links for 2009-12-13

'Twoddler is a prototype that has been created as part of a course on mobile and pervasive computing at Hasselt University, and was designed and implemented for the Innovative and Creative Applications (INCA) 2009 awards.'

Very interesting setups

Multivac the great…
Let there be light…

She has certainly been around for a long long time

Another Foodie Mathematician

Food loving Mathematicians anyone?

Thank goodness it's just an art piece & not a real baby carriage armed with guns.

Using a gun to create art. A variety of animal images by firing guns into aluminium sheets.
via http://www.neatorama.com/2009/12/12/the-gunshot-art-of-walt-creel/

'Well, here's my solution to this problem: this is why we have peer review. Average guys with websites can do a lot of amazing things. One thing they cannot do is reveal statistical manipulation in climate-change studies that require a PhD in a related field to understand. So for the time being, my response to any and all further "smoking gun" claims begins with: show me the peer-reviewed journal article demonstrating the error here. Otherwise, you're a crank and this is not a story.
And then I'll probably go ahead and try to investigate the claim and write a blog post about it, because that's my job.'