Helen Cooper
egmel.bsky.social
Helen Cooper
@egmel.bsky.social
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Quick “teaser” for a fun #SIGGRAPH2025 project, led by Hossein Baktash, on optimizing a shape to have the desired rolling statistics.

Basically we can turn arbitrary objects into fair dice, or make dice which capture the statistics of other objects—like several coin flips.
June 28, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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EU Must Cap SUV Hood Heights Urges Report. Crash Test Body Says Not As Simple As That www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...
EU Must Cap SUV Hood Heights Urges Report. Crash Test Body Says Not As Simple As That
Higher fronts on cars significantly increase the death rate when pedestrians and cyclists are struck, says new report. EuroNCAP says more complex than that.
www.forbes.com
June 11, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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PSA: you can turn on a setting in the BlueSky app to require your images to have alt text before posting them, in case you accidentally forget like me 👍
April 29, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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"I cycle essentially because I'm quite lazy & like to stay in bed longer"

🚴‍♀️ 9 in 10 feel unsafe in towns and cities
🚦 58% limit rides due to safety concerns
📉 Women cycle half as much as men

We launched #MyRideOurRight to demand safer, more inclusive streets.

cyclinguk.org/myrideourright
April 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM