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In Ocado's grocery warehouses, thousands of mechanical boxes move on the Hive. Are they all individual robots? Or is this one giant hive mind? β’ Thanks to Ocado: ocadogroup.com/solutions/online-grocery (this video is not sponsored, and they had no editorial control).
Reference: Strandwitz P. (2018). Neurotransmitter modulation by the gut microbiota. Brain research, 1693(Pt B), 128β133. doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2018.03.015 -- I should probably have put a "might" in there, but that's a thorough review of research and I think the claim just about holds up!
Edited by Michelle Martin youtube.com/@OnTheCrux
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Thanks to Grant Hurst from Casual Historian for suggesting the title: youtube.com/user/grantghurst
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In Ocado's grocery warehouses, thousands of mechanical boxes move on the Hive. Are they all individual robots? Or is this one giant hive mind? β’ Thanks to Ocado: ocadogroup.com/solutions/online-grocery (this video is not sponsored, and they had no editorial control).
Reference: Strandwitz P. (2018). Neurotransmitter modulation by the gut microbiota. Brain research, 1693(Pt B), 128β133. doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2018.03.015 -- I should probably have put a "might" in there, but that's a thorough review of research and I think the claim just about holds up!
Edited by Michelle Martin youtube.com/@OnTheCrux
Filmed safely: tomscott.com/safe
Thanks to Grant Hurst from Casual Historian for suggesting the title: youtube.com/user/grantghurst
π₯ MORE FROM TOM: tomscott.com
(you can find contact details and social links there too)
β LATERAL, free weekly podcast: lateralcast.com youtube.com/lateralcast
π₯ THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES: youtube.com/techdif

![The bridge that must legally wobble
Dalys Bridge, in Cork, Ireland, is better known as the Shakey Bridge. Because it shakes. But what happens when a bridge like that has to be repaired and refurbished? β’ Thanks to Cllr McCarthy: his site is http://corkheritage.ie/ !
Edited by Dave Stevenson http://davestevenson.co.uk
A thorough study of how the Bridge shakes: http://publish.ucc.ie/boolean/pdf/2015/00/32-ODonnell-2015-00-en.pdf [PDF]
I did try (a lot!) to get an interview with someone from RPS Group, who were in charge of the refurbishment, but I just wasnt able to make contact. However, Im indebted to Michael Minehane, principal engineer, whose talk to Engineers Ireland gives a lot of in-depth information about the bridge was refurbished! You can watch it here, along with Cllr McCarthys history of the bridge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j52poh2ZfSA
Thanks to Youssuf Radwan for the suggestion!
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![Why the US Army electrifies this water
The Chicago and Sanitary Ship Canal is the path that invasive carp would take to reach the Great Lakes. So to stop them, the US Army Corps of Engineers has installed an electric barrier. Although for obvious reasons, I didnt get to see it close up. [The interviewee is project manager Jeff Zuercher, whose name caption got missed out! Apologies, Jeff.]
Sources, apart from the interview and the team I talked to:
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130400272
https://www.npr.org/2009/12/04/121104335/chicago-canal-flooded-with-toxin-to-kill-asian-carp
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5542199
https://apnews.com/article/d44c3701de7847bea3b7218e1f3d3fc8
https://dnr.wi.gov/news/mediakits/mk_carpcontrol.asp
Edited by Dave Stevenson http://www.davestevenson.co.uk/
Thanks to Captain Nate at Peoria Carp Hunters https://peoriacarphunters.com/
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