[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 105 (Tuesday, June 24, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1329]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF HIGHER DIMENSION MATERIALS

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                         HON. MICHELE BACHMANN

                              of minnesota

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 24, 2008

  Mrs. BACHMANN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize the 
achievements of an amazing company from Oakdale, Minnesota. Higher 
Dimension Materials has perfected a groundbreaking new material--called 
SuperFabric--which may literally revolutionize the world of material 
science and which has lifesaving applications for our service men and 
women.
  Under the bold and pioneering leadership of Dr. Young-Hwa-Kim, HDM 
has developed a line of SuperFabric materials, which possess an 
astonishing strength, flexibility and resistance and are open to an 
equally astonishing array of uses. After 10 years of painstaking 
research, HDM has successfully overcome the challenge of developing a 
polymer that possesses both great density and great flexibility. 
SuperFabrics incorporate hard solids with flexible fabrics to create 
new composite fabrics that maintain their original flexibility and yet 
are resistant to fire, abrasions, cuts and punctures.
  In fact, NASA, law enforcement agencies and the United States 
military have all expressed great interest in taking advantage of 
Higher Dimensions' breakthroughs. For instance, the military is 
applying Super Fabrics technology in the making of boots for the 
special-ops community and also potentially lifesaving vests for Coast 
Guard divers. NASA is even testing SuperFabrics for new space gloves.
  So revolutionary are these technologies that the University of 
Minnesota is putting them on display in their new Museum of Design. And 
the U.S. Department of Commerce's Office of Textiles and Apparel has 
selected HDM to participate in their European Outdoor Show--one of the 
world's major international trade shows, focusing on performance 
textiles.
  These are but a few of the honors HDM as received for its ingenious 
technological advances. Thanks to the devotion and brilliance of people 
like Dr. Kim and the scientists at HDM, America continues to lead the 
world in the development of new technologies.
  Higher Dimension Materials is a true credit to the state of Minnesota 
and I am honored to recognize their achievements today.

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