Callaroga Shark Media. I'm Johnny Mack with five Good News Stories. So starting
this week, the plan Tuesday and Thursday five good News Christmas Stories with Aster
and Me. The other days. There wasn't a plan to do Fridays,
but so many new listeners have jumped on board Welcome, so I thought I'd
do another episode on this Friday. As you know, the noise of chomping
on chips can be irritating, especially if it's in your ear on a zoom
call. Well, good news Dorrito's is on this. They've created Dorrito's Silence,
a crunch cancelation software that removes the sound of chewing from voice chat,
zoom or any call that uses headphones. Dylan is the lead developer at Smooth
Technology, who work with Doritos, and Dylan says it works on anything that
accepts a microphone. So I could sit here and eat chips while doing the
podcast. Let'd be Neat, The chief marketing officer over at Pepsi COO,
which owns Dorito, says crunch is one of the most distracting features that could
throw someone off their game. Dorito surveyed more than three thousand people, including
people in China, India, Portugal, Britain, and the United States,
and found the gamers like the snack while playing. All right, so this
isn't really about the office. It's about those gamers, and they find the
sounds of other people snacking distracting. Of the two hundred people surveyed in the
US, ninety percent snack while gaming, and the majority said chips are the
most bothersome noise. In twenty eighteen, the former chief executive of PepsiCo claimed
that Dorito's was developing a chip for women, which was intended to be a
low crunch alternative. There was backlash online and Pepsi said, Ah, those
a misunderstanding. We're totally not making just for what are you talking about?
And more good news. While the AI software is trained exclusively on Dourrito's,
it'll work on other crunch sounds. A new helmet aims to reduce concussions and
surfers, and it's gone viral on TikTok. After a personal surfing injury,
Davon was inspired to create an innovative helmet designed to reduce concussions. He found
existing helmets on the market are bulky and undattractive, more suited for a professional
surfer. The surf Skull aims to provide a low profile, stylish, and
affordable option for leisure surfers, starting at just fifty eight bucks. That sounds
quite reasonable to me and I don't surf, but that doesn't sound like a
crazy amount of money. Surfers are increasingly at risk for concussions to the growing
popularity of the sport and crowded lineups. The surf Skull is designed to resemble
a bucket hat and it features a bump cap insert for protection. It's also
available in baseball cap style. Good news, some new bio hybrid microbots could
remove micro and nanoplastics from aquatic environments. Z's oceans, rivers, and other
bodies of water on Earth have become increasingly polluted over the past decades. This
threatens the survival of many aquatic species. Researchers in the Czech Republic recently developed
bio hybrid micro robots. These robots integrate biological materials, specifically algae, with
environmentally friendly materials that respond to external magnetic fields. One of the scientists said,
our micro robots demonstrated remarkable removal efficiency, achieving a high success rate of
ninety two percent for nanoplastics and seventy percent from microplastics. Good news if you're
cold. The Dutch have figured out how to keep your warm. Oh,
and it involves the toilet. A housing corporation in Amsterdam is planning what is
believed to be the first sewer warmth project that will tap into a main distridge
sewage pipe to warm sixteen hundred existing social and student homes. Sorry, kids,
they saw a photo of the street. It was covered with snow,
except for the manhole covers. All had no snow. Drew and Rodenmachers,
the project leader, and said, even when there's snow in the winter,
the sewer's warm. Warm sewage water flows twenty four hours a day and we
should capture it. This can happen wherever there's a big sewage pipe. The
warmth comes from showers, the toilet, waste water from washing, from the
dishwasher, from the washing machine. Together, it all gets throughout the year
a temperature between fifteen and eighteen degrees celsius. And we're going to make a
bypass around the main sewer, put a heat exchange around it and bring it
to the houses and the insulated pipes. Does it smell I'm wondering too.
Do I know the answer of that one? No? Do I have a
guess? Yes? What is your guess? Yes? And like everything,
there's a catch twenty two. The scientists tells us you can't reduce the temperature
there too much because purification works with bacteria. It's a biological process, and
if the bacteria get cold, they won't work as hard and our water will
be less well purified. I'm not sure about this plan. Well, good
news. Remember those sheep that you lost eight years ago? We found them.
A trio of sheep in Australia have been found in the bush in Victoria,
eight years after surviving a truck rollover. The sheep are named the Three
Amigos Ned Kelly, Mad Dad Morgan and Harry Power. They've been on the
run for eight years in the Wombat State Forest. After many sightings from the
public, the team at the Edgar's Mission Animal Sanctuary was able to pluck them
out one at a time. During their eight years in the wild, it
is believed they had plenty of access to grass and water, so there's no
sign of malnutrition. Mad Dag Morgan his wooly coat. He needs a little
cleaning up. A visit from the shearer is on the way. The folks
at the shelters say when the sheep reunited for the first time, they clearly
knew one another after a month apart. It was like, hey, dude,
what took you so long. That's your five good news stories for today.
If you like this program, tell somebody about it. Maybe they'll like
it too. If you are new, welcome Aboard. Will take the weekend
off and we'll come back Monday with regular and Tuesday will be Christmas Stories.
Have a great weekend.