Our moon-based investigator returns from a brief "medical leave" to interview Ed Sutt, the mind behind our Innovation of the Year-the HurriQuake Nail
Posted 11.14.2006 at 3:00 am 0 Comments

by John B. Carnett John B. Carnett

One would have thought that after two centuries of existence, something as commonplace
as the nail would be about as good as it's going to get. Try telling that to the man they call
"Dr. Nail."

With a few subtle but ingenious tweaks, Ed Sutt has revolutionized the
nail as we know it. Listen in as podcaster Jonathan Coulton sits down with
Dr. Nail himself to discuss what went into PopSci's 2006 Innovation
of the Year.

Subscribe to the PopSci Podcast below or download the episode in MP3 form. And for Tom Clynes's profile of Sutt from our December Best of What's New issue, click here.


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