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The Long, Knotty, World-Spanning Story of String
“Rope and knots are the building blocks of civilization. They pervade all aspects of our world.” By Ferris Jabr.
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Mechanical Movements of the Cold War
How the Soviets Revolutionized Wristwatches. By Hunter Oatman-Stanford.
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Meet the Machinists Who Keep the New York Times Running
As the world’s largest technology manufacturers increasingly move toward creating products that are designed to be difficult or impossible to repair, Motherboard has started looking toward the margins of tech to find the people keeping older machines alive and running.
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Functioning ‘mechanical gears’ seen in nature for the first time
Previously believed to be only man-made, a natural example of a functioning gear mechanism has been discovered in a common insect - showing that evolution developed interlocking cogs long before we did.
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Newly developed wheel converts any bicycle into an electric vehicle
Right off the bat, Michael Burtov said he and his team at technology startup GeoOrbital did not re-invent the wheel. But, in a sense, they did. By Ben Gruber.
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How Container Ships Flex in High Seas
Anything to avoid snapping apart in remote stretches of the Indian Ocean.
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Engine Makeover Makes Machines 20 Percent More Efficient
Lontra's Blade Compressor replaces traditional piston parts and makes engines up to 20% more efficient.
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