Some sports related injuries are less common than others. For example, there is only one* formally documented case of ‘Ping Pong Patches’ (Scott MJ Jr, Scott MJ III, Cutis, 1989; 43 : 363 – 364.) in the medical literature. Sadly, the online database for Cutis only goes back as far as year 2000. But fortunately, […]
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Slowing down ping pong for TV (study)
“The medial [sic] appeal of table tennis seems to go down in terms of TV hours, at least outside Asia. One of the reasons is the fact that the speed of the game is nowadays so high that it is very hard for spectators to follow the balls.” So, in terms of slowing down the […]
Things researchers do with ping-pong balls
If you are one of those who thinks that a ping-pong (table tennis) ball is only good for playing ping-pong (table tennis) then you’d be wrong. Researchers across the globe have found them useful in many ways – for example: ○ To simulate snow avalanches (videos here in .avi format) ○ As a surgical aid […]
Turingesque test: Is this narrator a human being?
Today’s Know-Your-Technology Challenge question: Is the narrator of this video a human being, or a simulation? BY THE WAY: The video is about an invention called iFling, developed at the University of California, San Diego. Evan Ackerman’s (IEEE Spectrum) Automation blog calls it a self-balancing robot good at “picking up ping-pong balls and chucking them at […]