193 - Mechanical Batteries for the Grid

On today’s episode: Trying to be a perfect parent might actually make you…a worse parent. Storing energy from the grid using mechanical batteries. All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES

• Caterbot? Robotapillar? It crawls with ease through loops and bends- Princeton Engineering
• Study: Pressure to be “perfect” causing burnout for parents, mental health concerns for their children | The Ohio State University College of Nursing
• Storing energy with compressed air is about to have its moment of truth
• Inside Clean Energy: Flow Batteries Could Be a Big Part of Our Energy Storage Future. So What’s a Flow Battery?
• Electricity explained: Energy storage for electricity generation
• The Pros and Cons of Pumped Storage
• How It Works: Flywheel Storage

CREDITS:

Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong

Booking - September McCrady 

THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen

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