28분

Infuriating Packaging Putting Science to Work

    • 과학 기술

Opening presents can be quite a challenge. Toys incarcerated in rigid transparent plastic cases can bring tears, not of joy. Not to mention vacuum-packed luxury foods that are just impossible to get into. So, can science save us from infuriating packaging? And, if so, which technology is most likely to deliver us from this irksome everyday problem? Three scientists battle it out in the studio, pitching for Jim's imaginary pot of research money. Dr Alaster Yoxall is determined to understand what makes things fiddly. Professor Mark Miodownik dreams of packages that can be opened by your mobile phone. While Professor Lynne Boddy believes mushrooms as the new polystyrene. Could the future of packaging be mouldable mould?
Producer: Anna Buckley.

Opening presents can be quite a challenge. Toys incarcerated in rigid transparent plastic cases can bring tears, not of joy. Not to mention vacuum-packed luxury foods that are just impossible to get into. So, can science save us from infuriating packaging? And, if so, which technology is most likely to deliver us from this irksome everyday problem? Three scientists battle it out in the studio, pitching for Jim's imaginary pot of research money. Dr Alaster Yoxall is determined to understand what makes things fiddly. Professor Mark Miodownik dreams of packages that can be opened by your mobile phone. While Professor Lynne Boddy believes mushrooms as the new polystyrene. Could the future of packaging be mouldable mould?
Producer: Anna Buckley.

28분

인기 과학 기술 팟캐스트

Acquired
Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal
TED Radio Hour
NPR
The Vergecast
The Verge
Lex Fridman Podcast
Lex Fridman
WSJ’s The Future of Everything
The Wall Street Journal
Hard Fork
The New York Times

BBC의 다른 콘텐츠

6 Minute English
BBC Radio
Learning English Grammar
BBC Radio
Global News Podcast
BBC World Service
Learning English Vocabulary
BBC Radio
Learning English Conversations
BBC Radio
Learning English from the News
BBC Radio