Can you solve the killer robo-ants riddle? - Dan Finkel
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The good news is that your experimental robo-ants are a success. The bad news is that you accidentally gave them the ability to shoot deadly lasers … and you can’t turn it off. Can you stop them from escaping their habitat before the lasers are activated? Dan Finkel shows how.
Suppose the entire habitat was a single meter-long tube, capped on each end. If you had a single vacuum nozzle, what would be the best place to put it, and how long would it take to vacuum up all the ants?
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Daniel Finkel
- Director Igor Coric
- Narrator Addison Anderson
- Senior Animator Risto Topaloski
- Storyboard Artist Risto Topaloski
- Character Designer Risto Topaloski
- Content Producer Gerta Xhelo
- Editorial Producer Alex Rosenthal
- Associate Producer Bethany Cutmore-Scott
- Fact-Checker Brian Gutierrez
