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Tue. 07/26 - The Best Failed Inventions

Tue. 07/26 - The Best Failed Inventions

FromCool Stuff Ride Home


Tue. 07/26 - The Best Failed Inventions

FromCool Stuff Ride Home

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Length:
17 minutes
Released:
Jul 26, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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Let’s take a visit to the Museum of Failure. Plus, robot spider zombies. Not a new comic book series, but an actual experiment from mechanical engineers in Texas. And the Earth’s earliest animal predator has been named after David Attenborough.Sponsors:Indeed, Get a free $75 credit PLUS earn up to $500 extra in sponsored job credits with Indeed’s Virtual Interviews at Indeed.com/goodnewsKolide, Got Slack? Got Macs? Get Kolide: Device security that fixes challenging problems by messaging your users on Slack. Try Kolide Today! https://l.kolide.co/3aVdR90 Links:Museum of Failure thread (Trung Phan, Twitter)Museum of Failure Scientists Are Turning Dead Spiders Into 'Necrobots' And We Are So Creeped Out (ScienceAlert)'Necrobotic' spiders: Manipulating dead spiders' legs with a puff of air to serve as grabbers (Phys.org)Researchers Turn Dead Spiders Into 'Necrobotic' Grippers (CNET)‘Earliest animal predator’ named after David Attenborough (NBC News)Ancient fossil is earliest known animal predator (BBC)Jackson Bird on TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Released:
Jul 26, 2022
Format:
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