You drivers out there have probably heard of the ABS in your car (at least, if you are driving a car, you had better know about it!). ABS stands for “Anti-lock Braking System,” which should never be written as the “ABS system.” This is not a post about how ABS works, but rather one about [...]
Earlier last month, the Journal of Experimental Biology published a study about fingerprints and that there is new doubt that fingerprints increase friction, which supposedly facilitates the grip by our hands. Now, they are saying that fingerprints actually reduce the amount of friction between the skin and other surfaces. This is probably contrary to everyone’s intuition.
According [...]