November 4, 2009 @ 8:31 pm
Amazon.com has a new Orders page that’s currently in beta testing if you log in to your account. The new orders page shows your current and previous orders in a clearer way and gives you access to tracking information without having to load another page. Overall, it’s a welcome improvement over their current orders page.
April 30, 2009 @ 4:38 pm
Photo by Pete Souza
The date: January 30, 2009.
The task: Chair testing.
Who: Barack Obama, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
Man, this is so funny and so awesome.
February 27, 2009 @ 7:43 pm
Discovery News sent two correspondents to the Gore laboratories to see how Gore-Tex fabrics are tested with some very advanced weather-simulation machines. The weather chambers at Gore can practically simulate any real-world weather condition from extreme heat to extreme cold.
The purpose of the visit was to better understand how Gore keeps people comfortable in extreme weather, that way the two Discovery News correspondents will be prepared to handle Alaska’s climate when they head there next week to film.
Their labs remind me a lot of the Good Housekeeping testing center at the Hearst Tower in New York City.
December 31, 2008 @ 4:51 pm
Umm…they have to test confetti?!
December 24, 2008 @ 2:51 pm
City Room takes a brief tour of the Carleton Laboratory in Columbia University where tension cables for suspension bridges are tested to their limits. Inside their facilities, the lab can stretch, weather, heat, cool, and monitor the world’s largest suspension test cable. The research being done there is funding by the Federal Highway Administration and aims to improve bridges around the nation as well as prevent any disasters from happening. With the extreme testing the lab can simulate about a decade’s worth of use and torture in about 6 months.
