Nano Textile Sealant surrounds every fibre with an anti adhesion coating. As a result, dry dirt cannot adhere to the material and liquid cannot be soaked up by the fibres. Water, coffee and fatty substances are repelled from the treated textiles. Even excessive soiling can be removed easily and without a trace. Leather, backpacks, marquees, sunshades etc are cleaned in the rain.
Categories: Nanotechnology Tags: Coating, fabrics, nano, Nanotechnology, pe, sealant, Textile
MicroGen Systems (www.microgensystems.com) is located at Cornell University’s Business and Technology Park in Ithaca, NY. MicroGen is developing a product that will scavenge energy from naturally occurring vibration (eg a vibrating car), and extend the lifetime of rechargeable batteries or replace them all together for low power meshed and non-meshed wireless sensor network (WS) applications. MicroGen’s BOLT(tm) micro-power generator/recharger will enable WSN applications, such as Smart Energy/Grid (eg industrial equipment monitoring, large computer server room HVAC monitoring, building light control), Smart Infrastructure (eg bridge monitoring for structural integrity), Smart Transportation (ie powering airbag and tire pressure sensors), and corresponding Homeland Security (eg asset tracking) and defense applications. The BOLT50/100 and BOLT60/120 products will generate at least 100 uWatts at 50/100 Hz (EU) and 60/120 Hz (US) and 0.1 g acceleration, and up to 1.0 mWatts at 1 g. The development is underway at the Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility (www.cnf.cornell.edu).
Categories: Nanotechnology Tags: energy harvesting, MEMS, microelectromechanical systems, power scavenging, wireless sensor networks, WSN
