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Ralph Bond
2022 Archive
Click the image below for the December 16, 2022 36-minute segment. Topics: Today marks the 75th anniversary of the first successful test of the transistor, Airbus plans to test a hydrogen fuel cell engine on a modified superjumbo jet, and radical new therapy for Parkinson’s will use stem cell transplants.
Click the image below for the December 9, 2022 37-minute segment - Topics: Scientists propose using plankton to help capture CO2 from the atmosphere, new micro-thin smart bandage can quickly heal and monitor wounds, new, tiny, autonomous smart robots will soon help monitor and repair hard to access underground water and sewer pipes, and Good Housekeeping’s science and tech toy recommendations for holiday gift giving!
Click the image below for the December 2, 2022 38 minute segment - Topics: World’s first 100% bio-based 3D-printed home created in Maine, researchers show that quadriplegic people can navigate using mind-controlled wheelchairs, new four-legged,robot that can traverse almost any land obstacle, and Purdue University engineers pick top 10 toys to stimulate young minds!
Click the image below for the November 25, 2022 31 minute segment - Topics: Space-based solar power is gaining worldwide interest, Intel's new deepfake detector, Honda's microalgae convert CO2 into useful products, and new brain stimulator powered by user's breathing!
Click the image below for the November 18, 2022 42-minute segment - Topics: Artificial intelligence used to create the 'world's fastest shoes', egg whites could help remove microplastics from seawater, physical therapy patients will soon be able to use smartphones to watch 3D immersive exercise videos, and tiny microscope can spot breast cancer cells forming!
Click the image below for the November 11, 2022 37-minute segment - Topics: Microscopic algae eating coffee grounds can help make green biodiesel fuel, new small EEG wireless patch for brain activity monitoring, teaching a humanoid robot to laugh, and prototype team of farm robots can identify weeds, zap them, and then plant crop seeds!
Click the image below for the November 4, 2022 38-minute segment - Topics: Microscopic algae eating coffee grounds can help make green biodiesel fuel, new small EEG wireless patch for brain activity monitoring, teaching a humanoid robot to laugh, and prototype team of farm robots can identify weeds, zap them, and then plant crop seeds!
Click the image below for the October 28, 2022 39-minute segment - Topics: Genetics to help wine grapes survive climate change, world's largest CO2 removal/capture system coming to Wyoming, scientists are working to transform CO2 buried underground into stable minerals, and train-plane ‘hybrid’ that can go 620 miles per hour in the works!
Click the image below for the October 21, 2022 38-minute segment - Topics: MIT’s new museum, scientists develop robotic capsule to deliver insulin orally, algae-based microrobots to deliver antibiotics within the lungs, and White House is pushing ahead research to cool the Earth by reflecting back sunlight!
Click the image below for the September 30, 2022 33-minute segment - Topics: World's longest immersed car and rail tunnel, using dust on Mars to 3D print tools, electric-hybrid planes with a potential range of up to 500 miles, and solar-powered robots smaller than an ant's head that can move and “think” on their own!
Click the image below for the September 23, 2022 34-minute segment - Topics: Tires made from a desert shrub, hydrogen gas from thin air for home heating and cooking, limestone for cement produced by microscopic algae, and immortal jellyfish could spur discoveries about human aging!
Click the image below for the September 16, 2022 34-minute segment - Topics: Creating diamonds from plastic bottles, synthetic milk coming soon, biodegradable batteries made out of crab shells, and brain stimulation to boost memory in older adults.
Click the image below for the September 9, 2022 33-minute segment - Topics: Creating diamonds from plastic bottles, synthetic milk coming soon, biodegradable batteries made out of crab shells, and brain stimulation to boost memory in older adults.
Click the image below for the September 2, 2022 34-minute segment - Topics: Experimental bubble barrier captures plastic in rivers, nuclear-powered desalination ships, innovative solar glass building facade, and cornea implants made from pig skin!
Click the image below for the August 19, 2022 38-minute segment - Topics: 17-year-old's electric motor invention could transform auto industry, easy-to-swallow esophageal precancer test, fish friendly hydroelectric turbines, and remote-controlled surgical robot for the International Space Station!
Click the image below for the August 12, 2022 40-minute segment - Topics: New research to see if ammonia can be a carbon-free jet fuel, new one-passenger flying car, turning plastic waste into building blocks, and reanimating the organs of pigs dead for an hour!
Click the image below for the August 5, 2022 35-minute segment - Topics: Genetic heart conditions cured with a single shot, self-boosting vaccines from MIT, new open fan aircraft engine cuts carbon dioxide emissions by 20%, and NASA's VIPER rover to find water on the Moon.
Click the image below for the July 29, 2022 40-minute segment - Topics: No checkout autonomous grocery store, genetically modified trees grow 53% faster to fight global warming, IBM's AI driven Mayflower ship crosses Atlantic, and experimental solar tower helps make “green” jet fuel from sunbeams, water, and carbon dioxide.
Click the image below for the July 22, 2022 36-minute segment - Topics: James Webb telescope analyzes atmosphere of a planet more than a thousand light years away, tiny shapeshifting robots may someday brush your teeth, low-cost sodium-ion batteries for future cars, and high-tech rigid sails for cargo ships!
