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F-22 Raptor Airframes Falling Apart Due to Bad Glue

According to a just-released Air Combat Command report, 30 of the F-22A Raptors delivered by Lockheed Martin use "inadequate adhesive" in their airframes. That means two things in plain language: bad glue; and big trouble.

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8:30 AM on Fri Mar 28 2008
By jesusdiaz
52,821 views, 58 comments

Latest by n/a: It's difficult to see, but it appears Raptor AIM-9 launcher opens the bay doors and articulates the missile out into the airstreams and holds it there to allow AIM-9 seeker head acquisition. Video seemed to show bay door open, missile more »

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Weird Combo of the Day: Five Dice Free With Glue

This has to be one of the weirder combos we've seen, but Ricardo sent in this picture of a tube of glue that comes free with a dice game in his Portuguese supermarket. We know whenever we have to do some home repair we always wish we had some dice to throw around, and we definitely know that whenever we're playing dice, we wish we had glue handy. [Thanks Ricardo!]

8:00 PM on Thu Sep 27 2007
By Jason Chen
2,317 views, 10 comments

cellphones

Glue Stick Cellphone Charm

Japanese stationery is the coolest in the world. But putting a gluestick on a cellphone? Sounds like a great invention, for all those times you feel the need to spontaneously create construction paper collages. But it sure would suck to have the cap pop off while the phone is in your pocket. Yet another useless but somehow admirable Japanese invention. –Brian Lam More »

9:15 PM on Thu Jan 25 2007
By Brian Lam
187 views, 5 comments

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Bacterial Glue

Indiana University researchers have found some sort of bacteria, C. crescentus, that secretes glue. Here's the story: This gross thing requires 70 newtons per square millimeter to remove from a glass pipette. That's equivalent to "five tons per square inch." It takes a mere 18-28 newtons per square millimeter to crack Super Glue. Hence, this bug glue is considerably better. More »

4:58 PM on Fri Apr 14 2006
By johnb
119 views, 6 comments