Cool Stuff Ride Home

Fri. 10/23 - The Bat Who Went To Space


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Do Venus Flytraps have a short-term memory? A new interactive database of every lifeform that’s ever gone into space from Earth. The Seattle bar that made a pandemic-safe pinball machine. And Burger King is getting in on the zero-waste game with reusable containers in select markets.

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The secret of how the Venus flytrap “remembers” when it captures prey (Ars Technica)
  • "The Astronaut Database" (Supercluster) 
  • Bat Hung onto Shuttle During Liftoff (NASA)
  • Seattle arcade thinks on its feet, introduces touchless pinball (NBC King5)
  • Burger King is testing a new, reusable container for Whoppers (Fast Company)
  • Meet Loop, the new zero-waste platform for consumer products (Fast Company)
  • Is the McDonald's Ice Cream Machine Broken? (Kottke)
  • Kottke.Org
  • Jackson Bird on Twitter
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