Oct. 23, 2020
Fri. 10/23 - The Bat Who Went To Space
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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Links:
- 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
