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Drop test simulation: how to set up a virtual drop test in 8 steps
A drop test simulation shows which corner or snap-fit of a product will fail on impact while the design is still in CAD. Physical drop tests usually run on the first molded parts, so a failure at that point means a tool change and another round of testing. Simulating the same drop beforehand lets you fix the weak point with a fillet or a thicker wall, and send a design to the lab that you already expect to pass.
I’m Just Saying, the Best Amazon Prime Day Purchase Is a Banana Hook
All products featured on GQ are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. Listen, it’s Amazon Prime Day—days, plural, technically—and GQ has an entire team spending literally 14-hour days sifting through garbage deals to find the best ones in menswear, tech, fitness gear, and more. I’m watching them go nuts on Slack right now. But me?
Extreme amnesia cases, AI, and our imagined futures: in conversation with a Harvard memory researcher
We tend to think of human memory as if it's one of those old steel filing cabinets: some information gets stashed inside, and when the time comes, we hope we can find it by flipping through the tabs on a few billion neuron-supported manila folders. But the truth, as science has learned—and continues to learn—is that memory is more than just the attic of our minds. We’re realizing that it’s a foundational part of how we interpret and imagine our futures.
Extreme amnesia cases, AI, and our imagined futures: in conversation with a Harvard memory researcher
We tend to think of human memory as if it's one of those old steel filing cabinets: some information gets stashed inside, and when the time comes, we hope we can find it by flipping through the tabs on a few billion neuron-supported manila folders. But the truth, as science has learned—and continues to learn—is that memory is more than just the attic of our minds. We’re realizing that it’s a foundational part of how we interpret and imagine our futures.
Maybe Grab Some Adidas Sambas Before the Price Goes Up?
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La curiosa historia del Brawn GP de Button que sale a subasta
El próximo mes de mayo, la casa de subastas Bonhams subastará en Miami el Brawn GP de JensonButton de la temporada 2009. Sin embargo, el coche viene con un asterisco: en realidad no es el que Button manejó para ganar el campeonato del mundo de F1, sino el que le dieron bajo coacción legal.
Elárverezik Jenson Button 2009-es Brawn GP autóját, de van benne egy csavar
Idén májusban, Miamiban a Bonhams aukciósház árverésre bocsátja Jenson Button 2009-es Brawn GP autóját a 2009-es szezonból. Az autó egy csillaggal van ellátva: valójában nem az az autó, amellyel Button F1-es világbajnoki címet szerzett - ezt az autót jogi kényszer hatására kapta meg.
伝説的F1シーズン制したジェンソン・バトン所有のブラウンGP 001がオークションに出品。ただし入札する方は“要注意”？
伝説的なF1シーズンのひとつに数えられる2009年。その年にチャンピオンに輝いたジェンソン・バトンが所有していたマシンである、ブラウンGP 001がオークションに出品されることになった。 2008年限りでF1を撤退したホンダのチームをたった1ポンドで受け継いだロス・ブラウンが立ち上げたブラウンGPは、参戦初年度となった2009年に驚異的な活躍を示した。 レギュレーションの隙間を突いた”ダブルディフューザー”を武器に、ブラウンGPはバトンが開幕7戦中6勝を記録。中盤戦以降はライバルの猛烈な追い上げからなんとかポイントのリードを守りきることで、バトンとブラウンGPがドライバーズチャンピオンとなったという、語り草になっているシーズンだ。 Button and Barrichello coming in 1-2 in the 2009 Australian GP そして先日、今年5月に行なわれるF1マイアミGPでその伝説的シーズンのマシンで、ジェンソン・バトンが所有していたブラウンGP 001がオークションにかけられることが発表された。...
Jenson Button’s 2009 Brawn GP car is going up for auction
This May, in Miami, the auction house Bonhams will put up for bid Jenson Button’s Brawn GP car from the 2009 season. The car comes with an asterisk: it's not actually the one Button drove to the F1 world driver's championship — it’s the one he was given under legal duress.
