Tying Cool, Useful Knots: An interactive, follow-along guide

Date
January 10, 2025

Speaker
Rocco Ruan

Abstract
Hey, do you know how to tie your shoes? Wow, you do? That's pretty cool - I don't. But I do know how to tie knots for a lot of other interesting situations - come to this UDLS, and I can show you! Like, in real-time - I'll bring some little pieces of yarn for everyone and we can practice tying the X836 chairs together and stuff. If you're thinking, "are there really that many situations where knots would be useful", THINK AGAIN! Have you ever been too lazy to shower, but still wanted to get clean? Ever want to bake something cool, but didn't know what? Ever needed to see if your labmates are secretly stealing your napkins? Ever been stuck at the bottom of a well, while also eating a really yummy cheeseburger that you couldn't possibly let go of? I'll be teaching knots to solve* all these problems and more!