The latest technologies and sophisticated biomechanical gaugings are being used to design brassieres to liberate women from the discomfort of which most complain (and especially buxom women, since a D-cup bra normally carries breasts weighing from 15 to 23 pounds). Leading work (according to a November Wall Street Journal report) is being done in China by engineers for Top Form Inc. (suppliers to Victoria's Secret, Playtex and Maidenform) and by biomechanist Deirdre McGhee at the University of Wollongong in Australia. A British professor, David Morris, teaches "bra studies" at De Montfort University in Leicester, and Hong Kong's Polytechnic University recently created a degree program in bra studies. [Discover magazine, November 2005; Wall Street Journal, 11-9-05]

Ahh Homer Simpson says, let your children roam free. I dunno what that has to do with it, so here's what I was thinking: A lack of wearing Bra's, like in the case of Ms. Chokesondick is bad, bu a lack of bras like in the case of Jenna Jameson is good.

And on the animal front...

Animals Being Animals: (1) The Harbor Commission of Newport Harbor, Calif., met in emergency session in September after news that 18 200- to 800-pound sea lions had jumped onto a 37-foot sailboat and sunk it. (Elsewhere on the coast, sea lions eat boogie boards, vomit on docks and bark cacophonously, and efforts to disperse them are ineffective because they are protected by a 1972 federal law.) (2) In September, an exceptionally rare American veery (a thrush-like songbird) landed in Britain's Shetland Islands and briefly excited the country's birdwatchers, but just as word was circulating, according to Scotland's Daily Record, a local cat ate it. [Los Angeles Times, 9-14-05] [Daily Record (Glasgow), 10-4-05]

Damn sea lions. This is pretext for war!

Surely all the ones that were protected are dead by now?

Well I'm tryin man but they keep comin back with more numbers ;)

Better call Gunther and the Sunshine girls, looks like you could use the manpower of a dirty swede and his bevy of bathing beauties.

No way...please let Jenna and her crew keep their bras on, those gigantic misshaped boobs are giving me nightmares.

Ok, what about Heidi Klum?

Well you just cant compare them man, they is 2 completely different chicks (morally speaking) ;) Klum could wear a 1/2 a kilo of lard and still be gorgeous :D

Heidi Klum doesn't have huge disgusting lumps of fat hanging down her chest last time i saw her. Then again...i was kinda hypnotised by her long legs, so i guess i wouldn't know. :D

*ignores all the boob-watcher comments* [img]tongue.gif[/img]
what the heck is "biomechanical gauging"?
*sighs* you know what would really be nice? a freckle-sized anti-grav device that negates ever having to wear a bra again. i'm thinking playtex would prolly buy up the patent and then squash it, tho. :(

V***V

I believe its called a hand, though 2 work better. For best results, let someone else do it, so YOUR hands are free to go about their daily business. I'd recommend Robo Sapien for it. His hands are uber.

[ 12-27-2005, 12:39 PM: Message edited by: Sir Degrader ]

<font color = lightgreen>Surely they could design something that is comfortable yet supportive and not have to rely on "top down" support such as straps. Why not some of that "memory foam" like they use for mattresses with some thin strips of soft yet stiff plastic to support from below? The foam provides the comfort while the plastic strips would provide support and there would be no straps going over the shoulder.

Now I suppose I'll have to sketch some design concepts. [img]graemlins/beigesmilewinkgrin.gif[/img] </font>

I still think having a robot to hold your breasts is the best solution.

It's all in the laws of physics and the center of gravity. Without the top strap, the basic supporting shape would be an upside-down capital L, and things would just fall over. You'd need either some support underneath and away from the body (to shift the center of gravity under the... objects ;) ) or you'd need a very sturdy side support to prevent it from falling over at all... which may or may not be comfortable, depending on who the maker of the strapless bra in question is.

Ermmm.... what were we discussing again? :D

Anyone else think this post reads like a book report? Giving sources and all - I was looking for the bibliography...mostly looking for examples... [img]smile.gif[/img]

BK