Using Satellites to Detect Potential Issues with our Bridges
Cool Stuff Daily
Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff
4.6 • 739 Ratings
🗓️ 13 March 2026
⏱️ 7 minutes
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| 1:08.7 | Welcome to an end-of-week edition of Cool Stuff Daily. My name's Marcus Paff. Coming up on this |
| 1:14.0 | episode, Bridge Vulnerability and how the smart people of this world are taking action to |
| 1:19.5 | ensure these delicate structures remain in place and safe for use. That's coming up. It's cool |
| 1:24.5 | stuff. Here's a story from Science Daily and Sciencedaily.com, courtesy of research out of the University of Houston. |
| 1:32.8 | Scientists are now using satellites to reveal which bridges around the world may be at risk of failure |
| 1:39.2 | and how to catch a problem before disaster strikes. |
| 1:43.1 | A researcher from the University of Houston is helping identify vulnerable bridges across |
| 1:48.0 | the planet and offering a new way to address potential failures before they become catastrophic. |
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