Neil Farbstein, the inventor of
the breakthrough solar energy collector and storage system detailed on our solar power webpage has obtained patent pending
(61273459) on it. We are actively soliciting corporate and university partners to research and further develop it. We
have found one group already. A DOE Energy Frontiers research group has agreed to work with
us.
Vulvox
announces a breakthrough in materials science; The story and photos of our completely novel material can
be viewed by clicking the "Nanotube Adhesive" link on the navigation bar. Vulvox has been granted patent pending (USPTO number 61069147) on the material.
We have discovered an extremely simple and inexpensive process to manufacture carbon nanotube
adhesives. This discovery is a breakthrough that will beat the price all competitors offer their products at. We
will continue to work on it and add it to our patent portfolio. Our experiments are continuing to yield valuable results.
Recently we have begun a project with a University lab to conduct research on the nanotube adhesive.
New! Scanning Electron
Microscope photos of our carbon nanotube adhesive
SEM IMAGES These images were taken at a university laboratory under
a research contract with Vulvox.
Vulvox has also obtained a patent pending (61189208) on
composites as detailed below:
Some technologies can improve things without making use of nanoscale research.
Vulvox has designed a novel type of honeycomb sandwich structure that will increase its' stiffness and strength more
than 19 times so that it can resist impacts from flying objects without falling apart. A small piece of tire rubber from
an exploding tire hit the Concorde's outer fuselage and ignited an explosion. The very thin walls of the Concorde's fuel tanks
could have been reinforced with our product and it would have made that impact totally harmless instead of causing an explosion
and the end of an era in aviation. Current honeycomb panels will be replaced by Vulvox panels that stand up to low
velocity impacts and stresses that would destroy conventional panels. Honeycomb panels are also easily damaged in
the factory before they are installed and Vulvox's product will reduce damage at the site of manfacture. Honeycomb sandwich
panels are used extensively in clean rooms. The silicon chip industry uses cleanrooms extensively.
Atomic force microscopes and other equipment such as laser interfereometers
are kept on vibration free tables that contain honeycomb vibration dampers. Vulvox plans to sell honeycombs that stand
up to impacts from objects dropped on them, making them more durable and reducing the expense of replacing damaged tables.
Vulvox is also
planning a research and development program to manufacture extremely high strength to weight nanomaterials that can
be combined with the very high efficiency honeycomb structures we plan to patent, to yield structures with the potential to
make single stage to orbit launch vehicles a practical project.
