Alan Adler
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"Alan Adler" is an American inventor. His inventions include aerodynamic toys, such as footballs with fins and flying rings and discs. His Aerobie Pro flying ring set several Guinness World Record/world records for the farthest thrown object. In 2005 he invented a coffee brewing device and method called the AeroPress.

He has approximately 40 patents in electronics, optics, and aerodynamics. He lectures in mechanical engineering at Stanford University and has lectured at NASA, The Royal Aeronautical Society, Princeton University, California Institute of Technology, and University of California, Davis/University of California - Davis.

He lives in Los Altos, California and is owner/president of Aerobie, Inc - Palo Alto.

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... The most important thing right now is the crew's safety.

It's a long event. This is only the beginning.

GM takes no position on the matter.

There has been a preference in Germany and France for fillers on the right. But research in the United States has not shown a preference strong enough to affect buying decisions.

The ring flies a long way because it's so thin, ... It's sailed as far as 1,333 feet, a Guinness world record.

Extremely sensitive to variation and can result in different ratings in the same vehicle, such as when one has leather-covered seats and the other has cloth-covered seats.

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