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At first, I thought this would be a bad idea. But having watched this video, I kind of want to stick Velcro all over my apartment. More »
If you’re going to haphazardly strap a camera to your handlebars, helmet, rear-view mirror or belt buckle, you may as well do it right. More »
A new material relies on millions of tiny plastic fibres that can grip solids as the fabric slides across them, then quickly release those objects when pulled away vertically. The technology is based on the anatomy of a spider’s gecko’s foot, and may be used for things like hanging art on a wall, or wrapping a broken leg on a battlefield. Screw that stuff: I’d like to use it to build a Spider-Man climbing suit.
This concept Velcro wall socket seems like it would be a good idea on paper, seeing as it attaches Velcro to both the socket and AC adapters so you can keep them close when not in use. But in practice, the fact that you can keep a plug attached close to the wall, instead of on the floor, does very little to act “as a strong reminder to the user to unplug the plug,” which would in turn save power. Unless you’re really anal about how high your electric bill is, you’re not going to be going around and unplugging your electronics after you use them.
Velcro Wall Socket Conserves Energy [Yanko Design] More »
You’d think an invention like Velcro couldn’t be redesigned, but don’t tell that to Leonard Duffy. The 66-year-old architect has created a new Velcro he dubs “slidingly engaging fasteners.” The fasteners don’t make that tearing noise when you unfasten them, they don’t wear down, and they can support 8x more weight than today’s Velcro.
They can be used on anything from sneakers to ski gloves to a waterproof cast (shown above) that Duffy calls the Unitary Wrap. I don’t think I’ve used anything with Velcro since I was a kid, but the thought of a removable, waterproof cast sounds pretty cool. – Louis Ramirez
The New Velcro [Pop Sci] More »
If looking at the news gives you the idea that the world is going to hell and the Apocalypse is about to break loose on Earth, look no further. What you hear is the noise of thunder and the trumpet-playing beast, because we have found the definitive proof: Behold, the BolsiPlus.
BolsiPlus are sticky pockets. Yes, they are pockets, they stick, they made every surface fugly useful. And thanks to NASA’s Apollo program and the genius of Ilde Irun, its inventor, these pockets can attach to any surface known to mankind: just stick that Velcro strip to your laptop, fridge, wall, door, car seat, PlayStation 3, nuclear submarine or favorite tiger-pattern thong.
And as you can see in the gallery, they come in all kinds of fabrics and decorations. There’s even a Wall Street Journal model, perfect to put Walter Mossberg’s exclusive pre-production iPhone in his exclusive pre-production next generation Santa Rosa MacBook. You can even send your own photo. A video demonstrating its hundred billion uses (not safe for work, play or life) after the jump.
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