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#539 - Sam Tatam - Evolutionary Ideas For Modern Problems
Modern Wisdom
The Pantograph and the Adele Penguin
The problem with the bullet train was actually a sound problem. To reduce the sound of the pantograph, what they did was borrow from the feathers of an owl. The second bird of influence on the pantograph was the Adele Penguin. So instead of having this large, whooshing sound, now you created these micro-oturbulances that dissipated the sound.
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