TEAtime

Join us in a tea-infused conversation about the latest sustainability and tech news.  This week we discuss the subject of meditation, Craig has been doing it for a year now and he shares his lessons learnt.

NEWS:

Scientists have created new living robots that have memory and are able to assemble themselves

Fletchers Waste unveils ‘inflatable skip’

Four-day working week UK poll: Should Britain adopt a 4-day work week?

UK is spending £3B to completely overhaul its bus system

Google Maps will soon suggest ‘eco-friendly routes’ by default

A wireless brain-computer interface has been successfully tested on humans for the first time

Facebook’s massive 533M record leak

https://haveibeenpwned.com/

Robot guide dog could help people who are blind navigate

Scientists produce biodegradable plastic made from fish waste

Britain’s electricity system recorded its greenest ever day over the Easter bank holiday

The UK is not following the EU's hydrogen path

SpaceX's SN15 due to fly on Monday 12th April

Cleevely EV offering upgrades to the humble Nissan Leaf

LINKS:

https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/self-help/tips-and-support/mindfulness/

https://www.helpguide.org/harvard/benefits-of-mindfulness.htm

https://wakingup.com/

Join us in a tea-infused conversation about the latest sustainability and tech news.  This week we discuss the subject of micro-generation and whether it has the potential to enable Ross' dream of living on a fully electric narrowboat.

NEWS:

Tesla Model 3 excluded as electric car grant to be cut to £2,500

Elon Musk's Starlink in talks with UK to solve broadband problems

If SpaceX SN11 blows up in the fog, did it really happen?

Tokamak Energy, a fast growing UK company has unveiled pictures of its newly upgraded spherical tokamak

Virgin Galactic unveils the new SpaceShip III, the “Imagine”.

NASA’s Mars Helicopter

China's New Digital Currency Is Easy to Use but You'll Be Watched

UK Tax changes of note

Scientists will test the world’s first nuclear fusion reactor this summer

Should we all wear sensors to avoid being run over by driverless cars?

You can now buy a Tesla with a single Bitcoin (tweet)

Scottish-based space companies secure £8.5 million to bring pioneering launch technologies to market

VW and oilmonger BP pledge to bring 18,000 ultra fast EV chargers to Europe

The European Space Agency is developing an autonomous robot to explore the Moon’s caves

World's first "green Bitcoin" to be created as UK cryptocurrency firm strikes deal

UK government scraps green homes grant after six months

PayPal to bring cryptocurrency checkout service to millions of merchants worldwide

Wooden floors rotted by fungi generate electricity when walked on

Join us in a tea-infused conversation about the latest sustainability and tech news.  This week we discuss the secret lives of trees.

LINKS:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hidden-Life-Trees-International-Communicate/dp/0008218439/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/this-massive-ancient-forest-is-actually-the-worlds-largest-living-thing-by-mass/2016/08/01/dc4056d2-54f5-11e6-88eb-7dda4e2f2aec_story.html

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23230971-500-trees-life-in-the-slow-lane/

https://indianapublicmedia.org/amomentofscience/trees-know-when-somethings-eating-them.php

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/07/190725150952.htm

NEWS:

The British engineers creating robots that ‘breed’

Old Nissan Leaf batteries are now powering the robots that used to make them

Spain to launch trial of four-day working week

India to ban ownership of cryptocurrencies

UK Government To Spend £20 Million Funding 'Electric Vehicle Innovations'

First Minister announces creation of woodlands to commemorate those who died from Covid-19

3 new species found growing aboard the International Space Station

A bladeless wind turbine, that looks like a tall vibrating pole

Elon Musk's EV adoption proposal to the UK government

New Covid-craze of growing homemade- mushrooms

Join us in a tea-infused conversation about the latest sustainability and tech news.  This week we discuss the secret lives of trees.

LINKS:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hidden-Life-Trees-International-Communicate/dp/0008218439/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/this-massive-ancient-forest-is-actually-the-worlds-largest-living-thing-by-mass/2016/08/01/dc4056d2-54f5-11e6-88eb-7dda4e2f2aec_story.html

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23230971-500-trees-life-in-the-slow-lane/

https://indianapublicmedia.org/amomentofscience/trees-know-when-somethings-eating-them.php

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/07/190725150952.htm

NEWS:

The British engineers creating robots that ‘breed’

Old Nissan Leaf batteries are now powering the robots that used to make them

Spain to launch trial of four-day working week

India to ban ownership of cryptocurrencies

UK Government To Spend £20 Million Funding 'Electric Vehicle Innovations'

First Minister announces creation of woodlands to commemorate those who died from Covid-19

3 new species found growing aboard the International Space Station

A bladeless wind turbine, that looks like a tall vibrating pole

Elon Musk's EV adoption proposal to the UK government

New Covid-craze of growing homemade- mushrooms

Join us in a tea-infused conversation about the latest sustainability and tech news.  This week we discuss the recent stock market crash.

