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Show Notes 12 May 2023Story 1: New AI system can translate a person’s brain activity into a continuous stream of textSource: PsyPost.org Story by Christina MaherSide note: PsyPost.org is a psychology and neuroscience news website dedicated to reporting the latest research on human behavior, cognition, and society.Link: https://www.psypost.org/2023/05/mind-reading-new-ai-system-can-translate-a-persons-brain-activity-into-a-continuous-stream-of-text-80255Story 2: SETI Institute has joined forces with VLA to expand the search for aliens Source: EarthSky.orgStory by Paul Scott AndersonLink: https://earthsky.org/space/seti-very-larger-array-cosmic/Story 3: World’s largest to date zero-emission plane to be developed by Alaska Airlines and ZeroAviaSource: hydrogenfuelnews.com Link: https://www.hydrogenfuelnews.com/zero-emission-plane-zeroavia/8558545/See video here - engine proof of concept January 2022: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf9-vp9G3QAStory 4: A graphene “tattoo” could help hearts keep their beatSource: ScienceNews.org Story by Meghan RosenLink: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/graphene-tattoo-heart-beat-pacemakerFor more info, interviews, reviews, news, radio, podcasts, video, and more, check out ComputerAmerica.com!

Show Notes 5 May 2023Story 1: New Color-Changing Coating Could Both Heat and Cool BuildingsSource: Scientific American Story by Allison ParshallLink: 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 Story 2: New AI-based tsunami warning software could help save livesSource: Popular Science Story by Jamie DickmanLink: https://www.popsci.com/technology/ai-tsunami-detection-system/Story 3: Ocean Census research project aims to discover 100,000 previously unknown marine speciesSource: CNN Story by Katie HuntLink: https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/27/world/ocean-census-launch-scnSource 2: https://oceancensus.org/?utm_source=uniofoxford&utm_medium=partner-comms&utm_campaign=launchSee video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvWdpWwfGzc Story 4: A new peptide may hold potential as an Alzheimer’s treatment Source: MIT News Story buy Anne Trafton Link: https://tinyurl.com/2p95z7js For more info, interviews, reviews, news, radio, podcasts, video, and more, check out ComputerAmerica.com!

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 positive ways, with minimal snark and maximum fun. A little bit of everything for the discriminating reader and curious listener is what you’ll find at Popzara.Topics:Windows 11’s limited iMessage integration has publicly launched | Ars TechnicaSony has sold over 38.4 million PS5s following a record-breaking year | Engadget‘Magic: The Gathering’ publisher Wizards of the Coast sent the Pinkertons after a leaker | Engadget‘Vampire Survivors’ is getting an animated television series | EngadgetThe Super Mario Bros Movie Crosses $900M At Global Box Office – DeadlineMovie Time! The Super Mario Bros. Movies (1993 – 2023), Hollywood Gaming, and Future Nostalgia | Popzara PodcastFor more info, interviews, reviews, news, radio, podcasts, video, and more, check out ComputerAmerica.com!

Show Notes 28 April 2023Story 1: NASA Unveils Interior of Simulation Mars Habitat for Future MissionsSource: ExtremeTech.com Story by Adrianna NineLink: https://www.extremetech.com/aerospace/nasa-unveils-interior-of-simulation-mars-habitat-for-future-missionsSource: https://www.nasa.gov/chapea/habitat See video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmjV6Grlo7sStory 2: 'Big sponge': new tech aims to extract CO2 from the Earth’s oceans to tackle global warmingSource: Phys.org Story by Romain FonsegrivesLink: https://phys.org/news/2023-04-big-sponge-co2-tech-oceans.htmlSee video here: https://tinyurl.com/2p9d96u9 [great additional information!]Story 3: Scientists are planning to send a robot snake to search for life on a small icy moon of SaturnSource: Talker News on MSNLink: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/scientists-planning-to-send-robot-snake-to-search-for-aliens/ar-AA19RLYZSee video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5O4TAXaL4bwStory 4: Scientists Create Gelatin-Based Surgical Sealant for Rapid Sealing Inside the BodySource: Medgadget.com Story by Conn HastingsLink: https://www.medgadget.com/2023/04/gelatin-based-surgical-sealant-for-rapid-sealing-inside-the-body.html For more info, interviews, reviews, news, radio, podcasts, video, and more, check out ComputerAmerica.com!

