New Fabric to Keep You Warm, Questions About Ancient Civilizations on Mars, Satellite for Sale on Ebay, and the Scotland Cat Ban. Plus, TDIH - The Lost Atomic Bomb

Cool Stuff Ride Home

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

News, Tech News, Science, Society & Culture

4.6 • 732 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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It's a Weird Wednesday episode; the new fabric that will warm you up without the use of electronics, a resurfaced image has people questioning life on Mars, an old satellite that is for sale, and cats are safe in Scotland…for now. Plus, on This Day in History, the lost atomic bomb off the coast of Georgia. New fabric can heat up more than 50 degrees to keep people warm in ultracold weather | Live Science Smart fabric can heat up by 30°C after 10 minutes of sun exposure Color tunable photo-thermochromic elastic fiber for flexible wearable heater | Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials Why Is Everyone Talking About The "Square Structure" Captured On Mars? | IFLScience NASA Image Reveals Wild ‘Square Structure’ on Mars—Elon Musk Backs Urgent Mission to Investigate This 60-Year Old Telstar Comms Satellite Chassis Never Made It to Space, Now It's for Sale - autoevolution TELSTAR SATELLITE FRAME / Historical Space Technology / Press Photos / Bell Labs | eBay Cats won't be banned in Scotland, the government confirms | AP News Fact Sheet: The Missing Tybee Bomb - Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Sponsored By Acorns - Head to at acorns.com/cool or download the Acorns app to start saving and investing for your future today! Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:46.9	Welcome back once again to the Weird Wednesday edition of Cool Stuff Ride Home, where we not only
0:51.9	have interesting, intriguing, cool stories, we also
0:54.5	throw in a little bit of the weird. I'm Regger Rizzou alongside Marcus Paff on today's episode,
0:59.8	a new fabric that will help you warm up, a resurfaced image has people questioning life on Mars,
1:06.4	an old satellite that is up for sale, and cats are safe in Scotland, at least for now.
1:12.2	Plus, on this day in history, the lost atomic bomb off the coast of Georgia.
1:16.2	That's all coming up on cool stuff.
1:18.4	Starting off this weird Wednesday episode with researchers at the University of Waterloo
1:22.8	as they have developed an innovative smart fabric that can heat up when exposed to sunlight, offering a sustainable
1:29.2	and efficient solution for cold weather clothing. Unlike traditional heated garments that rely on metal
1:35.2	or ceramic heated elements powered by external sources, this new material utilizes specialized
1:41.4	nanoparticles embedded within the fibers to generate warmth without the need
1:45.7	for batteries or wiring. The fabric incorporates conductive polymer nanoparticles. Polyanalin and
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