News reports (in Iran and in the New York Times) lead us to suspect that the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists (LFHCfS) is now banned in Iran. The photo here, showing non-banned hair styles, is from an Iranian source: Membership in The Luxuriant Former Hair Club for Scientists (LFHCfS), a sibling organization of the […]
Month: July 2010
Bubble Wrap for Surgical Patients
A veterinarian in Lake Worth, Florida reports a surgical innovation: “Bubble Wrap for Surgical Patients,” Greg J. Harrison, Journal of the Association of Avian Veterinarians, vol. 7n o. 4, 1993, p. 221. Dr. Harrison — the Harrison of Harrison’s Bird Foods — writes: “We have used regular bubble wrap to envelop avian patients undergoing long-term […]
Prices of Eight
How much is 8 worth? Quite a few thousand Yuan, according to new research into Chinese vehicle licence plates. Travis Ka Ho Ng, assistant Professor Department of Economics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong has completed his latest academic project looking into ‘The Value of Superstitions’. And the results of his investigations – performed […]
Threat assessment: robo cars & toasters
Which kind of robot will be the first to arise and smite us? A study called Experimental Security Analysis of a Modern Automobile suggests we keep an eye on the family car. The paper, written by Karl Koscher and a team of 10 other researchers at the University of Washington and the University of California […]