Cool Weird Awesome With Brady Carlson

We now have some 750,000 miles of internet cable on ocean and seafloors. A research team found a way to use those cables to measure seismic activity, without installing anything extra. Plus: “London’s Invisible House” got its name because nearly all of its exterior is covered in mirrors. A breakthrough in fiber optics turned an undersea cable into 12 seismographs (Interesting Engineering) Richmond's 'invisible' house is essentially a giant mirror that makes it hard to even notice (MyLondon) Join our Patreon backers in making this show possible! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/support