This new magazine feels like the F1 museum of your dreams
You've no doubt come across RACEWKND, the art-book-slash-magazine where each issue carries a satisfying heft and a specific theme: say, the Miami GP's inaugural race or F1 in the 1970's. Now, the team behind those all-too-periodic periodicals is back with something new and, thankfully, more regular: a quarterly magazine called RQ1.
The story of the "Goodbye Daniel Ricciardo" books at F1's U.S. GP
In the fan zone at the Circuit of the Americas, next to a jar of earplugs and a few feet from an industrial sized jug of free sunscreen, sat a 3-inch thick book with heavy blank white pages. Fans were shuffling from the midday heat into the tent where the book sat, writing notes in Sharpie to Daniel Ricciardo, the man whose absence hung over the race weekend like a loved one lost. “You were my first F1 favorite driver,” read one note in the book. “R.I.R. (Rest in Retirement),” another.
著作権違反の疑いがあった！？ ピレリ、F1アメリカGPで予定していたトロフィーの授与を急遽中止……代替品を用意
サーキット・オブ・ジ・アメリカズで行なわれたF1アメリカGPの決勝レースで表彰台に登壇した3人のドライバー、そして優勝したフェラーリの代表者に贈られたトロフィーのデザインは、事前に発表されていたものとは大きく異なっていた。これについて今回のレースのタイトルスポンサーを務めたピレリが、当初予定していたトロフィーの使用を中止したことを認めた。 ピレリはアメリカGPの前に、イタリア人アーティストのマッテオ・マキアヴェッリがデザインしたトロフィーを発表。このトロフィーはカーボンファイバーで作られた胴体に金・銀・チタンの色の頭を取り付けた、人形のような格好をしたデザインで、優勝者に贈られる金色のトロフィーには、本物の金粉が使われていることも明らかにされていた。...
Pirelli explica ausência de troféus no GP dos Estados Unidos
No final do GP dos Estados Unidos em Austin, o vencedor Charles LeClerc, o vice-campeão Carlos Sainz e o terceiro colocado Max Verstappen estavam todos no pódio - mas faltava algo. Três coisas, na verdade. Nenhum dos que subiram ao pódio recebeu os tão aguardados troféus da Pirelli que foram exibidos nos dias anteriores à corrida.
El misterio de los trofeos de Austin que no se entregaron
Al final del GP de Estados Unidos en Austin, el ganador Charles LeClerc, el segundo Carlos Sainz y el tercer clasificado Max Verstappen subieron al podio - pero faltó algo. Tres cosas, de hecho. Ninguno de los finalistas del podio del Gran Premio de Estados Unidos recibió los tan publicitados trofeos de Pirelli que se exhibieron en los días previos a la carrera.
Pirelli explains why its Austin GP trophies were missing
At the end of the U.S. GP in Austin, winner Charles LeClerc, runner-up Carlos Sainz, and third-place finisher Max Verstappen all stood on the podium — but something was missing. Three things, in fact. None of the podium finishers of the U.S. Grand Prix were awarded the much-hyped trophies from Pirelli that were shown off in the days before the race.
AJ Allmendinger blasts away the nerves with heavy metal
AJ Allmendinger is just like the rest of us: he’s trying his best to stay hydrated and not be too hard on himself. But it’s not easy. Allmendinger is, as he admits, in the late stages of his career. He’s 42 years old, with 17 years and 400-plus NASCAR races under his belt (plus time in Champ Car, IndyCar, IMSA, and WEC). He’s had highs (including 20 NASCAR wins) and lows. And through it all, one thing’s remained consistent—and relatable: self-imposed pressure.
Newgarden explains the laps that decided the 2024 Indy 500
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Q&A: Newgarden explains the laps that decided the 2024 Indy 500
“It's been 48 hours and I'm tired,” says Josef Newgarden when we ask how he's been since winning the 2024 edition of the Indianapolis 500. We’re in a 38th-floor hotel conference room looking out onto the Empire State Building, the sun is shining, and he’s on day one of a whirlwind NYC media tour. “I don't want to say [there’s a] downside to winning the Indy 500. But you win this race and, man, you're busy. It's tiresome.