NEWS:

SpaceX’s Starship SN10 landed.... and then exploded

Quantum trick gives machine learning a speed boost.

Tesco begins roll out of 'soft plastic' recycling points for customers to return old packaging

West Midlands is going to reward people for not using their cars

Amazon to open UK grocery store that won't have any tills

Rishi Sunak poised to agree 'Amazon tax' after talks with US

New rules for household appliances to help cut 1.5m tonnes of UK electrical waste each year

Málaga launches Europe’s first driverless electric bus

Uber for Rubbish: Recyclesmart Will Collect Your E-Waste, Batteries, Soft Plastics and Other Hard-to-Recycle Waste For Just $2 a Bag

Join us in a tea-infused conversation about the latest sustainability and tech news.  This week we discuss what our world would be like if machines take over all of our jobs.

LINKS:

https://www.medgadget.com/2019/03/naotrac-the-first-autopilot-surgical-robot-for-brain-surgery.html

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/meet-ai-da-the-robot-artist-who-is-making-an-exhibition-of-herself-hxhcdsm0j

https://www.history.com/news/who-were-the-luddites

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tonybradley/2017/07/31/facebook-ai-creates-its-own-language-in-creepy-preview-of-our-potential-future/?sh=d3062b2292c0

https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2021-02-08/social-robots-toys-help-kids-battle-disease-and-anxiety

https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/company-aims-to-produce-thousands-of-humanoid-robots-in-2021/5752308.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3641468/Pepper-robot-finds-job-healthcare-friendly-droid-trialled-two-hospitals-Belgium.html

NEWS:

Aldi has announced it will scrap plastic packaging from its entire egg range

British company makes biodegradable and recyclable plastic in world first

Scientists built a robot that can hear through a dead locust’s ear

Volvo pledges to go ‘all-electric by 2030,’ following other manufacturers

Rishi’s spring budget

Arrival has unveiled its new electric van

Elon Musk has also proposed a new name for Boca Chica

Rumours about Somerset Gigafactory return

Blue Houses

Join us in a tea-infused conversation about the latest sustainability and tech news.  

This week we discuss space travel, the progress of SpaceX, Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic and NASA's recent landing of Perseverance and what all of this means for society.

SPACE TRAVEL:

Falcon 9 Landing in 2015

Double Falcon Booster landing

Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo

NEWS:

Big push towards hydrogen produced by off-shore wind

Boris Johnson plans to build a tunnel between Northern Ireland and Scotland

Honda patents electric bike with a drone in the back

Jaguar goes all electric as Britain’s answer to Tesla

Ford invests $1B to go all-electric by 2030 in Europe

Amazon is developing its own 'digital currency' project

Russia could become first country to make entire currency DIGITAL as cryptocurrency booms

Stretchy bands generate electricity from body heat to power gadgets

Scotland’s free EV chargers make the rest of the UK look stingy

EVs will get hit by new taxes, and I’m not sure what we can do about it

What the UK’s ruling against Uber means for the gig economy

Elon Musk is on his way to Mars, one explosion at a time

Join us in a tea-infused conversation about the latest sustainability and tech news.  This week we discuss sleep and how you can improve yours.

SLEEP:

https://www.ft.com/content/e6ccdcac-133d-11e9-a581-4ff78404524e

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Why-We-Sleep-Science-Dreams/dp/0141983760

NEWS:

Australian researchers say used face masks could be recycled to make roads

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/feb/04/australian-researchers-say-used-face-masks-could-be-recycled-to-make-roads

Rishi Sunak 'considering Amazon tax' to claw back pandemic borrowing from online retailers who profited

https://news.sky.com/story/rishi-sunak-considering-amazon-tax-to-claw-back-pandemic-borrowing-from-online-retailers-who-profited-12211857

Bitcoin Surges as Tesla Confirms It Bought $1.5 Billion to Diversify Reserves

https://uk.investing.com/news/cryptocurrency-news/bitcoin-surges-as-tesla-confirms-it-bought-15-billion-to-diversify-reserves-2296951

China plans to hand out $1.5 million in a digital currency test during the Lunar New Year

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/08/china-to-hand-out-1point5-million-in-lunar-new-year-digital-currency-test.html

An unleashed Jeff Bezos will seek to shift space venture Blue Origin into hyperdrive

https://www.reuters.com/article/space-exploration-bezos/focus-an-unleashed-jeff-bezos-will-seek-to-shift-space-venture-blue-origin-into-hyperdrive-idUSL1N2K908X

New hydrogen-flavored can of Campbell’s condensed soup could be the future of clean hydrogen.

