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  • Microsoft Word Turns 40, X Audio/Video Calls, Apple Pay w/ Popzara.com
    Popzara.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:


    Microsoft Word Turns 40

    https://insider.microsoft365.com/pt-br/blog/microsoft-word-turns-40


    Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is its "fastest-selling" PlayStation game - Says Sony

    https://www.axios.com/2023/10/23/marvels-spiderman-2-playstation-sales


    Apple Pay Later is available to everyone in the US

    https://www.engadget.com/apple-pay-later-is-available-to-everyone-in-the-us-174654047.html


    X is officially rolling out audio and video calls

    https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/25/23932371/x-audio-video-calls-elon-musk


    Microsoft CEO Admits Giving Up on Windows Phone Was One of the Most 'Difficult Decisions' He Made

    https://www.ign.com/articles/microsoft-ceo-admits-giving-up-on-windows-phone-was-one-of-the-most-difficult-decisions-he-made


    Misc.


    Movie Time! Podcast: Halloween 2023 Shlocktober

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    1 hr 6 min
  • Making Moon Roads, Solar Window Research, Junk Food Cure w/ Ralph Bond
    Show Notes 27 October 2023


    Story 1: Roads Can Be Built on the Moon, Laser Experiment Shows

    Source: Newsweek Story by Aristos Georgiou


    Link: https://www.newsweek.com/roads-built-moon-laser-experiment-shows-1834003


    Source: ScienceFocus.com Story by Noa Leach


    Link: https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/laser-moondust-lunar-roads

    Image source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/wild-experiment-shows-how-lasers-could-be-used-to-build-moon-roads/ar-AA1i6Jd8




    Story 2: These Solar Windows Are an Invisible Alternative to Solar Panels

    Source: CNET Story by Claire Reilly

    Link: https://www.cnet.com/science/these-solar-windows-are-an-invisible-alternative-to-solar-panels/


    Story 3: Raytheon Is Building a Revolutionary New Detonation Engine for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency [DARPA]


    Source: WonderfulEngineering.com

    Story by Shaheer Shahzad


    Link: https://wonderfulengineering.com/raytheon-is-building-a-revolutionary-new-detonation-engine-for-darpa/


    For details on what a rotating detonation engine is, check out this Wikipedia article.



    Story 4: Scientists Develop Drug That Prevents Weight Gain in Junk-Food-Eating Mice

    Source: ScienceAlert.com

    Story by Rebecca Dyer

    Link: https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-develop-drug-that-prevents-weight-gain-in-junk-food-eating-mice

    For more info, interviews, reviews, news, radio, podcasts, video, and more, check out ComputerAmerica.com!
    45 min
  • Solar Panel Upgrade Everyone Should Get!, Desalination Research, Air Taxi's w/ Ralph Bond
    Show Notes 13 October 2023

    Story 1: Desalination system could produce freshwater that is cheaper than tap water

    Source: MIT News

    Story by Jennifer Chu

    Link: https://news.mit.edu/2023/desalination-system-could-produce-freshwater-cheaper-0927


    Story 2: Scientists invent solar panel coating that lets them work in snowy weather - ‘Game-changing technology’ could significantly boost electricity generation during winter

    Source: UK's Independent

    Story by Anthony Cuthbertson

    Link: https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/solar-panels-snow-renewable-energy-weather-b2413535.html

    Source: Interesting Engineering Story by Shubhangi Dua

    Link: https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/passive-snow-removal-method-pvs



    Story 3: Joby Aircraft Becomes First Electric Air Taxi Delivered to the U.S. Air Force

    Source: Business Wire September 25, 2023, press announcement

    Link: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230925596439/en/

    See video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qVLQsz_YJc Start the video at the 12 second mark



    Story 4: Amazing Advance in Spinal Repair Allows Injured Mice to Walk Again

    Source: ScienceAlert.com

    Story by Rebecca Dyer

    Link: https://www.sciencealert.com/amazing-advance-in-spinal-repair-allows-injured-mice-to-walk-again

    Source: UCLAhealth.org

    Link: https://www.uclahealth.org/news/scientists-regenerate-neurons-restore-walking-mice-after See video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtPcWBXjOgk

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    42 min
  • iPhone 15 Pro, Elon Musk Biography, Windows 11 Update w/ Popzara
    Popzara.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: Google Podcasts to shut down in 2024 with listeners migrated to YouTube Music | TechCrunch

    Historian Chris Kohler Talks The Making of Karateka and Preserving Games History | Popzara Podcast

    The iPhone 15 Pro version of the Resident Evil 4 remake will cost $60 - The Verge

    Google's 25th Birthday: Google Doodle Marks Search Engine's Legacy

    Elon Musk | Book by Walter Isaacson | Official Publisher Page | Simon & Schuster

    Tinder snobs can now pay $499 per month to be matched with the ‘most sought after’ profiles | TechCrunch

    A huge Windows 11 update just dropped. 5 cool features your PC will get | Mashable

