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rallain | July 23, 2010Check this out - NY Times: No Motors, but Mistrust at Tour de France.
So, the short story is that some people claim that Cancellara is cheating by putting a hidden electric motor in his bike. Now they are going to do random hidden-motor checks.
I have analyzed this motor-in-a-bike already:
Energy in a hidden battery: The short answer is that you could get about 500 watts for about 1.5 hours with a hidden battery that weighs 1.6 kg. Doable, yes. Advisable? Probably not. Also, you would probably hear the motor being used.
Do bikers cheat? In this post I look at some clips of Cancellara…
developingintelligence | February 14, 2008Well, it's not quite as erotic as it sounds, but they could break the ice on more than a few Valentine's dates. Hayward's new article in Brain Research Bulletin describes all known tactile illusions. Some can be tried easily at home, but can work better when your gaze is averted and if someone else is performing these illusions on you (to reduce proprioceptive feedback):
The Aristotle: an object touched with crossed fingers will sometimes be identified as two objects (try it on your nose)
Comb: With a comb and a pencil, lay your index finger along the ends of the comb's teeth; use the pencil…