The plan was to utilise ESP32 hardware with the Espressif HFP stack to do all the Bluetooth heavy lifting. [Jouke] did find out the hard way that this is not a commonly-trodden path in hackerland, and ...

When Leo Hendrik Baekeland invented Bakelite in 1907, he changed the world — ushering in the Age of Plastics and transforming the way people lived. The phenolic resin took off first as a superior, ...

Bakelite is the seminal precursor of modern-day plastics, developed in the early 1900s by a Belgian chemist named Leo Baekeland. It includes natural wood flour and heat-set phenol formaldehyde resin, ...

An alternative to wood and metal, Bakelite took over kitchen drawers in the early 20th century, as manufacturers applied the hard, colorful plastic to the handles of beaters, dough blenders, ...

IT IS a busy evening in New York and a man is asking people on the street at random if they are familiar with Bakelite. None of them knows what it is, but most think it is related to food. We meet ...

Made of a combination of phenol and formaldehyde, Bakelite is a type of plastic that became popular during the 1930s and 40s as a material not only for jewelry, but for other consumer goods like ...

ATLANTA, July 23, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bakelite announced today the successful acquisition of Sestec, a Poland-based company renowned for its sustainable, protein-based adhesives for wood and ...

Thinking about what to do with Sumitomo Bakelite stock right now? You’re not alone. Investors have taken note of this materials company’s impressive run, and with a share price sitting at 5,113 yen, ...

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bakelite Synthetics announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase and acquire LRBG Chemicals, Inc., a Canadian resin manufacturer and developer, ...

Baekeland was hardly alone in his quest for a better varnish. The shellac issue was one of the hot topics of chemical research at the turn of the century. The sole source of shellac was the excretions ...