Logan Carter
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Here’s Why Planes Have Those Curved Winglets You’ve Probably Wondered About
Millions of consumers trust airlines with their lives each day, but few passengers understand how these massive flying tubes stay airborne and why they look the way they do. I don’t remember jets having winglets when I was a kid, but on a recent work trip I took notice of the winglets on all the…
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The First-Gen Mini Cooper’s Exhaust Tips Were Modeled After a Can of Budweiser
When then-Chief DesignerFrank Stephenson was ready to present his new first-genMini Cooper design to BMW’s board of directors back in 1996, he realized he forgot something important. The Mini design team had worked multiple 24-hour days to complete the first full-sized clay model of the new Mini, and when they finally finished the designers had…
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What to Do if an Earthquake Hits While You’re Driving
Taiwan was tragically struck by a huge 7.4 magnitude earthquake Wednesday morning and upon seeing videos in the news, I suddenly realized that I don’t know what to do if an earthquake hits while I’m driving. I’ve grown up in the Los Angeles area my whole life, and we had earthquake drills in school that…
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Tesla Cybertruck Embarrasses Itself in Tug of War With Silverado HD
Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted a video of a Cybertruck pulling an F-150 uphill in a game of tug-of-war in 2019, but when real people attempted a similar stunt with a diesel Silverado HD, the stock Cybertruck disabled power. It turns out, the Cybertruck can’t tug without the CPU shutting the whole thing down, as…