Science

A Card Trick Leads To A New Mathematical Bound On Data Compression

A complicated card trick that deals with the colours of the cards and a binary De Bruijn cycle has helped a mathematician reach a new bound on data compression. Magic and math, more friendly than you’d think!


April 21, 2007
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Shocking Stapler

Ensure that nobody ever borrows your stapler again with this real-looking Shocking Stapler. It’s even colored red like Milton’s, which means your co-workers are all the more tempted to grab for it as they drop by unannounced while you’re trying to get some work done.

The only downside is that it’s not a real stapler, which may actually be an upside since you won’t have to worry about staplers flying all over the place when your buddy gets shocked and throws this across the room. – Jason Chen

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