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    Bonus 2: Octopus and camouflage

    Bonus 2: Octopus and camouflage

    From50 Things That Made the Modern Economy

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    Bonus 2: Octopus and camouflage

    From50 Things That Made the Modern Economy

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    Length:
    13 minutes
    Released:
    Apr 1, 2019
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    Episode 2 of our new podcast, 30 Animals That Made Us Smarter. This one is about the eight-limbed master of disguise and surveillance technology. The colour and texture-changing abilities of the octopus are helping researchers with developments in camouflage. Can we make robots do the same thing? With Patrick Aryee. www.bbcworldservice.com/30animals
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    Released:
    Apr 1, 2019
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    Tim Harford tells the fascinating stories of inventions, ideas and innovations which have helped create the economic world.