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When a person thinks of gloves, the thought might be: “leather, sewn together, placed over hands.” These gloves for motorcyclists represent a re-conceptualization: Exoskeletal Glove Gives Motorcyclists an Iron Fist The second invention is designed to eliminate head rotation from helmet drag during a fall. The difference in rotation is amazing: More info: – Build [...]
I hate to sound whiny, but it is cold here in Atlanta. It might even snow! I know that it snows lots of places, but look, this city is known as Hotlanta. Chances are, if you live here, you dislike the cold.
One of my low temperature coping mechanisms has been to meditate on things that make me feel warm, like Snuggies and hot chocolate and Don Draper from “Mad Men.” Also on the list: hot tubs.
As winter approaches the humidity drops, and this makes static shocks more likely. In your house a shock when you touch a door knob is harmless, but static discharge takes on a whole new meaning at the gas station, as demonstrated below: This video shows exactly what can happen. The woman gets out of her [...]
I didn’t know this until this weekend. A manufacturer is able to put a DOT sticker on a motorcycle helmet because the manufacturer believes that the helmet meets DOT standards. But that does not mean that the helmet passes the actual tests. For example, here is a detailed review of the AFX FX-28 helmet: AFX [...]
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