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Show Notes
The Queens reveal our favourite ancient technology: the gadgets and science lost to time, re-emerging, or reinvented and still used today.
Plus: Rad and Rae have a smart speaker showdown between Google and Alexa, while Tegan gets overly excited about MONA's museum app.
Show Notes:
Google’s New Nest Hub Tracks Your Sleep From Your Nightstand, No Wearables Required.
Rad's review on the original Google Home Max from a few years ago, including her horrifying experience with the volume control: Google Home Max Terrified Me And I’m Into It.
MONA's O app is actually fantastic.
New Model of Ancient Astronomical Device Reveals a ‘Creation of Genius’.
Scientists may have solved ancient mystery of 'first computer'.
Forgotten audio formats: Wire recording.
More on the Parthian Battery, also known as an ancient battery in a jar.
People in the Soviet Union really did bootleg albums onto x-rays to create 'bone music'.
More on walls made from blood and sticky rice.
Some cool facts about Damascus steel.
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