Category: Ralph Bond

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Show Notes 28 April 2023 Story 1: NASA Unveils Interior of Simulation Mars Habitat for Future Missions Source: ExtremeTech.com Story by Adrianna Nine Link: https://www.extremetech.com/aerospace/nasa-unveils-interior-of-simulation-mars-habitat-for-future-missions Source: https://www.nasa.gov/chapea/habitat See video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmjV6Grlo7s Story 2: ‘Big sponge’: new tech aims to extract CO2 from the Earth’s oceans to tackle global warming Source: Phys.org Story by Romain Fonsegrives…

Show Notes 21 April 2023 Story 1: Breakthrough discovery suggests gravity created light in the earliest days of the universe Source: BGR.com Story by Joshua Hawkins Link: https://bgr.com/science/breakthrough-discovery-suggests-gravity-can-create-light/ Story 2: World’s first commercially available smart gun featuring fingerprint unlocking  Source: Axios Story by Esteban L. Hernandez Link: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/worlds-first-smart-gun-featuring-fingerprint-unlocking-hits-the-market/ar-AA19Q7Fb Source: Gizmodo.com Story by Mack DeGeurin Link:…

Show Notes 14 April 2023 Story 1: New electric watercraft robot captures plastic and debris in rivers and lakes Source: Electrek.com Story by Peter Johnson Link: https://electrek.co/2023/03/30/wasteshark-is-an-electric-catamaran-that-eats-plastic-in-the-water/ See video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT4Qoe0B9tU&t=4s Story 2: Scientists have discovered that plants have voices Source: Popular Mechanics Story by Jackie Appel  Link: https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a43467924/plants-have-had-voices-this-whole-time/ Story 3: New Robotic hand can…