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Training Wheels Inventor: Scott Shim, Matt Grossman and Ryan Lightbody Availability: In late 2006; $100 To Learn More: designapkin.com Learning to ride a bike can be fraught with anxiety, but it doesn't have to be. Industrial designers from Purdue University have invented the Shift tricycle, whose rear wheels move closer together as the rider picks up speed, then separate for easier balance at slower speeds or at a standstill. A spring-loaded mechanism in the rear hub controls the rear wheels, and there are no spokes or exposed bike chain. The 25-lb. aluminum trike won an international bike...
...wide black-tie fall ball to a club party, that is. Citystep, which teaches dance to 120 Cambridge middle-schoolers, has 74 members—and almost that many guilty pleasures, if its saucy red posters plastered around campus are correct. So why tonight’s shift from classy to self-indulgent? “With a ball, there’s a lot of pressure, a lot of work beforehand,” Andrew C. Stillman ’06 said, listing its inherent hassles: finding a date, renting a tux, buying flowers. It?...
...scanner that allows students to scan documents and save them to a USB flash drive or e-mail them for free. Additional changes include shorter hours, a smaller book collection, and a reduced staff. According to Emily H. Kelly, evening coordinator of the Quad Library, these changes reflect a shift in the library’s focus from only books and research to providing a study space for students. “On a day-to-day basis, study space is so important,” said Kelly. David B. Reynolds ’06 was pleased by the library?...
...Wallace, 49, and Mark Martin, 46, who are on their last laps before retiring this year. That seems like enough of a cushion. Then again, this is NASCAR: 43 racers start each event, but there are more parts than cars at the finish. One wreck, and the standings could shift dramatically...
...couldn’t slide across the crease fast enough to stop Marhsall’s top-shelf attempt. “Not only did they score,” said Harvard junior defenseman Dylan Reese, “but they probably had five big hits on the first shift.” Crimson forward Mike Taylor leveled the score at 3:17, beating Bobcats freshman goaltender Bud Fisher from close range, but the early minutes belonged to Quinnipiac, whose student section never sat down. The game saw 30 minor penalties, which all but quashed any sort of free-flowing...