Category: Show Notes
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Show Notes 29 July 2022 Story 1: Fully autonomous grocery store offers computerized “no-human-contact” checkout system Source: Intel Corporation Newsroom Link: https://intel.ly/3vvZpMj See video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6eoPkQ9s68 In February of this year a super high-tech grocery store in Fayetteville, Georgia called Nourish + Bloom started offering customers a fully autonomous checkout experience powered by computer and…
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Show Notes 22 July 2022 Story 1: James Webb telescope detected water, clouds, and haze on a giant planet more than a thousand light years away! Source: CNN Link: https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/12/world/gallery/james-webb-telescope-first-images-space/index.html Source: NASA Link: https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/news/1707/webb-reveals-steamy-atmosphere-of-distant-planet-in-detail/ Last week we talked a bit about the amazing James Webb telescope images. And I said what really blew my mind…
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Show Notes 15 July 2022 Story 1: Gene-edited rice could help tackle climate change Source: TheVerge.com Story by Justine Calma Link: https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/22/23178791/crispr-gene-editing-rice-soil-climate-change What if you could use gene-editing technology to boost the ability of rice [the world’s number one crop] to fight climate change as it grows? Recently researchers at the Innovative Genomics Institute in…
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Show Notes 8 July 2022 Story 1: The world’s largest hybrid ship will set sail in 2024 Source: Popular Science Story by Colleen Hagerty Link: https://www.popsci.com/technology/large-hybrid-ship-saint-mal French shipping company Brittany Ferries recently announced it has commissioned the world’s largest hybrid ship. The 639-foot ship named the Saint-Malo will be operational in 2024. It will be…
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Show Notes 1 July 2022 Story 1: Styrofoam-eating ‘super worm’ could help solve a huge worldwide garbage crisis Source: The Washington Post Story by Pransu Verma Link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/06/17/plastic-eating-superworm-garbage-crisis/ See video here: https://wapo.st/3N7avgq Recently scientists from the University of Queensland in Australia, showed that the larvae of the darkling beetle can survive solely on polystyrene, commonly…
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Both Segments: 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…
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Show Notes 24 June 2022 Story 1: GM and Lockheed Martin are developing electric moon rovers for commercial missions Source: Interestingengineering.com Story by Chris Young Link: https://interestingengineering.com/gm-and-lockheed-martin-electric-moon-rovers Source: Axios.com Story by Joann Muller Link: https://www.axios.com/2022/06/13/gm-lunar-rover-moon-driving See video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5869l2cKLZw General Motors and Lockheed Martin recently announced plans to produce a series of…
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Show Notes 17 June 2022 Story 1: World’s first ammonia-powered tractor with zero greenhouse gas emissions Source: Forbes Story by Alex Knapp Link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/alanohnsman/2022/06/04/ammonia-powered-tractors-why-cutting-air-pollution-boosts-crops-and-fords-big-ev-expansion/?sh=ec0cf6124905 Source: Amogy press release Link: https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/06/01/2454201/0/en/Amogy-Demonstrates-First-Ammonia-Powered-Zero-Emissions-Tractor.html See video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgXHbf_XpGw And here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D8u4oULeCE&t=6s Booklyn, New York-based Amogy recently demonstrated a John Deere tractor retrofitted with a system comprised of a standard…
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Show Notes 10 June 2022 Story 1: Scientists grow the first plants in moon dirt Source: ScienceNews.com Story by Maria Temming Link: https://tinyurl.com/bdvdnjc7 Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHrUw1sBm1U NASA’s upcoming plans to send astronauts back to the moon as part of its Artemis program has prompted a new effort to see if dirt brought back from the moon…