Show Notes 21 April 2023Story 1: Breakthrough discovery suggests gravity created light in the earliest days of the universeSource: BGR.com Story by Joshua HawkinsLink: https://bgr.com/science/breakthrough-discovery-suggests-gravity-can-create-light/Story 2: World's first commercially available smart gun featuring fingerprint unlockingSource: Axios Story by Esteban L. HernandezLink: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/worlds-first-smart-gun-featuring-fingerprint-unlocking-hits-the-market/ar-AA19Q7FbSource: Gizmodo.com Story by Mack DeGeurinLink: https://gizmodo.com/smart-gun-firearm-biofire-technologies-1850337102Link: https://smartgun.com/ [website for the company making the gun]See video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uI35-4GdyLoStory 3: New electronic multifunctional patch for plants offers early detection of disease and other issuesSource: Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology NewsLink: https://www.genengnews.com/agbio/plant-disease-early-detection-via-use-of-multifunctional-patch/Source 2: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ade2232Story 4: Scientists have learned how to turn blood sugar into electricity to power insulin pump implantSource: Popular Mechanics Story by Tim NewcombLink: https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/a43468939/scientists-turn-blood-sugar-into-electricity/Source: ETH Zurich press releaseLink: https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2023/03/press-release-generating-power-with-blood-sugar.htmlFor more info, interviews, reviews, news, radio, podcasts, video, and more, check out ComputerAmerica.com!

Show Notes 14 April 2023Story 1: New electric watercraft robot captures plastic and debris in rivers and lakesSource: Electrek.com Story by Peter JohnsonLink: 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=4sStory 2: Scientists have discovered that plants have voicesSource: 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 identify objects with just one graspSource: MIT News Story by Adam ZeweLink: https://news.mit.edu/2023/robotic-hand-can-identify-objects-just-one-grasp-0403Story 4: Astronauts will grow cultures of an incurable cancer in space to unlock its secretsSource: Braintumourresearch.orgLink: https://www.braintumourresearch.org/media/news/news-item/2023/03/24/brain-tumour-cells-heading-to-international-space-station For more info, interviews, reviews, news, radio, podcasts, video, and more, check out ComputerAmerica.com!

Story 1: Surprising alternative to crude oil used to make a new recyclable plasticSource: ScienceAlert.com Story by Clare WatsonLink: https://tinyurl.com/4tdabtehStory 2: Amazing proof-of-concept demonstration shows a soldier controlling a robot surveillance dog with his thoughts!Source: UK’s Daily Mail Story by Stacy LiberatoreLink: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11896135/Killer-robot-dogs-controlled-soldiers-MINDS-trialed-Australian-army.htmlSee video here: https://tinyurl.com/4h4sey32Story 3: Scientists say habitats on Mars could be made from potato-based building materialsSource: Popular Science Story by Andrew PaulLink: https://www.popsci.com/technology/mars-starcrete-potato/Story 4: New app uses smartphone selfies to screen for pancreatic cancerSource: University of Washington Press ReleaseLink: https://www.washington.edu/news/2017/08/28/new-app-uses-smartphone-selfies-to-screen-for-pancreatic-cancer/For more info, interviews, reviews, news, radio, podcasts, video, and more, check out ComputerAmerica.com!