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    1 hr 27 min
  • Smart Clothing, Mushroom Construction, Recycling Human Energy w/ Ralph Bond
    Show Notes 6 October 2023

    Story 1: Smart ePants - US Intelligence to spend $22 million on smart electrically powered and networked textile systems

    Source: IARPA website

    Link: https://www.iarpa.gov/research-programs/smart-epants

    See also: ExtremeTech.com Story by Adrianna Nine

    Link: https://www.extremetech.com/defense/us-intelligence-to-spend-22-million-on-surveillance-underwear

    See video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJWRpAEife8



    Story 2: Scientists knit futuristic eco-building designs using fungal networks

    Source: Frontiers Science News Story by Angharad Brewer Gillham

    Link: https://blog.frontiersin.org/2023/07/14/scientists-knit-futuristic-eco-building-designs-using-fungal-networks/



    Story 3: Humans as batteries: future smart devices could use our bodies as a power source

    Source: The Science Times Story by Conelisa N. Habilla

    Link: https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/45340/20230810/humans-batteries-future-smart-devices-use-bodies-power-source.htm



    Story 4: Aggressive cancer cells transformed into healthy muscle cells!

    Source: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory article

    Link: https://www.cshl.edu/once-rhabdomyosarcoma-now-muscle/

    Source: ScienceAlert.com

    Story by Michelle Starr

    Link: https://www.sciencealert.com/aggressive-cancer-cells-transformed-into-healthy-cells-in-breakthrough


    For more info, interviews, reviews, news, radio, podcasts, video, and more, check out ComputerAmerica.com!
    50 min
  • AI Robotic Manipulation, NASA Air Quality Sensors, Recapturing Wind w/ Ralph Bond
    Show Notes 8 September 2023


    Story 1: NASA revealed on August 24 the first Images of U.S. air quality and pollution generated by its pioneering air pollution sensor

    Source: WonderfulEngineering.com

    Story by Jannat Un Nisa

    Link: https://wonderfulengineering.com/nasa-has-revealed-the-first-images-of-u-s-air-quality-and-pollution/

    See NASA's August 24 announcement: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-shares-first-images-from-us-pollution-monitoring-instrument

    Be sure to click on the video. And here is the link to the TEMPO site: https://tempo.si.edu/


    Story 2: AI helps robots manipulate objects with their whole bodies

    Source: MIT News

    Story by Adam Zewe

    Link: https://news.mit.edu/2023/ai-technique-robots-manipulate-objects-whole-bodies-0824

    See video embedded in the article.


    Story 3: Dallas-based JetWind Power Corp. wants to install turbines at airports to collect the powerful wind from jet engines


    Source: The Dallas Morning News Story by Kyle Arnold


    Link: https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/airport-devises-genius-new-method-for-powering-itself-with-energy-from-airplane-takeoffs/ar-AA1fW5Rw


    See also JetWind Power Corp home page: http://www.jetwindpower.com/


    And an in-depth presentation video here: https://vimeo.com/252579790



    Story 4: 3D Printed heart muscle beats - The ink helps heart muscle cells align so that they can contract in coordination

    Source: Medgadget.com

    Story by Conn Hastings

    Link: https://www.medgadget.com/2023/08/3d-printed-heart-muscle-beats.html


    See also a feature from the Harvard researchers:

    https://seas.harvard.edu/news/2023/07/fiber-infused-ink-enables-3d-printed-heart-muscle-beat
    39 min
  • Barbie Breaks Box-Office, E-Ink Phone, Nintendo Gossip w/ Popzara.com
    Popzara.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:https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/29/23850431/youtube-content-violation-class-warning-removal

    https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/paperlike-color-world-first-color-e-ink-monitor/coming_soon

    https://www.engadget.com/tcls-new-budget-phones-are-the-first-to-feature-nxtpaper-displays-143027711.html

    https://www.polygon.com/23633001/nintendo-switch-2-release-date-2024-backward-compatibility

    https://gamerant.com/best-selling-nintendo-switch-games-list/

    https://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendo-switch-just-passed-wiis-lifetime-sales-in-the-us-closing-in-on-xbox-360/1100-6517246/

    https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/10/23827253/quake-ii-remaster-price-release-date-features

    https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/08/starfield-leaker-arrested-for-felony-theft-after-attempting-to-sell-early-copies/

    https://variety.com/2023/film/news/box-office-battle-barbie-gran-turismo-feud-over-first-place-finish-1235706049/For more info, interviews, reviews, news, radio, podcasts, video, and more, check out ComputerAmerica.com!
    1 hr 18 min
  • Concrete Coffee Concoction, Hypersonic Travel, AI Medical News w/ Ralph Bond
    Show Notes 1 September 2023

    Story 1: Scientists strengthen concrete by 30 percent with used coffee grounds

    Source: Engadget.com

    Story by Andrew Tarantola

    Link: https://www.engadget.com/scientists-strengthen-concrete-by-30-percent-with-used-coffee-grounds-221643441.html

