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Corrugated Steel Fallout Shelter Protects Against Mild Rainstorms
6:00PM Dan Nosowitz | This fallout shelter plan, from 1962, only cost $US150 in raw materials, and if properly made, has a “protection factor greater than 500″. 500 what? No idea! More »
Science
Neutron Star Crusts Are 10 Billion Times Stronger Than Steel
2:00PM Dan Nosowitz | A teaspoon of this stuff would weigh 100 million tons, and the only thing more dense is a black hole. Space is weird. More »
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Prosciutto-Wrapped Air Hose Cuts Through Steel, Cucumber Version Proven Inferior
4:00PM Dan Nosowitz | In a crushing blow for vegetarians worldwide, a cucumber doused in vegetable oil has been proven inferior to prosciutto when tasked with cutting through steel sheet metal. Pork: 1, PETA: 0. More »
Design
The Monolith Table Transforms to Seat Ten
2:10AM Mark Wilson | If you walked into a friend’s house to see this 2.5m stainless steel hourglass, you’d probably think he makes too much money. If he unfolded the sculpture for 10-person dinner seating, you’d know it. More »
Science
Buckypaper: Silly Name, Incredibly Strong and Light Material
9:45AM Gizmodo US Edition | Flying in a plane made of a material called ‘buckypaper’ may not seem too appealing at first, but this new type of carbon nanotube may be the future of lightweight, high strength composite. Discovered accidentally while trying to create the same conditions that exist in a star, buckypaper is far from reaching its potential, but what a potential it is. More »
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Carbon Nanotube Manufacturing Breakthrough Could Mean Bye-Bye Steel
8:07PM Kit Eaton | Carbon nanotubes have been popping on Giz for a while, touted as one of the next wonder-materials—but a new development in their manufacture means they may not remain “future technology” for long. In fact the work of a team at CSIRO and the University of Texas at Dallas means that commercial-scale production of sheets of carbon nanotube “textile” is possible at up to seven metres per minute. More »
Design
Futuristic Origami Desk Cut and Folded from a Single Sheet of Steel
6:20AM Sean Fallon | No doubt about it, this is one bad-ass-looking desk. But the 3Fold from Formtank is more than just a striking visual design—it is also impressive because it was cut and folded from a single sheet of steel using CAD/CAM technology. Formtank bills it as an excellent CEO desk, which is why it takes CEO money to buy one. Constructing your own version starts at around US$7,000. [Formtank via Core77 via Boing Boing] galleryPost('3folddesk', 3, ''); More »
Science
9/11 Twin Tower Collapse Provides Data For Building Better Fusion Reactors
10:00AM Wilson Rothman | Don’t be afraid. You can read that headline again. I’ll wait for you… Aaaand, okay: With cold fusion nowhere in sight, hot fusion looks to be the cleanest way to whip up some atomic energy. However, the steel needed to line the reactor may not be able to take the heat. UK scientists said that temperatures inside reactors are nearly identical to those reached on the floors of the World Trade Centre that were struck by planes on September 11, 2001—and that the tragedy itself yielded helpful data. Here, on the eve of the terrorist attack’s 7th anniversary, is the deal: More »
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