Broadband, Broad Man
Tuesday, August 31st, 2004Josep-Llu?s Marzo-L?zaro is a member of the Grup de Broadband Comunications.
His photograph indicates that he is especially well suited to work in broadband. See the photo here.
Archive for August, 2004
Analtech. The logical choice.
Monday, August 30th, 2004The company is named Analtech. Their slogan, displayed on their web site, is “Welcome to Analtech. The logical choice.”
We would be interested in hearing from a professional logician who can supply a formal mathematical proof of this.
Do Chopsticks Cause Disease?
Friday, August 27th, 2004A fear is (apparently) laid to rest: Does using chopsticks cause disease? The answer is in this report:
“Use of chopsticks for eating and Helicobacter pylori infection,” W. K. Leung., J. Y. Sung., T. K. W. Ling., K. L. K. Siu and A. F. B. Cheng, Dig Dis Sci 44, 1999, pp. 1173-6.
See co-author Siu’s resume here.
The Animal and the Damage Done
Thursday, August 26th, 2004Archaeologists know that the ground they examine can be literally rather shifty. The reasons for this can be disturbing, beastly and even childish….
So begins this week’s Improbable Research column in The Guardian. Read it here.
Tornado Fighters
Wednesday, August 25th, 2004Tornado Fighters is here to be a protection against tornados
So says their web site, which is here.
(Thanks to Tom Gill for bringing this to our attention.)
Forensic-chemical analysis of duct tape
Tuesday, August 24th, 2004J.J. Schmitz, R.A. Pribush, R.P. Walson, Chemistry Department, Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, ?A Forensic-Chemical Analysis of Duct Tape?
Such was the most-publicized presentation at the SCANNING 2004 Conference, which was held on April 28, 2004. For bare details, see here.
