Tuesday, 4 July 2017

How Hollywood and the Army are shaping the future of fireworks

In pursuit of a better bang, two unlikely industries are working to develop greener, cleaner-burning pyrotechnics. Hollywood wants less smoke — and the military doesn't want to contaminate its training sites.

But the new formulations are pricy, and America’s commercial fireworks industry — which made $1.1 billion in revenue last year — is still a long way from changing their decades-old recipes. When the industry’s ready, or when environmental regulations become more stringent, fireworks manufacturers will at least know where to start, says Jesse Sabatini, a scientist with the US Army Research Laboratory who has worked extensively on pyrotechnics. “You’ve got formulations now that are out there, that the companies can take.”

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https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/4/15912820/green-fireworks-environmental-impact-smoke-chemicals-military-entertainment

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http://ifeeltechinc.blogspot.com/2017/07/how-hollywood-and-army-are-shaping.html

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