RoboMonkWhy did the farmer put a Walkman on his cow?
Because an MIT professor told him to.
In a research project aimed at helping cattle farmers corral their herds more efficiently, a team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the US Department of Agriculture has devised a way to remotely issue commands to cows.
The researchers are still experimenting with exactly what sound will best lead a cow home, but they’ve tested annoying horns, helicopters, and crooning cowboys.
The “Ear-A-Round” device, which looks like a solar-powered Walkman, allows scientists to track an animal’s location and movements. It also keeps information about the cow’s body orientation - how its head moves, for example - to understand how it travels individually and with the herd.
Yup- Here’s the video.
Syrian trucker ends up in the UK instead of Spain. He blames the GPS unit.
Syrian driver Necdet Bakimci stopped with only the North Sea at Lincolnshire in front of him.
He explained in broken English how he was looking for Coral Road on Gibraltar in southern Spain.
Clearly 1600 miles of road signs in languages other than Spanish made no impression.
Why urinating outdoors is a bad idea:
A tourist who relieved himself over a live railway line at a south London station was electrocuted.
The Polish man died when an electric current connected with urine which had splashed on to the 750-volt line.
It is thought the married 41-year-old teacher was on a trip to London to improve his English.
Sadly, the Polish tourist was unable to read the warning sign with the lightning bolts.
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