by David | Feb 3, 2011 | culture, science!, technology
Presented with minimal commentary, a video I found via Gizmodo. People with nets chasing ducks on wheels. I guess it’s all for a good cause. What I want to know is, is that an autonomous duck robot (programmed with real duck behavior patterns of course) is...
by David | Jun 15, 2010 | economics, media, science!, technology, transportation
Well, here’s one thing that doesn’t seem to be in evidence in Sicily: a burbling startup scene. I dropped in at Web Innovators 26 (it seems only yesterday I was at Webinno18) at the Royal Sonesta to check out the demos and pitches. As usual, there were...
by David | Apr 23, 2010 | eating, science!, travel
I try not to be too much of a food snob but there are a few things that just sort of make me nervous for no good reason, and having sushi far from the open sea is one of them. This is bogus for any number of reasons, most notably that a great deal of all restaurant...
by David | Sep 22, 2009 | eating, science!
Perhaps it’s fitting that on this preliminary Boston election day it’s time for another Bacon Technology Update. Alert porkavore Tangyslice gave me these last week: Just so there’s no misunderstanding, let’s be clear: there is no actual pork...
by David | Jun 9, 2009 | eating, science!, transportation
This weekend I went on a three-hour tour with the New England Aquarium’s whale watch with Professor M and her friend J. An hour before the departure, I got the text message, “forgot Dramamine, please buy some before we leave” I couldn’t find...
by David | Jun 7, 2009 | eating, science!
I was half-listening to the radio and I was pretty sure I heard the announcer say, “blah blah blah red tide blah blah surf clams and carnivorous snails…” Carnivorous snails?? On the rampage and out for blood, causing the tide to run red?? OK,...
