117 = Visualising Hacks and Unusual Icy Snacks

117 = Visualising Hacks and Unusual Icy Snacks

👁️ How do you remember things if you can’t visualisethem in your mind’s eye?

🍭 What’s the best shape for a freeze pop?

🪣 And there’s some Any Other Beachness

Head to our socials to see freeze pop pics, Matt(not that one)’s tooth and the AOB gifts!

Here’s a link to the University of Exeter’s The Eye’s Mind project: https://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/eyesmind/

And here’s a selection of freeze pops and anti-prisms…

https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/product/del-monte-quality-pineapple-freeze-pop-8-x-62ml

https://www.vimto.co.uk/vimto-range/product/vimto-pyramids/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_antiprism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disphenoid

See Matt on tour! http://standupmaths.com/shows/

Here’s how to get involved with Matt’s Moon Pi Kickstarter:

https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/standupmaths

And here’s how to volunteer for Calculate Pi By Hand with Matt: https://forms.gle/w44THpNJ3jWUPqHy6

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074 = Chocolate Powder Fails and Consonant/Vowel Details

074 = Chocolate Powder Fails and Consonant/Vowel Details

On this episode… 🍫 Can you prevent hot chocolate from clumping? 🖊 When is a vowel a vowel?  👾 We have some Discord news!  💼 And a small amount of Business, of Any Other nature.  The holidays have arrived early because, and APS DISCORD IS FINALLY HERE! Head on over using this link: https://discord.gg/pt4WsfhMCY You too can make your computer talk! Here's a link to the Praat vowel software Matt was using at the start of today’s Dinglet: https://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/praat/ If you’d like to see the Vowel Space video referenced by Matt follow this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdldD0-kEcc And for more from linguist and phonetics expert Dr Geoff Lindsay (and with that voice, who wouldn't!) you can do that here: https://www.youtube.com/@DrGeoffLindsey If you know anything about the Apollo 11 flight diagram depicted here: https://tinyurl.com/4wjwcu6c let us know!  As always, send us your problems and solutions to the website: www.aproblemsquared.com If you want more from A Problem Squared, you can find us on Twitter, Instagram, and of course, on Patreon.

4 Des 202348min

073 = Farting Thrust and Pocket Mistrust

073 = Farting Thrust and Pocket Mistrust

In THIS episode… 💨 How low would gravity need to be for farts to lift you off the ground? 👖 Is there a solution to suboptimal trouser pockets?🔔 Ding ding ding! 📜 Business, fresh from the Any Other briefcase. If you want to participate in a MathsJam near you, you can find your local event right here: https://www.mathsjam.com/ And if you are a child, or an adult who has children who are fans of the show, tell THEM to send in their problems for our kids only episode - coming soon! Don’t forget to tag the problem with the word ‘Kidition’, it’ll help us find it! If you want to commission a cool bum-bag to support a good cause, Bec mentions Second Stitch Melbourne in her dinglett. You can find a link for them here: https://www.secondstitch.org.au/ Please do send us your problems and solutions to the website: www.aproblemsquared.com If you want more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter, Instagram, and of course, Patreon.

20 Nov 202348min

072 = The Perfect Paint Set and Rubik's Reset

072 = The Perfect Paint Set and Rubik's Reset

In this episode...  🎨 What's the best hypothetical paint set?  🧊 Can a single turning pattern return a Rubik's cube to where it started?  🛰 And some Any Orbital Business!  If you want to weigh in on the Reasonable / Unreasonable debate, and watch Bec in her element painting a wardrobe, follow this link: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyJwjphMesl/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==  And if you want to see more from the colour theorist, Peter Donahue, who consulted on Bec's problem, find him on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/art.pete.repeat/?hl=en  For Martin Bellander's incredible colour graph, follow this link: https://blog.martinbellander.com/post/115411125748/the-colors-of-paintings-blue-is-the-new-orange  Please do send us your problems and solutions to the website: aproblemsquared.com.  If you want more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter,  Instagram. and of course Patreon.

