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Show Notes 25 April 2025 Story 1: Scientists turn gunshot residue into glowing semiconductors to crack shooting cases – This game-changing forensic tech is already being used by Amsterdam police to gather evidence. Source: Interesting Engineering Story by Aamir Khollam Link: https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/forensic-tech-makes-gun-residue-glow See research paper here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0379073825000532 Story 2: Lab-grown chicken nuggets have been cooked…
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Show Notes 18 April 2025 Story 1: Kawasaki unveils hydrogen-powered robotic horse that you can ride Source: Robotics & Automation News Story by David Edwards Link: https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2025/04/06/kawasaki-unveils-hydrogen-powered-robotic-horse-that-you-can-ride/89601/ See video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQDhzbTz-9k&t=1s Story 2: Light-based computers are getting close to a commercial launch Source: New Scientist Story by Matthew Sparkes Link: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2475302-light-based-computers-are-getting-close-to-a-commercial-launch/ Story 3:…
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Show Notes 11 April 2025 Story 1: A flexible robot can help emergency responders search through rubble Source: MIT News Story by Haley Wahl Link: https://news.mit.edu/2025/sprout-flexible-robot-help-emergency-responders-search-rubble-0402 See video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaMCTH4qZTE Story 2: Charging electric vehicles 5x faster in subfreezing temps Source: University of Michigan News Link: https://news.umich.edu/charging-electric-vehicles-5x-faster-in-subfreezing-temps/ Story 3: Early Study Shows Promise for Eye-Surgery…
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Show Notes 4 April 2025 Story 1: These smart contact lens prototypes could convince future me to ditch my glasses thanks to wireless power transfer and eye health biosensing Source: TechRadar.com Story by Stephen Warwick Link: https://www.techradar.com/health-fitness/these-smart-contact-lens-prototypes-could-convince-future-me-to-ditch-my-glasses-thanks-to-wireless-power-transfer-and-eye-health-biosensing See also: https://xpanceo.com/ Story 2: Wearable ring translates sign language into text – SpellRing is trained on 20,000…
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Show Notes 28 March 2025 Story 1: Ultra-Accurate Optical Atomic Clocks Could Enable True Self-Driving Cars Source: TopSpeed.com Story by Craig Cole Link: https://www.topspeed.com/ultra-accurate-optical-atomic-clocks-could-enable-true-self-driving-cars/ See Chalmers University of Technology news article here: https://www.chalmers.se/en/current/news/mc2-microcomb-chips-help-pave-the-way-for-thousand-times-more-accurate-gps-systems/ Story 2: This is the first quantum computer you can actually buy (and use, and power): Equal1’s Bell-1 uses a standard power…
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Show Notes 21 March 2025 Story 1: Lithium needed for the battery revolution could be harvested from salt-lake brines or geothermal brine solutions Source: Imperial College announcement by Ian Mundell Link: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/261774/lithium-needed-battery-revolution-could-harvested/ See also: https://techxplore.com/news/2025-03-lithium-battery-revolution-harvested-saltwater.html See research paper here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s44221-025-00398-8 Salt lake brines and ocean seawater differ significantly in composition, origin, and environmental context: Story…
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Show Notes 14 March 2025 Story 1: No Fiber Needed: New Chip Uses Light to Beam 10Gig Speeds Through the Air – Taara, a moonshot project under Google’s parent Alphabet, can now beam internet through the air using a photonic chip about the size of a fingernail. Source: PC Magazine Story by Michael Kan Link:…
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Show Notes 7 March 2025 Story 1: US team creates ‘holey’ battery with 180-degree flexibility for wearables Source: InterestingEngineering.com Story by Christopher McFadden Link: https://interestingengineering.com/energy/holey-battery-for-wearables See also: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/unique-hole-type-and-placement-makes-a-wearable-battery-more-bendable-and-breathable/ar-AA1xZSPf Story 2: Stretchable, flexible, recyclable. This plastic is fantastic Source: Princeton Engineering Story by John Sullivan Link: https://engineering.princeton.edu/news/2024/12/12/stretchable-flexible-recyclable-plastic-fantastic See research paper here: https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/adfm.202411812 Story 3: NASA’s…