1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:04,360 Speaker 1: Already and this is the Daily This is the Daily OS. 2 00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:06,840 Speaker 1: Oh now it makes sense. 3 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:17,320 Speaker 2: Good morning and welcome to the Daily OS. It's Saturday, 4 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:20,480 Speaker 2: the twelfth of April. I'm Zara Sidler, I'm Sam Kazlowski. 5 00:00:20,760 --> 00:00:23,079 Speaker 2: We're back for another week of the Good News Round Up. 6 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:26,400 Speaker 2: Let's do it very exciting. We're actually starting here at 7 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:29,720 Speaker 2: home today with a good news story right from Brisie. 8 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:32,319 Speaker 3: Yeah, this is an amazing story. So Brisbane has made 9 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:35,240 Speaker 3: history as the first city in the world to host 10 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:37,280 Speaker 3: an accessible bridge climb. 11 00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:38,240 Speaker 4: Yeah, that's right. 12 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:44,280 Speaker 2: So individuals with accessibility requirements, including wheelchair users, will be 13 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:47,760 Speaker 2: able to scale the story bridge a b Yeah, in 14 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:49,560 Speaker 2: a specifically designed wheelchair. 15 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 3: This is amazing. 16 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:53,400 Speaker 2: So the new accessibility feature is thanks to a grant 17 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:56,639 Speaker 2: from the Queensland government. So within the government there's this 18 00:00:56,880 --> 00:01:00,760 Speaker 2: Accessible Tourism Elevate Fund and that supports the state's tourism 19 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:04,280 Speaker 2: industry to basically enhance their accessible tourism experience. 20 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 3: Should we just acknowledge the irony in being called an 21 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:12,520 Speaker 3: elevate fund and the funding being used to literally elevate amazing? 22 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 4: Keep exactly so. 23 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:17,120 Speaker 2: According to the government, the motorized stair climber is of 24 00:01:17,160 --> 00:01:20,600 Speaker 2: the highest safety standard and it's been customized for the 25 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:25,319 Speaker 2: Story Bridge using this advanced technology. Interestingly, the wheelchair was 26 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:29,640 Speaker 2: co designed by Timothy Laughlin, who's a professional wheelchair motocross 27 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 2: rider who played a key role in quote testing the 28 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:36,240 Speaker 2: system and refining its performance on the bridge. 29 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 3: Which is not a small task to have to test 30 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:40,160 Speaker 3: that kind of thing out for the first time. I 31 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:42,199 Speaker 3: mean someone probably had to go up there first. 32 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:46,280 Speaker 2: And yeah, so one of the first people actually once 33 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:48,840 Speaker 2: it opened to take part in the bridge climb was 34 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:52,880 Speaker 2: twenty twenty one Queenslander of the Year Dnesh Pallipana, and 35 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 2: he said, which I loved. When I was laying in 36 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:58,480 Speaker 2: a hospital bed once not far from the bridge, I 37 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:01,280 Speaker 2: remember looking out at a wind wondering if I will 38 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:04,120 Speaker 2: be outside again. To be now seeing the world from 39 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:06,200 Speaker 2: the top of our city's bridge is like a dream. 40 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:07,040 Speaker 3: It's incredible. 41 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:07,760 Speaker 4: Goes to the. 42 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:11,480 Speaker 2: Heart of why accessibility is so important in all parts 43 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:15,440 Speaker 2: of our society, and the liberation and the freedom that 44 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 2: people who are in a wheelchair can be afforded by 45 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:21,240 Speaker 2: this new technology is not to be underestimated. 46 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:23,600 Speaker 3: Incredible and I hope we see this sort of technology 47 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:26,640 Speaker 3: rolled out to other famous bridges. I'm particularly thinking of 48 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:28,600 Speaker 3: one in our hometown of Sydney. It would be amazing 49 00:02:28,639 --> 00:02:31,720 Speaker 3: to see that sort of thing happening here. Now, let's 50 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:33,799 Speaker 3: go online and we're going to go to the US. 51 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:38,000 Speaker 3: And you are a sucker for a viral video. You're 52 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:38,480 Speaker 3: a sucker. 