MakeUseOf Directory » Other http://www.makeuseof.com/dir Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:01:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Inventables: Find Unusual Materials For Your Project http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/inventables-unusual-materials/ http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/inventables-unusual-materials/#comments Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:46:38 +0000 jpot http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/?p=17225 Whether you’re running a major corporation and undertaking a major building project, working on an invention or just curious about what sort of unusual materials exist in the world, Inventables.com is worth checking out. Here you’ll find an index of unusual components for a project””anything from paper-thin wood to steel-like plastic to rubber glass””and be given a way to contact the vendor of the product in question.

unusual materials

Get to the site and you’ll see a variety of recently-viewed materials. Click any of them to read about their current applications as well as their potential uses, and even to contact the vendor of the product in question.
If you yourself are a vendor of a product that could fit here, you can use the site to generate leads””at a price. You’ll recieve notifications of potential clients in the mail and you’ll choose who to respond to, only paying for the people you talk to.

unusual materials

  • find obscure materials for your business, invention or project
  • contact the vendor of the material in question
  • showcase your own obscure materials, paid for on a per-lead basis

Check out Inventables @ www.inventablescorporate.comhttp://www.makeuseof.com/dir/wp-admin/edit.php

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View the frequency and type of strikes on charts displayed to the left. Each strike has a different color based on its type (cloud-to-ground / cloud-to-cloud) and charge (positive/negative). Browse more detailed statistics for different US regions (NorthWest US, South Central US etc) from the tabs above.

lightning activity map

Features:

  • Lightning activity in US over the last 60 minutes
  • View frequency and type of strikes on real-time charts
  • Browse detailed data for different US geographical regions
  • Free, no sign up

Check out StrikeStar @ www.strikestarus.com

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