Aug 27 2009
Hanging around the dark side of science
By Tyler Broyles
[WARNING: if you're not prepared for images of hooks through skin, please don't click]
Hooks, tattoos, blood, electrocutions, muscle control and phantom limbs? Oh – and did I mention pain?
Nope, that's not a pitchfork. Image: Mat McCosker's iPhone
These are the reasons we are in a long looping queue for entry to the Powerhouse Museum. Pain is fascinating and a night where the science behind the agony is de-mystified is too good to miss.
A Powerhouse rep is working her way down the queue, getting people to sign release forms. Wait, release forms? I’m sure it’s a legal thing — but it’s also a good way to raise anticipation levels!
