The Faculty Lounge blog has a long (but riveting!) account of the very strange story of Tom Lippert. One of its many aspects echoes of the story of Cecil Jacobson (Dr. Jacobson was awarded the 1992 Ig Nobel Prize in biology for devising a simple, single-handed method of quality control. [REFERENCE: “The Babymaker : Fertility Fraud and the Fall […]
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Planet kidnapping system, and a train
Few patents have been granted for systems to kidnap planets. This is a fairly recent application for one: “Planet kidnapping system,” Chinese patent application 101948013 A, filed December 23, 2009 by 文华东. The inventor explains: “The invention relates to a planet kidnapping system which uses laser to push asteroids to hit a target planet of moderate […]