Medical Energetics Ltd. of Galway, Ireland, has just been granted (Nov. 2018) a US patent for the invention of ‘Agricultural applications of a double helix conductor’ (DHC) The extraordinariness of which can probably only be appreciated by reading the patent document [click link or image above]. The company has also applied for another patent (March […]
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Trees and drones — how will the tally turn out?
A new project, promoted by a beer company, offers a promotional video called “How drones are helping to plant trees“: If successful, this project will to some extent offset the damage caused when drones crash into trees. Numerous videos document the phenomenon of drones crashing into trees. Here’s a video that compiles a very few […]
Troy’s invention makes human hair grow, and also plants, Troy reports, reportedly
Troy Hurtubise, who won an Ig Nobel Prize in 1998 for devising and personally testing a suit of armor that he hopes will protect him against grizzly bears, has now invented and personally tested a machine that promotes the growth of hair on human heads, and also promotes the growth of plants, Chris Dawson of […]
Effects of Plant Size, and Effects of Plant Size
Confused about the difference between the effects of plant size on (1) industrial relations and on (2) the expression of cleistogamy in Mimulus nasutus? These two studies might help you sort it all out: The influence of Plant Size on Industrial Relations, Sherrill Cleland [pictured here], Princeton University, 1955. and “The Effect of Plant Size on […]