Nature's Velcro. How a Swiss engineer turned a hiking…
By A Mystery Man Writer
Last updated 07 Jul 2024
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Have you ever come in from a hike and discovered a few of these attached to your socks and shoelaces? That’s what happened to Swiss electrical engineer George de Mestral, who used nature’s technology…
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