53 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:39,560 Speaker 4: Watched me watching this? 54 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:40,040 Speaker 1: I did. 55 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:42,000 Speaker 3: I watched you watching it. Tell us about it? 56 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:42,720 Speaker 4: Okay. 57 00:02:43,040 --> 00:02:44,919 Speaker 2: I wasn't sure whether to include this because I think 58 00:02:44,919 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 2: most people have probably seen it by now, but it 59 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:49,359 Speaker 2: was just too good to ignore. It had to make 60 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:52,400 Speaker 2: its way into a good news podcast. So in case 61 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 2: you haven't seen this viral video, let me introduce you 62 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:58,640 Speaker 2: to Tanner Smith. Now, Tanner Smith is one of the 63 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:01,560 Speaker 2: stars of the Netflix seri's Love on the Spectrum, where 64 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 2: people on the autism spectrum search for love. 65 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:07,760 Speaker 3: Which by the way, is an Australian production originally, and 66 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:10,239 Speaker 3: it's now this massive success. 67 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:12,480 Speaker 4: Juggernaut all over the world. Yeah, it's an amazing show. 68 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:15,840 Speaker 2: And on a previous season of the show, Tanner who 69 00:03:15,919 --> 00:03:20,520 Speaker 2: is just bursting with energy and personality and charm. In 70 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:23,960 Speaker 2: a previous season, he mentioned that he was actor Jack 71 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:28,120 Speaker 2: Black's biggest fan. Now fast forward to earlier this month 72 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:30,799 Speaker 2: when Tanner appeared for the second time on The Kelly 73 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:33,959 Speaker 2: Clarkson Show, where he was shown a video with Jack 74 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:37,360 Speaker 2: Black proclaiming that he couldn't wait to meet Tanner in person. 75 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:39,680 Speaker 2: And then lo and behold, as all. 76 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:42,080 Speaker 4: Of these talk shows do, there was a bit of. 77 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 2: A glitch and then Jack Black walked out, surprising Tanner 78 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:49,320 Speaker 2: by appearing in real life, marking what Tanner labeled as 79 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 2: the best day of my life. 80 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:53,000 Speaker 3: Can we just put a bit of audio in there 81 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 3: for everyone, have a listen to this. 82 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:56,920 Speaker 2: I love you on the show and I can't wait 83 00:03:56,960 --> 00:03:58,920 Speaker 2: for the next season and to meet you in person 84 00:03:59,040 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 2: is really amazing from me. 85 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:02,760 Speaker 3: Yeah, Jack is really meeting for me too. 86 00:04:04,760 --> 00:04:06,840 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for sky, Thank you so much. 87 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:11,200 Speaker 2: I do think it's one of those things that you 88 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:14,120 Speaker 2: can't watch or can't listen to without a smile on 89 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:20,120 Speaker 2: your face. The infectiousness of Tanner's enthusiasm and excitement, it's 90 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:24,520 Speaker 2: just so heartwarming. And also to watch the interaction between 91 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 2: these two stars. Jack Black is clearly loving the situation 92 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:30,280 Speaker 2: as much as Tanner did, and it was just such 93 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:31,040 Speaker 2: a feel good moment. 94 00:04:31,080 --> 00:04:32,919 Speaker 3: Can I make one observation about Jack Black? 95 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:34,560 Speaker 4: I have nicest guy ever. 96 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:38,200 Speaker 3: Seems like a lovely guy. But I've never seen somebody 97 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:41,800 Speaker 3: change so little. I feel like like aging wise, aging 98 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:44,800 Speaker 3: like he sounds the same and he's doing the same 99 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 3: truth mannerisms. This guy's frozen in like School of Rock 100 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:52,280 Speaker 3: comes through Panda, kind of that era, and and he's 101 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:53,680 Speaker 3: just he's still got it. 102 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:56,800 Speaker 2: He also does feel like one of the good guys 103 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:57,680 Speaker 2: in Hollywood. 