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a35410999/clean-hydrogen-goop-powerpaste/

Tensions rise as the race to Mars gets more interesting.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/feb/07/tensions-rise-as-rival-mars-probes-approach-their-final-destination

UK hills could be used as energy 'batteries'

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/feb/08/powering-up-uk-hills-could-be-used-as-energy-batteries

Rivian to have a $50 billion IPO

https://electrek.co/2021/02/10/electric-pickup-truck-maker-rivian-aims-50-billion-ipo/

Join us in a tea-infused conversation about the latest sustainability news and we discuss neuralink, how humans may become superpowered cyborgs and we question where Bezos is going next.

Sensory Addition:

https://www.ted.com/talks/david_eagleman_can_we_create_new_senses_for_humans?language=en#t-732428

Neuralink's Pigs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-vbh3t7WVI

News:

The Boston Dynamics dog shows off it's new limb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zbhvaac68Y

SpaceX Starship SN9 does another epic flight followed by another crash and burn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zZ7fIkpBgs

MIT’s new ‘liquid’ neural network learns on the job — so robots can adapt to changing conditions

https://thenextweb.com/neural/2021/01/29/mits-new-liquid-neural-network-learns-on-the-job-so-robots-can-adapt-to-changing-conditions/

UK installs 4,000th EV rapid charger

https://thenextweb.com/shift/2021/02/01/uk-installs-4000th-ev-rapid-charger-just-getting-started-zap-map/

Jeff Bezos to resign as chief executive of Amazon

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/feb/02/jeff-bezos-amazon-ceo-resigns-steps-down

Elon Musk reveals monkey can mind-control video games.

https://www.inverse.com/innovation/neuralink-monkey-video-games

Join us in a tea-infused conversation about the latest sustainability news and we discuss becoming superhuman and the potential path to living until your 180 years old.

TOPIC:

Dave Asprey - https://daveasprey.com/

TICKERS:

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NEWS:

What Is IPFS and Why Does It Matter in Brave's Web Browser?

https://lifehacker.com/what-is-ipfs-and-why-does-it-matter-in-braves-web-brows-1846103479

New AI system counts endangered elephants from space

https://thenextweb.com/neural/2021/01/20/new-ai-system-counts-endangered-elephants-from-space/

'UK ARPA' to launch as soon as possible despite Dominic Cummings exit

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2265132-uk-arpa-to-launch-as-soon-as-possible-despite-dominic-cummings-exit/

Elon Musk says he will give $100 million to whoever creates the best carbon-capture technology

https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-100-million-prize-carbon-capture-technology-contest-2021-1

Hyundai’s ultra-fast new EV charge station used to pump gas

https://thenextweb.com/shift/2021/01/21/hyuandai-converts-old-gas-station-ev-rapid-chargers-seoul/

Shell buys UK’s largest electric vehicle charging network

https://www.ft.com/content/8e69d4da-00d2-4ada-96f0-b5dc5c7ca40a

It’s happening! World’s biggest diesel factory pivots to electric motors

https://thenextweb.com/shift/2021/01/26/its-happening-worlds-biggest-diesel-factory-pivots-to-electric-motors/

Charge it up: New Maps features for electric vehicles

https://blog.google/products/maps/charge-it-new-maps-features-electric-vehicles/amp/

Blow to Clean Hydrogen sector as major truck maker rules out H2 for long distance transport

https://www.rechargenews.com/transition/blow-to-clean-hydrogen-sector-as-major-truck-maker-rules-out-h2-for-long-distance-transport/2-1-951345

Government Delays the Environment Bill (again) and they’re blaming Covid

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/26/fury-as-long-awaited-uk-environment-bill-is-delayed-for-the-third-time

Crispr like tool could edit your proteins

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2265791-crispr-like-tool-for-rna-editing-could-temporarily-alter-your-proteins/