What is the most double-edged name in the medical device industry? Maybe this: http://www.gotyournumber.com. The web site is all about "The patented Pharmanex? BioPhotonic Scanner." The scanner scans the palm of your hand, and then produces a number. The manufacturer has a nifty rock video on which a man says: "I guarantee that your number […]
Month: May 2005
Finnish troll treatise
It’s old news to some, but as the headline says: "Finland receives first PhD in trolls." The degree was conferred at and by ?bo Akademi University.
Bed rest triumph
A glowing press release brings news of the end of the WISE (Women International Space Simulation for Exploration) bed-rest experiment: The volunteers in question are twelve women, drawn from seven European countries. Since March they have been confined to bed at the MEDES (French Institute of Space Medicine and Physiology) space clinic in Toulouse, in […]
Vino: describe it OR remember it
When novices talk about this wine or that, the more they talk, the more they’re talking baloney. An experiment has proved it. Some experiments are more fun than others. This was one of the some. Joseph Melcher and Jonathan Schooler of the University of Pittsburgh carried it out, wrote it up and then published it […]