The bursting of bubble wrap, if judiciously done, can help detect whether there is crap (or to put it more nicely: unexpected stuff) inside a pipeline. This new study tells about the problem and the possible, bubble-wrap-bursting way to deal with the problem: “Electric-power free impulse point sound source generation system with bubble wrap bursting […]
Research studies about the Relation Between Pipe Smokers’ Personalities and Cancer; about Smoking and Drinking, Attractiveness and Addiction; and about 57 people; about a Heavily Bearded Philosopher in Women’s Underwear; and about the question “When Should Philosophers Sacrifice Utilitarians?” are featured in the “Super Advanced Theories: Philosophers and Smokers” column in the special Super-Advanced Theories issue […]
The musical instrument shown above is known by various names e.g. the whirly tube, the corrugaphone, the bloogle resonator, the voice of the dragon, the hummer, and even, according to American composer (and parodist) Peter Schickele the “Lasso d’Amore”. For acousticians, it’s noteworthy because the fundamental acoustic mode, that’s to say the note that one […]
“In 2016, the Belgian brewery De Halve Maan (DHM) completed the construction of a pipeline that now transports beer from its brewery in Bruges to its bottling plant located in a modern industrial park 3.2 kilometers away.” An unusual aspect of the project was that it was partly crowdfunded via a scheme which gave investors […]