Category: Fun links of the day

Raymond has an excellent description here.

By using a camera and computer vision software it is possible to make a fish control a robot car over land. By swimming towards an interesting object, the fish can explore the world beyond the limits of his tank.

Can I train monkeys to fight with knives effectively? If you keep looking you end up on the Museum of American Fencing’s website.

Why are so few foods blue? Short answers Blue color is not only rare in edible organisms – Blue color is rare in both the animal and plant Kingdoms in general.http://biology.stackexchange.com/a/56478 and… Blue light is the most available, most high-energy light that continues to reach plants, and therefore plants have…

When back country camping, how do you avoid being attacked by a cougar in your sleep?

First, take a really long tube that extends into space, bend it around a space station, have it come back to earth and form a circle with the start of the tube. Next, shoot a gun up the tube really fast. The bullet’s momentum will lift the tube and you can…

https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/news/stories/2008/march/housestealing_032508

The 3 Lessons I Learned After Accidentally Buying a Liquor Store