Our Long History Of Crashing Stuff Into The Moon (Cool Weird Awesome 133)

We always celebrate great space achievements, why not also commemorate some great space screwups? This month marks 60 years since the first time a spacecraft tried to land on the moon but crashed instead.

By |2019-09-23T08:55:53-04:00September 23, 2019|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

Bah Gawd It’s A Smart Cane (Cool Weird Awesome 132)

The weWALK is a smart cane for blind pedestrians, with ultrasonic sensors to detect obstacles ahead and Google Maps connections to navigate through and describe the surrounding area. Plus: if you like pickles, the Big Dill festival is back this weekend in Baltimore.

By |2020-02-24T09:50:35-05:00September 20, 2019|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |

It’s The Birthday Of Fawlty Towers, Don’t Mention The War! (Cool Weird Awesome 131)

Today in 1975 the BBC aired the first episode of “Fawlty Towers,” a landmark comedy series that was - amazingly - received about as poorly by TV executive and the public as Basil Fawlty’s appalling attitude was received by guests at his hotel. How did it finally get its due?

By |2021-06-28T12:28:32-04:00September 19, 2019|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |

The Race To Keep Day-Glo Paints Glo-ing (Cool Weird Awesome 130)

Paintings made with Day Glo paint - some by well-known and influential artists - are losing their glow over time. Conservationists don't yet know how to solve this puzzle, but we do at least know how Day Glo got started.

By |2021-06-09T08:46:45-04:00September 18, 2019|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

We Can Make Orange Juice Cups From Oranges (Cool Weird Awesome 129)

Feel the Peel is a big automated juicing machine that turns discarded orange peels into bioplastic cups. Although if you don't have the cup until you juice the orange, how do you drink the first cup's worth of juice?

By |2021-10-29T08:36:44-04:00September 17, 2019|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , |

We’re Unleashing Drones On Cows And It’s For Their Health (Cool Weird Awesome 128)

The so-called quiet life on the farm is actually one of the most high-tech places on earth. As envisioned by the University of Kentucky research team, drones could fly above cow herds as they graze, learn which cow is which, and visually check each cow so see if they’re healthy.

By |2021-08-30T08:58:59-04:00September 16, 2019|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |
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