August 2016

  • Published On: August 1, 2016

    D-air® Armor, worn under a rider’s racing suit, can deploy in 30 milliseconds and reaches full protection level within 80 milliseconds. Photo: Dainese Group. Motorcycle racing isn’t for the faint of heart, and the 2016 Supersport World Championship is a top-tier competition for international riders on production-based motorcycles of 600 to 750 cm³ [...]

  • Published On: August 1, 2016

    The history of Haltom City is told visually on a stunning mural that hangs in the community library. Photo: The Bubble™. Haltom City, Texas, is a community in the Dallas-Fort Worth area with a long history. It was the county seat of the early Birdville Settlement, which was established four years before Texas [...]

  • Published On: August 1, 2016

    Expandable habitats like BEAM greatly decrease the amount of transport volume for future space missions. They weigh less and take up less room on a rocket while allowing additional space for living and working. Photo: Bigelow Aerospace. The first inflatable structure designed for human use in orbit was attached to the Tranquility module [...]

  • Published On: August 1, 2016

    Slow Factory takes its inspiration from outer space to do social good on earth by donating proceeds from its collections to humanitarian causes. Photo: Slow Factory. It’s called the “overview effect”—a term coined by space philosopher and writer Frank White in a book of the same name. It’s the mental shift that happens [...]