Topic: Pressure Mats

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Grapes the Size of Little Oranges
Episode 25 35:34 - 37:41

25: Grapes the Size of Little Oranges

Moscow Airport, Soviet Engineering and Pressure Mats

John C. Dvorak describes the Moscow airport shortly before the fall of communism, noting it was pitch black due to low-lumen Russian lightbulbs being used in German-designed fixtures. He recalls children jumping on pressure mats to trigger the only working automatic door in the terminal.