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.
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If the entire habitat was a meter-long tube, as above, but you had two vacuum nozzles, where would you put the nozzles in this case, 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
