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Podcast: Curiosity Weekly
Episode: Cartoony Robots, Naloxone Myths, Why Dishwashers Dull Knives
Description: Learn why robots should look like cartoons; why more access to an opioid antidote doesn't make people think heroin is safe; and why dishwashers make knives less sharp.
More from Ruth Aylett, professor of computer science at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh:
Pick up "Living with Robots: What Every Anxious Human Needs to Know": https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/living-robotsÂ
Follow @ruthaylett on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ruthaylettÂ
University website: http://www.macs.hw.ac.uk/~ruth/Â
Edinburgh Centre for Robotics: https://www.edinburgh-robotics.org/academics/ruth-aylettÂ
Despite concerns, more access to naloxone doesn't make people think heroin is safe by Stef...