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Tag: hunting

Shopping – more like gathering than hunting? (study)

January 18, 2018 Martin Gardiner

If you’re the type who enjoys (or otherwise takes advantage of) the January sales, you might be interested in taking a look at the work of professor Daniel J. Kruger of University of Michigan [pictured]. A news release from the university (2009) related Dr. Kruger’s take on the subject of shopping, saying : “- it’s […]

Arts and Sciencedirection, gathering, hunting, mall, shopping, socks

Patent Camouflage

January 31, 2013 Martin Gardiner

Imagine that you want to camouflage yourself. One way to do so might be to pick objects from your surroundings and attach them to your clothing. But how exactly? Answers are provided in a new US patent (Jan. 29th 2013) from two Utah-based inventors (both named Morgan). Their patent : entitled ‘Systems and methods for […]

Arts and Science, Research Newscamouflage, cute, hiding, hunting, patent, Patents

Birds: oiling and de-oiling (patented methods)

September 28, 2012 Martin Gardiner

“It is estimated …” say Ken Foster and Ralph Brendle in their 2007 US patent “… that a single hunting club or hunting resort may lose over $100,000 a year because of missed hunts due to rainy and damp weather.” The problem which the patent is addressing is primarily that of wet birds. “On wet […]

Arts and Science, Boys Will Be BoysBirds, hunting, oil, patants, pollution, quail
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