This 1919 animated cartoon by Max Fleisher shows many aspects of the motion of a fly. The Public Domain Review explains (basing its explanation on that in Wikipedia): Max Fleischer (1883–1972) was a pioneer in the development of the animated cartoon and served as the head of Fleischer Studios. He brought such animated characters as Betty […]
Year: 2014
“Tiny sea monkeys influence oceanic currents and waves”
This week’s Headline of the Week appears in the Delhi Daily News, on October 1, 2014: Tiny sea monkeys influence oceanic currents and waves Tiny sea monkeys, which are actually a kind of shrimp, create giant ocean currents every evening after sunset. Even though these sea monkeys are small in size they are given the […]
Shoelaces — the trials of cooperatively tying them with other people
Primary instructor Michael J. Crites and professor Jamie C. Gorman of the Human Factors Psychology dept. at Texas Tech University Lubbock, US, have investigated (experimentally) some of the difficulties of shoelace tying – with two hands, one hand, and with someone else’s hand. See: Learning to Tie Well with Others : Bimanual vs. Intermanual Coordination […]
The rise (to 85,000 feet) and fall of Walter White
Kayla Reed, writing for AV Club, gives some of the background to this video: In the year since Breaking Bad bled off the airwaves, fans and stars alike have been reveling in its wake. One of the more creative homages comes courtesy of TV Tag, whose staff gathered a crew to send a Walter White […]