Roland Piquepaille points to an interesting article about how you can make a bike that rides completely smoothly on square wheels. The answer? Make the road bumpy. It strikes me as a good metaphor for finding a new way around an old problem.
Exploratorium: That article on the square wheels included a link to the Exploratorium Web site and that got me all nostalgic. Housed within the walls of San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts, the Exploratorium is a collage of over 650 science, art, and human perception exhibits. The Exploratorium is a leader…