Sunday, July 27, 2008

Incredible what they are doing with AOD

See here what they are doing using an acousto optic deflector, looking at many neurons at a very high frequency.

Douglas Adams take on design

A common mistake people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair.