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Can you solve the control room riddle? - Dennis Shasha

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As your country's top spy, you must infiltrate the headquarters of the evil syndicate, find the secret control panel, and deactivate their death ray. But your reconnaissance team is spotty, and you have only limited information about the control panel's whereabouts. Can you solve the control room riddle and deactivate their weapon in time? Dennis Shasha shows you how.

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Meet The Creators

Educator
Dennis E. Shasha
Script Editor
Alex Gendler
Producer
Zedem Media
Sound Designer
Andreas Trachonitis
Animator
Maria Savva, Andria Pourouti
Artist
Jeanne Bornet
Narrator
Addison Anderson

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