Cool Weird Awesome With Brady Carlson

A team at the University of British Columbia has developed a coating that has something called low interfacial toughness - in short, instead of ice building up on your car until it’s almost impossible to scrape off… it collapses under its own weight and just slides to the ground. Not all heroes wear capes. Plus: some heroes do wear capes, they just get turned away from the scene by the Mounties.  Clearing an icy windshield is about to get easier, says UBC engineer (University of British Columbia) Okanagan ‘Batman’ offers helping hand, but RCMP call his presence a distraction (Global News)  Cool Weird Awesome is listener powered! Search for us on Patreon and support the show for as little as $1 a month!  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/message