Future Tech Trio: Smart Glasses, Super Fabric, and AI-Powered Materials w/ Ralph Bond

Show Notes 14 February 2025
Story 1: New fabric can heat up more than 50 degrees to keep people warm in ultracold weather

• Source: LiveScience.com Story by Victoria Atkinson
• Link: https://www.livescience.com/chemistry/new-fabric-can-heat-up-almost-50-degrees-to-keep-people-warm-in-ultracold-weather
• See the team’s research paper here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42114-024-00994-4

Story 2: MIT engineers develop breakthrough technology that could change the way we process \[recycled\] aluminum

• Source: Yahoo\!Tech "Today in Tech" Story by Jeremiah Budin
• Link: https://www.yahoo.com/tech/mit-engineers-develop-breakthrough-technology-110053323.html?guccounter=1
• See also: https://www.techexplorist.com/capturing-recycling-aluminum-manufacturing-waste/95378/
• See also: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acssuschemeng.4c07268

Story 3: Machine Learning Designs Materials as Strong as Steel and as Light as Foam

• Source: Technology Networks Story from University of Toronto
• Link: https://www.technologynetworks.com/applied-sciences/news/machine-learning-designs-materials-as-strong-as-steel-and-as-light-as-foam-395414
• See also: https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.202410651

Story 4: New Smart Glasses Use Insect Vision Tech to Restore Full 3D Visual Experience - offering treatment of macular degeneration

• Source: WonderfulEngineering.com Story by Jannat Un Nisa
• Link: https://wonderfulengineering.com/new-smartglasses-use-insect-vision-tech-to-restore-full-3d-visual-experience/
• Check out the great video on the opening page of the company behind this technology, see: https://www.soliddd.com/

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