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While a small blade and other simple tools do come in handy at times, why carry around a separate multitool when you’re already using a keychain? That’s the thinking behind the all-in-one KeySnap carabiner, which is currently on Kickstarter.Continue Re… Continue reading Titanium KeySnap combines a carabiner, keychain and blade
Kickstarter makers certainly seem to be obsessed with putting as much functionality in as small a space as possible. Case in point: the new Slash microblade, that promises to give you super sharp cutting power in a keychain capsule.Continue ReadingCate… Continue reading Thumbnail-sized blade puts a super-small slasher on your keychain
Harvesting wind energy is an important part of the renewables mix, but when those huge turbine blades reach the end of their working lives, they could end up as waste in landfill. Siemens Gamesa has developed a recyclable blade that can be used to crea… Continue reading Wind turbine fitted with recyclable blades starts generating electricity
In 1964, the Buck Knives company marketed its 110 Folding Hunter knife, which changed the knife-making industry forever. It introduced a revolutionary folding blade that locked into place so strongly it performed like a fixed-blade sheath knife. New At… Continue reading The game-changing Buck 110 Folding Hunter knife
A team of engineers at MIT led by C. Cem Tasan has discovered why steel razor blades go dull even when cutting hair that’s 50 times softer than them. Using an electron microscopic, they found that under the right conditions a single hair can chip a bla… Continue reading MIT study reveals why razor blades go dull cutting humble old hair
If you’re like us, the expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam inserts that protect many packages these days are a source of mixed feeling. On the one hand, we’re glad that stuff arrives intact thanks to the molded foam inserts. But it seems so wasteful, especially when chucking it in the garbage …read more
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Sharp spikes called penitentes may be waiting to impale any spacecraft that lands in the moon’s low latitudes. Continue reading Scientists Think Europa’s Equator Might Be Covered in 45-Foot-Tall Ice Spears