The Advent Calendar Turns The Month Of December Into A Christmas Countdown

If you’re doing an Advent calendar this month, you’re just over halfway finished opening up those little windows to see what’s inside. So let’s open up a few windows into where they came from.

By |2024-12-13T06:32:09-05:00December 13, 2024|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , |

There’s A Secret Military Airline Known As “Janet”

At the airport in Las Vegas, there's a terminal you can't use to fly in and catch a Golden Knights game or drop by a casino. It's used only by one of the most out-of-sight airlines in the world, a secret airline known as "Janet."

By |2024-12-10T08:38:13-05:00November 29, 2023|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |

A Medical Robot Can Help Steer A Needle Through Living Tissue

It's a big and little development in medicine and technology all at once: a robotic system that can autonomously move a medical needle safely through living tissue. 

By |2024-12-07T21:20:42-05:00October 19, 2023|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

Meet ESTHER, A Robot That Plays Wheelchair Tennis

We’ve talked a lot on the show about the many different skills robots are learning. Now we can tell you about Experimental Sport Tennis Wheelchair Robot, which is learning to play tennis. 

By |2024-12-07T21:23:13-05:00May 9, 2023|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

How To Keep Flying Robots Flying Even When Their Wings Are Damaged

Drones are becoming increasingly useful, but they can get damaged and grounded pretty quickly. A team at MIT has found bee-inspired workarounds that would keep impaired robotic crafts flying.

By |2024-12-02T08:07:54-05:00March 17, 2023|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |

Farming Robots Are Weeding The Fields With Lasers

If you have fields, you almost certainly have weeds. Pulling them can take a lot of time or money, but farmers now have a new way to make that part of the job a lot easier: a weed-zapping robot that uses lasers.

By |2024-12-02T10:40:57-05:00October 27, 2022|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |

The Robot That Could Do Surgeries In Space

MIRA is a small robotic surgery system that's set for testing on the International Space Station - and could end up helping astronauts prepare for long-term missions to the Moon as part of the Artemis project.

By |2024-12-07T21:21:23-05:00August 29, 2022|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |

Waiters In Paris Once Went On Strike Over Mustaches

This month in 1907 waiters in Paris went on strike. Yes, they wanted better pay and improved working conditions, but their most high profile demand: they wanted the right to grow mustaches.

By |2024-12-05T08:45:13-05:00April 12, 2022|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |
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