Author: Ben Crossman
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Show Notes 30 June 2023 Story 1: Solar-powered fuel cell recycles plastic waste and carbon dioxide Source: New Scientist Story by Chen Ly Link: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2378863-solar-powered-fuel-cell-recycles-plastic-waste-and-carbon-dioxide/ Story 2: A Danish Artist Has Debuted an AI ‘Camera’ That Generates Images Using Your Geolocation Data Source: News.artnet.com Story by Adam Schrader Link: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/bjorn-karmann-ai-camera-paragraphica-2313584 See video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zug3eXYapP8 and…
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Show Notes 16 June 2023 Story 1: First Fully 3D-Printed Jet Engine Showcases Designing for Additive Manufacturing Breakthrough Source: Forbes Story by Carolyn Schwaar Link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolynschwaar/2023/06/08/this-3d-printed-microturbine-engine-is-designed-to-do-more-than-fly See also: https://www.ptc.com/en/blogs/corporate/first-fully-3d-printed-jet-engine-additive-manufacturing-breakthrough Story 2: Potential Game-changer: In a Hillsboro, Oregon lab, Intel is immersing data center computers in fluids that dissipate heat more effectively than air cooling Source:…
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Show Notes 9 June 2023 Story 1: Japan aims to beam solar power from space by 2025 Source: yahoo!finance Story by Anthony Cuthbertson Link: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/japan-aims-beam-solar-power-151851436.html See video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ri3DSTrPCQ8 Story 2: Two efforts in the US to capture solar energy in space and transmit to Earth First up: Scientists at Caltech claim they’re the first…
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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,…
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Show Notes 2 June 2023 Story 1: A new material creates clean electricity from the air around it Source: Popular Science Story by Andrew Paul Link: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/a-new-material-creates-clean-electricity-from-the-air-around-it/ar-AA1bDX45?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=ENTPSP&cvid=47007fbadd95456abfd295903406b936&ei=12 Story 2: New AI Model Aims to Plug Key Gap in Cybersecurity Readiness Source: PNNL News Press Release by Tom Rickey Link: https://tinyurl.com/5mrpnrak Story 3: Research team creates…
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Show Notes 26 May 2023 Story 1: Solar panel efficiency to increase 50% with first production of ‘miracle’ tandem cells – Key trend to watch: using perovskite for solar panels Source: Yahoo! News Story by Anthony Cuthberston Link: https://news.yahoo.com/solar-panel-efficiency-increase-50-170539591.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall Story 2: First-of-its-kind mission makes major discovery about the unknown depths of our oceans Source: The…
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Show Notes 19 May 2023 This week it’s all about four medical miracles! Story 1: Tiny robot injected in the skull spreads its tentacles to monitor the brain Source: NewScientist Story by Jeremy Hsu Link: https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/-news/robot-injected-in-the-skull-spreads-its-tentacles-to-monitor-the-brain/ar-AA1b1fsy?ocid=sapphireappshare Story 2: Chemotherapy drug reaches brain in humans for the first time Source: Northwestern Now Story by Marla Paul…
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Show Notes 12 May 2023 Story 1: New AI system can translate a person’s brain activity into a continuous stream of text Source: PsyPost.org Story by Christina Maher Link: https://www.psypost.org/2023/05/mind-reading-new-ai-system-can-translate-a-persons-brain-activity-into-a-continuous-stream-of-text-80255 Story 2: SETI Institute has joined forces with VLA to expand the search for aliens Source: EarthSky.org Story by Paul Scott Anderson Link: https://earthsky.org/space/seti-very-larger-array-cosmic/ Story…
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Show Notes 5 May 2023 Story 1: New Color-Changing Coating Could Both Heat and Cool Buildings Source: Scientific American Story by Allison Parshall Link: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-color-changing-coating-could-both-heat-and-cool-buildings/ Link 2: https://www.dezeen.com/2023/02/14/colour-changing-facade-material-university-of-chicago/ Link 3: https://techxplore.com/news/2023-01-temperature-sensing-material-energy.html Side note: an ion is an atom or molecule with a net electric charge due to the loss or gain of one or more…