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- Ralph's CES 2024 Roundup, Mini Nuclear Reactors, and moreShow Notes January 12, 2024
3 Science/Tech at CES 2024 that caught my eye:
Headline: An instrument more sensitive than a canine’s nose developed by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Source: The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Link: https://www.pnnl.gov/events/pnnl-ces-2024
Headline: Science and Technology Directorate of the Department of Homeland Security showcased a variety of programs and technologies at CES
Source: Department of Homeland Security website
Link: https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/ces-2024
Headline: Crowdfunded hiking exoskeleton debuted this week at CES
Source: GlobalData via MSN
Story by Sarah Brady
Link: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/crowdfunded-hiking-exoskeleton-set-for-debut/ar-AA1mpXgJ
See video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDbSlarxb-k
Story 2: eVince microreactor boasts 8+ years of nuclear power without using water
Source: Interesting Engineering
Story by Ameya Paleja
Link: https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/microreactor-no-water-for-operation
See video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7zNs2nueQM
Story 3: The British start-up plotting to make computer chips in space
Source: The Telegraph Story by Howard Mustoe
Link: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/the-british-start-up-plotting-to-make-computer-chips-in-space/ar-AA1lWJml
Story 4: Researchers develop sustainable wound dressing hydrogel based on seaweed and carbonated water
Source: Phys.org
Story by Science X staff
Link: https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/researchers-develop-sustainable-wound-dressing-hydrogel-based-on-seaweed-and-carbonated-water/ar-AA1lzcsY
For more info, interviews, reviews, news, radio, podcasts, video, and more, check out ComputerAmerica.com!43 min - Robot Learns to Walk, New Wind Power, And More w/ Ralph BondShow Notes January 5, 2024
Story 1: This AI Robot Just Taught Itself How to Walk
Source: WonderfulEngineering.com
Story by Taimur
Link: https://wonderfulengineering.com/this-ai-transformer-robot-just-taught-itself-how-to-walk/
See video here: http://tinyurl.com/549ykn78
Story 2: Company unveils bladeless ‘honeycomb’ wind turbines
Source: The Cool Down Story by Allison Hunt
Link: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/technology/company-unveils-bladeless-honeycomb-wind-turbines-here-s-how-this-super-efficient-technology-could-let-clean-energy-take-another-leap-forward/ar-AA1lHuHW
See video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLjHdbaTOG4 *fast forward 30 seconds into the video. And the animations at the company’s website are great!
Story 3: Innovative solar-powered clothing acts as personal air conditioning
Source: Techspot Story by Rob Thubron
Link: https://www.techspot.com/news/101237-beat-heat-innovative-solar-powered-clothing-acts-personal.html
Story 4: A novel 3D body-on-chip printed device that could replace the need for drug and chemical safety testing on animals
Source: Interesting Engineering
Story by Mrigakshi DixitLink: https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/3d-printed-body-on-chip-may-replace-animal-models-in-drug-testing
Also check out the official press release here: https://edinburgh-innovations.ed.ac.uk/news/new-device-could-replace-animals-used-in-drug-and-chemical-safety-testing
See video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miF7hAeUUSg
For more info, interviews, reviews, news, radio, podcasts, video, and more, check out ComputerAmerica.com!50 min - Playstation 5 Sells 50M, Hyperloop One Shuts Down, Insomniac Games Hack w/ PopzaraPopzara.com. Nathan Evans, Managing Editor.Throughout Popzara you’ll find views on gaming, movies, technology, cultural icons and so much more. Reviews and previews, in-depth analyses, opinion pieces, conversations, and a regularly updated Podcast keep things interesting and always entertaining. Our diverse editorial staff is committed to bringing this cornucopia of editorial goodness in fair-minded and positive ways, with minimal snark and maximum fun. A little bit of everything for the discriminating reader and curious listener is what you’ll find at Popzara.Topics:PlayStation 5 Achieves Milestone of 50 Million Units Sold to Consumers – Sony Interactive Entertainment
A $300 Million ‘Spider-Man 2’ Budget, Sony’s Future And AAA Unsustainability
Sony won’t take away your PlayStation-bought Discovery shows after all
Hyperloop One to Shut Down After Failing to Reinvent Transit
E3 is officially over forever – The Verge
Microsoft shelves Windows ‘mixed reality’ feature | Reuters
Apple pulls online sales of Apple Watches as US ban nears – The Verge
Someone Convinced a ChatGPT-Powered Chevy Dealer to Sell $81K Tahoe for Just $1 – autoevolution
Celebrate 30 Years of DOOM
The Insomniac Games hack is unprecedented – Polygon
Movie Time! Becoming Santa: The Santa Clause (1994) and Christmas Evil (1980) | Popzara PodcastFor more info, interviews, reviews, news, radio, podcasts, video, and more, check out ComputerAmerica.com!1 hr 28 min - Lab Grown Brain Chips, Muscle Growth Breakthrough, Solar Revolution w/ Ralph BondShow Notes December 22, 2023
Story 1: Researchers fuse lab-grown human brain tissue with electronicsSource: Popular Science
Story by Andrew Paul
Link: https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/a-brain-organoid-biochip-displayed-serious-voice-recognition-and-math-skills/ar-AA1loSVS
See also: https://newatlas.com/computers/hybrid-brain-organoid-computing/
Indiana University
Source: https://blogs.iu.edu/iuimpact/2023/12/15/human-brain-tissue-on-a-computer-chip-iu-bioengineers-are-building-the-intersection-of-organoids-and-ai/
See video here: https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/health/scientists-produce-computer-made-from-lab-grown-human-brain-cells/vi-AA1lnNDX?t=8
Story 2: Profuse Technology achieves 80% faster muscle growth for [lab grown] cultivated meat
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Story by Zachy Hennessey
Link: https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/profuse-technology-achieves-80-faster-muscle-growth-for-cultivated-meat/ar-AA1hoBjH
Note: this news came out in September, but I think it is an important development to share!
