Thu. 1/7 - Dude, IceBots on Mars!
A prototype for self-repairing planetary exploration robots made of ice. The surprising history of the word “dude.” And a new Danish children’s cartoon about the misadventures of a man with a huge dong. Yep.
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Links:
Robots Made of Ice Could Build and Repair Themselves on Other Planets (IEEE)
The surprising history of the word ‘dude’ (BBC)
dude, n., adj., and int. (Oxford English Dictionary)
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