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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Shock-absorbing carbon springs to protect falling gizmos]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/14/shock-absorbing-carbon-springs-to-protect-falling-gizmos/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/14/shock-absorbing-carbon-springs-to-protect-falling-gizmos/</guid><description><![CDATA[I would imagine you need a somewhat thick layer to provide any sort of protection on a phone... Would this replace plastic casing then?  or be sold as an accessory protective case?<br><br>Also how is this better than something like rubber, which also deforms and reforms its shape when absorbing impact?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[rutsy5]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 14th 2008 10:43AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Shock-absorbing carbon springs to protect falling gizmos]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/14/shock-absorbing-carbon-springs-to-protect-falling-gizmos/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/14/shock-absorbing-carbon-springs-to-protect-falling-gizmos/</guid><description><![CDATA[Well, the idea is that this kind of shock absorber would be so microscopic that it could be used on the inside of devices, rather than coating the whole device in rubber.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike10010100]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 14th 2008 10:45AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Shock-absorbing carbon springs to protect falling gizmos]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/14/shock-absorbing-carbon-springs-to-protect-falling-gizmos/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/14/shock-absorbing-carbon-springs-to-protect-falling-gizmos/</guid><description><![CDATA[I don't like how rubber feels and it doesn't slide into pockets. Leather cases are better than rubber IMO.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[fieldcar]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 14th 2008 11:16AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Shock-absorbing carbon springs to protect falling gizmos]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/14/shock-absorbing-carbon-springs-to-protect-falling-gizmos/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/14/shock-absorbing-carbon-springs-to-protect-falling-gizmos/</guid><description><![CDATA[Well, it will make the device look normail, not like a rubber toy version of the device. Plus this could be added ontop of rubber or inside of it.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[~~Tito~~]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 15th 2008 2:20AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Shock-absorbing carbon springs to protect falling gizmos]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/14/shock-absorbing-carbon-springs-to-protect-falling-gizmos/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/14/shock-absorbing-carbon-springs-to-protect-falling-gizmos/</guid><description><![CDATA[nanotubez for president]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[From My Cube]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 14th 2008 10:48AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Shock-absorbing carbon springs to protect falling gizmos]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/14/shock-absorbing-carbon-springs-to-protect-falling-gizmos/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/14/shock-absorbing-carbon-springs-to-protect-falling-gizmos/</guid><description><![CDATA[@rutsy5: so your against better materials? I get boners for nano-particle materials. Lighter, stronger, and just plain better... hows that a bad thing?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[fieldcar]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 14th 2008 11:10AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Shock-absorbing carbon springs to protect falling gizmos]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/14/shock-absorbing-carbon-springs-to-protect-falling-gizmos/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/14/shock-absorbing-carbon-springs-to-protect-falling-gizmos/</guid><description><![CDATA[come on now hes asking a ligit question.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 14th 2008 1:23PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Shock-absorbing carbon springs to protect falling gizmos]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/14/shock-absorbing-carbon-springs-to-protect-falling-gizmos/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/14/shock-absorbing-carbon-springs-to-protect-falling-gizmos/</guid><description><![CDATA[New materials: good.<br>You getting boners about them: bad.  Very, very bad.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stiv]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 14th 2008 1:54PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Shock-absorbing carbon springs to protect falling gizmos]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/14/shock-absorbing-carbon-springs-to-protect-falling-gizmos/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/14/shock-absorbing-carbon-springs-to-protect-falling-gizmos/</guid><description><![CDATA[Your boner is a nano sized particle?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII (BarCODE)]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 14th 2008 11:25PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Shock-absorbing carbon springs to protect falling gizmos]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/14/shock-absorbing-carbon-springs-to-protect-falling-gizmos/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/14/shock-absorbing-carbon-springs-to-protect-falling-gizmos/</guid><description><![CDATA[I can see people going into bestbuy, "Where can I buy some nano tubes for my Envy?"  XD]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ShadowKain]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 14th 2008 11:11AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Shock-absorbing carbon springs to protect falling gizmos]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/14/shock-absorbing-carbon-springs-to-protect-falling-gizmos/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/14/shock-absorbing-carbon-springs-to-protect-falling-gizmos/</guid><description><![CDATA[Most consumers don't read engadget. So really they wouldn't go to ask.