Technology

Studies methods of improving wind turbine technology to make energy from the wind competitive with conventional energy sources. Part of NREL.

Large color photograph of the Hindenberg burning, with lecture notes on hydrogen for fuel cells. Large print, with an e-mail contact.

Outside SEI in Japan, Telepower Australia has more experience and technical know-how with VRB than anyone else. Link to bibliography.

ESPC sells technology for the conversion of compressed air energy into electric power.

Considers history of petroleum, and writes of MDI vehicle. "It is possible that by 2020 we could primarily be free of our reliance on the internal combustion engine"

A group of people who gather to discuss electric vehicle technologies and construction. Also a photo album with full specifications of the electric cars and trucks owned and built by members.

Nonprofit group that organizes electric vehicle sport competitions with the goal of promoting efficient design and technology.

Courses leading to Bachelor of Science degrees in the science of baking, feed, or milling, other academic programs, internships and scholarships.

Providers full service modeling, CNC machining, inserting, painting, sub-assembly, inspection, and packaging. From silicone rubber molds to CNC machined aluminum injection molds.

Source for foundry and pattern tooling, prototype castings, and full CNC machining.

Rapid injection molded plastic prototype parts from aluminum molds with no design limitations and fast turnaround.

Sheffield, UK based product design consultancy offering product design, development and management services including concept development, CAD realisation and rapid prototyping services.

Describes the material's use in a space probe capturing samples of comet material and interstellar dust.

More than a hundred selected papers which were presented at the 1999 and 2001 International Ash Utilization Symposia. The papers deal with the chemistry and mineralogy of fly ash, usage in construction and mining industry, environmental and health aspects.

Manufactures tools to measure water vapour transmission rates and sample testing of plastics films, coatings and building substances. Includes a brief company history and applications of products. Located in Sittingbourne, UK.

Equipment for surface tension, interfacial tension, contact angle, and surface energy measurements on all types of materials.

Manufacture test equipment for geotechnical systems, asphalt roads, concrete compression, and non-destructive systems. Includes links to industry technical papers.

Buy and sell new and used testing asphalt equipment on the network for construction materials technology. Registration required for full use.

Manufacturer of thickness, microhardness, conductivity, ferrite content, and porosity testing and measurement instruments.

Manufacturers of laboratory testing equipment including melt flow index, izod impact, vibration, heat deflection and universal testing machines. Mumbai, India

Material characterisation specialists supplying laboratory testing equipment for pore size, BET surface area and particle size analysis, as well as microscopes and zeta potential probes.

Manufacturers of a wide range of laboratory testing equipment.

Independent failure analysis and materials testing laboratory offering expert services in failure analysis, comparison analysis, reverse engineering, product and production troubleshooting, and witness expert testimony.

UK-based institution for building services including heating, ventilation and air conditioning.

Software tool for the graphical design and scheduling of HVAC systems.

Offers solutions for rating, selection, catalogs, bid tracking, custom drawings, web sites and software.

Supplier of bespoke technical selection, quotation, design and custom manufacturing software for the HVAC industry. Includes demos and online tools.

It is suggested to use the internal space (internal channel) of a rotating blade as a centrifugal flow pump delivering pressurized air in a jet engine located on the blade tip.

PIPE-FLO, the fluid flow hydraulic analysis and pump selection software used to design, optimize and troubleshoot fluid piping systems.

See a comparison of the melting temperatures of various metals, a chart for converting powder particle sizes and a table for cross referencing brazing alloy specifications to common trade names . Vitta Corporation .

Metallurgical engineering and advanced materials technology training consultancy.

Offers consultancy services in metals, metalworking, metallurgy, ballistics and fabrication.

Organization of 28 European countries cooperating in legal metrology to establish a harmonized and consistent approach. Details of working groups, notifies bodies, training, events calendar, members login and details of member states.

ICTAC organises congresses to exchange information, and coordinating efforts towards standardization and nomenclature. Lists upcoming events, membership details and contacts in Toronto, Canada.

Non-destructive, trace elemental analysis, ion beam analysis using a focused microbeam. Includes applications in tomography and microfabrication, downloads and contacts in England.

Offer molecular characterization, using instruments including FT-IR, MALDI-TOF for peptide analysis, CE for DNA sequencing, chromatography, microscopy and thermal analysis. Research with Michigan Molecular Institute at Midland, MI.

Offers a hand-operated gold, gem and heavy mineral concentrator.

Gold mining, prospecting, panning and dredging equipment manufacturer.

A science fiction thriller set in the near future. It is about the introduction of nanotechnology into contemporary American society.

General-purpose structural engineering software for Windows.

Structural Engineering software for wind, plate, and shell design.

Provides structural engineering software for structural analysis and structural design. Project examples and animations. Trial version and manuals for download.

A structural analysis, design and evaluation program for steel and concrete structures and buildings, bridges, towers, prestressed girders, steel calculator, concrete and footing calculator. Free demo and videos.

Produces SPARD AM/FM/GIS analysis software for electrical distribution.

QUAD-SURFACE 1.0: Quadrilateral finite element mesh generation software for meshing of plates, shells and general curved surfaces in 3D. QUAD-SURFACE is available in the complete source form.

Space exploration science, history and current events. Focus is primarily on NASA space activities.

A paper by Robert Zubrin.

Information about permanently shadowed regions on the Moon, where frozen water could be trapped.

Proposal for a time and calendar system for the Moon that divides the lunar day into 30 slightly-less-than 24-hour periods.

Detailed information on terraforming, including some formal papers.