Story 3: Double-action solar tower promises clean energy all day and night
Source: New Atlas
Story by Loz Blain
Link: https://newatlas.com/energy/double-solar-updraft-cooling/
Story 4: Stretchy electronic skin responds to touch and pressure like real skin
Source: New Scientist
Story by Karmela Padavic-Callaghan
Link: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2374270-stretchy-electronic-skin-responds-to-touch-and-pressure-like-real-skin/
For more info, interviews, reviews, news, radio, podcasts, video, and more, check out ComputerAmerica.com!44 min - Wireless Charging Roads, Microplastic Sponges, NASA Dragonfly Mission w/ Ralph BondShow Notes December 15, 2023
Story 1: Detroit now has the country's first wireless-charging road for EVsSource: Scripps News
Story by news staff
Link: https://scrippsnews.com/stories/detroit-now-has-the-country-s-first-wireless-charging-road-for-evs/
See also: https://detroitmi.gov/news/mdot-city-detroit-and-electreon-unveil-nations-first-public-ev-charging-roadway-michigan-central
Story 2: Scientists Have Created Synthetic Sponges That Soak Up Microplastics - Made from starch and gelatin, the biodegradable sponges remove as much as 90 percent of microplastics in tap water and seawater
Source: Smithsonian Magazine
Story by Chris Baraniuk
Link: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/scientists-have-created-synthetic-sponges-that-soak-up-microplastics-180983017/
Story 3: NASA will land daring spacecraft on a world 800 million miles away
Source: Mashable.com Story by Mark Kaufman
Link: https://mashable.com/article/nasa-dragonfly-space-mission
Story 4: This 3D Printer Works in Your Body to Repair Bones and Guts
Source: The Daily Beast Story by Tony Ho Tran
Link: https://www.thedailybeast.com/this-3d-printer-works-in-your-body-to-repair-bones-and-guts
Source: Interesting Engineering Story by Amal Jos Chacko
Link: https://interestingengineering.com/science/now-print-structures-deep-in-your-tissues-with-this-new-acoustic-technique
For more info, interviews, reviews, news, radio, podcasts, video, and more, check out ComputerAmerica.com!41 min - CRISPR Research, Self Healing Concrete, CO2 to Fuel w/ Ralph BondShow Notes December 8, 2023
Story 1: World's first autonomous turbogenerator-hybrid electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft takes flight
Source: Interesting Engineering Story by Can Emir
Link: https://interestingengineering.com/transportation/chaparral-c1-turbogenerator-hybrid-hvtol
See video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7c9ehwExIw
Story 2: Engineers develop an efficient process to make fuel from carbon dioxide
Source: MIT News
Story by David L. Chandler
Link: https://news.mit.edu/2023/engineers-develop-efficient-fuel-process-carbon-dioxide-1030
Story 3: Inactive bacteria powers self-healing concrete to repair cracks
Source: Interesting Engineering
Story by Mrgakshi Dixit
Link: https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/bacteria-powers-self-healing-cracks
See also: https://drexel.edu/engineering/news-events/news/archive/2023/November/self-healing-concerte-phd-student/
Story 4: One-time CRISPR treatment could permanently lower cholesterol
Source: New Scientist
Story by Michael Le Page
Link: https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/one-time-crispr-treatment-could-permanently-lower-cholesterol/ar-AA1jUwqz
Also see: https://vervetx.gcs-web.com/news-releases/news-release-details/verve-therapeutics-announces-interim-data-verve-101
For more info, interviews, reviews, news, radio, podcasts, video, and more, check out ComputerAmerica.com!35 min - Wooden Satellites, Electric Boosted Trailers, 98.5% Autism Test Research w/ Ralph BondShow Notes December 1, 2023
Story 1 : NASA and Japan to launch world's 1st wooden satellite as soon as 2024
Source: LiveScience
Story by Ben Turner
Link: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/news/nasa-and-japan-to-launch-worlds-1st-wooden-satellite-as-soon-as-2024-why/ar-AA1jVIgA
Story 2: Micromotors purify wastewater and create green energy
Source: Interesting Engineering
Story by Loukia Papadopoulos
Link: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/micromotors-purify-wastewater-and-create-green-energy/ar-AA1keb8H
Story 3: How smart trailers could give trucking a clean, electrified boost
Source: Popular Science Story by Rob Verger
Link: https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/how-smart-trailers-could-give-trucking-a-clean-electrified-boost/ar-AA1jnnZM
Story 4: New AI system achieves 98.5% accuracy in autism diagnosis of children
Source: News Medical Life Sciences