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[~~Tito~~]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 15th 2008 2:21AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Shock-absorbing carbon springs to protect falling gizmos]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/14/shock-absorbing-carbon-springs-to-protect-falling-gizmos/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/14/shock-absorbing-carbon-springs-to-protect-falling-gizmos/</guid><description><![CDATA[Yeah composites always get me going... unfortunately they also tend to make my money go too.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Macro]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 14th 2008 11:26AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Shock-absorbing carbon springs to protect falling gizmos]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/14/shock-absorbing-carbon-springs-to-protect-falling-gizmos/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/14/shock-absorbing-carbon-springs-to-protect-falling-gizmos/</guid><description><![CDATA[The idea is that it is not only far smaller (a nanotube is an extended bucky-ball, which is a slim 50ish carbon atoms), but it would also be better. Better meaning, it probably doesn't hold in heat like rubber does, so your falling hard-drive doesn't overheat, and for this to be of any use to us, it probably absorbs and dissipates shock more efficiently than rubber.<br><br>It's a race for relevancy in gadgets, though, with the surge in popularity of SSDs]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ivybat]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 14th 2008 11:38AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Shock-absorbing carbon springs to protect falling gizmos]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/14/shock-absorbing-carbon-springs-to-protect-falling-gizmos/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/14/shock-absorbing-carbon-springs-to-protect-falling-gizmos/</guid><description><![CDATA[What the hell does Clemson have to do with purple uniforms?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[JDGATX]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 14th 2008 12:09PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Shock-absorbing carbon springs to protect falling gizmos]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/14/shock-absorbing-carbon-springs-to-protect-falling-gizmos/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/14/shock-absorbing-carbon-springs-to-protect-falling-gizmos/</guid><description><![CDATA[its their school colors man]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[davecrob1293]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 14th 2008 9:22PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Shock-absorbing carbon springs to protect falling gizmos]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/14/shock-absorbing-carbon-springs-to-protect-falling-gizmos/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/14/shock-absorbing-carbon-springs-to-protect-falling-gizmos/</guid><description><![CDATA[Orange and purple are the clemson tigers team colors.<br><br>Go tigers!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[yesiprocrastin8]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 17th 2008 5:00PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Shock-absorbing carbon springs to protect falling gizmos]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/14/shock-absorbing-carbon-springs-to-protect-falling-gizmos/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/14/shock-absorbing-carbon-springs-to-protect-falling-gizmos/</guid><description><![CDATA[Sounds like a new and improved Nintendium.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Crazylink]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 14th 2008 12:14PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Shock-absorbing carbon springs to protect falling gizmos]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/14/shock-absorbing-carbon-springs-to-protect-falling-gizmos/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/14/shock-absorbing-carbon-springs-to-protect-falling-gizmos/</guid><description><![CDATA[If nintendo put this in Wiimote,<br>the will never be blended.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nDee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 14th 2008 9:47PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Shock-absorbing carbon springs to protect falling gizmos]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/14/shock-absorbing-carbon-springs-to-protect-falling-gizmos/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/14/shock-absorbing-carbon-springs-to-protect-falling-gizmos/</guid><description><![CDATA[Now where's that cost-absorbing common sense to protect failing gizmo-buyers?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dullford]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 14th 2008 2:29PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Shock-absorbing carbon springs to protect falling gizmos]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/14/shock-absorbing-carbon-springs-to-protect-falling-gizmos/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/14/shock-absorbing-carbon-springs-to-protect-falling-gizmos/</guid><description><![CDATA[Falling. Falling gizmo-buyers.<br><br>Or more correctly, CLUMSY gizmo-buyers.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shadyman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 14th 2008 5:49PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Shock-absorbing carbon springs to protect falling gizmos]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/14/shock-absorbing-carbon-springs-to-protect-falling-gizmos/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/14/shock-absorbing-carbon-springs-to-protect-falling-gizmos/</guid><description><![CDATA[I think its called paying attention in school, and listening to parents.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[~~Tito~~]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 15th 2008 2:23AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
