Wile E. Coyote has had more than his share of bumps, scrapes and splats at the feet of the New Mexico state bird, but that doesn't mean another state institution can't help him.
New Mexico Tech has offered to help the famous coyote get back at his nemesis, the roadrunner, in a science TV series tentatively titled Man vs. Cartoon, being filmed by Pilgrim Films & Television, a California company.
"The idea is that the coyote is sick and tired of Acme products failing, so he's going to seek out some help," said Van Romero, vice president for research and economic development at Tech. "He'll come to New Mexico Tech, talk to our engineers and will ask them 'I can't get this stuff to work, what's wrong?' "
Students and professors at the Socorro university will then do the math and run experiments to see how to make things really work ?- like the well-known stunt where the coyote tries to drop a boulder on the roadrunner, and fails miserably.
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