Can earthquakes be predicted? Can robots assist in HAZMAT disasters? How can wildfires be prevented? How can we stop flooding? It's research to the rescue: Smart Walls, robot responders, wildfire cocktail & seismic signs! And it's all here in episode 42 of "4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn’t Hear About."

WHO DID THE RESEARCH?

Smart Walls Construction

https://www.smartwallsconstruction.com

Dr. Jorge Cueto and Anthony Nesci

How Squishy Robotics created a robot that can be safely dropped out of a helicopter

https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/18/how-squishy-robotics-created-an-robot-that-can-be-safely-dropped-out-of-a-helicopter

Squishy Robotics, Inc, https://squishy-robotics.com

UC Berkeley, Berkeley Emergent Space Tensegrities Lab

Wildfire Rx: Where medical science meets wildfire prevention

Dr. Eric Andrew Appel and Dr. Anthony Yu, Stanford University

LaderaTECH, https://www.ladera.tech

Perimeter Solutions, https://perimeter-solutions.com

Small quake clusters can’t hide from AI

Rice University