OK, here's something to watch after that. I heard it on Science Friday and I had to watch the video.
All that stuff in the video Andy sent, about all the physics that to into keeping a bike upright, and how our brains just manage to do it without thinking.... Well what if the handlebars didn't steer the bike in the way we are used to? The Backwards Brain Bicycle https://youtu.be/MFzDaBzBlL0 Robbie Webber Transportation Policy Analyst 608-263-9984 (o) 608-225-0002 (c) [email protected] All opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer or any other group with which I am affiliated. On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 1:38 PM, Andy Bach <[email protected]> wrote: > I thought the story was we really didn't know and after watching this, I > admit, I didn't quite understand it all but ... > https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=108&v=oZAc5t2lkvo > > And the talk show discussion of it: > > https://richarddawkins.net/2015/06/scishow-talk-show-henry-reich-rook-the-raven/ > > and, for silliness: > For folks who want to ride the bones of a long-dead lizard, Portland’s > Craigslist—that noted repository of dubious goods and services > <http://www.citylab.com/design/2012/12/too-portland-portland-local-man-offers-eat-excrete-gourmet-coffee-beans-his-neighbors/4192/>—has > got you covered with a $2,000 bike shaped like a skinless *T. rex*. > > http://www.citylab.com/design/2015/07/theres-a-t-rex-shaped-bike-for-sale-on-portlands-craigslist/397550/ > > -- > > a > > Andy Bach, > [email protected] > 608 658-1890 cell > 608 261-5738 wk > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > >
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