Last week, members of West Virginia's School Building Authority unanimously agreed to require shatterproof glass in new school construction as part of an effort aimed at stopping intruders from gaining access to schools and giving emergency ...
Food manufacturers have an untapped source of export opportunities on their doorstop which could provide greater riches than the much touted BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) regions. Food exports to Central and Eastern Europe ...
Tags: Exports to Central and Eastern Europe, UK Trade&Industry, BRIC countries
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) tells us Philips is recalling certain metal halide lamps due to fire, laceration hazards. Specifically, the internal wiring can arc, causing the lamp to catch fire or the glass to shatter. ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Philips, Lamps
An internal wiring problem can pose fire and laceration hazards Philips Lighting Company of Bath, N.Y., is recalling about 8,100 metal halide lamps. The internal wiring can arc causing the lamp to catch fire or the glass to shatter, ...
Tags: Halide Lamps, Philip, Lighting
The West Virginia School Building Authority (SBA) recently approved a safety measure that will require new schools built in the state to have shatter-resistant glass, according to SBA executive director Mark Manchin. "The SBA voted to ...
Tags: Resistant Glass, Glass
Reusable plastic water bottles may be good for the environment, but a new study shows they might be bad for your health. There's a possibility that the chemical found in plastic water bottles, baby bottles and the lining of many food, ...
Tags: baby bottle, child bottle
The U.S. Department of Justice has indicted online payment processor Liberty Reserve for laundering $6 billion in a series of global transactions, which the agency charges may be the largest international money laundering prosecution in ...
Tags: DOJ, Liberty Reserve
In what is possibly the geekiest rivalry in the smartphone industry—and that takes effort—the maker of tough smartphone screens known as Gorilla Glass is arguing that its much-hyped challenger sapphire is weaker, not to mention ...
Tags: Sapphire Screens, Gorilla Glass
Tempered glass is about four times stronger than "ordinary," or annealed, glass. And unlike annealed glass, which can shatter into jagged shards when broken, tempered glass fractures into small, relatively harmless pieces. As a result, ...
Tags: Tempered Glass, Construction Glass
High-tech's leading advocate in the immigration bill fight, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), has bought himself some time, perhaps until Tuesday, to try get the immigration bill changed to the liking of the tech industry. Negotiations are ...
Tags: Computer Products, H-1B Politics
The Can Makers, the body representing the UK manufacturers of beverage cans, has revealed the winners of its student video competition in partnership with the British Film Institute The winners are Jens Christensen, Louis King and James ...
Tags: Can Recycling, Can, Packaging&Printing
May 13, 2013 — High-level simulations reveal that plastic deformation in super-resilient alloys is governed by atomic zones with characteristic lengths. Quick-cooling molten atoms give metal alloys a glassy, or random, atomic ...
Tags: Metallic Glass, Glass
TAMPA, Fla. (WTSP) -- It's a consumer-friendly law that's getting costly for honest consumers. The guarantee of a free, zero-deductible windshield replacement in Florida helps keep drivers safe behind the wheel, but unscrupulous glass ...
Tags: Glass Companies, Glass
Jinwill lighting has announced the release of a powerful LED flood light that provides a versatile and powerful source of illumination that can be mounted to any metallic surface that will accept a magnet. The LED work light features a ...
Tags: LED Flood Light, LED Light, LED
Google's core product may always be search, but the company is just as serious about providing in-the-moment information to users with emerging technologies such as Google Now, self-driving cars and Glass, CEO Larry Page signaled on ...
Tags: Computer Products, Google, software