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Jan. 7, 2021

Thu. 1/7 - Dude, IceBots on Mars!

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A prototype for self-repairing planetary exploration robots made of ice. The surprising history of the word “dude.” And a new Danish children’s cartoon about the misadventures of a man with a huge dong. Yep.

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Links:

  • Robots Made of Ice Could Build and Repair Themselves on Other Planets (IEEE)
  • The surprising history of the word ‘dude’ (BBC)
  • dude, n., adj., and int. (Oxford English Dictionary)
  • mobile, n.2. (Oxford English Dictionary)
  • John Dillermand: New Danish children's TV show features a man with a massive penis (CNN)
  • John Dillermand is kid's TV about a guy with an elastic dick (A/V Club)
  • Denmark launches children's TV show about man with giant penis (The Guardian)
  • Kottke.Org
  • Jackson Bird on Twitter
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