During the Second World War, the British moved production of war machine parts to awesomely-named “shadow factories“, to protect them from enemy bombers. The Americans, being American, simply decided to cover theirs in camouflage. Lots of camouflage. The result is surprisingly effective:
Via ThinkorThwim.
Add comment October 6th, 2007
Somewhat grossly exaggerated as a “science journalist”, I appeared opposite Kylie Morris on More4 news this evening, struggling in vain to defend the Ig Nobel prizes. You can watch my performance here (I haven’t plucked up the courage yet). In my defence I was drafted in at the last minute, blah blah blah. A career as a vacuous talking head beckons.
Also, the Green Room was filled with coke and hookers, so it wasn’t all bad.
** Incidentally, many people have pointed out that the space programme wasn’t responsible for the invention of Teflon and non-stick frying pans. My bad. I’ll have to debunk myself on these pages next week.
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