Orion itself is an amazing machine, but the gear being used to design, build and test it is equally impressive.

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And London-based architect Andy Martin teamed up with furniture company Thonet to design a gorgeous bentwood fixed-gear bike.

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The design includes 26 centimeters-round compact plastic gear wheels and a small generator.

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Similarly, by adjusting the parameters of the mathematical model, it is possible to change the design of the virtual car, trying out different gearboxes and gear ratios, or adjusting the suspension.

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The Bells, having spent hundreds of millions on DSL gear from Alcatel and Cisco, would likely balk at ever switching to an EtherLoop design.

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With the help of a machinist, and using a formula he concocted for a stiff, self-lubricating plastic, Fenelon built a crude prototype of the gear and found that the torque required to push the window was half of what the old design required.

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