Monthly Archives: September 2009

In America, people think they’re cool when they fly R/C aircraft and pretend they’re real (remember that article a a while back when they tried to mount a full rescue on a downed R/C helicopter?).

In China, they do it differently. They build a full-size helicopter (or gyrocopter) out of motorcycle parts and wood. Isn’t that awesome?:

They don’t need fancy military tech if even the farmers can build primitive attack helicopters…

But wait… It doesn’t end there: Tao Xiangli builds his very own submarine on the outskirts of Beijing!
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There’s this German company who’s developed a super-charged version of Velcro. You know how normal Velcro comes apart pretty quickly, and without too much force? This full-steel type takes 35 tons of parallel force or 7 tons of perpendicular force per square meter.

Basically, they recreated the hooks-and-loops of Velcro with steel brushes and steel hooks, all out of 0.2 mm sheets of steel. With this stuff, you could tack stuff onto the side of hi-rise buildings, no problem.

Here’s another question though: if it takes so much force to remove, isn’t it one-time use?
New Scientist via Gizmodo