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2. Hook-and-loop fastener - Wikipedia

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   Hook-and-loop fasteners, hook-and-pile fasteners or touch fasteners (often referred to by the genericized trademark velcro, which was the original name it was given by the inventor), are a method for allowing two surfaces to be repeatedly fastened and unfastened, useful for clothing or other purposes. The fastener consists of two components ...

3. Velcro - Wikipedia

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   Velcro IP Holdings LLC, [2] [4] [5] doing business as Velcro Companies and commonly referred to as Velcro (pronounced / ˈ v ɛ l k r oʊ /), [1] is a British privately held company, founded by Swiss electrical engineer George de Mestral in the 1950s. It is the original manufacturer of hook-and-loop fasteners, which de Mestral invented. [2]

4. George de Mestral - Wikipedia

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   Biography. He was born to Albert de Mestral, an agronomist engineer, and Marthe de Goumoëns in Saint Saphorin sur Morges, near Lausanne, Switzerland. De Mestral designed a toy airplane at age twelve and patented it. He attended the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). After graduation in 1930, he worked in the machine shop of an ...

5. A strike by Boeing factory workers shows no signs of ending ...

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   A strike sign is waved on the union machinist picket line near Boeing's factory in Everett, Washington, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Valdes) ASSOCIATED PRESS. A labor strike at ...

6. Savings interest rates today: Save smarter at 10x the ... - AOL

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   As a Fed rate decision looms, now's the time to save smarter with a high-yield account offering more than 10 times the national savings rate — up to 5.30% APY with FDIC-insured digital banks and ...

7. Pancakes, meet pandan. Asian American restaurants add their ...

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   Asian American restaurants add their own spin to the weekend brunch. TERRY TANG. August 28, 2024 at 10:12 AM. LOS GATOS, Calif. (AP) — With a DJ spinning and patrons lounging in black-and-gold ...

8. Synthetic setae - Wikipedia

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   The two front feet of a tokay gecko can withstand 20.1 N of force parallel to the surface with 227 mm 2 of pad area, [4] a force as much as 40 times the gecko's weight. . Scientists have been investigating the secret of this extraordinary adhesion ever since the 19th century, and at least seven possible mechanisms for gecko adhesion have been discussed over the past 17

9. Boeing’s next big problem could be a strike by 32,000 workers

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   September 2, 2024 at 4:17 PM. Jason Redmond/AFP/Getty Images. Boeing has experienced all manner of bad news in the last six years, and almost nothing but problems. Later this month it could add a ...