Most of us have heard of Schulz von Thun's "four ears." Not that he actually has four ears; he describes more of an aspect of interpersonal communication, saying that we can hear a statement as an instruction, a hint, criticism, or a personal comment—in four different ways, almost as if we had four ears. ...

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Some say physicists don't argue politically: "A vehicle's fuel consumption is the direct result of its total resistance to motion. This includes overcoming inertia (Newton's Law), drive friction, road types, rolling resistance, and air resistance." Resistance and more resistance—we ourselves sometimes experience resistance to motion, so we want to simplify things. ...

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und damit meinen wir nicht nur die Piepser auf der Intensivstation. Wer denkt, er/sie habe schon genug Elektronik im Auto, kann ja sein TireMoni Anzeigegerät in die Türtasche legen und sich akustisch warnen lassen, wenn der Luftdruck eines Reifens in Gefahr sein sollte. Auf jeden Fall bringt eine rechtzeitige Warnung bei Luftverlust im Auto- oder Motorradreifen gut ...

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