Comic Strip Inspires Real Life Time Traveler Convention

You've probably heard about it by now, or now, or now, or maybe now. Does it really matter? MIT student Amal Dorai is eternally famous as the mastermind behind the Time Traveler Convention, held on the MIT campus last Saturday evening, May 7. What is less well known is that the idea itself was inspired by the comic strip Cat and Girl, which just goes to show that scientific inspiration can come from anywhere. Who knows? Maybe the strip itself was a tip from... oh, nevermind. If you missed the convention, don't worry; you can always go back. The details on the convention are here: May 7, 2005, 10:00pm EDT (08 May 2005 02:00:00 UTC), East Campus Courtyard, MIT, 42:21:36.025N, 71:05:16.332W (42.360007,-071.087870 in decimal degrees).