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 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...

Aquarium Fish Tanks Feature GFRP

A renovated port near downtown Rio de Janeiro will do more than offer a place for ships to load and unload goods: It’s designed as a waterfront destination for residents and visitors alike. A highlight of...

RideOut bike seats use carbon fiber and Kevlar.

Carbon Fiber Makes for More Comfortable Bike Seat

Many cyclists can attest that bike seats are often uncomfortable, but few have patented their own solution to the problem. Jeri Rutherford of RideOut Technologies became inspired on a long bike ride to create...