Tech Podcast: Non-stick chewing gum…finally
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I hate it when I step on chewing gum, don’t you? Disgusting. Well, apparently some kind scientists from Bristol University in Britain feel the same way, and they’ve developed a product that may solve the problem. It’s called Rev 7, and it’s made by a spin-off company called Revolymer. The website describes Rev 7, which has now gone on sale in the United States, as “a removable confectionary chewing gum” that can be removed quite easily from a number of surfaces “including but not limited to paved sidewalks, carpets, textiles, transport fabrics and clothing.” On this week’s Technology Podcast, we’ll hear from Terry Cosgrove, a chemist from the Bristol University, whose team developed Rev 7. Find out if Rev 7 can easily be removed from hair, or indeed, bedposts.
Also in this week’s episode, we hear about some robots that may way one day do the dirty and dangerous work that miners do. We’ll also consider two opposing viewpoints on Google’s self-driving car; we’ve got one guest who thinks that vehicles that can drive themselves will one day make for safer roads, and another guest who doesn’t want to sit in a car he’s not controlling (he would be happy with a self-navigating lawnmower, however). Cue Jetson’s theme music, please.
In addition, we’ll hear about a proposal to use cell phone towers in Africa as base stations for refrigerators that could keep vital vaccines cool, and therefore usable in rural areas of the developing world where electricity, and there refrigeration, is scarce.
And we’ll also hear an interview with a UK firm called Internet Eyes, which enlists the help of the public in trolling through hours of CCTV footage, looking for potential criminal activity. Did the bells just chime 13, Mr. Orwell?
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Could have used some Rev7 when your sister decided to rub bubble gum in her hair at age 2. LOVEYAPOPS