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Wheels are round. This is an established fact regarding carts, vehicles, and most modes of transportation. The wheels on the bus go round and round, we sing as children. So yes, a wheel is round. Except when it isn’t. In a collaborative effort between Carnegie Mellon and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the […]
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Intrigued by plastic manufacturing, George wants to know how plastics are being manufactured to last longer. Tamara sets out on a research mission to uncover the latest breakthroughs in the plastics industry while George thinks Park of the Future.
A tire- specifically, a car tire- seems like a simple device at its core. It’s a wheel of vulcanized rubber designed to give the car traction and stability in all conditions. Something as basic as that can’t have a complicated production process, can it? Of course it can…simply because of the number of factors and […]
All this traveling has George thinking about logistics. Recalling the shipping operations Tamara saw while in Guatemala, George sends her off to learn more about science behind worldwide logistics and long lasting tires.