Link: https://www.news-medical.net/news/20231121/New-AI-system-achieves-98525-accuracy-in-autism-diagnosis.aspx
For more info, interviews, reviews, news, radio, podcasts, video, and more, check out ComputerAmerica.com!42 min - Glowing Nuclear Potatoes, Carbon Capture Tech, Sleep Apnea Pill w/ Ralph BondShow Notes November 24, 2023
Story 1: Scientist Invents Potato That Could Warn Us About Nuclear Leaks
Source: Newsweek
Story by Aristo Georgiou
Link: https://www.newsweek.com/scientists-invent-potato-could-warn-nuclear-leaks-1845348
Story 2: United States Opens First Facility to Suck CO2 Out of the Air
Source: Futurism.com
Story by Noor Al-Sibai
Link: https://futurism.com/the-byte/us-direct-air-capture-facility
Story 3: AI chemist finds molecule to make oxygen on Mars after sifting through millions
Source: Space.com on MSN.com
Story by Charles Q. Choi
Link: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/ai-chemist-finds-molecule-to-make-oxygen-on-mars-after-sifting-through-millions/ar-AA1jSzJq
Source: A robot powered by artificial intelligence may be able to make oxygen on Mars, study finds – Story by Eric Lagatta
Link: https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/nation-now/2023/11/20/oxygen-on-mars-produced-from-water/71656675007/
Story 4: MIT tests new ingestible sensor that records your breathing through your intestines
Source: Engadget.com
Story by Malak Saleh
Link: https://www.engadget.com/mit-tests-new-ingestible-sensor-that-record-your-breathing-through-your-intestines-224823353.html
See also: https://news.mit.edu/2023/ingestible-electronic-device-detects-breathing-depression-patients-1117
See video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faqD5gosuXo
For more info, interviews, reviews, news, radio, podcasts, video, and more, check out ComputerAmerica.com!47 min - Neutrino Research, 'Vegan Spider Silk', $170,000 Flying Car w/ Ralph BondShow Notes November 17, 2023
Story 1: Researchers accidentally discover mind-blowing new technology to tackle plastic pollution: ‘It was a surprise’
Source: Yahoo News
Story by Leo Collis
Link: https://news.yahoo.com/researchers-accidentally-discover-mind-blowing-130000972.html
Story 2: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Researchers Search for 'Ghost Particles'
Source: PNNL website
Story by Steven Ashby
Link: https://www.pnnl.gov/news-media/pnnl-researchers-search-ghost-particles
Story 3: £160,000 [estimated price from $170,000] flying car you must build yourself sails through first flight
Source: UK's Metro Story by Dean Murray
Link: https://metro.co.uk/2023/11/10/gbp160-000-flying-car-build-sails-first-flight-19805724/
See video here: https://www.samsonsky.com/videos/
Story 4: Glasses Provide Audible Prompts for Blind Wearers
Source: MedGadget.com
Story by Conn Hastings
Link: https://www.medgadget.com/2023/11/glasses-provide-audible-prompts-for-blind-wearers.html
For more info, interviews, reviews, news, radio, podcasts, video, and more, check out ComputerAmerica.com!40 min - Project Silica, Hydrogen Fuel Cell Ships, Mini Particle Accelerator w/ Ralph BondShow Notes November 3, 2023
Story 1: Microsoft Project Silica: Glass Plates That Store Data for 10,000 Years
Source: ExtremeTech.com
Story by Ryan Whitwam
Link: https://www.extremetech.com/computing/microsoft-project-silica-glass-plates-that-store-data-for-10000-years
See video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rfEYd4NGQg
Story 2: ABB To Provide Hydrogen Fuel Cell Propulsion Systems for Container Ships
Source: CleanTechnica.com
Story by Steve Hanley
Link: https://cleantechnica.com/2023/09/21/abb-to-provide-hydrogen-fuel-cell-propulsion-systems-for-container-ships/
Story 3: World's smallest particle accelerator is 54 million times smaller than the Large Hadron Collider, and it works!
Source: Live Science
Story by Harry Baker
Link: https://www.livescience.com/physics-mathematics/particle-physics/worlds-smallest-particle-accelerator-is-54-million-times-smaller-than-the-large-hadron-collider-and-it-works
Story 4: Woman Becomes First Person to Be Fitted for Bionic Hand That Integrates Nervous and Skeletal Systems
Source: People Magazine
Story by Sandra Rose Salathe
Link: https://people.com/woman-becomes-first-person-to-receive-brain-controlled-bionic-hand-8356363
See video here: https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/health/woman-becomes-first-person-to-be-fitted-for-bionic-hand-that-integrates-nervous-and-skeletal-systemswoman-becomes-first-person-to-be-fitted-for-bionic-hand-that-integrates-nervous-and-skeletal-systems/vi-AA1ib00M?ocid=msedgdhp&t=38#41 min
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