Inspiration can strike without warning. Consider Swiss engineer George de Mestral, who got some burs on his wool socks while walking his dog one fateful day in 1948. As De Mestral pulled off the burs, ...
The U.S. Army has a problem with Velcro. It’s too noisy. And its little loops get clogged with dust from the Afghan and Iraqi deserts. The so-called “hook-and-loop” fastener was added to standard ...