Whether you see the iPod as a defence mechanism or a means of exhibiting aggression may depend on your point of view. Two recent academic studies address these possibly conflicting, and yet perhaps complementary viewpoints. The first paper, ‘The Portable Music Player as a Defense Mechanism’ was published in the Journal of Radio & Audio […]
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Mr. Wank defends his thesis
This was a big week for Mr. Wank [pictured here]. He defended his PhD thesis at Delft University of Technology. (Thanks to investigator R.D. Abbelon for bringing it to our attention.) Thesis defence by Mr. M.A. Wank: “Manipulating the Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon Growing Surface“. 14 March 2011 | 10:00 o’clock. location: Aula TU Delft. Mr. […]
Autonomous Paper Airplane / Missile Defense System
“An Autonomous Missile Defense System,” Daine Richard Lesniak, Douglas J. Hickok, Kristopher Whisler, and Michael C. Rowe, UWP Computer Science and Software Engineering Student Conference Publications, 2005. The authors, at the University of Wisconsin, Platteville, report [AIR 16:1]: