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New Huntsman Thermoset Mimics Elastomers

A new thermoset system from Huntsman Advanced Materials provides elastomeric qualities, while retaining the benefits of epoxy infusion. One of the key attributes is the ability to use the material with carbon fiber systems and textiles due its low viscosity. In addition to flexibility and excellent impact strength, the unique system also provides high transparency, brightness and UV resistance. &# ...
Posted in Engineering Materials | 2009-11-05 16:58:15 EST

The Incidence of the Light Bulb Going Off (or In?)

After being fed specifications in a piecemeal fashion, an engineer figures out how to meet a test spec by thinking inside the box By Radcliffe Cutshaw, Contributing Writer The project was to design a device to segment the upstream band used by cable modems. Cable modems are collision moderated: When two or more modems try to send at the same time, a collision is detected and both wait a random tim ...
Posted in Sherlock Ohms | 2009-11-05 16:12:46 EST

The instance of the Ruined Radar Relays

You know you’re in trouble when you start thinking that shooting the designer of a troublesome system is a serious solution By Ken Herrick, Contributing Writer I dredge up this investigative instance from 50 and more years ago. But even in today’s solid-state age I think it pertinent still. I was a field engineer assigned to the U. S. Navy overseas and there had been a continuing p ...
Posted in Sherlock Ohms | 2009-11-05 15:55:15 EST