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Dell XPS 13: Carbon Fibre Makes This Ultrabook Light And Sturdy

1:30PM January 11, 2012 | Adrian Covert

Dell’s XPS 13 is their official entry into the ultrabook market. On the outside, it doesn’t look terribly different from other ultrabooks (hello teardrop design!), but a closer examination reveals that Dell took a very interesting approach to the materials they used in their machine. Namely, carbon fibre. More »

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There’s A Special Place In Nerd Heaven For Carbon Fibre Stormtroopers

8:40AM November 16, 2011 | Andrew Liszewski

Making your own set of Stormtrooper armour is a huge undertaking, but making it out of carbon fibre instead of plastic vacuum-forming techniques? You’ve just earned yourself a place next to Gene Roddenberry and Gary Gygax in nerd heaven. More »

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Daily Desired: Make Your Apple Products Shimmer Like Carbon Fibre

4:00AM October 27, 2011 | Mario Aguilar

From an aesthetic point of view, draping Apple products in carbon fibre is a staggeringly obvious idea. Staggeringly expensive too — Apple’s never gotten past a concept. But if you can’t have carbon fibre iProducts, here’s the next best thing. More »

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Why Is Carbon Fibre So Expensive?

9:00AM September 24, 2011 | Joe Brown

When carbon fibre was first trotted out in solid-rocket motor cases and tanks in the 1960s, it was poised to not only take on fibreglass, but also a whole host of other materials. More »

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Only Awesome People Need A Carbon Fibre Tub

10:15AM September 15, 2011 | Mario Aguilar

So you might think a carbon fibre bathtub is silly, but somewhere there’s a person who won’t just bathe themselves in a common porcelain basin — they need excess. The Corcel N°1 is a beautiful thing for the awesomely opulent. More »

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Sprinter With Carbon Fibre Legs Will Race In World Championships

11:39PM August 8, 2011 | Adrian Covert

Oscar Pistorius has two carbon fibre blades for legs. Despite that, he can run 400m in 45.07 seconds. And South Africa, his home country, is sending him to the World Championships to compete against a field of normal-legged runners. More »

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Engineering Students. Big Budget. One Year. The Perfect Bicycle?

5:00AM May 2, 2011 | Jack Loftus

Voila! UPenn’s super-sophisticated uber-bike. Five kids. Substantial funding and sponsorship dollars. Free reign to eliminate clunks gears and cables. It’s called Alpha. More »

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This Schoolhouse Looks Like Bowser’s Carbon Fibre Castle

8:20AM April 16, 2011 | Davey Alba

Except instead of seeming menacing, it actually comes across as neat. This is the newly erected schoolhouse for boys at the Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School in Victoria, Australia. More »

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Trump Them All With Carbon Fibre Business Cards

9:40PM April 14, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Your business peers can gloat all they want about their embossed iron-coloured cards – when you pull out your carbon fibre cards they’ll instantly know you’re the kind of guy who spends $US1600 on a pack of 100. [CarbonFiberDesigns via Uncrate via BornRich]

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Even Ping Pong Paddles Are Being Coated In Carbon Fibre Now

10:20PM April 13, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

I don’t care how much lighter carbon fibre makes something – is it really necessary to paint a bleedin’ tennis table paddle in it? I will concede it looks damn cool, but $US140 cool? Yeh, I thought so. [Donic Schildkröt CarboTec 100 via Uncrate]