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Show 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…

Show 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…

Show 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 ***Check out the article for…

Show Notes November 10, 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…

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:…

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 First things first – where this research is coming from: ABOUT IARPA –…

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…