Indy 500 winner Josef Newgarden on those wild last 2 laps
“It's been 48 hours and I'm tired,” says Josef Newgarden when I ask how he's been since winning the 108th Indianapolis 500. We’re in a 38th-floor hotel conference room looking out onto the Empire State Building, the sun is shining, and he’s on day one of a whirlwind NYC media tour. “I don't want to say [there’s a] downside to winning the Indy 500. But you win this race and, man, you're busy. It's tiresome.
The Dead-Simple Work Outfit That GQ Editors Can’t Stop Wearing
If your job is like ours, you’ve entered the corporate psy-op hellscape known as the hybrid work week. Which days should you go in? Which conference room is available? Is Madison still holed up in the phone booth? And what do you wear to work in a part-time, partly-filled office?
The Gap Khakis That'll Help You Escape the Grip of Optimized Chinos Original
You know the pants. You’ll be swiping through your friends’ Instagram stories when you’re suddenly watching a headless dude yank aggressively at the crotchal region of his chinos, the fabric stretching like Katherine Helmond’s face in Brazil. Three taps later, another version of that guy appears for a different chinos brand, cockily monologuing about how well his pants handle his athletic ass, right before he—surprise!—drops into a set of barbell squats while wearing the chinos.
Get Deion Sanders’ Viral Prime 21 Sunglasses Before You’re Out of Luck Original
To paraphrase NFL legend-turned-college coach Deion Sanders, when you look good, you feel good, and when you feel good, your viral Blenders “Prime 21” sunglasses suddenly show up everywhere. Coach Prime’s new signature shades hijacked your feed thanks to some smack talk and his own PR savvy.
How to Start Combining Finances With Your Partner
How to Have the “Let’s Combine Our Finances” Talk Congrats on finding a partner you want to jointly file taxes with! Here’s how to start that process with honest conversations and (potentially sexy) budgets. katleho Seisa/E+/Getty Images So you and your partner have made it through the early stages — matching, meme-sharing, dating, soft-launching, friend-hanging, hard-launching, cohabitating, parent-meeting, maybe even engagement-having.
Introducing New Multiphase Flow Simulation Features
Multiphase flows are ubiquitous in engineering and natural processes and are often resource intensive to simulate. SimScale has launched a new set of features that enable fast and accurate multiphase flow simulation and modeling in the cloud. Engineers can leverage SimScale’s proprietary multiphase solver to realize simulation results within a few hours, gain reliable insight into the underlying physics, and make fast design decisions — all through a web browser.
Joule Heating Simulation for Power Electronics
What is Joule Heating? Joule heating is an important phenomenon to capture in the design of many power electronics products and components. It is the physical effect of current passing through an electrical conductor and converting to thermal energy, causing heating. Increasing temperatures in the conductor material can impact the overall efficiency of the components or even be harnessed.
Albon pinpoints why he is more comfortable at Williams
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No ‘Plan B’ yet for Aston Martin if Vettel retires
Mike Krack does not think Sebastian Vettel is messing Aston Martin about regarding his future – and admitted the team have no “Plan B”in place just yet. Vettel is thought to be deliberating whether to bring a close at the end of this season to a Formula 1 career that began in 2007 and yielded four consecutive World Championships from 2010-13, with 53 victories in total.
Police identify thieves that stole Leclerc’s watch
Decision time looming at Red Bull With Max Verstappen holding a 57-point advantage over Sergio Perez, it's likely that Red Bull will throw their weight behind the reigning champion soon. PlanetF1 The curious case of McLaren in 2022 McLaren have had arguably the biggest peaks and troughs of the year so far, in terms of how varying their performance has been. PlanetF1 Where do Mercedes stand right now?