6 Nov 202357min

071 = Snap Probability and Zombie Mobility

071 = Snap Probability and Zombie Mobility

In this episode...  🃏 Is the probability in a game of snap changed if two packs of cards are used?  🧟 Can zombies ride bikes?  🥣 A commemorative plate-bowl update.  👻 And some Any Other BOoOoOosiness!  If YOU want this year's APS Christmas card be sure to sign up to the Wizard Level on Patreon by the END OF NOVEMBER.  You can do that here: https://www.patreon.com/aproblemsquared/membership  We'll be sharing a link to our new Discord soon. In the meantime, go talk on the APS Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AProblemSquared/  As always, pease send your problems and solutions to our website: aproblemsquared.com.  And if you want more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter,  Instagram. and Patreon.

24 Okt 202354min

070 = Speaking Profanities and Lettered Localities

070 = Speaking Profanities and Lettered Localities

In this episode... 📣 Which words sound rude in other languages? ✏️ Which letters go where most often? 🛩 And some any aeroplane-autobahn business! Tony has give us some fantastic Maths Decor. Platonic Solid doorknobs and how to make them: https://ko-fi.com/s/642d70ef7f A couple of brilliant listeners gave us some great more information on emergency landings on the Autobahn. You can find links to that here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_strip and here: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notlandeplatz_auf_Stra%C3%9Fe#Autobahn-Behelfslandepl%C3%A4tze. You can find a selection of highway and Autobahn landings captured on camera here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj1diDwW8WWUj8vYdlo3kIBUPzxfedn_n You can now subscript to I'm A Wizard on Spotify! If you want to do that, here are instructions on how to integrate Patreon on Spotify on the app: https://support.patreon.com/hc/en-gb/articles/17201706786573-Listen-to-Patreon-exclusive-audios-on-Spotify More news about the Discord is COMING SOON!

16 Okt 202358min

069 = Tiling Planes and Driving Planes

069 = Tiling Planes and Driving Planes

In this episode...   - What is the optimal maths based pattern to decorate a rented home?   - Is it possible to fly a plane on the autobahn?   - And some bloody brilliant Any Other Business   You can find more information about the Art Installation, or Zeitpyramide, Matt references in the catch up here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeitpyramide   For more amazing tile patterns, check out Ayliean's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ayliean/video/7276938427071876385   And if you'd like to read the Hat Tile original paper, you can do that here: https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.10798   Here's the APS Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AProblemSquared/   We'll share our new Discord, which we don't really know how to use yet, once we've got some mods in place so watch this space...   As always, pease send your problems and solutions to our website: aproblemsquared.com.   And if you want more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter,  Instagram. and Patreon.

25 Sep 202347min

068 = Big Feastival and Bike Intervals

068 = Big Feastival and Bike Intervals

Coming to you AS-LIVE from a tent at The Big Feastival! In this wet and festivally episode... - How green is cycling really?  - An update on Stawberry-gate.  Again, if anyone has any information about the Time Fun jumper, please do send it to the Problem Posing Page! Check out our social media to see it if you haven't already.  And finally, please send your problems and solutions to our website: aproblemsquared.com. IF you want more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter,  Instagram. and Patreon.

12 Sep 202331min

067 = Line Times and Wide Words

067 = Line Times and Wide Words

In this episode… 🙏 How often do the hands of time align? 📜What is the longest one syllable word? 💼And a very large serving of AAAOOOBBBBBBBBBBBBBB After such glowing recommendations, you’ve got to go listen to Confidence Man: https://www.confidenceman.com.au/ Here’s Bec’s contribution to the Samaritvans exhibit: https://shop.sarahgraham.info/products/samarivan-bec-hill.   If you find yourself in Hitchen between the 22nd - 29th September 2023, go see the exhibit for real, at Arkley Fine Art on Hermitage Rd.  More about Arkley here: https://arkleyfineart.co.uk/. If you want to check out more of Sarah Graham’s work you can do that here: https://sarahgraham.info/.  If anyone has any information about the Time Fun jumper, please do send it to the Problem Posing Page!  And finally, please send your problems and solutions to our website: aproblemsquared.com. IF you want more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter,  Instagram. and Patreon.

28 Aug 202352min

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