From somewhere back behind the Iowa State University Icing Research Tunnel, Ames, Rye Waldman called out to see if Hui Hu was ready for a spray of cold water. The wind tunnel was down to 10°F.
3D Printing Design Contest
Harvest Technologies, Belton, Tex., announced their first design contest in hopes to further promote rapid manufacturing and help grow a 3D printing community online.
Last call for 2014 U.S. nanotechnology survey
The not-for-profit National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS), Ann Arbor, Mich., partnered with the National Science Foundation (NSF), Arlington, Va., under the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) to conduct its fourth study of trends in nanotechnology and nanofabrication.
Robotic fish moves like the real thing (with video)
Soft robots—which don’t just have soft exteriors but are also powered by fluid flowing through flexible channels—have become a sufficiently popular research topic that they now have their own journal, Soft Robotics.
NACE International’s Innovation of the Year Award
Abakan Inc., Miami, announces that its 72% owned subsidiary, MesoCoat Inc., Euclid, Ohio, received the highly prestigious National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) Materials Performance (MP) Corrosion Innovation of the Year Award in the coatings and linings category.