The complex forces exerted on our laces act like an invisible hand out to trip us up, a finding that could solve mysteries beyond our feet. Eric Mack Contributing Editor Eric Mack has been a CNET ...
And will it matter when everything comes crashing down? Few things have emerged unscathed from this era of relentless ...
Mechanical engineers at UC Berkeley are doing you a huge favor: They just completed a study on why your darn shoelaces keep coming untied. While they couldn’t identify every factor that causes the ...
A new study by mechanical engineers at UC Berkeley finally shows why your shoelaces may keep coming untied. It's a question that everyone asks, often after stopping to retie their shoes, yet one that ...
When your shoelaces comes untied, the thought that probably pops in your brain is: "Ugh, that's annoying. Guess I'll retie my laces now." But to mechanical engineers, this tedious occurrence ...
For more than 40 years, Oliver O'Reilly's shoelaces have been coming untied pretty much every day. And for most of those 40 years O'Reilly didn't think too much about it. But then, about a decade ago, ...
As anyone who might have tripped over their untidy laces might attest, tying your shoelaces tightly in the morning is no guarantee they’ll stay put. But why they might unravel at all is a different ...
The laces on the left are tied in a strong knot that lies horizontally. The laces on the right are tied in a knot that makes the bow lie vertically and which, according to new research, can come ...
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