WEBVTT - The world's first accessible bridge climb

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<v Speaker 1>Already and this is the Daily This is the Daily OS.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh now it makes sense.

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<v Speaker 2>Good morning and welcome to the Daily OS. It's Saturday,

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<v Speaker 2>the twelfth of April. I'm Zara Sidler, I'm Sam Kazlowski.

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<v Speaker 2>We're back for another week of the Good News Round Up.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's do it very exciting. We're actually starting here at

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<v Speaker 2>home today with a good news story right from Brisie.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, this is an amazing story. So Brisbane has made

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<v Speaker 3>history as the first city in the world to host

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<v Speaker 3>an accessible bridge climb.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, that's right.

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<v Speaker 2>So individuals with accessibility requirements, including wheelchair users, will be

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<v Speaker 2>able to scale the story bridge a b Yeah, in

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<v Speaker 2>a specifically designed wheelchair.

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<v Speaker 3>This is amazing.

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<v Speaker 2>So the new accessibility feature is thanks to a grant

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<v Speaker 2>from the Queensland government. So within the government there's this

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<v Speaker 2>Accessible Tourism Elevate Fund and that supports the state's tourism

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<v Speaker 2>industry to basically enhance their accessible tourism experience.

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<v Speaker 3>Should we just acknowledge the irony in being called an

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<v Speaker 3>elevate fund and the funding being used to literally elevate amazing?

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<v Speaker 4>Keep exactly so.

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<v Speaker 2>According to the government, the motorized stair climber is of

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<v Speaker 2>the highest safety standard and it's been customized for the

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<v Speaker 2>Story Bridge using this advanced technology. Interestingly, the wheelchair was

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<v Speaker 2>co designed by Timothy Laughlin, who's a professional wheelchair motocross

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<v Speaker 2>rider who played a key role in quote testing the

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<v Speaker 2>system and refining its performance on the bridge.

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<v Speaker 3>Which is not a small task to have to test

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<v Speaker 3>that kind of thing out for the first time. I

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<v Speaker 3>mean someone probably had to go up there first.

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<v Speaker 2>And yeah, so one of the first people actually once

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<v Speaker 2>it opened to take part in the bridge climb was

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<v Speaker 2>twenty twenty one Queenslander of the Year Dnesh Pallipana, and

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<v Speaker 2>he said, which I loved. When I was laying in

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<v Speaker 2>a hospital bed once not far from the bridge, I

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<v Speaker 2>remember looking out at a wind wondering if I will

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<v Speaker 2>be outside again. To be now seeing the world from

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<v Speaker 2>the top of our city's bridge is like a dream.

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<v Speaker 3>It's incredible.

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<v Speaker 4>Goes to the.

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<v Speaker 2>Heart of why accessibility is so important in all parts

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<v Speaker 2>of our society, and the liberation and the freedom that

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<v Speaker 2>people who are in a wheelchair can be afforded by

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<v Speaker 2>this new technology is not to be underestimated.

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<v Speaker 3>Incredible and I hope we see this sort of technology

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<v Speaker 3>rolled out to other famous bridges. I'm particularly thinking of

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<v Speaker 3>one in our hometown of Sydney. It would be amazing

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<v Speaker 3>to see that sort of thing happening here. Now, let's

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<v Speaker 3>go online and we're going to go to the US.

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<v Speaker 3>And you are a sucker for a viral video. You're

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<v Speaker 3>a sucker.

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<v Speaker 4>Watched me watching this?

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<v Speaker 1>I did.

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<v Speaker 3>I watched you watching it. Tell us about it?

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<v Speaker 4>Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>I wasn't sure whether to include this because I think

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<v Speaker 2>most people have probably seen it by now, but it

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<v Speaker 2>was just too good to ignore. It had to make

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<v Speaker 2>its way into a good news podcast. So in case

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<v Speaker 2>you haven't seen this viral video, let me introduce you

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<v Speaker 2>to Tanner Smith. Now, Tanner Smith is one of the

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<v Speaker 2>stars of the Netflix seri's Love on the Spectrum, where

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<v Speaker 2>people on the autism spectrum search for love.

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<v Speaker 3>Which by the way, is an Australian production originally, and

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<v Speaker 3>it's now this massive success.

