Portable does not mean rugged · Proposed air date:
Robert jokes that “portable” sometimes means only that an item can be carried before it breaks, and Dr. Dave explains the counterintuitive design tradeoff that reducing weight can make mobile equipment more fragile than stationary equipment.
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Proposed recording date: 2009-02-14. The exact broadcast date may differ.
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