[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 10] [Extensions of Remarks] [Page 13703] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF HIGHER DIMENSION MATERIALS ______ 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. ____________________