Insects and mobile phone

30 Animals That Made Us Smarter

BBC

Technology

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2022

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

S2 Ep 30. Smart phones could become even smarter – thanks to ants, beetles, moths and spiders! A multi-animal special episode, marking the season 2 finale. Patrick explores what could be an insect inspired phone of the future! There’s the story of the fire ants and bark beetles and a new camera lens with a much greater field of view. The hairs on butterflies, moths and spiders could help with an amazing new microphone. Moths might make it easier to look at our phones in bright sunlight. There’s also a waterproof, anti-bacterial cover which could be based on the wings of cicadas. Thanks for listening and please help us spread the word. #30Animals

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0:00.0	I actually can't believe it.
0:15.4	Here we are, Episode 30 of Season 2 of 30 Animals That Made A Smarter.
0:21.0	An original podcast from the BBC World Service, which reveals how animals like manta rays,
0:26.6	snake, squid and slugs, which feature in our earlier episodes, have been helping us
0:31.5	humans out with some really challenging problems and inspired some amazing ideas and inventions
0:37.3	along the way.
0:39.1	This stuff is called biomemically by the way, and as you may well know, I am fascinated
0:44.6	by it.
0:45.6	Here's a little taste of what we've all been learning about.
0:49.8	Snake!
0:50.8	Snake!
0:51.8	Snake!
0:52.8	Very word incites fear into the heart of many of us.
0:57.1	Snake!
0:58.1	Imagine, just for a moment, that you've been born with a long, fat noodle attached to
1:05.8	your face.
1:08.6	You understandably have no idea how to move this giant noodle around.
1:13.1	In fact, it seems to have a mind all of its own.
1:17.2	However, life without it would undoubtedly spell doom for you and your fellow kin.
1:23.1	In fact, they're one of the fiercest, most aggressive of all the predators of the insect
1:29.5	world.
1:30.5	I'm talking about trap jaw ants.
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