Weird Science Offered As University Class

ludwigvan968 writes "The ACTLab at the University of Texas at Austin is making waves with its Weird Science class. The link is to the TA's blog with documentation of some of the projects: a laser harp, a 3D environment constructed with fog and an LCD projector, and a 'water bridge' using a 50,000-volt transformer. Next semester, they're introducing a new class called 'Disruptive Technologies.'"

Comments

What about the girl

[CaptainPatent]

This is not a complete class... I read nothing about animating an uber-hot girlfriend!

I want a mythbusters class as well

[Joe The Dragon]

I want a mythbusters class as well

Disruptive?

[Colin Smith]

Next semester, they're introducing a new class called 'Disruptive Technologies.'" Would that be like a Tazer/Stun Gun?

The next logical step...

[billius]

Mad Science. Seriously, I'm dying for some funding on my research dealing with the re-animation of human flesh.

Heard in class

[Conspiracy_Of_Doves]

"We'll be having a lab session today, so get a bra from the cabinet by the door and make sure it is securely fastened over your head before going to your lab station"

Re:Baseless assertion?

[gomiam]

Missing Objects office here. A humour sense unit has been found. Please come and check whether it is yours.

Re:Baseless assertion?

[Nefarious Wheel]

Care to respond or are we all going to just let these anachronistic and misogynistic myths perpetuate ad infinitum?

Can we all join the fun?

My wife is smarter than me, more fit, better educated and a better programmer. I'm just barely more qualified with networks and architecture, and I'm definitely less of a cook. I have an extraordinary amount of respect for her.

But if I ever accused her of being a rational being, she'd break my cranium, and then subtly change something to keep me off balance.

See? Geeks do know about women. Just not very much.