Vulvox is researching heat exchange materials that transfer heat between hot and cold environments. They show very high heat transfer characteristics in experiments and can be manufactured from materials that can be scaled up and it is possible we can take advantage of economies of scale. They transfer heat much faster than stainless steel and they are much lighter than metallic materials. They will be applied in breakthrough products such as geothermal pumps, solar thermal energy collectors, and industrial heat exchangers with much higher efficiencies. They will be products that will increase industrial efficiency and that will pay for themselves even in a recessionary era. We have recently discovered that the material shown above has the porosity and refractory characteristics necessary for filtering molten metals and we plan to apply for patents in the near future. These filters will remove impurities from molten metal streams that react with molds, enabling reduced mold and die wear. In the case of cast aluminum parts, inclusions in the metal can be eliminated resulting in metal part strength increases of 1/5 and reduction of the rejected part rate to zero. We are also performing research on metal matrix composites that will be detailed on our website in the upcoming months. We have obtained encouraging results from our powder metal composite experiments.