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Show NotesStory 1: First map of nerve circuitry in bone helps physicians identify key signals for bone repairRobert EganMedicalXpress.com https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-01-nerve-circuitry-bone-physicians-key.html https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adr9608 Story 2: Spinach-Based Eye Drops Could Help Treat a Common Eye ConditionDavid NieldScienceAlert.com https://www.sciencealert.com/s...

Show NotesFox Buying Roku: A Cage Match for the TV Home ScreenBy Rob EnderleTechNewsWorld https://www.technewsworld.com/story/fox-buying-roku-a-cage-match-for-the-tv-home-screen-180403.html Sony Will Stop Making Disc-Based PlayStation Games Starting 2028By Igor BonifacicEngadget https://www.engadget.com/2205792/sony-will-stop-making-disc-based-playstation-games-starting-2028 Brands Share Playful R...

Show Notes 3 July 2026Story 1: IBM Unveils the World’s First Sub-1-Nanometer Chip TechnologyStory by Allen LeeSource: TechTimes.comLink: https://www.techtimes.com/articles/319060/20260625/ibm-unveils-worlds-first-sub-1-nanometer-chip-technology.htm Link: https://newsroom.ibm.com/2026-06-25-ibm-debuts-worlds-first-sub-1-nanometer-chip-technology?utm_source=chatgpt.com Story 2: University licenses b...

Show Notes 26 June 2026 World’s Most Powerful Tidal Turbine ‘Orbital O2’ Begins Operations Off Scotland’s Orkney IslandsMI News NetworkMarineInsight.com https://www.marineinsight.com/worlds-most-powerful-tidal-turbine-orbital-o2-begins-operations-off-scotlands-orkney-islands/ https://www.orbitalmarine.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSM3WukK_cg Helion secures world’s first regulatory licenses...

Show Notes Story 1: A new frontier for marine robot communication: University of Florida scientists develop BlueMEDave SchlenkerUniversity of Florida https://www.eng.ufl.edu/news/research-innovation/a-new-frontier-for-marine-robot-communication-uf-scientists-develop-blueme/?utm_source=chatgpt.com https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11506063 Story 2: Scientists bred a fast-growing kelp that could...

Show NotesStudent-Built Car Hits 2,145 MPG And Beats Every Production VehicleRex SanchezAutoBlog.com https://www.autoblog.com/news/student-built-car-hits-2145-mpg-and-beats-every-production-vehicle See YouTube video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tz84xF6tn-M Bacteria Live in Fog Droplets and Clear Toxins from Earth’s AirKeith CowingAstrobiology.com https://astrobiology.com/2026/05/bacteria-...

Computer America Stories 06/5/2026  Happy First Birthday, Switch 2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Switch_2 Nvidia’s RTX Spark Silicon Brings Supercomputer Ambitions to Consumer Laptops  https://www.pcmag.com/news/nvidia-rtx-spark-in-consumer-laptops-computex-2026 Steam Machine and Steam Frame are coming 'this summer'  https://www.engadget.com/2187938/steam-machine-and-steam-frame-are-comin...

Show Notes 5 June 2026 Researchers built a switch 1,000 times faster than today's AI chips, and it barely generates any heat - University of Tokyo's antiferromagnetic spintronic switch operates at picosecond speedsKishalaya KunduTechSpot.com https://www.techspot.com/news/112430-researchers-built-switch-1000-times-faster-than-today.html https://www.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/press/11143/?utm_source=chatgpt...

Show Notes 29 May 2026 This see-through smart ring translates sign language and almost works like magicRachit AgarwalDigital Trends https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/this-see-through-smart-ring-translates-sign-language-and-almost-works-like-magic/ A Wireless Ring-Type Device for Sign Language TranslationScience Advances https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aec8995 This thumb ring trans...

Show Notes 3D-printed brain sensors may unlock personalized neural monitoring Ty Tkacik Penn State website https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/3d-printed-brain-sensors-may-unlock-personalized-neural-monitoring Researchers use ultrasound to create light inside the body Stanford University Report https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2026/04/researchers-use-ultrasound-to-create-light-inside-the-body...

Show Notes 8 May 2026 This 'gas battery' turns CO2 and NOx pollution into electricitySungkyunkwan UniversityTechXplore.com https://techxplore.com/news/2026-04-gas-battery-pollution-electricity-air.html https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2026/ee/d5ee06789h Humanoid robot takes first steps on construction siteMark GloverConstruction Management https://constructionmanagement.co.uk/humanoi...

Show Notes 1 May 2026New Self-Healing Material Could Extend Life of Planes, Cars by Centuries Soo Kim Newsweek https://www.newsweek.com/self-healing-material-could-extend-life-planes-cars-centuries-11833122 Chinese Scientists Bioengineering Plants with Firefly Genes to Glow Frank Landymore Futurism.com https://futurism.com/science-energy/bioengineering-plants-glow-light-cities https://www.youtube....

