Category Archives: Industry

Email is the New Telegraph

Posted on June 19, 2013 by flybrand1976

India currently sends about 5,000 telegrams a day.  The same telegram that was pioneered in 1837 by Samuel Morse.  Telegram service is scheduled to end ‘next month’ according to the article and India’s system is the last of its type … Continue reading →

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X is the New Y!: Product Succession

Posted on June 18, 2013 by flybrand1976

“Cycling is the new golf” proclaimed The Economist in an April 2013 article, which caused me to go dig up an older series of articles that began in 2006 stating, “Is World of Warcraft the New Golf?”  Maybe we should … Continue reading →

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Peak X: Applying Hubbert’s Peak Theory Beyond Natural Resources

Posted on June 17, 2013 by flybrand1976

Shell Oil Geologist Dr. M. King Hubbert (1903 – 1989) coined the phrase ‘Peak Oil’ based on his observations about petroleum production rates for a given geographic area.  Hubbert’s “Peak Theory” would be broadly stated as, “for a given geographic … Continue reading →

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Filtration Challenges: Too Many Circles in my Venn Diagram

Posted on April 12, 2013 by flybrand1976

When we are working with a customer to design a new porous material, the first two criteria we often look at are (1) the efficiency (how much of the particulate are we going to capture, usually expressed as a % … Continue reading →

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3D Printing: Not Past the Hype Until 2025

Posted on January 3, 2013 by flybrand1976

Tech News Today host Tom Merritt brought up the outlook for 3D printing in their year end Forecast Show – the technology continued go get a lot of press in 2012 and Mr. Merritt’s outlook for 2013 was optimistic but … Continue reading →

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The Textile Supply Chain

Posted on May 6, 2012 by flybrand1976

Like most mature industries, the textile supply chain is large and complex. Materials which the lay person might view as substitutes can have dramatically different end applications. The savvy industry participant can sell the same good to different end users … Continue reading →

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The Prisoner’s Dilemma of Textile Trade Shows

Posted on April 30, 2012 by flybrand1976

Techtextil North America wrapped up last week in Atlanta, GA.  It was the largest textile show I’ve ever been to in the US.  Technical textiles are a big industry; some $126 Bn in 2011 sales according to IFAI. The industry … Continue reading →

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