    Additional source: https://www.rmit.edu.au/news/all-news/2023/aug/coffee-concrete



    Story 2: NASA moves forward with plans for supersonic planes that could fly from New York to London in 1.5 hours

    Source: Business Insider

    Story by Marianne Guenot

    Link: https://www.businessinsider.com/nasa-plan-supersonic-plane-fly-london-nyc-under-2-hours-2023-8





    Story 3: New paint gives extra insulation, saving on energy, costs, and carbon emissions


    Source: Newsweek

    Story by Robyn White


    Link: https://www.newsweek.com/scientists-invent-paint-energy-bills-1820162


    Stanford University announcement: https://news.stanford.edu/press-releases/2023/08/14/paint-keeps-heatr-outside-summer/



    Story 4: A.I. Helps Paralyzed Woman Speak for First Time in 18 Years

    Source: Newsweek Story by Aristos Georgiou

    Link: https://www.newsweek.com/artificial-intelligence-helps-paralyzed-woman-speak-first-time-18-years-1822552


    See video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTZ2N-HJbwA




    Honorable Mentions:


    Revolutionary flying car that will cost $789,000 just started test flights


    Source: Business Insider

    Story by Tim Levin
    Link: https://www.businessinsider.com/flying-car-faa-test-flights-aska-a5-photos-2023-8




    UN report: Wastewater is a hidden solution to the climate crisis


    Source: Earth post on MSN Story by Chrissy Sexton


    Link: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/un-report-wastewater-is-a-hidden-solution-to-the-climate-crisis/ar-AA1fQWeE

    Wastewater has been identified as a potential climate and nature solution, despite its growing threat to health and the environment, according to a recent report from the UN Environment Program (UNEP) and GRID-Arendal.



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    42 min
  • Chromium In Solar Panels, Artificial Leaves, Regrow Teeth w/ Ralph Bond
    Show Notes 25 August 2023

    Story 1: The same metal found on hot rods and Harleys could revolutionize solar panels - Chromium is showing immense promise as a cheap, plentiful alternative to metals used in smartphone screens and solar cells.

    Source: Popular Science

    Story by Andrew Paul

    Link: https://www.popsci.com/technology/chromium-solar-panel-metal/


    Story 2: Borrowing a page from plants, engineers create solar “leaves” that produce electricity and clean water

    Source: Anthropocene Magazine

    Story by Prachi Patel

    Link: https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2023/08/these-solar-leaves-produce-electricity-and-clean-water/#:~:text=Chemical%20engineer%20Gan%20Huang%20and%20colleagues%20made%20a,and%20osmotic%20pressure%20drive%20the%20flow%20of%20water


    A new bio-inspired solar leaf design with increased harvesting efficiency


    Source: Imperial College London

    Story by Bryony Ravate
    Link: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/246833/bio-inspired-solar-leaf-design-with-increased/



    Story 3: These high-tech tiles generate energy from our footsteps – and they could change how we power our cities


    Source: The Cool Down

    Story buy Becca Inglis


    Link: https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/pavegen-tiles-walk-kinetic-energy-step/



    Story 4: Scientists just made intriguing progress toward regenerating human teeth

    Source: Futurism

    Story by Victor Tangermann

    Link: https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/scientists-just-made-intriguing-progress-toward-regenerating-human-teeth/ar-AA1fsqU3

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    43 min
  • 5th Force of Nature, Hydrogen Powered Planes, Research to Cure Blindness w/ Ralph Bond
    Show Notes 18 August 2023

    Story 1: Scientists at Fermilab close in on fifth force of nature

    Source: BBC News

    Story by Pallab Ghosh Link: https://news.yahoo.com/scientists-fermilab-close-fifth-force-153105864.html

    Also see: A weirdly wobbly 'muon' particle might revolutionize physics by revealing a 5th force of nature or another dimension.

    Source: Business Insider

    Story by Sonam Sheth and Jessica Orwig

    Link: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/a-weirdly-wobbly-muon-particle-might-revolutionize-physics-by-revealing-a-5th-force-of-nature-or-another-dimension/ar-AA1fhlsh


    Story 2: Freight truck maker Nikola now offering electric and hydrogen fuel cell-powered big rigs – key trend to watch “green trucking”

    Source: EV Pulse

    Story by Craig Cole

    Link: https://www.evpulse.com/features/video-needed-nikolas-electric-and-hydrogen-fuel-cell-powered-big-rigs-put-diesel-to-shame

    See video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYdZVwQj8rM


    Story 3: Key trend to monitor - Hydrogen-powered flight is closer to takeoff than ever


    Source: Popular Science

    Story by Andrew Paul


    Link: https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/hydrogen-powered-flight-is-closer-to-takeoff-than-ever/ar-AA1eKJYG



    Story 4: UK Scientists Regrow Retinal Cells in The Lab Using Nanotechnology

    Source: ScienceAlert.com

    Story by Tessa Koumoundouros

    Link: https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-regrow-retinal-cells-in-the-lab-using-nanotechnology

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    47 min

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