Sports & Recreation

From football helmets to hockey sticks to kayaks to bobsleds, composite materials help athletes reach their highest performance capabilities and provide durable, lightweight equipment for weekend warriors.

This Bike Saddle Uses Carbon Fiber for Lightweight and Comfort

Selle Anatomica is working with UC San Diego (UCSD) to develop a carbon fiber road saddle with the comfort of its leather saddles at less weight. Selle Anatomic is trying to raise $30,000 through crowd funding...

This GFRP Solar Powered Scooter Gives the Sensation of Floating

BASF Corporation and Floatility have partnered for the development of an ultra-lightweight, solar-powered electric scooter consisting of more than 80 percent composite and plastic materials. The scooter, named...

This Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) composite vehicle developed for use at South Korea's Suncheon Bay uses a carbon fiber core to stay lightweight and flexible, but also strong.

Personal Composite Vehicles Help Carry Tourists through South Korea’s Suncheon Bay

A Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) composite vehicle developed for use at South Korea's Suncheon Bay, a coastal wetland that requires a tourist transportation system with minimal environmental impact, uses a...

The Bogányi, named after its creator, is made of carbon composite as well as wood, and employs wild curves to get a more powerful and balanced sound.

Composites Play a Different Tune in a Space-Age Piano

In cooperation with Hungarian engineers, award-winning pianist Gergely Bogányi has developed a new type of piano that features carbon fiber composites. Bogányi’s dream was to create an instrument that...

Panerai’s new Luminor Submersible 1950 Carbotech watch, also known as PAM 616 feature materials new materials for watchmaking.

Carbotech Debuts in the World of Watches

Each of Panerai’s new Luminor Submersible 1950 Carbotech watch, also known as PAM 616, is unique due to its case. The PAM 616's Luminor-style case is made of Carbotech, a carbon fiber composite that has...

This Carbon Fiber Foldable Bike Fits In Your Backpack

Foldable bikes aim to provide flexibility for cyclists, but are often too expensive, difficult to ride and too big or heavy to realistically carry around. But a team in Beijing sought to finally offer a...