Sedeer el-Showk [pictured here] does what might be called a literary experiment: describing human agriculture from the perspective of “attine ants, a group of ants which have evolved a mutualistic relationship with certain fungi that can only be described as a form of agriculture”: In addition to the difficulties of communication, other biological limitations of humans […]
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Pedestrian-mounted brake lights: March 8 in Stuttgart
“There are many accidents such as bumping between walkers in crowded places. One of reasons for them is that it is difficult for each person to predict the behaviors of other people. On the other hand, cars implicitly communicate with other cars by presenting their contexts with equipments such as brake lights and turn signals. […]
Flamingo Stance in Humans — Good and Bad
Another paired entry in the category of “Is a thing good or bad? It Depends”. In this case the thing is people standing on one leg. Here are two studies: “Dynamic flamingo therapy” [Article in Japanese], Sakamoto K., Clinical Calcium. 2008 Nov;18(11):1594-9. (Thanks to investigator Genevieve Jules for bringing this to our attention.) The authors […]
Rats Will Encounter Rat-Size People, and Vice Versa
Rats and people (or any two different size critters) can encounter each other on the same scale, virtually, under the scheme outlined in a new study. The image below demonstrates virtual rat-sized persons in a rat world. The study is: “Beaming into the Rat World: Enabling Real-Time Interaction between Rat and Human Each at Their […]