Flexible

Strength and flexibility are two opposites that usually need to be balanced in steel. But now engineers at Purdue University and Sandia National Labs have developed a new treatment that can be applied to steel alloys to make them both stronger and more ductile at the same time, which could have a range of uses in energy and aerospace.Strength is a measure of how large a load a material can withstand before it fails, while ductility measures how easily it can be extended or elongated into different shapes. Those two…

Knocking down a wall – or walls – to create an open-plan living space can be expensive and not very environmentally friendly. With the development of moveable wooden partition walls that can be positioned right where you want them, ‘knocking through’ may become a thing of the past.‘Knocking through’ means removing an internal wall to connect two spaces or create an open-plan area. Typically, people want to open up a space when there has been a change in circumstances – the arrival of a baby or when grown-up children move…

Uber drivers won't just have easy access to Tesla cars when they want to switch to EVs. Ford and Uber are launching an expanded Drive pilot program that provides a flexible Mustang Mach-E lease to rideshare drivers in Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco. Operators pick leases in one- to four-month increments, and get their Mach-E within two weeks. After that, they use a Ford Drive app to handle payments and maintenance. Ford, meanwhile, buys fleets of the electric crossovers from dealerships and uses them for…

Ford is partnering with Uber to offer flexible, no-commitment Mustang Mach-E leases for rideshare drivers. The first-of-its-kind agreement is designed to promote EVs while cutting emissions in cities. Ford and Uber expand Mustang Mach-E lease program The program, called Ford Drive, is kicking off in California, allowing rideshare drivers to lease a Mustang Mach-E over a span of one and four-month increments. Ford and Uber initially launched the lease program last year, giving Uber…

The foldable industry is booming with some new screen technology coming from Huawei, ZTE, and BOE. These tech giants are pulling their resources and know-how together to hit the foldable market with something new. Already Huawei is prepping to announce their new foldable device to the world and it comes with some jaw-dropping technology.But this article will focus on what is coming from the collaboration between these Chinese tech firms. Information on this issue was made public by popular tipster, Digital Chat Station, …

According to a renowned tipster DIgital Chat Station, three Chinese tech giants, namely Huawei, ZTE and BOE, are teaming up to create the best foldable OLED screen with an under-display camera. The first phone to potentially benefit from the cutting-edge display tech is Huawei's future foldable Mate X4 smartphone. Sure, the Mate X4 won't be the first foldable smartphone with an under-screen selfie camera as Samsung's Galaxy Fold4 debuted with the said screen tech but it was far from ideal. The selfie camera is…

DuPont has debuted a new version of its famous bulletproof Kevlar fabric called EXO at this year's United States Army Rangers' Best Ranger Competition at Fort Benning Georgia. The company says it is the most significant aramid fiber innovation in over 50 years with not only better ballistic protection, but it's also lighter, more flexible, and more heat resistant.Mention Kevlar and it's likely to bring up images of bulletproof vests, but the material has many more applications. Blankets of it protect the International…

Theoretical framework. Credit: Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science (2023). DOI: 10.1007/s11747-022-00921-3 If you've stayed at a brand-name hotel or eaten at a fast food restaurant recently, it's more likely than not that you've supported a franchised company. Franchising is a distribution strategy where a larger company, the franchisor, licenses the rights to its brand, products, and procedures to a smaller…

March 29, 2023 5:30 am ET The owners of New York private members club Fasano Fifth Avenue opened in spring 2021 with 12 fully furnished luxury rental residences on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, aiming to meet a demand for bookings of 30 to 60 days.  The new business didn’t turn out as planned. Some guests checked in for a stay of a month or two but ended up staying for a year to 18 months and more. “The…

iQoo Neo 8 is reportedly going to be launched soon as the company's generation flagship smartphone series. The purported smartphone lineup is expected to succeed the iQoo Neo 7 series that debuted last year in China. The upcoming series from the Chinese manufacturer is expected to include two models as part of its lineup — a vanilla iQoo Neo 8, and a higher-end iQoo Neo 8 Pro. The upcoming flagship smartphone series is now being subjected to a latest round of tips that suggest some key specifications around the upcoming…