Esto lo inventaron en 1985.
Lo patentaron. Lo metieron en un cajón.
Y durante 40 años nadie pudo fabricarlo.
Se llama Y-zipper: tres tiras flexibles que, al cerrarse, se convierten en una estructura rígida. Sin motores. Sin piezas móviles. Solo geometría.
La impresión 3D acaba de resolver el único problema que tenía.
Ahora lo están metiendo en robots cuadrúpedos: la pata se pone dura sobre asfalto y se ablanda en terreno irregular.
La misma lógica sirve para férulas que se adaptan a la hinchazón, o tiendas que se montan rígidas en segundos y se guardan flexibles.
Lo más brutal no es el invento.
Es que llevaba cuatro décadas esperando a que existiera la herramienta capaz de construirlo.
¿Cuántas ideas siguen ahí, guardadas, esperando su momento?
The Pentagon is paying an X influencer with your tax dollars — and won't say what she does.
"Data Republican" got handed a leak by an Under Secretary of State, freaked out thinking she was set up, and in the process we found out she's a paid Special Government Employee. Hired in July. By the Pentagon.
They won't disclose her role.
And the real question: how many more blue-check "independent" accounts pushing pro-Trump talking points are on the federal payroll right now?
PHD’d Scientist using cell lines for fundamental cancer research told me: 1. Grants across board not being approved by current administration 2. Research cancellations high 3. Extensive brain drain NOW as Europe offers positions 4. Estimates minimum 10 year impact to US research
The Statue of Liberty we now associate with immigration was a gift from France to commemorate the emancipation of American slaves. Before you lift your eyes to her torch of enlightenment, first pass them over the broken shackle and chains at her feet.
Thank you America, thank you for your support, thank you for this visit. Thank you @POTUS, Congress, and the American people.
Ukraine needs just and lasting peace, and we are working exactly for that.
@SpaceX Touchdown was soooo gentle for the size and weight! The idea of that flaming titan screaming towards me gives me the willies. To see the control engenders huge respect for SpaceX’s engineers and scientists. 👩🔬👨🏻🔬