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Following a Higher Bounce
Four new technologies are allowing today's extreme pogoists to bounce higher than any pogoer would have dreamed of a decade ago. Pneumatic tubes, fiberglass bows, rubber bands and extra springs all have been put to use for the single purpose of launching their riders high in the air. One is smoother, one is lighter, one is bouncier and one is, arguably, cooler. May the bounced man win.
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Textile engineering today is shattering decades-old stereotypes of a labor-intensive, factory-based industry in which men and women toiled over looms and spinning jacks. The clang of the early production machinery has been replaced by a computer-driven enterprise that is making significant contributions to fields ranging from athletic performance equipment to human health and rehabilitation.
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By developing a one-step process to make low-cost steel, Henry Bessemer provided the raw materials from which our modern world is made. In the U.S., where natural resources and risk-taking investors were abundant, giant Bessemer steel mills sprung up to drive the expanding nation's rise as a dominant world economic and industrial leader.
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