November/December 2014 Issue of Advanced Materials & Processes, featuring: Materials Testing Characterization, Graphene Surface Modification, Automotive Spot Weld Testing, Software for Materials Testing, HTPro, and iTSSe
Overcoming magnesium barriers in aircraft interiors
For decades, magnesium has been banned for use on aircraft interiors due to the perceived threat of intense fire producing high heat and bright light.
Cloud-like materials cut construction costs
Greener ship propellers
Reading robots’ minds
A new visualization system developed by MIT researchers, combines ceiling-mounted projectors with motion-capture technology and animation software to project a robot’s intentions in real time. Researchers say the system may help speed up the development of self-driving cars, package-delivering drones, and other autonomous, route-planning vehicles.




