The researchers state their worry bluntly: “The purpose of this paper is to contribute to an understanding of how consumers behave and what they perceive when shopping chilled groceries from cabinets with doors and without doors in the supermarket.” Sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch are all perception tools that help aid the decision making […]
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Two rubber band technique for finger ring removal
Researchers have attempted many solutions to remove rings from the fingers they are stuck on, including the use of dental equipment, a finger part of a surgical glove cut off cylindrically, ribbon gauze and a paper clip, and the classic caterpillar technique. Australian researchers from University of Queensland and Gold Coast University Hospital report on […]
Visual evaluation of sliced Italian salami [research study]
Italian researchers Annalisa Romano, Paolo Masi, and Silvana Cavella take a close look at slices of salami in their paper, “Visual evaluation of sliced Italian salami by image analysis.” Rather than using chemical analysis to determine the fat content in the salami, Romano’s team utilized computers to visually inspect the fat content. The computers were […]
Tracking glitter particles from a university building
A team of forensic researchers from Soonchunhyang University in South Korea have determined that glitter can be used to track a person’s location in a university building. “A distribution study of glitter was conducted from a local university building. The potential recipient surfaces chosen were the 1,000 chairs kept in 16 separate classrooms of […]