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The JuiceBox (Based on our prototype for The Bump) was featured yesterday on FastCompany.

Read about why this mobile device charging solution is so much better than everything else out there, and elegantly solves a problem that any smartphone owner has.

Airports, Movie Theaters, Hotel Lobbies, listen up!

Introducing The Juicebox: A Simple, Sexy Smartphone Charging Station | Fast Company

beautifullyengineered:

C/SiC Brakes are Beautifully Engineered

Carbon Fibre Reinforced Silicon Carbide

Carbon–carbon (abbreviated C/C) is a composite material consisting of carbon fibre reinforcement in a matrix of graphite. It was developed for the nose cones of intercontinental ballistic missiles, and is most widely known as the material for the nose cone and wing leading edges of the Space Shuttle. It has been used in the brake systems of Formula One racing cars since 1976; carbon–carbon brake discs and pads are a standard component of Formula One brake systems.

Carbon fibre-reinforced silicon carbide (C/SiC) is a development of pure carbon–carbon, and can be used in automotive applications, such as components of brake systems on high performance road cars, namely the brake disc and brake pads. C/SiC utilises silicon carbide with carbon fibre, and this compound is thought to be more durable than pure carbon–carbon.

Introduction and Advantages:

At the IAA in Frankfurt in 1999, the carbon-ceramic brake disk had its world premiere. The use of the high-tech material had revolutionized the brake technology: In comparison to the conventional grey cast iron brake disk the carbon-ceramic brake disk weighed round 50 per cent less reducing the unsprung mass by almost 20 kilograms. Further significant advantages are: improved brake response and fading data, high thermal stableness, no hot judder, excellent pedal feel, improved steering behavior, high abrasion resistance and thus longer life time and the advantage of avoiding almost completely brake dust.

The 2001 Porsche 911 GT2 was the first car to feature carbon-ceramic brakes.

Links:

• Video: “How it’s Made: Ceramic Brakes”
• Technical Data and Manufacturing
• Video: Formula 1 Brakes
• Video: Making Nissan GT-R Brakes at Brembo (in Japanese)

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bro pro-tip:  always kiss a girl by the second date. it doesn’t matter if you’re not into her. you can decide if you want her later, but if she’s not decided herself if she’s into you by date two, the decision is already made. almost all women are this way, even the ones who claim they are not.

gamefreaksnz:

I don’t blame you

A robotic sentry turret from Portal — in gourd form.

Instructions here.

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Electric DeLorean!  Can it get to 88?

I would like one of these in my back yard.

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kateoplis:

From their Jan. 17, 2001 issue, Bush: “Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over”:

“My fellow Americans,” Bush said, “at long last, we have reached the end of the dark period in American history that will come to be known as the Clinton Era, eight long years characterized by unprecedented economic expansion, a sharp decrease in crime, and sustained peace overseas. The time has come to put all of that behind us.”

Bush swore to do “everything in [his] power” to undo the damage wrought by Clinton’s two terms in office, including selling off the national parks to developers, going into massive debt to develop expensive and impractical weapons technologies, and passing sweeping budget cuts that drive the mentally ill out of hospitals and onto the street.

During the 40-minute speech, Bush also promised to bring an end to the severe war drought that plagued the nation under Clinton, assuring citizens that the U.S. will engage in at least one Gulf War-level armed conflict in the next four years.

“You better believe we’re going to mix it up with somebody at some point during my administration,” said Bush, who plans a 250 percent boost in military spending. “Unlike my predecessor, I am fully committed to putting soldiers in battle situations. Otherwise, what is the point of even having a military?”

On the economic side, Bush vowed to bring back economic stagnation by implementing substantial tax cuts, which would lead to a recession, which would necessitate a tax hike, which would lead to a drop in consumer spending, which would lead to layoffs, which would deepen the recession even further.

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