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The PopSci Podcast Episode 24: Dr. Nail

Our moon-based investigator returns from a brief "medical leave" to interview Ed Sutt, the mind behind our Innovation of the Year-the HurriQuake Nail

One would have thought that after two centuries of existence, something as commonplace
as the nail would be about as good as it's going to get. Try telling that to the man they call
"Dr. Nail."

With a few subtle but ingenious tweaks, Ed Sutt has revolutionized the
nail as we know it. Listen in as podcaster Jonathan Coulton sits down with
Dr. Nail himself to discuss what went into PopSci's 2006 Innovation
of the Year.

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