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<v Speaker 4>Juggernaut all over the world. Yeah, it's an amazing show.

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<v Speaker 2>And on a previous season of the show, Tanner who

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<v Speaker 2>is just bursting with energy and personality and charm. In

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<v Speaker 2>a previous season, he mentioned that he was actor Jack

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<v Speaker 2>Black's biggest fan. Now fast forward to earlier this month

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<v Speaker 2>when Tanner appeared for the second time on The Kelly

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<v Speaker 2>Clarkson Show, where he was shown a video with Jack

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<v Speaker 2>Black proclaiming that he couldn't wait to meet Tanner in person.

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<v Speaker 2>And then lo and behold, as all.

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<v Speaker 4>Of these talk shows do, there was a bit of.

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<v Speaker 2>A glitch and then Jack Black walked out, surprising Tanner

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<v Speaker 2>by appearing in real life, marking what Tanner labeled as

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<v Speaker 2>the best day of my life.

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<v Speaker 3>Can we just put a bit of audio in there

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<v Speaker 3>for everyone, have a listen to this.

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<v Speaker 2>I love you on the show and I can't wait

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<v Speaker 2>for the next season and to meet you in person

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<v Speaker 2>is really amazing from me.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, Jack is really meeting for me too.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you so much for sky, Thank you so much.

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<v Speaker 2>I do think it's one of those things that you

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<v Speaker 2>can't watch or can't listen to without a smile on

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<v Speaker 2>your face. The infectiousness of Tanner's enthusiasm and excitement, it's

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<v Speaker 2>just so heartwarming. And also to watch the interaction between

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<v Speaker 2>these two stars. Jack Black is clearly loving the situation

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<v Speaker 2>as much as Tanner did, and it was just such

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<v Speaker 2>a feel good moment.

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<v Speaker 3>Can I make one observation about Jack Black?

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<v Speaker 4>I have nicest guy ever.

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<v Speaker 3>Seems like a lovely guy. But I've never seen somebody

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<v Speaker 3>change so little. I feel like like aging wise, aging

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<v Speaker 3>like he sounds the same and he's doing the same

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<v Speaker 3>truth mannerisms. This guy's frozen in like School of Rock

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<v Speaker 3>comes through Panda, kind of that era, and and he's

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<v Speaker 3>just he's still got it.

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<v Speaker 2>He also does feel like one of the good guys

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<v Speaker 2>in Hollywood.

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<v Speaker 4>So I really feel good moment there.

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<v Speaker 3>Let's stay overseas now, Zara, but jump across the Atlantic

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<v Speaker 3>to the U.

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<v Speaker 4>I like this geographical pinning of good news story.

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<v Speaker 3>Good news around the world. Good news is a global phenomenon,

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<v Speaker 3>and this one is, I think one that's very close

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<v Speaker 3>to my heart. Because I've decided that I'm our office

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<v Speaker 3>cleaning extraordin are just brought us a new vacuum. Things

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<v Speaker 3>are feeling really good, and turns out I'm not alone.

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<v Speaker 4>That was a loose segue, but I'll take it.

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<v Speaker 2>So the Great British Spring Clean has just wrapped up

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<v Speaker 2>in the UK. Now, this campaign is a bit bigger

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<v Speaker 2>than Sam buying a vacuum cleanup for the office. It

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<v Speaker 2>runs for a week from the twenty first of March

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<v Speaker 2>to the sixth of April, and during that time, three

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<v Speaker 2>hundred and forty two thousand people from different communities across

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<v Speaker 2>the UK pledged to pick up four hundred and sixty

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<v Speaker 2>two thousand, four hundred and ten bags of.

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<v Speaker 3>Letter a very specific number of bags of litter.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean that was the commitment. That was the pledge.

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<v Speaker 2>It builders the nation's biggest mass action campaign. It's been

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<v Speaker 2>running annually for a decade, but the group that runs

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<v Speaker 2>it has been around for over seventy years now. According

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<v Speaker 2>to the organization, over the course of the campaign, people

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<v Speaker 2>found really unique treasures, as they put it, things like

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<v Speaker 2>a Retromannequin food rubbish that dated back decades. I'm sure

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<v Speaker 2>that we want that one, and even someone's dreadlock.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh no, that's terrible.

