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Each podcast is a presentation of a single problem that will help you stretch your imagination and critical thinking skills before you start problem solving. The problems are formulated to not have a single “correct” answer but to give you the opportunity to have an open discourse on different approaches to a solution.

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Launch Pad Problems #58 - One Million Dollars!

11-02-2016

How do you transport one million dollars?

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 4.31MB - Duration: 4:42 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)





Launch Pad Problems #57 - Drive a Nail

04-02-2016

How will you drive a nail without a hammer?

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 2.51MB - Duration: 2:45 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)





Launch Pad Problems #56 - Paint a Spaceship

28-01-2016

How do you paint a spaceship for alien interaction?

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 3.43MB - Duration: 3:45 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)





Launch Pad Problems #55 - Boil Water

21-01-2016

It's an easy problem, you just need to boil water.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 2.43MB - Duration: 2:39 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)





Launch Pad Problems #54 - Don't Crush the Marshmallow

14-01-2016

How many bbs can be put on a marshmallow without crushing it beyond 50%?

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 6.18MB - Duration: 6:45 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)





Launch Pad Problems #53 - Egg Launch & Recovery

07-01-2016

Launch and recover a raw egg without breaking it.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 5.1MB - Duration: 5:34 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)





Launch Pad Problems #00

01-01-2016

Goals and format of the show.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 4.38MB - Duration: 4:47 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)





Launch Pad Problems #52 - Where's Waldo

31-12-2015

Find a person, in real time, in a large crowd.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 4.91MB - Duration: 5:22 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)





Launch Pad Problems #51 - Gift Identification

24-12-2015

Determine what is inside a wrapped gift, without opening it.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 5.4MB - Duration: 5:54 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)





Launch Pad Problems #50 - Egg Drop

17-12-2015

The classic school "experiment" of dropping an egg.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 4.32MB - Duration: 4:43 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)





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