Here’s episode 114 (“Cola quibbles, coiffed chemists”) of the Improbable Research TV series, featuring further anti-seminal research from 2008 Ig Nobel medicine prize winner Dr. Deborah J. Anderson (also seen in Collection #113) and three special members of the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists (LFHCfS). To see it, click on the image at right, […]
Year: 2009
And Happy New Year to you, too, Dr. Eneman
Today’s earlier item about EneMan, the mascot for a company that makes enema kits and about Dr. Ir. K. Eneman of the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium brought excited greetings from admirers of another Doctor Eneman — Dr. Geert Eneman of IMEC in Belgium. Please join us in wishing a very happy new year to […]
Happy New Year, Dr. Eneman
Yesterday’s item about EneMan, the mascot for a company that makes enema kits, flushed out a torrent of excited questioners, each asking, “But is there a real Doctor Eneman?” The answer is yes. Dr. Ir. K. Eneman labors at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. Please join us in wishing a very happy new year […]
US military: Build artificial intelligible parents
The US military has begun the process of building virtual parents to temporarily replace soldiers who are sent to war zones or other distant places. The Department of Defense is soliciting bids to build the system: Topic Num: OSD09-H03 (OSD/DHP) Objective: To develop a highly interactive PC or web-based application to allow family members to […]