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<v Speaker 2>So people were encouraged to submit what their you know,

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<v Speaker 2>most unique find was, as it were positioning it as

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<v Speaker 2>a treasure hunt is a great way to get people

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<v Speaker 2>out and about bring it kids along.

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<v Speaker 3>I do feel like that's a I do feel like

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<v Speaker 3>that's a toddless strategy to get into clean up lego

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<v Speaker 3>that they just played with on the weekend, and if

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<v Speaker 3>it works on the British population then sure it does.

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<v Speaker 2>Because fun fact, around ninety six percent of people surveyed

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<v Speaker 2>after last year's campaign agreed that the spring clean reduced

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<v Speaker 2>the impact of letter on wildlife and the environment.

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<v Speaker 3>That's a brilliant story. And now I want to end

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<v Speaker 3>Zara with one that is I think a little more

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<v Speaker 3>serious on the good news spectrum, but it's still It's

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<v Speaker 3>made me feel like there's a lot of innovation and

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<v Speaker 3>a lot of opportunity that can be gained from interesting

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<v Speaker 3>ways to use tech. Bring us this last story.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, so, researchers in the US have announced that they

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<v Speaker 2>are developing a tiny, flexible robot that could save lives

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<v Speaker 2>in natural disasters. So you're right, this is a bit

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<v Speaker 2>more of the news of the day's stuff. But what's

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<v Speaker 2>so amazing is that a team at Penn State University

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<v Speaker 2>are creating this technology for the very first time that

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<v Speaker 2>will be able to crawl through earthquake rubble to find

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<v Speaker 2>trapped victims. Now, every single week in this job, we

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<v Speaker 2>have to report on a different natural disaster, but very

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<v Speaker 2>rarely do we get to flip it on its head

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<v Speaker 2>and really understand the advances that are being made in

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<v Speaker 2>this space. So just to paint a picture unlike traditional

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<v Speaker 2>rigid robots. Researchers say that they're incorporating this kind of

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<v Speaker 2>soft robotic design and that's made from flexible materials that

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<v Speaker 2>are meant to mimic the movement of living organisms. And

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<v Speaker 2>the idea behind that is that it can be used

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<v Speaker 2>to create ingestible robots or robot pills, and so those

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<v Speaker 2>can carry medicine to natural disaster victims before they can

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<v Speaker 2>be reached by rescue teams.

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<v Speaker 4>So we know that, you know, after a natural.

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<v Speaker 2>Disaster occurs, there's the hours where it's critical that contact

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<v Speaker 2>is made with survivors, but sometimes it can be too

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<v Speaker 2>dangerous you won't know where they are. And so this

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<v Speaker 2>advancement means that, however, many lives could be saved thanks

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<v Speaker 2>to you know, this pioneering technology.

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<v Speaker 3>And the battle with this sort of technology is always

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<v Speaker 3>that in these early stages, cost is always a big barrier,

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<v Speaker 3>and so once they kind of figure out how to

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<v Speaker 3>make it perfect at work, well, then the next challenge

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<v Speaker 3>for these incredible researchers is to try and figure out

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<v Speaker 3>how to make it cheap and that way, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>you can make sure that it's as effective in developing

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<v Speaker 3>countries as it is anywhere in the world, and that's

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<v Speaker 3>really going to be, you know, a test of the

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<v Speaker 3>technology and I think we can do.

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<v Speaker 4>I think we can too.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know what, today's good news stories show you

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<v Speaker 2>the breadth of brightness that exists in the world, from

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<v Speaker 2>robotic technology to cleaning up Bretain to none other than

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<v Speaker 2>Jack Black. You know what, Sam, I think we need

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<v Speaker 2>to take today's podcast out with a bitter school of rock.

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<v Speaker 3>It hasn't changed in twenty five years. I don't see

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<v Speaker 3>why that should change. Now that's all we've got for today.

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<v Speaker 2>We will be back again on Monday morning with a

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<v Speaker 2>deep dive as usual.

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<v Speaker 4>But until then, I have a beautiful weekend.

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<v Speaker 1>See Yahoo.

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