Button ‘very badly advised’ in failed Williams move
Decision time looming at Red Bull With Max Verstappen holding a 57-point advantage over Sergio Perez, it's likely that Red Bull will throw their weight behind the reigning champion soon. PlanetF1 Silly season at Alpine causing intrigue Alpine have a straight choice between Fernando Alonso and Oscar Piastri for next year, and their decision is a highly-anticipated one.
Leclerc believes Hamilton could still win an eighth title
Where do Mercedes stand right now? Mercedes have certainly improved over the past few races, but can they challenge at the front again? PlanetF1 Decision time looming at Red Bull With Max Verstappen holding a 57-point advantage over Sergio Perez, it's likely that Red Bull will throw their weight behind the reigning champion soon. PlanetF1 George Russell rated 7.5/10 for Austria recovery George Russell started and finished fourth in Austria, but a lot happened in between.
Tost discusses future of AlphaTauri’s ‘problem child’
F1 drivers and officials condemn abusive behaviour Multiple reports of racism, homophobia and sexual harassment plagued the Austrian Grand Prix weekend. PlanetF1 The evolution of Max Verstappen Max Verstappen played the championship game in taking home a safe second place in Austria. PlanetF1 Highlights from the Austrian Grand Prix Charles Leclerc took his first win in eight races, and Ferrari definitely needed it.
Russell urges race director changes after heated meeting
George Russell has called for a return to a single race director system in F1 following a heated drivers’ briefing in Austria on Friday. Following the huge controversy at the end of the 2021 season regarding decisions made by Michael Masi, the permanent race director who was subsequently ousted, two men were brought in to share his role.
Zhou explains glitch that caused aborted sprint start
Zhou Guanyu has given his take on the engine glitch in his car that caused an aborted start for the Austrian Grand Prix sprint. The Chinese driver had been about to launch his Alfa Romeo in racing conditions for the first time since his horrifying crash six days earlier going into the opening corner of the British GP.
Perez criticises consistency of Austrian GP stewards
Sergio Perez hit out at the consistency of the Austrian Grand Prix stewards having received a grid penalty for the sprint – and then made a terrific recovery that almost nullified it. The Red Bull driver initially qualified fourth for the second sprint qualifying event of the season, but had a potential punishment hanging over him.
Brundle: Leclerc has ‘had enough’ of Ferrari misfortune
Martin Brundle thinks Charles Leclerc is struggling to cope with the misfortune he has endured at Ferrari over the past five races. After a brilliant start to the season, winning two of the first three grands prix and finishing second in the other, little has gone right for Leclerc on Sundays. He was forced to retire while leading in Spain and Azerbaijan due to engine failures, while in Monaco and Britain botched strategies from the team meant potential victories turned into fourth-place finishes.
Floor damage ‘compromised’ Alonso’s qualy potential
Fernando Alonso revealed a broken floor had cost him a significantly better result than eighth in Australian Grand Prix qualifying. The Spaniard was disappointed to find himself starting the sprint on the fourth row, even after Sergio Perez had been dropped nine positions from P4 to P13 for track limits violations following a post-session investigation by the stewards.
Russell ‘concerned’ about car’s condition after crash
George Russell admitted he is having “a tricky couple of races” after crashing out of qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix. The Mercedes driver found himself having to walk back into the pits without his car for the second time in six days, his route there landing him a warning from the stewards.
Ricciardo struggling to pinpoint reason for Q1 exit
Daniel Ricciardo could offer no straightforward explanation for his latest qualifying disappointment at the Austrian Grand Prix. Friday was frustrating for McLaren as a whole, with their two cars set to fill the eighth row of the grid for the season’s second sprint, the venue being the Red Bull Ring.
Norris explains brake problems after ‘frustrating’ qualy
Lando Norris has described the braking issues that plagued him during a disappointing Austrian Grand Prix qualifying session in which he finished 15th. The McLaren driver found himself going off track at various points and admitted over the team radio he had completely lost confidence in his car’s brakes. It was not the only problem the Briton had endured because his MCL36 also required a power-unit change, needing to revert back to an older engine.
