It is quite amazing how such technology and its creation goes unnoticed by the masses yet 90% of the USA could tell you every vital statistic of some freakin moron who just got booted off some Island.... How sad...
You've heard of Fear Factor.... Well this is .... Insulating Factor, the untold story.. ha ha.
Don't know about the island either. I must have been watching re-runs of Jeopardy
It seems unclear whether they are air gaps or vacuum gaps. The IBM news briefs say the gaps are so small that they create a vacuum. That is an interesting concept. I wish they would have given a dimension in nm or something. John
...It is quite amazing how such technology and its creation goes unnoticed by the masses yet 90% of the USA could tell you every vital statistic of some freakin moron who just got booted off some Island.... How sad...
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I think you're missing the point. It offers valuable lessons on group dynamics which are incredibly valuable to young and naive engineers as the venture fresh faced into the corporate world. Some of the biggest career mistakes I've made were the result of not appreciating the dynamic at work in my professional environment. Storytelling is one of the basic teaching tools at our disposal.
To be useful from an educational standpoint they would have to be accurate. If not, the best they can offer is an awareness that group dynamics exist. At worst they corrupt by providing false information.
Given that viewer share is the major concern there is little chance that reality shows illustrate a working set of group dynamics.
I would rather watch "Leave it to Beaver" and brush up on my parenting skills.