Once tested for possible use as an estrogen replacement, BPA was found to be of better use in the mass production of polycarbonate plastic.
The research team is currently investigating a laser lift-off technology to facilitate the mass production of flexible LIBs and 3D stacking structures to enhance charge density of batteries.
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One of the big goals of asteroid mining startup Planetary Resources is the mass production of space telescopes for both its prospecting missions and to sell to customers.
Hyundai is set to announce plans to bring forward the mass production of hydrogen fuel cell cars, so we might see such vehicles on the road in just a couple of years.
Ford with the mass production of cars.
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It'll likely take years before we'll get to the point of mass production of these things, but in the future we could finally say that batteries do indeed grow from trees.
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Mr Hilleman's greatest contribution to a healthy world may have been his work on the safe mass production of vaccines that can be stored ready for use against the pandemics that since antiquity have regularly swept across continents, such as the 1918 flu outbreak that killed more than 20m people.
Not everyone thinks kombucha kegs and the mass commercial production of the tea is a good idea.
Adding to Sharp's woes are reports that it has fallen behind in the mass-production of screens for Apple's new iPhone 5, expected to launch in September.
The commercial mass production of advanced electronic systems has made high-quality electronic devices exceedingly affordable, and slashed defense budgets force the U.S. military to look for cost savings wherever possible.
The second world war spurred the mass-production of penicillin.
Everywhere in the developed world, the decline of mass-production industries has put pressure on the roles and incomes of working-class and middle-class men.
The company will launch its mass production of the 17-inch model at it's Busan plant, producing some 150, 000 monitors a month, and will start producing the 19-inch models through some existing computer monitor production lines over the next year.
That concept of 'merchandise on demand' turns the idea of mass production on its head, but British Web site Kings of Neon takes the idea one stage further.
The company plans to begin investment in the line, which will focus on WRGB OLED evaporation process, in the first quarter of 2013, with mass production scheduled for the first half of 2014 at a monthly capacity of 26, 000 input sheets.
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The idea has even emerged of crafting as a form of political activism -- the term "Craftivism" has been coined to describe the idea of 'making your own' as a statement against runaway consumerism and the homogeneity of mass production.
In the same way that mass production moved the locus of industry from small shops to huge factories, today's mutations have the potential to shift us away from business models based on economies of scale, asset intensification, concentration and central control.
He says he is in discussions with several large corporations for the mass production and distribution of the technology pending the NSF validation.
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Of course, the big boys like Trek and Giant can't be faulted here, the nature of mass production makes it impossible for them to finely tune a frame for each individual.
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Despite the unforeseen level of interest, Dash says he has no plans to go into the serious business of mass production any time soon.
Just a day after Samsung unveiled the smartphone as its inaugural Exynos 5 Octa device, the company has confirmed that the not-really-eight-core ARM processor should be in mass production during the second quarter of the year, or between April and June.
Our education system today uses the mass production style manufacturing process of standardization.
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Wedgwood also grasped the significance of mass production and marketing.
These perspectives evolved through the age of mass production.
At its peak, hundreds of firms across the country were making something like two million bicycles a year, which was an astonishing number at the time given the primitive state of mass production.
Officials at the component suppliers, who declined to be named, said this week that Apple has told them to prepare for mass production of the smaller tablet.
Amid disputes whether the late Steve Jobs would have approved of the product, WSJ.com reported that LG Display and AU Optronics began mass production of what will be the 7.85-inch liquid crystal display.
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This could be possible as there is tremendous potential for economies of scale, both in terms of mass production, which reduces the cost of each turbine, and in terms of the construction and management of vast wind farms offshore where there are few limits on available acreages.
Samsung's 8Mp S5K3H2 is sampling now and is scheduled for mass production in the second quarter of this year.
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When it goes into mass production at the end of this month, the Orbit will be available in two models.
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