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...topic of the day is the powers of prime numbers. Five minutes into the section, the corn comes out of the bag, served on an attractive wooden stick. It’s surprisingly easy to write and chomp on the ear of corn at the same time, and although one kid noticeably moves his chair away, FM doesn’t seem to have caused much of a stir. By 21000, all the rows of corn have been put away. After elegantly extracting a piece of silk from FM’s pearly whites, it was time for the next...
...songs, at least to the untrained ear, have little lyrical content, and what they do have is largely irrelevant: words are simply a starting point and an excuse to add Claypool’s nasal vocals to the Flying Frog’s sonic stew. Songs are extended almost indefinitely, mutating as they go. It’s as though Sigur Ros got very drunk and woke up in Vermont playing blues for rock fans. Claypool even led the crowd in a Viking chant...
...last time my birthday fell on Thanksgiving I was a naive and impressionable young lad. My family had traveled up to New York to spend the holiday with other extended present givers. On that glorious Turkeyday I was wrapped in a matching red scarf, mittens and ear-muffs before being whisked away to the intersection of Broadway and 34th. There, as Snoopy and Garfield loomed overhead, large like gods, my father whispered into my ear, “This is all for you, happy birthday...
...manufacturers to connect various digital components over short distances. This year brought a slew of Bluetooth earpieces from Jabra, Motorola, Nokia Plantronics and Sony Ericsson. Now you can walk around town with your cell phone tucked away in your pocket or briefcase and a tiny headset tucked into your ear. The biggest drawback (besides looking like a Secret Service agent): the headsets need to be charged regularly, just like your cell phone. INVENTORS Various AVAILABILITY Now, $99 to $250 TO LEARN MORE bluetooth.com...
...wherever you go? In the future, you may not have to. Two British researchers have developed a prototype "phone tooth" that can be embedded in a molar and receive cell-phone calls. The signals are translated into vibrations that travel from the tooth to your skull to your inner ear--where only you can hear them. Great for giving instructions to spies and NFL quarterbacks. Not so great for the rest of us, because while our teeth may talk to us, we can't talk back to them. INVENTORS James Auger and Jimmy Loizeau AVAILABILITY Prototype TO LEARN MORE sciencemuseum.org.uk...