March 12, 2017 - Spin

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Jan

Picking up Wolf's story arc again.

There goes his plans for the weekend...

What topic of research should Wolf propose?

TheJestor • 03/12/2017

Welp, looks like poop science wins again. Seriously though, he better do a project on better insulation for transporting delicate objects.. he already has some experience with it.

Vandal • 03/12/2017

I'd like to see Wolf work on a delivery system whereby carbonated beverages and junk food can be delivered to any part of the Solar System so that next time Matt Damon (or I suppose anybody else) gets lost we can feed them while Hollywood is making a movie about the eventual rescue. I consider this a passion project of mine.

Karou WindStalker • 03/12/2017

Jan, you fubared the links on FA, DA, and Weasyl

Guilty Requiem • 03/12/2017

Save the Statues! Wolfram to work on an anti-bird poop system to keep the statues in the park clean!

Hoomiku • 03/12/2017

Time machine, so as to have more time to think of what to submit for a research proposal.

Jan • 03/12/2017

@Karou Copy-and-bad-pasta! Also, my brain has been very confused lately XD

Allen F • 03/12/2017

Short notice so he can't get too worked-up of an idea. (Who am I kidding? Thirty seconds is 29.9999999 seconds too many to give him to think!)

SilverXSnake • 03/12/2017

hmmmm What is wacky, but scienc(e?)y enough for him to propose.... Using two aircraft engines to try and remake the speeders from star wars episode one? how about how may eggs to stop a carbine? could a potato really power a a inter-dimensional planar emitter? (portal gun) ( just realized that sounded really ridiculous)

I really have no idea...

Katnik • 03/12/2017

@SilverXSnake, the emitter might work if you used a Cursed Potato, but you'd need some way to reach Tor and Silver's universe to get one. If anybody can do that, it's Wolf.

Indagare • 03/12/2017

Wolf could propose an anti-gravity device. Being a fan of transformations, though, I'd love to see him propose a transmogrifier (and ending up in hilarious forms).

Shirotsugh • 03/12/2017

Maybe he'll propose studying the static electrical buildup cause by leather on tiger fur in great detail.

BlueBlur62391 • 03/12/2017

Funny thing is, NASA actually did a "Space Poop Challenge" recently.

However, it was focused more on designing better waste disposal systems for spacesuits than it was the actual space poop.

Dreit • 03/12/2017

Teleport which (by mistake) teleports you to unexpected places....mainly showers full of guys. And sometimes prison.

Fluffynator • 03/12/2017

An exoskeleton or mech of some kind. Might be fun to draw.

Delisle • 03/12/2017

The physics of 'squeak!' could be fun..., LOTS of fun (action versus re-action?)..., although perhaps that's more linguistics.

AeroQC • 03/13/2017

Testing the adhesive properties of peanut butter and it's potential to allow us to grip slick surfaces?

Sammy • 03/13/2017

How about if Wolf works on something safe, productive, and won't hurt anyone? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Sorry. I had a hard time keeping a straight face with that one. OK, a rubbed balloon with the electrostatic charge increased ten thousand fold?

WB101 • 03/13/2017 • edited

Hmmm... Perhaps something regarding the mathematics of quantum neutrino fields? A prototype flux capacitor? A transporter (uhh forget that one... the Fly says NO!). A study into the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow? 42? How to make a dinosaur (apologies to any dinos in the audience)? The art of casting on the run? Whatever he decides, I'll just... be in the next dimension.

portals away

Kirsten Wolfess • 03/13/2017

The photographer for an unrelated story in the "Snippets" section is an Icelandic city (looks a lot like Icelandic to me)?

I'm surprised there's no hole in the back of the booth, considering the speed at the time of impact.

Why do I have a feeling that the project will involve a motorized shopping cart.... After he breaks it out of the impound yard of course....

Katnik • 03/14/2017

Considering Wolf's unique talent for disaster, he should do a study on Chaos Theory Vs. Murphy's Law.

He just needs a remote, desert island on which to conduct experiments.

Jan • 03/14/2017

@Katnik Hehe, I like that XD I think Wolf would propose a topic that's intentionally broad so he can stall for time and basically use the university's workshops and lab for his own fun.

FermentedSkunk • 03/14/2017

Weaponized metal bagpipes... or anything evolving bagpipes or metal music.

typhoon • 03/14/2017

Impact of colloquial language on public reach of scientific research papers and it's application to new media formats.

This will require him to recreate all kinds of experiments on YouTube. In a manner that appeal to the general public... And he knows someone with taping and editing skills too...

Enfield • 03/14/2017

@Kirsten Wolfess Eyjafallajokull was a volcano in Iceland that went up a few years ago. The were some spectacular photos taken of the ash clouds and lightning. My guess is that it's saying photos OF Eyjafallajokull, not photos BY Eyjafallajokull.

Vulpis • 03/15/2017

Well, given his last paper, the topic for the new project should be obvious...rotary air circulation devices and their resistance to impacts!

Vulpis • 03/15/2017

@typhoon ...Wolf as a knock-off Mythbuster? That could be scary, especially if he gets in on the 'big boom' thing..

Silverwolf • 03/17/2017

Hmmm...Donut teleportation?

Silverwolf • 03/17/2017 • edited

Addendum: Hmmm...maybe something better, perhaps solving gravity, such that people could get into orbit without having issues with blood pressure (when you transit from gravity to zero-G, the body has this annoying tendency to go into hypertension...and on re-entry, blood pressure drops again...). Artificial directed gravity could also lead to "inertial dampening..." effectively blunting G-forces by re-directing an artificial gravity field under the control of an isolated accelerometer.

And Wolf, having been bounced around a lot...may have reason to make some headway there.

Maybe Doc Nickel would sponsor him.

soriac • 03/17/2017

At least these snippets gave us a slight clue of when the timeframe of the comic is set in, just by mentioning the Eyjafjallajökull. Let's face it, the only time someone outside of Iceland writes down this name (and I had to c&p it from the internet ;-) was during its eruption, and that happened 2010 :-)

Vulpis • 03/17/2017

@Enfield Given the setting, maybe, maybe not... Now that would be an amusing project for Wolf to get beaten out by for funding/resources... 'Sentient volcanoes and their photography skills' :-)

Vulpis • 03/17/2017

Amusing thing with the teleport suggestions that are coming up. I had an idea for a Superhero RPG character a while back who was a rookie teleporter. He had lots of range...accuracy not so much. The idea was that he had to skill-check for making his target...and failures worked on the 'grenade scatter' principle--he ended up a distance away from the target based on how much he failed the accuracy roll, in a random direction. And for some reason the missed target 'sorted' for women's showers..

piccolo2000 • 03/19/2017

Look out Wolf make a warp drive that is powered by poop/anti poop

Verp • 03/21/2017

Help me get back to my home planet.

Sonic Wolfe • 03/26/2017

When you can't think of a research topic, look at the "Further research" part of your favorite paper.

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