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Ask an expert: How will the metaverse influence product development?
The metaverse is an application of virtual reality VR, augmented reality AR, AI, social media, and digital currency. Users traverse a virtual world that mimics aspects of the physical world. The …
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Hot Topic: In-Mold Decoration
In-Mold Decoration, or IMD, is the process of lining the inside of a mold with a decorative film and then injecting the remaining, core material for the product in the mold to decorate its surface …
Hot Topic: Laser Texturing
Laser texturing is the process of deforming a surface with a laser’s high energy. We call to this process of removing material from a solid surface by exposing it to the energy of a laser beam as …
How It’s Made: This Racecar Is Made From Flax
When you first look at this racecar, you’d probably assume that it’s made up of very strong, very durable, and very expensive materials: Metal, carbon fiber, ceramic coatings, aerospace grade …
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Sustainability in Fashion and Consumer Products
Dr. Andrew Dent, Material ConneXion’s EVP of research, shares his thoughts and outlook in sustainability in fashion and consumer products. Learn crucial takeaways such as: Sustainability …
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Eye on: What’s New in Sustainable Packaging
The doorbell rings, it’s Amazon delivering another one of your packages. The standard cardboard box. You cut open the tape, take out the bubble wrap and remove the book you ordered from the much too …
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Download the November Trend Report
[dflip id="11871" ][/dflip] In a world led by machines, virtual connections and obsessed with performance, never before has the reconnection to human values been so crucial. If the advent of the …
Renewable Carbon Economy
The Spirit in Matter Fueling Augmented Mutualism in an Evolving World How will you exercise your right to a clean and healthy environment? It's unacceptable not to know or not care! The path to a …
Top 5 Materials: November 2022
Paper Saver® ink from Blue Planet Ink® A self-erasing (disappearing) ink for inkjet printers that becomes colorless with exposure to air in hours or days, depending on formulation and environment. …
Weekend Word / Solar Cells
Many modern devices and industrial systems run on electricity as an energy source. Unlike gasoline, electricity is not, in it of itself, derived from fossil fuels and does not produce greenhouse …
Material Profile: Light Control Glass by Gauzy MC#: 901701
This is a plastic film that contains molecules which allow more or less light to pass through a coated glass surface, in response to an electric current. This is the only materials science company …
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Join Us for MCX Live on November 9th!
Accelerating the Bioinnovation through renewable building blocks, smart manufacturing, and sustainability certifications Given the surge in corporate climate commitments, material and product …
Behind The Trends With Emma Fric
Have you ever wondered what goes into making a trend report? Dr. Andrew Dent is joined by Emma Fric, semiotician and co-founder of The Prospectivists, a leading trend foresight agency for an engaging …
Weekend Word / LED + OLED
Light-emitting diodes or LEDs are a type of semiconductor that convert electricity to energy in the form of light. LEDs are extremely small, approximately the size of a fleck of pepper. Yet, they can …
Weekend Word / Light
Light is the electromagnetic radiation carried by particles we call photons in the form of waves. Light can be analyzed as a property of both waves and particles, but regardless, it refers to …
