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Traction device specialist Kahtoola is preparing to launch its most portable Microspike wearable to date, one so light it calls it the Ghost. The new design builds on the company’s popular lineup but replaces stiff chains with a collapsible TPU frame t… Continue reading Light, ultra-packable traction spikes save your hide on icy terrain
Ice wreaks havoc on surfaces, but we might have a new way to prevent it building up. Scientists at Northwestern University have shown that textured surfaces with thin layers of graphene oxide can stay completely frost-free for long periods.Continue Rea… Continue reading Leaf-inspired graphene surfaces repel frost formation for a week
Humans are not creatures well suited to cold environments. Without a large amount of effort to provide clothing, homes, and food to areas with substantial winters, very few of us …read more Continue reading Concrete Clears its Own Snow
Incorporating a phase-change material into concrete, researchers have created a self-heating material that can melt snow and ice for up to 10 hours without using salt or shovels. The novel material could reduce the need for plowing and salting and help… Continue reading Phase-change concrete melts snow and ice without salt or shovels
[Punxatawny Phil]’s prognostications aside, winter isn’t over up here in the Northern Hemisphere, and the snow keeps falling. If you’re sick of shoveling the driveway and the walk and you …read more Continue reading Fail of the Week: The Little Remote-Controlled Snowblower That Couldn’t
The interlocking LEGO bricks are probably one of the most versatile toys to come out of the 20th century, but aside from the Duplo larger-sized version for smaller kids, they …read more Continue reading The Giant LEGO You Always Wanted To Play With
Preventing or clearing ice build-up on surfaces is a major winter problem, as areas of the southern US are currently experiencing. Scientists at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have now developed a new thin film coating m… Continue reading Gold nanorod films clear surfaces of ice – just add sunlight
It’s getting into the cold and snowy season for much of the world, and that means it can be slippy when you go walking outside. If you need more traction, …read more Continue reading DIY Cleats Give You Traction In Ice And Snow
Hyundai has presented a new wheel and tire design that incorporates built-in snow chains that deploy and retract at the push of a button, potentially putting an end to the fiddly, freezing process of wrapping and removing traditional snow chains.Contin… Continue reading Hyundai unveils car tires with built-in, push-button snow chains
With winter just around the corner for folks in northern climes, Canada’s Rocky Mountain has launched a fat-tire mountain bike called the Blizzard Powerplay that gives snow-loving trail riders some welcome motor assist.Continue ReadingCategory: Bicycle… Continue reading Rocky Mountain prepares for snow days with Blizzard Powerplay eMTB