A frog’s eyes include networks of nerves that act as bug detectors — signaling to the frog’s brain whenever they see motion that’s typical of tasty bugs. That insight was revealed in 1959 in the study “What the Frog’s Eye Tells the Frog’s Brain,” written with Jerry Lettvin, Humberto Maturana, Warren McCullough, and Walter Pitts. This […]
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Oranges and apples, powering apples
Two conjunctions of apples and oranges: 1. This video shows someone finding out how many round, juicy oranges it takes to power an Apple iPhone. 2. Scott Sandford’s classic article “Apples and Oranges,” published in volume 1, no. 3 of the Annals of Improbable Research. Sandford writes: “it is not difficult to demonstrate that apples […]
Ig followup: Bowlingual, iPhone, Twitter
A 2002 Ig Nobel Peace Prize-winning device is coming to the iPhone and to Twitter. Crunchgear has a perfect headline and a succinct report: Bowlingual: iPhone app translates what your dog barks, posts it to Twitter Do you remember the Bowlingual, the portable dog language translator that was released in Japan last year? The basic […]