Taking the term “Rockstar Programmer” to a new level—well, perhaps they’re half way there?—Dylan Beattie has developed a programming language called Rockstar that allows people to live their wildest dream of writing code that resembles a 1980s rock song: Rockstar is designed for creating computer programs that are also song lyrics, and is heavily influenced by the lyrical […]
Category: Improbable Investigators
People who do research that makes people LAUGH, then THINK.
Professor Kosinski, Generator of Improbable Research
The Guardian profiles Michael Kosinski, a Stanford University assistant professor of organizational behavior. Professor Kosinski is a prolific generator of improbable research: Artificial intelligence (AI)— ‘I was shocked it was so easy’: meet the professor who says facial recognition can tell if you’re gay … Weeks after his trip to Moscow, Kosinski published a controversial paper in […]
David (Daedalus) Jones, and Perpetual Motion Machines
“Perpetual Motion Machines” is a documentary film about the great David Jones, creator the Daedalus column that for decades made the readers of New Scientist, Nature, and The Guardian laugh, then think. David took part in the 2001 Ig Nobel Prize ceremony, to the great delight of many.
Who Might You Meet at the Ig? London’s Pioneering Theatrical Electrician
If you come to the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony, you might enjoy chatting with your neighbors, in the audience. Many have done amazing things. In this video, Ann Crighton-Harris tells how she became the first woman to be a professional electrician in London’s theaters. Perhaps you sat near Ann Crighton-Harris in the audience at the […]