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resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago

After a 40-year wait, technology finally enables three-sided zipper design

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After a 40-year wait, technology finally enables three-sided zipper design

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resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago
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In 1985, the Innovative Design Fund placed an ad in Scientific American offering up to $10,000 to support clever prototypes for clothing, home decor, and textiles. William Freeman Ph.D., then an electrical engineer at Polaroid and now an MIT professor, saw it and submitted a novel idea: a three-sided zipper. Instead of fastening pants, it'd be like a switch that seamlessly flipped chairs, tents, and purses between soft and rigid states, making them easier to pack and put together.

cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/51541446

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    Do we need this?

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      If only there was an article that told us what this would help with.

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        It’s a large penis thing. If you know, you know.

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          And vagina.

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            I am a feminist.

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        One with a video showing a bunch of neat things you can do with it you say !

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      You don’t even need regular zippers.
      It’s perfectly possible to survive without them.

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        Found Phil Swift’s account.

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          Me and my crew on our way to your mom’s

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      it’s so you can get both balls caught in the zipper at the same time! I’m not sure though as I didn’t read the article

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