Wolff reacts to huge cheers as Hamilton crashed out
Toto Wolff thinks Formula 1 fans need to be educated after Lewis Hamilton was cheered when crashing out of Austrian Grand Prix qualifying. Looking like he could challenge for pole position for the season’s second sprint, Hamilton found his Mercedes making a heavy side-on impact with the barrier as he tried to complete a first flying lap of Q3.
Perez admits he ‘got lucky’ with Safety Car timing
Sergio Perez has admitted he “got lucky” with the Safety Car that propelled him back into podium contention at the British Grand Prix. The Mexican’s top-three chances looked all but over when he was forced into the pits on lap six for a new front wing, having suffered damage during contact with Charles Leclerc as the Ferrari squeezed through on the inside.
Marko ‘simpler than people think’ in driver dealings
Red Bull junior driver Juri Vips has poured cold water on notions that Helmut Marko is any sort of Machiavellian figure in his guise as driver development boss. Marko has a reputation for being a difficult person to please, both as the unofficial head of Red Bull’s motorsport operations and the main man in their driver academy.
McLaren urge penalty review after ‘crazy’ Norris scenario
McLaren want a review of F1’s penalty points system over fears Lando Norris could have faced a ban despite, they feel, no evidence he had driven “dangerously”. A total of 12 penalty points clocked up by a driver on his FIA super-licence during a 12-month period will mean a one-race suspension, although that punishment has yet to be handed down since the system was introduced in 2014. It could happen in 2022, however, as certain drivers are not too far from the threshold.
Marko tips Sainz as a potential title contender
Helmut Marko has followed up his recent praise of Carlos Sainz, in relation to his Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc, by tipping him as a title contender. The Red Bull driver academy boss is very familiar with Sainz’s work because the Spaniard was a member of the programme he runs between 2010 and 2017. Toro Rosso gave Sainz his Formula 1 debut in 2015 at the same time as Max Verstappen.
Albon lost the car keys on day one at Williams
© PA Images Alex Albon with hand on head planetF1 Alex Albon has described an embarrassing incident during his first working day at Williams – which fortunately ended favourably. The London-born Thai driver is starting to settle into life as a Williams driver, back on the Formula 1 grid after a year’s absence having been dropped by Red Bull in favour of Sergio Perez.
FIA expect ‘more cars in the mix’ as 2022 evolves
Nikolas Tombazis believes Formula 1’s new regulations have the potential to put “more cars in the mix” for race wins and possibly even championships. The FIA’s head of single-seater technical matters recently said he hopes that by the end of 2022 the gap between the front of the field to the back over a single lap, which was three seconds last season, will have been slashed in half. That, of course, gives hope to the backmarkers who in 2021 were Haas, Williams and Alfa Romeo.
Vettel: Fighting Alonso again was ‘special’
Sebastian Vettel did find some enjoyment from a difficult 2021 season – and fighting his old rival Fernando Alonso was right up there. Two of the old stagers of the Formula 1 grid resumed battle after Alonso returned from two years away to drive for Alpine. He was an archetypal midfield performer and the same was true of Vettel, the duo frequently finding themselves right in the centre of the pack where the initial target for a grand prix weekend was to reach the top-10 shootout in qualifying.
Honda hit title target in their set timeframe
Honda chief Masashi Yamamoto has revealed the company hit the target for World Championship success they had set themselves when joining forces with Red Bull. Max Verstappen’s triumph in an enthralling 2021 Drivers’ title battle with Lewis Hamilton meant Honda departed Formula 1 with another crown – their first since 1991.
Masi ‘buckled under pressure’ from Wolff, Horner
Martin Brundle and Damon Hill both think Toto Wolff and Christian Horner put undue pressure on Michael Masi in the closing stages of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The Mercedes and Red Bull team principals used their direct radio facility to the race director to plead their case for decisions that would aid their drivers, Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen respectively, during the World Championship climax.
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