New Velcro | Clipmarks


	New Velcro

dorine

5-23-2007 2:51 PM

657 views

tags:

invention, velcro, technology

dorine says:

Great idea! We'll be seeing this.

3 Comments |

Add a Comment

5-23-2007 5:40 PM

michellezm

Oh nice one, Dorine.

7-10-2007 6:56 AM

bidwell

Mmm, the future, today! I need this.

Login to Comment. Not a member yet? Sign up

Today's Top Clips

visit the Top Clips page

View the Top Clips from May 23, 2007

Embed This Clip In Your Site...

<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/1754c3ba-f89a-458d-96c6-c2077f29e3fe/2D8D3870-B698-43B1-AAB3-7E32D7667259/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.popsci.com/popsci/technology/c0b72ee32fb82110vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html" href="http://www.popsci.com/popsci/technology/c0b72ee32fb82110vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.popsci.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.popsci.com/popsci/technology/c0b72ee32fb82110vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.popsci.com/img/9DD30E0A-E133-489E-8477-79B63436E908" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.popsci.com/popsci/technology/c0b72ee32fb82110vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD><FONT color="#666666" class="medium">THE FASTENER KING Leonard Duffy has used his snapping straps to bind everything from snowshoes to a radical new plastic cast.</FONT></TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.popsci.com/popsci/technology/c0b72ee32fb82110vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html"><DIV>
							<FONT color="#cc6600" class="medium"><STRONG>A stronger, better grip without the incessant ripping sound. Has a long-standing dream finally been realized?</STRONG></FONT></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.popsci.com/popsci/technology/c0b72ee32fb82110vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html"><FONT color="#333333" class="medium"><B>Name: </B>Slidingly Engaging Fastener<B>
</B><STRONG>Inventor: </STRONG>Leonard Duffy<B>
Cost to Develop:</B> $40,000
<B>Time:</B> 8 years 
<B>Prototype </B> |  |  <FONT color="#ff0000">|</FONT>  |  |
<B>Product</B><BR /> </FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.popsci.com/popsci/technology/c0b72ee32fb82110vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html">66-year-old architect Leonard Duffy has reinvented Velcro. No one has offered a viable alternative to the ubiquitous hook-and-loop closure in 50 years. But Duffy's "slidingly engaging fasteners" link up easily and silently, don't wear down over time, and support eight times the weight that the stuff on your jacket can with plastic straps that bind together through matching, interlocking grids of little hexagonal or triangular islands. Duffy has used them to replace the laces on sneakers and the straps on ski gloves and wristwatches and to seal a breathable, waterproof cast he calls the Unitary Wrap.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/2D8D3870-B698-43B1-AAB3-7E32D7667259/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

New from the makers of Clipmarks: Amplify.com - Don't just share the news...Amplify it!

Clipmarks: Home; New Clips; Top Clips; Dashboard

Popular Topics: News; Life; Science; Technology; Entertainment

Get Started: Sign Up; Install Clipping Tool; How Clipping Works; Clip-to-Blog™; ClipSearch

Tools and Resources: FAQ; ClipWeek; Top Clippers; Top Tags; Site Map

About Clipmarks: About Us; Contact; Copyright; Privacy; EULA

Search Options

Today's Top Clips