Nathan Evans, Managing Editor, Popzara.comThroughout 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 positive ways, with minimal snark and maximum fun. A little bit of everything for the discriminating reader and curious listener is what you’ll find at Popzara.Topics:E3 2023 has been canceledhttps://www.engadget.com/e3-2023-has-been-canceled-211201976.htmlApple introduces Apple Pay Later to allow consumers to pay for purchases over timehttps://www.apple.com/newsroom/2023/03/apple-introduces-apple-pay-later/The Last of Us’ first PC port is riddled with apparent performance issueshttps://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/03/the-last-of-us-first-pc-port-is-riddled-with-apparent-performance-issues/Audible is testing ad-supported access to select titles for non-membershttps://techcrunch.com/2023/03/30/audible-testing-ad-supported-access-select-titles-non-members/https://help.audible.com/s/article/why-am-i-hearing-advertisements-in-my-audiobook?language=en_USMisc.Tetris Movie releases on Apple TVFilmmakers Austin Bragg and Meredith Bragg Talk Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Gamehttps://www.popzara.com/podcast/filmmakers-austin-bragg-and-meredith-bragg-talk-pinball-the-man-who-saved-the-game/For more info, interviews, reviews, news, radio, podcasts, video, and more, check out ComputerAmerica.com!

Show Notes 31 March 2023Story 1: Here’s a creative idea – put solar panels between railroad tracks!Source: Wonderfulengineering.com Story by Jannat Un NisaLink: https://wonderfulengineering.com/this-is-the-worlds-first-solar-panel-carpet-on-a-railway-track-and-it-may-generate-electricity/Story 2: New autonomous pile driving robot will accelerate solar farm constructionSource: Forbes Story by Heather Wishart-SmithLink: https://www.forbes.com/sites/heatherwishartsmith/2023/03/20/built-robotics-unveils-autonomous-pile-driving-robot-expediting-solar-rollout/?sh=274dc9187591See video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Na6NF11iPcStory 3: More artificial intelligence in your life - First we had OpenAI’s ChatGPT, now there’s Google’s BardSource: eWeek.com Story by Drew RobbLink: https://www.eweek.com/artificial-intelligence/chat-gpt-vs-google-bard/Story 4: Scientists invent oxygen-ion battery as a longer lasting alternative to lithium-ion batteriesSource: TechXplore.comBased on Vienna University of Technology announcementLink: https://techxplore.com/news/2023-03-oxygen-ion-battery.htmlSource: Popular Mechanics Story by Jackie AppelLink: https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a43391877/oxygen-ion-battery-could-change-energy/For more info, interviews, reviews, news, radio, podcasts, video, and more, check out ComputerAmerica.com!

Show Notes 17 March 2023Story 1: Someday your desk lamp may be a house plant!Source: MIT News Story by Anne TraftonLink: https://tinyurl.com/auccexdmSee video here: https://tinyurl.com/387r4y4fStory 2: Scientists discover an enzyme that can use air to generate electricity Source: Popular Science Story by Jackie AppelLink: https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/green-tech/a43251276/enzyme-can-use-air-to-generate-electricity/Source: Gizmodo.comStory by Kevin HurlerLink: https://gizmodo.com/natural-enzyme-huc-generate-electricity-from-air-1850207533 A picture containing coelenterateDescription automatically generatedSee video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC3ATunzd_8Story 3: Scientists have devised a way to 3D print “biomaterial” inside the human body Source: Futurism.comStory by Victor TangermannLink: https://futurism.com/neoscope/scientists-3d-print-inside-human-bodySee video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvoxI7qkRfE Story 4: Scientists announce ‘organoid intelligence’ as a potential biological alternative to artificial intelligence Source: CNN Story by Ashley Strickland Link: https://tinyurl.com/bd4kmyybSource: Johns Hopkins website Link: https://caat.jhsph.edu/programs/oi/Source: Popular Mechanics Story by Jackie AppelLink: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/scienceandtechnology/scientists-are-creating-something-wild-organoid-intelligence/ar-AA182qFF?ocid=sapphireappshareChart Description automatically generatedSee video here: https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/news/scientists-believe-organoid-intelligence-is-the-future-of-computing/vi-AA18jKN7?ocid=sapphireappshare&t=19For more info, interviews, reviews, news, radio, podcasts, video, and more, check out ComputerAmerica.com!