Tobi Kosanke, Ph.D., inventor of a diaper for domestic chickens (profiled here yesterday), has filed a patent application for that device: “Poultry Harness Diaper,” US patent application 20120037094 A1, by Tobi Kosanke, filed August 11, 2011. “A diaper assembly for use on a bird includes an upper-body portion that has at least one first part […]
Diapers for modern domestic chickens (part 1)
This video shows Tobi Kosanke, Ph.D., showing how to use diapers for domestic chickens. These are diapers Dr. Kasanke specially designed, so she says, for chickens that or who live inside modern houses or apartments. The diapers are sold under the brand name Hen Holster. The manufacturer’s web site explains more about them. The site […]
Swarms of Riderless Unicycles: research roundup
If you thought that the words ‘Unicycle’ and ‘Swarm’ are rarely found in close proximity to each other, you would be mistaken. In fact, the last few years have seen a great deal of academic effort directed specifically at the possibilities offered by a ‘Swarms of Unicycles’. Here are some recent examples from the many […]
Again, Why Don’t Animals Have Wheels?
Certain questions keep returning, as if on the edge of a rotating wheel: “Why the Wheels Won’t Go,” Michael LaBarbera [pictured here, without wheels], American Naturalist, Vol. 121, No. 3, March 1983, pp. 395-408. The author, at the University of Chicago, begins: “Why don’t animals have wheels? Introductory hiology teachers commonly note the lack of […]