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Innovation is made of little, broken plastic parts. The Overground crew discuss Joe’s favorite thing: the long game of commercializing university inventions. Joe then recounts the story of the Intuitool, an innovative articulating laparoscopic surgical tool. 

Featured Technology: Intuitool laparascopic device (News, "UNMC, UNL develop unique surgical tool:" https://www.unmc.edu/news.cfm?match=2099; Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaHPc2MKd7k 

Hosts: Charlie Litton (@charlielitton); Tyler Scherr (@dare2scherr); Joe Runge (@HJRunge) 

Sponsor:  UNeMed (https://www.unemed.com); @UNeMed 

Music: Countdown to Myocardial Infarction, by Peter Gresser. Used with permission. http://sonofactori.com/