Month: October 2014

After six years of planning, funding and development, Andrew Slorance and his company, Carbon Black have transformed the wheelchair from a metal, no-style medical device into this minimal, carbon fibre stunner. A wheelchair user since he was paralysed at the ...

The aerospace company will become the official innovations partner of the Oracle team for the 35th America’s Cup race and will share the know-how of its engineers and experts in fields such as aerodynamics, advanced composites, structures and data analysis ...

Quickstep has announced it has been awarded a grant of $1.76 million from the Geelong Region Innovation and Investment Fund. The grant which is an Australian Government, Victorian Government and Ford Australia funded initiative will help Quickstep to create a ...

The first customer A350–900 which will be delivered to Qatar Airways has successfully completed its maiden flight. The flight was the first time an A350 XWB configured for a customer has taken to the sky. Following the successful flight, Qatar’s ...

Scientists at Southampton University have revealed in a new study that feather shafts are made of a multiple layers of keratin, a fibrous material similar in construction to carbon fibre. Since their appearance over 150 million years ago, feather shafts ...

In the race for cheaper carbon fibre, the company backed by Germany’s federal government, businesses and research institutes, says it is making good progress towards reducing carbon costs by around 90% Exactly how MAI will cheapen carbon fibre hasn’t been ...