appliances & Gadgets • Future Technologies
“Plastic Plane” Shows at the Farnborough Airshow
Submitted on Aug 5, 2010
Boeing’s revolutionary new “plastic plane,” the 787 Dreamliner, which is the first plane to be made from 50% carbon fibre composite material shows at the Farnborough Airshow.
Category: Cars & Transportation • Future Technologies
Plastic Helps Create an Outdoor Oasis
Submitted on Aug 5, 2010
Showcasing how top tier and interior designers to the stars create outdoor living spaces that are pet friendly, human friendly and even plastic!
Category: Buildings & Homes • Eco Solutions • Future Technologies
Professional Sports Teams Becoming More Environmentally Conscious
Submitted on Aug 5, 2010
National sports team are taking steps in being environmentally conscious by adding more recycling bins, encouraging recycling and even LEED lighting
Category: Eco Solutions • Future Technologies
Plastic Disks Help Advance Cancer Vaccine
Submitted on Jul 20, 2010
Researchers have developed an implantable vaccine that, using plastic disks, eliminated melanoma tumors in mice.
Category: Future Technologies • Medical & Safety
Plastic Fabrics Could Make Your Shirt Sing
Submitted on Jul 20, 2010
New acoustic fibers rely on plastics and can ’sing’ and hear sounds.
Category: Future Technologies
Obama Makes Visit to Future Battery Plant
Submitted on Jul 15, 2010
The plant will create battery packs that will use plastics in hoses, ducts and other components, along with the plastics used within lithium-ion cells, in connectors, cables and other parts.
Category: Cars & Transportation • Future Technologies
Researchers Improve Plastic Solar Cells
Submitted on Jul 8, 2010
“Industry-changing” plastic solar cells see longer operating life.
Category: Future Technologies
Transforming Waste Plastic Into an Alternative Fuel
Submitted on Jun 7, 2010
Student researchers at Northeastern University have designed an apparatus to convert plastic waste into clean energy without releasing harmful emissions.
Category: Future Technologies
Transforming Waste Plastic Into an Alternative Fuel
Submitted on May 25, 2010
Student researchers at Northeastern University have designed an apparatus to convert plastic waste into clean energy without releasing harmful emissions.
Category: Future Technologies
