Michèle Audin, writing for Oulipo, tells the history of les plis cachetés: [THIS IS A MACHINE TRANSLATION:] “Let me begin by reminding you (or tell you) the ancient practice (and a tad outdated) sealed envelopes. Suppose you make a discovery you deem worthy of interest. You want while you posterity attributed maternity (or paternity, if you are […]
Year: 2017
Face Recognition of Cattle: Can it be Done?
“Contrary to popular belief that all cattle look alike, this paper presents a current state of the art research and study in animal biometric based recognition a system which provides an important insight in the identification of cattle based on their facial images.” – so explain researchers Santosh Kumar, Shrikant Tiwari, and Sanjay Kumar Singh […]
Q: what, exactly, did Orville Wright invent? A: a mailbox
Many people associate the name Orville Wright with the invention of the airplane. However, Orville Wright invented — and patented — a combined mailbox and lamp:
Was the prayer nut filled with gunk?
“The prayer nut” is the subject of this video, which zeroes in on the question: Was the prayer nut filled with some kind of gunk? Research, careful research, hints that it may indeed have been filled with gunk, and that that gunk may have included fragrant herbs, one of which may have been cannabis. The […]