Show Notes 24 April 2026XM30 Lynx: The US Army’s New 50mm Cannon‑Powered Robot War Machine Alex Barrientos GadgetReview.com https://www.gadgetreview.com/xm30-lynx-the-us-armys-new-50mm-cannon%e2%80%91powered-robot-war-machine New software could cut cooling energy use by 25% in data centers Ty Tkacik PennState website https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/new-software-could-cut-cooling-energy-use...

Show Notes 17 April 2026 Researchers Develop 3D Printed Lab-Grown Ear Cartilage 3DPrinting.com https://3dprinting.com/news/researchers-develop-3d-printed-lab-grown-ear-cartilage/ 3D Printed Ear Video ETH Zurich YouTube  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01U6KC35dKw Novel prosthetic design combines AI and 3D printing to improve fit Robert Egan MedicalXpress.com https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-03-...

Show Notes 10 April 2026 Scientists may have figured out how to unlock the energy of ocean waves David Nield ScienceAlert.com https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-may-have-figured-out-how-to-unlock-the-energy-of-ocean-waves Power in Motion: Transforming Energy Harvesting with Gyroscopes University of Osaka Asia Research News https://www.asiaresearchnews.com/content/power-motion-transforming-ene...

Show Notes 3 April 2026 Researchers Develop Photonic Crystal Light Sails for Interplanetary Exploration National Today.com https://nationaltoday.com/us/al/tuskegee/news/2026/03/06/researchers-develop-photonic-crystal-light-sail-for-interplanetary-exploration/ Fuel-free interplanetary travel: Photonic crystal sail could help laser beams push spacecraft MSN https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/...

Sony Is Raising Prices on PlayStation Consoles and Portals Polygon https://www.polygon.com/ps5-price-increase-sony-playstation-portal Netflix Raises Prices Across All Streaming Plans CNBC https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/26/netflix-raises-prices-across-all-streaming-plans.html Physical vs Digital: Switch 2 Games Pricing Explained Polygon https://www.polygon.com/physical-vs-digital-switch-2-games-prici...

Story 1: AI search robot uses 3D maps and internet knowledge to find lost items Andreas Schmitz, Technical University Munich TechXplore.com https://techxplore.com/news/2026-03-ai-robot-3d-internet-knowledge.html Research paper: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11359697 Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUouwHUZPWQ Story 2: Tofu brine could power safer batteries that last decades, research...

Show Notes 20 March 2026 Story 1: Extra ‘set of eyes’ for self-driving cars: Roadside radar sensors could reduce blind spots Silvia Cernea Clark Rice University website https://news.rice.edu/news/2026/extra-set-eyes-self-driving-cars-roadside-radar-sensors-could-reduce-blind-spots https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1SWRzGPQJQ Story 2: Spray-on 'immune-shield' coats transplant organs to curb rejectio...

  Show Notes 13 March 2026 Story 1: 3D Printing Soft Robots - Rotational multi-material printing offers intricate, programmable shapesSource: Harvard School of Engineering Story by Anne J. Manning Link: https://seas.harvard.edu/news/3d-printing-soft-robots See video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BK9K_mJjlxE Story 2: AI robot vehicles learn to team up and extinguish fires in early trial Sou...

Show Notes 6 March 2026 Story 1: Scientists Grew Mini Brains, Then Trained Them to Solve an Engineering Problem Source: ScienceAlert.com  Link: https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-grew-mini-brains-then-trained-them-to-solve-an-engineering-problem 200,000 living human brain cells just learned to play Doom and this is just the start of it Source: ZME Science  Link: https://www.zmescience.com/sci...

Show Notes 27 February 2026 Story 1: Artemis II to Test Laser-Based Communication from the Moon Source: ExtremeTech.com Link: https://www.extremetech.com/aerospace/artemis-ii-to-test-laser-based-communication-from-the-moon Story 2: New solar-powered device extracts lithium for batteries while desalinating seawater Source: Interesting Engineering Link: https://interestingengineering.com/energy/chin...

Show Notes 20 February 2026 Story 1: Watch a robot swarm “bloom” like a garden Source: ArsTechnica.com Link: https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/01/watch-a-robot-swarm-bloom-like-a-garden/ See research paper here: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scirobotics.ady7233 See video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80QqrFmvIr0&t=2s Story 2: Electric semi-trucks could serve as mobile AI data...

Show Notes 2/13/2026 AI model from Google's DeepMind reads recipe for life in DNA  Source: BBC  Link:  https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c39428dv18yo Carbon Robotics Launches the World’s First-Ever Large Plant Model Source: BusinessWire.com  Link:  https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260202630325/en/Carbon-Robotics-Launches-the-Worlds-First-Ever-Large-Plant-Model Your future home might be fra...

Tiny silicon structures compute with heat, achieving 99% accurate matrix multiplication Source: Techxplore.com Link: https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-tiny-silicon-accurate-matrix-multiplication.html#google_vignette Research Paper: https://journals.aps.org/prapplied/abstract/10.1103/5drp-hrx1 Scientists Found an Untapped Energy Source Running Through Our Cells Source: Popular Mechanics Link: htt...