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Episode 112: “The feeling of iron”
Ep. 112
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In this episode, Dean and Simon have a look at a machine for forcing trees to return your affection and then they witness the latest developments in androids – they can smile now listener. Finally, in an extraordinary development, all the threads are pulled together as they take a visit to a very small place in Germany.
Tree hugging machine - https://www.instagram.com/p/C4uGkCjoteN/
Smiling Robots - https://www.npr.org/2024/06/29/nx-s1-5022578/robot-smile-face-skin-uncanny-valley
Wikipedia - Velsdorf - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velsdorf
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