Essays Tagged: "Velcro"

A partially true story about a Safari encounter I had

ke up when a grunting hyena would brush against the tent, looking for more meat. I used to open the Velcro window and watch them up close. I dreamed about seeing lions up close, during the day. I neve ...

(5 pages) 65 2 3.3 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

"Introduction of the Microwave"

d to have had a great impact on society. And so did simpler things, such as bar codes, plastic, and Velcro.By 1976, over 60% of U.S. households were using microwaves, just 30 years after its first inv ...

(3 pages) 67 0 5.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology

This report covers the topics of Human Factors engineering, attributes of an individual and how human perception based on vision, touch and audition influences product design.

can move them up, down, left and right without any difficulty. Even the gym gloves that I use have Velcro in them and are made of a material called lycra which is stretchable so that a person with sh ...

(6 pages) 84 0 4.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Engineering

Velcro can only be described as a breakthrough innovation.

Introduction.When it comes to fasteners, Velcro can only be described as a breakthrough innovation. Nothing since the zipper, invented in 189 ... but not successfully commercialized until 1923, has revolutionized the fastener industry more then Velcro.Described as a "hook and loop fastening system", or the "touch fastener", Velcro can be found ... system", or the "touch fastener", Velcro can be found used in many aspects of contemporary living. Velcro has been used in clothing, shoes, sneakers, space suits, baby diapers, blood pressure cuffs, ...

(8 pages) 55 0 4.3 Sep/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Branding Strategies.

n appearance. From this point, all their diapers were made with a material that抯 softer, and Velcro tabs were also more cloth like.�06-2007: Luvs made a challenge; if the customer doesn& ...

(2 pages) 64 0 2.0 Jan/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

Conservation of Momentum Practical Write Up

llision was also filmed. In the final experiment the two pucks were replaced with larger pucks with Velcro around the edges. Like the previous experiment the two pucks were placed in two of the corner ... ced in two of the corners of the table and launched at the same time towards the centre. Due to the Velcro the pucks stuck together when they collided and they both continued in the same direction, an ...

(6 pages) 12282 0 0.0 May/2009

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics