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...arrived to escort her to the hospital they fondly refer to as “The Mount.” The Halloween puke chronicles continued at the Owl where a large fuzzy bear (!) threw up all over herself in the courtyard. Last weekend a B.U. sorority of dubious moral fiber brought its own decorations to a mixer with the aforementioned club. The sisters’ poster read “Save a Horse, Ride an Owl Boy.” A Crimson editorial board sophomore dressed in ever-popular Peter Pan garb poked a fellow Ed boarder...
...major holding today is Zoltek, a maker of carbon fiber. What's green about that? Carbon fiber is a component of wind-turbine blades, and Zoltek's orders have soared as wind energy expands worldwide. Automakers are also evaluating carbon fiber as a substitute for some metals to improve fuel economy, and next-generation hybrids and fuel- cell vehicles should contain more of the material. Except for the Japanese, "all the auto companies are using or testing carbon fiber with Zoltek," Robinson says. The stock is up more than 185% this year...
Despite occasional disasters, however, I was adjusting to a fake arm--thanks to certain modifications by prosthetist John Miguelez's team. Ralph had bit the dust, replaced by a more tapered, slightly lighter shell made of carbon fiber and acrylic resin. The modifications improved my range of motion and wardrobe--I could now button a dress shirt. But I was hardly wearing a second skin. The rigid shell chafed my forearm and got so hot in the summer that sweat dripped out of a small hole used...
...Globe Snow glistening under a Swedish moon inspired Torbjörn Lundell to come up with GloFab, a light-radiating "fabric" made[an error occurred while processing this directive] from slender fiber-optic cables. Here, the material is draped around a transparent acrylic sphere to create a squiggly glitter ball. Other applications include curtains and wall hangings, yet Lundell's ambition is to get the yarn to change color in response to music. That man should run a disco. www.glofab.se...
...more labels enter this market, the good news for consumers is that they won't necessarily have to pay a high price for high-performance apparel: Nike sells its Starter line, which incorporates Dri-Star, a moisture-wicking fabric, at Wal-Mart, and Champion uses its sweat-controlling fiber DuoDry in its C9 products, sold at Target. There's only one thing those makers don't have on their agenda?yet. "I hope they start making dress shirts at some point," says Matesanz...