Show Notes 20 September 2024

Story 1: World’s Biggest Battery Will Provide 85 Megawatts to New England Grid

Source: Singularityhub.com Story by Edd Gent

Link: https://singularityhub.com/2024/08/23/worlds-biggest-battery-will-provide-85-megawatts-to-new-england-grid/

See also: https://formenergy.com/massachusetts-new-england-states-selected-to-receive-389-million-in-federal-funding-for-transformational-transmission-and-energy-storage-infrastructure/

Story 2: Origami-inspired 'transformer' robots could help build habitats in space - These configurable bots could launch flat and then be assembled in space

Source: Space.com Story by Samantha Mathewson

Link: https://www.space.com/origami-inspired-robot-space-habitats

See also: https://news.ncsu.edu/2024/07/transformer-bot/

See also: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-50497-5

See video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA6fGJC8TFQ

Story 3: New engineering approach could lead to widespread adoption of photonic chips in consumer electronics

Source: TechXplore.com Article by TMOS

Link: https://techxplore.com/news/2024-09-approach-widespread-photonic-chips-consumer.html

See also: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41377-024-01570-7

Story 4: Scientists Destroy 99% of Cancer Cells in Lab with Vibrating Molecules

Source: ScienceAlert.com Story by David Nield

Link: https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-destroy-99-of-cancer-cells-in-lab-with-vibrating-molecules

See also: https://news.rice.edu/news/2023/molecular-jackhammers-good-vibrations-eradicate-cancer-cells

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