Rogersfound that a chick'slateralisationdepends onwhether it isexposed to lightbeforehatching fromitsegg—if it is kept in the darkduringthisperiod, neitherhemisphere becomes dominant.
Called RAPHaEL (Robotic Air Powered Hand with Elastic Ligaments), the robot can hold heavier, solid objects, as well as light or delicate ones such as a light bulb or an egg.
It is a cross between a love poem to Ms Lalonde and a city-symphony documentary, stitched in with a light-hearted parody of the social-enquiry film (subjects are shown eating their breakfast egg in all manner of ways).