Dispensary Corner 29 Jun 12
June 29, 2012
QUICK thinking.
A lucky Brazilian biker must have
taken his ginkgo biloba on the
morning he was confronted by a
hitchhiking snake at 155mph.
The motorbike rider was (unwisely)
filming his 155mph ride when a
yellow snake appeared from
behind his handlebars and lunged.
Rather than panic, swerve and
crash, the rider calmly slowed
down and pulled his bike to a stop
by the side of the road before
hopping off and showing his
fellow riders his new friend.
THE way of the future?
Scientists in Japan have taken
the hard work out of Rock, Paper,
Scissors, creating a robot
especially for the purpose.
Of course if you don’t like to lose
then this is probably not the Rock,
Paper, Scissors partner for you, as
it is designed to win the game
every time.
The robot cheats the system by
using a high-speed camera to track
the shape and position of its
opponents hand, and using that
data then predict their next move.
Despite the rather arbitrary
nature of its existence, the
scientists who created it, from the
University of Japan, hope the
technology it uses will eventually
be used to promote co-operation
between robots and humans.
GOT some spare toilet paper?
A US woman, Susan Brennan, who created a wedding dress from ten rolls of jumbo toilet paper has won around $2,000 for her efforts. Brennan told reporters that it took her just one week to craft the elegant gown for the toilet paper dress competition run by Cheap-Chic-Weddings.com which stipulated entrants use only toilet paper, tape, glue, and/or needle and thread to craft the bridal pieces.
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