Cool Weird Awesome With Brady Carlson

Today in 1889, the Eiffel Tower was dedicated and opened, but it was only one of hundreds of ideas for what should be built there. And some of the other proposed designs were wild. Plus: a new device would be able to extract water from the air wherever the user already is.  The Story Behind The Eiffel Tower's Forgotten Competitors (Ozy) The Eiffel Tower’s Long-Lost Competition: A Granite Lighthouse (Frenchly) GE researchers are developing a portable device that produces water out of thin air (designboom) Our backers on Patreon keep us standing tall  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/message