Slated for a February 2012 release in the US, we got our grubby hands on its Japanese equivalent, the "Slide Pad" during a trip to the Land of the Rising Sun. So is it worth the $20 price of ...

A second cable, attached to the back of that sliding pad, loops forward and proceeds up to the front brake. As the pad moves, it pulls on the cable, thus activating the front brake a split-second ...

SpaceX's Launch Pad 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida has been fitted with a chute for astronauts to use in case of emergency. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy ...

Here’s how it works. When we were first introduced to the 3DS peripheral known as the Slide Pad, we were understandably incredulous. Details were slim at first but eventually we learned how the ...

The chute is similar in function to slide-wire baskets in use for decades at LC-39A, but instead of riding a basket from the top of the tower, personnel escaping a pad emergency would slide down a ...