104 00:04:57,800 --> 00:05:00,000 Speaker 4: So I really feel good moment there. 105 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:04,400 Speaker 3: Let's stay overseas now, Zara, but jump across the Atlantic 106 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 3: to the U. 107 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:08,080 Speaker 4: I like this geographical pinning of good news story. 108 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:11,680 Speaker 3: Good news around the world. Good news is a global phenomenon, 109 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:14,200 Speaker 3: and this one is, I think one that's very close 110 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:17,719 Speaker 3: to my heart. Because I've decided that I'm our office 111 00:05:17,920 --> 00:05:21,440 Speaker 3: cleaning extraordin are just brought us a new vacuum. Things 112 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:24,200 Speaker 3: are feeling really good, and turns out I'm not alone. 113 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:26,800 Speaker 4: That was a loose segue, but I'll take it. 114 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:32,560 Speaker 2: So the Great British Spring Clean has just wrapped up 115 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:36,280 Speaker 2: in the UK. Now, this campaign is a bit bigger 116 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:39,839 Speaker 2: than Sam buying a vacuum cleanup for the office. It 117 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:41,920 Speaker 2: runs for a week from the twenty first of March 118 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:45,120 Speaker 2: to the sixth of April, and during that time, three 119 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:49,240 Speaker 2: hundred and forty two thousand people from different communities across 120 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:52,599 Speaker 2: the UK pledged to pick up four hundred and sixty 121 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:55,279 Speaker 2: two thousand, four hundred and ten bags of. 122 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 3: Letter a very specific number of bags of litter. 123 00:05:57,680 --> 00:05:59,720 Speaker 4: I mean that was the commitment. That was the pledge. 124 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:03,360 Speaker 2: It builders the nation's biggest mass action campaign. It's been 125 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:05,920 Speaker 2: running annually for a decade, but the group that runs 126 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:09,599 Speaker 2: it has been around for over seventy years now. According 127 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:12,800 Speaker 2: to the organization, over the course of the campaign, people 128 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:17,040 Speaker 2: found really unique treasures, as they put it, things like 129 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:21,120 Speaker 2: a Retromannequin food rubbish that dated back decades. I'm sure 130 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:24,200 Speaker 2: that we want that one, and even someone's dreadlock. 131 00:06:24,320 --> 00:06:25,280 Speaker 3: Oh no, that's terrible. 132 00:06:25,279 --> 00:06:28,200 Speaker 2: So people were encouraged to submit what their you know, 133 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:32,240 Speaker 2: most unique find was, as it were positioning it as 134 00:06:32,279 --> 00:06:34,000 Speaker 2: a treasure hunt is a great way to get people 135 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:35,719 Speaker 2: out and about bring it kids along. 136 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:37,719 Speaker 3: I do feel like that's a I do feel like 137 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:40,400 Speaker 3: that's a toddless strategy to get into clean up lego 138 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:41,920 Speaker 3: that they just played with on the weekend, and if 139 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:44,239 Speaker 3: it works on the British population then sure it does. 140 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:48,120 Speaker 2: Because fun fact, around ninety six percent of people surveyed 141 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:51,600 Speaker 2: after last year's campaign agreed that the spring clean reduced 142 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:54,479 Speaker 2: the impact of letter on wildlife and the environment. 143 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 3: That's a brilliant story. And now I want to end 144 00:06:56,680 --> 00:07:00,159 Speaker 3: Zara with one that is I think a little more 145 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:03,040 Speaker 3: serious on the good news spectrum, but it's still It's 146 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:06,720 Speaker 3: made me feel like there's a lot of innovation and 147 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:10,200 Speaker 3: a lot of opportunity that can be gained from interesting 148 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 3: ways to use tech. Bring us this last story. 