May mini-AIR: Bang-Bang control, and all that

The May issue of mini-AIR just went out. Topics include:

  • Bang-Bang Control
  • Dead Duck day is Coming
  • and more

It also has this winning entry (by INVESTIGATOR PATRICK MCKEON) for last month’s competition. which asked for a limerick to honor the study “‘Oenodynamic’: Hydrodynamic of Wine Swirling” (with video):

In a lab during end of year crunch,
Thought a researcher needing a hunch:
“This wine I do cherish,
So (publish or perish!)
I’ll send in a film of my lunch.”

Mel [pictured here] says, “It’s swell.” (mini-AIR is the simplest way to keep informed about Improbable and Ig Nobel news and events. Just add yourself to the mini-AIR list, and mini-AIR will be emailed to you every month)

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