8/17/2009

Japanese drowns during concrete canoe testing

Student drowns while testing concrete canoe
Mainichi – August 17, 2009 OSAKA – A university student here died after a test on a concrete canoe in the Yodogawa River went disastrously awry on Sunday afternoon...more…

Ok, ok, if you stop giggling so will I. Creating concrete canoes are common engineering competition throughout the world—the idea being to make the seemingly unfloatable float—It’s considered integral part of a civil engineer’s education (Wiki).

Ok, you may go back to giggling about drowning during a concrete canoe test (because I certainly am).

Posted by Taro in Education, General, Science/Technology | 3 Comments »

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1. Cbass Says:
   August 18th, 2009 at 3:11 am

   Could they just use crash dummies instead? it is too much asking?

2. Taro Says:
   August 18th, 2009 at 1:23 pm

   Cbass wrote:
   Could they just use crash dummies instead? it is too much asking?

   Well, they got the memo in English from the ConcreteCanoe.org, but the Japanese team read it wrong and thought baka/dummies were needed not test dummies.

   Read more about Baka-zoku, at uncyclopedia.wikia.com.

3. MARKed TRAIL Says:
   August 18th, 2009 at 2:07 pm

   mo’ betta title…

   Student drowns while testing concrete canoe, failed to wear concrete life jacket

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