149 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:15,480 Speaker 2: Yes, so, researchers in the US have announced that they 150 00:07:15,520 --> 00:07:19,840 Speaker 2: are developing a tiny, flexible robot that could save lives 151 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:22,960 Speaker 2: in natural disasters. So you're right, this is a bit 152 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:25,480 Speaker 2: more of the news of the day's stuff. But what's 153 00:07:25,520 --> 00:07:29,000 Speaker 2: so amazing is that a team at Penn State University 154 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:32,200 Speaker 2: are creating this technology for the very first time that 155 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:35,000 Speaker 2: will be able to crawl through earthquake rubble to find 156 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:38,520 Speaker 2: trapped victims. Now, every single week in this job, we 157 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:41,280 Speaker 2: have to report on a different natural disaster, but very 158 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:43,440 Speaker 2: rarely do we get to flip it on its head 159 00:07:43,480 --> 00:07:47,080 Speaker 2: and really understand the advances that are being made in 160 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:50,440 Speaker 2: this space. So just to paint a picture unlike traditional 161 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:54,200 Speaker 2: rigid robots. Researchers say that they're incorporating this kind of 162 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:58,200 Speaker 2: soft robotic design and that's made from flexible materials that 163 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:01,800 Speaker 2: are meant to mimic the movement of living organisms. And 164 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:04,239 Speaker 2: the idea behind that is that it can be used 165 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:08,760 Speaker 2: to create ingestible robots or robot pills, and so those 166 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:12,920 Speaker 2: can carry medicine to natural disaster victims before they can 167 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:14,320 Speaker 2: be reached by rescue teams. 168 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:17,040 Speaker 4: So we know that, you know, after a natural. 169 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:20,960 Speaker 2: Disaster occurs, there's the hours where it's critical that contact 170 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:23,880 Speaker 2: is made with survivors, but sometimes it can be too 171 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:26,640 Speaker 2: dangerous you won't know where they are. And so this 172 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:31,040 Speaker 2: advancement means that, however, many lives could be saved thanks 173 00:08:31,120 --> 00:08:34,079 Speaker 2: to you know, this pioneering technology. 174 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:37,160 Speaker 3: And the battle with this sort of technology is always 175 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:40,280 Speaker 3: that in these early stages, cost is always a big barrier, 176 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:42,560 Speaker 3: and so once they kind of figure out how to 177 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:46,600 Speaker 3: make it perfect at work, well, then the next challenge 178 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:48,880 Speaker 3: for these incredible researchers is to try and figure out 179 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:51,280 Speaker 3: how to make it cheap and that way, you know, 180 00:08:51,320 --> 00:08:53,640 Speaker 3: you can make sure that it's as effective in developing 181 00:08:53,679 --> 00:08:56,720 Speaker 3: countries as it is anywhere in the world, and that's 182 00:08:56,840 --> 00:08:58,720 Speaker 3: really going to be, you know, a test of the 183 00:08:58,720 --> 00:08:59,920 Speaker 3: technology and I think we can do. 184 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:01,520 Speaker 4: I think we can too. 185 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:04,520 Speaker 2: And you know what, today's good news stories show you 186 00:09:04,559 --> 00:09:07,920 Speaker 2: the breadth of brightness that exists in the world, from 187 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:11,920 Speaker 2: robotic technology to cleaning up Bretain to none other than 188 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:13,679 Speaker 2: Jack Black. You know what, Sam, I think we need 189 00:09:13,679 --> 00:09:15,640 Speaker 2: to take today's podcast out with a bitter school of rock. 190 00:09:15,720 --> 00:09:17,400 Speaker 3: It hasn't changed in twenty five years. I don't see 191 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:20,920 Speaker 3: why that should change. Now that's all we've got for today. 192 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:23,160 Speaker 2: We will be back again on Monday morning with a 193 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:24,280 Speaker 2: deep dive as usual. 194 00:09:24,360 --> 00:09:26,760 Speaker 4: But until then, I have a beautiful weekend. 195 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:40,600 Speaker 1: See Yahoo. 196 00:09:47,679 --> 00:09:49,960 Speaker 3: My name is Lily Maddon and I'm a proud Arunda 197 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:55,000 Speaker 3: Bungelung Chalcottin woman from Gadigol Country. The Daily oz acknowledges 198 00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:57,240 Speaker 3: that this podcast is recorded on the lands of the 199 00:09:57,280 --> 00:09:59,720 Speaker 3: Gadigol people and pays respect to all. 200 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:02,000 Speaker 2: Regional and torrest Rate island and nations. 201 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:05,240 Speaker 3: We pay our respects to the first peoples of these countries, 202 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:06,559 Speaker 3: both past and present.