Click the image below for the July 15, 2022 32-minute segment - Topics: Gene editing to boost ability of rice to capture carbon dioxide, China's huge drag sail to clear up space junk, U.S. military wants a fusion reactor-powered space craft, and new Mars sailplane the uses only the wind to fly!
Click the image below for the July 8, 2022 29-minute segment - Topics: World's largest hybrid ship, nuclear fission power system for future moon base, giant hot water storage tank to heat homes in Berlin, and living skin for robots.
Click the image below for the July 1, 2022 32-minute segment - Topics: Styrofoam-eating super worm, robot fish captures microplastics, fossil fuel-free way to make steel, and world's largest underwater electricity generator!
Click the image below for the June 24, 2022 33-minute segment - Topics: Bubbles in space to reverse global warming, Toyota's experimental portable hydrogen fuel cartridges, futuristic moon buggy in the works, and world’s first 3D-printed ear made from a patient's own cells.
Click the image below for the June 17, 2022 25-minute segment - Topics: World’s first ammonia-powered tractor, handheld milk scanner for dairy farmers, NASA discovers 5,000 plus exoplanets, drug trial sees tumors disappear in 100 percent of patients tested!
Click the image below for the June 10, 2022 27-minute segment - Topics: Scientists grow the first plants in moon dirt, bacteria linked to prostate cancer, new high-speed carbon dioxide catcher, and making wood scraps stronger than steel!
Click the image below for the June 3, 2022 27-minute segment - Topics: Scientists map Yellowstone’s underground “plumbing”, bringing dead human eye cells back to life, new non-silicon transistor, and world's smallest walking robot.
Click the image below for the May 27, 2022 29-minute segment - Topics: Intel's future lab to make data centers environmentally friendly, new earthquake detection using gravitational waves, nanobots to fight tooth infection, and NASA's preview of manned Mars mission.
Click the image below for the May 20, 2022 27-minute segment - Topics: New robot jumps 100 feet in the air, scientists discover gene that may help cure age-related hearing loss, French scientists say human urine would be a great farm fertilizer, and later this year scientists will beam radio signals into deep space to call ET.
Click the image below for the May 13, 2022 31-minute segment - Topics: Gigantic Centrifuge hurls objects into space, robot for remote stroke surgeries, first ever COVID breathalyzer test, and 3D scanning Ukraine's artifacts.
Click the image below for the April 22, 2022 24-minute segment - Topics: For the first time ever, scientists record the brain activity of a dying human, US wind energy now in second place, Hubble telescope spots Earendel - the most distant star on record to date, and rejuvenation of a 53-year-old woman's skin could help tackle diseases of ageing.
Click the image below for the April 8, 2022 32-minute segment - Topics: First-ever sequencing of a complete human genome, new UV light kills coronavirus, cancer killing bacteria, upcoming FedEx drones.
Click the image below for the April 1, 2022 27-minute segment - Topics: Goldfish learns to drive an inverted submarine [a land-based mini vehicle], MIT's robot cheetah learns to deal with any terrain, NASA says there are more than 5,000 exoplanets, and a French startup plans to test a massive solar sail this October.
Click the image below for the March 25, 2022 31-minute segment - Topics: All-electric train that never needs to recharge, ants that can sniff out cancer, new fabric that can hear and emit sounds, and a key breakthrough for lithium-ion batteries.
Click the image below for the March 18, 2022 32-minute segment - Topics: GE’s new AI-driven snake robot, microscopic magnets to remote control the brain, new super glue inspired by ocean and freshwater mussels, and more!
Click the image below for the March 11, 2022 37-minute segment - Topics: Sound waves making bone tissue, asteroid to orbit earth for 4,000 years, covering California water canals with solar panels, and making building blocks with plastic waste!
Click the image below for the March 4, 2022 30-minute segment - Topics: MIT's tough as bone wood composite, cybernetic prosthetic hand from Ukraine, all-electric locomotives, and new tech allows drilling holes 12 miles deep to tap geothermal energy.
Click the image below for the February 25, 2022 30-minute segment - Topics: MIT's evolution accelerator tech, Stanford's super thin solar cell "sheets", sawdust-based disinfectant, and more!
Click the image below for the February 18, 2022 30-minute segment - Topics: 8K resolution Laser TVs, color changing car, credit card-sized tracker for your wallet, and emotional robot faces!
Click the image below for the February 11, 2022 28-minute segment - Topics: AI-driven Mayflower to cross Atlantic, convert gas heating to clean hydrogen, smart robots to recycle any smartphone, and 3 African Americans who advanced NASA in the early 60s.
Click the image below for the February 4, 2022 28-minute segment - Topics: Brain scanning helmet, World’s Thinnest Magnet, World’s Smallest Bone Sensor, World’s Most VR Cow and more!
Click the image below for the January 28, 2022 28-minute segment - Topics: First spacecraft to visit the sun’s atmosphere, Sony's 8K VR headset prototype, and more!
Click the image below for the January 21, 2022 28-minute segment - Topics: A UK startup is making, and reprogramming, human cells, fun facts about the James Webb Space Telescope, and more!
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