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2023 Archive        Click here for 2022 Archive

Below you'll find my most recent Computer America segments. A comprehensive archive is available [look for the Ralph Bond tab] via the Computer America website, click here. And you can also hear each segment on the following podcast outlets:​

Click here for the 22 December 2023 43-minute segment.
Topics: 
  • Researchers fuse lab-grown human brain tissue with electronics.
  • Profuse Technology achieves 80% faster muscle growth for [lab grown] cultivated meat.
  • Double-action solar tower promises clean energy all day and night.
  • Stretchy electronic skin responds to touch and pressure like real skin! 
 
Links for each story in the PDF "show notes" below. 
Click here for the 15 December 2023 41-minute segment.
Topics: 
  • Detroit now has the country's first wireless-charging road for EVs.
  • Scientists have created synthetic sponges that soak up microplastics.
  • NASA will land daring spacecraft on a world 800 million miles away.
  • 3D printer works in your body to repair bones and guts! 
 
Links for each story in the PDF "show notes" below. 
Click here for the 8 December 2023 34-minute segment.
Topics: 
  • NASA World's first autonomous turbogenerator-hybrid electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft takes flight.
  • Engineers develop an efficient process to make fuel from carbon dioxide.
  • Inactive bacteria powers self-healing concrete to repair cracks.
  • One-time CRISPR treatment could permanently lower cholesterol!
 
Links for each story in the PDF "show notes" below. 
Click here for the 1 December 2023 41-minute segment.
Topics: 
  • NASA and Japan to launch world's 1st wooden satellite.
  • Micromotors purify wastewater and create green energy.
  • How smart trailers could give trucking a clean, electrified boost.
  • New AI system achieves 98.5% accuracy in autism diagnosis of children!
 
Links for each story in the PDF "show notes" below. 
Click here for the 25 November 2023 46-minute segment.
Topics: 
  • Scientist invents potato that could warn us about nuclear leaks.
  • US opens first facility to suck CO2 out of the air.
  • AI robot chemist finds molecule to make oxygen on Mars.
  • MIT tests new ingestible sensor that records you breathing through your intestines!
 
Links for each story in the PDF "show notes" below. 
Click here for the 17 November 2023 39-minute segment.
Topics: 
  • Making plastic using vegan spider silk.
  • Searching for ghost particles.
  • DIY flying car.
  • Glasses that provide audible prompts for the blind!
Links for each story in the PDF "show notes" below. 
Click here for the 10 November 2023 41-minute segment.
Topics: 
  • Glass Plates That Store Data for 10,000 Years.
  • ABB To Provide Hydrogen Fuel Cell Propulsion Systems for Container Ships.
  • World's smallest particle accelerator is 54 million times smaller than the Large Hadron Collider.
  • and Woman Becomes First Person to Be Fitted for Bionic Hand That Integrates Nervous and Skeletal Systems! 
Links for each story in the PDF "show notes" below. 
Click here for the 27 October 2023 44-minute segment.
Topics: 
  • Scientists develop drug that prevents weight gain in junk-food-eating mice.
  • Roads can be built on the Moon, laser experiment shows.
  • Solar windows offer invisible alternative to solar panels.
  • and Raytheon is building a revolutionary detonation engine for DARPA!
Links for each story in the PDF "show notes" below. 
Click here for the 13 October 2023 41-minute segment.
Topics: 
  • Desalination system could produce freshwater that is cheaper than tap water;
  • Scientists invent solar panel coating that lets them work in snowy weather;
  • Joby Aircraft becomes first electric air taxi delivered to the U.S. Air Force;
  • and amazing advance in spinal repair allows mice with complete spinal cord injuries to walk again!
Links for each story in the PDF "show notes" below. 
Click here for the 6 October 2023 49-minute segment.
Topics: 
  • Flexible, washable surveillance clothing;
  • Making the human body a battery;
  • Eco-building designs using fungal networks;
  • Turning cancer cells into healthy muscle cells! 
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Links for each story in the PDF "show notes" below. 
Click here for the 8 September 2023 38-minute segment.
Topics: 
  • NASA's new air pollution monitoring technology now in orbit.
  • AI helps robots manipulate objects with their whole bodies.
  • Dallas-based JetWind Power Corp. wants to install turbines at airports to collect the powerful wind from jet engines.
  • Scientists can now 3D print a heart ventricle that can beat rhythmically. 
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Links for each story in the PDF "show notes" below. 
Click here for the 1 September 2023 41-minute segment.
Topics: 
  • Scientists strengthen concrete by 30 percent with used coffee grounds.​
  • NASA moves forward with plans for supersonic planes that could fly from New York to London in 1.5 hours.
  • New paint gives extra insulation, saving on energy, costs, and carbon emissions.
  • Artificial Intelligence helps paralyzed woman speak for the first time in 18 years.
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Links for each story in the PDF "show notes" below. 
Click here for the 25 August 2023 43-minute segment.
Topics: 
  • The same metal found on hot rods and Harleys could revolutionize solar panels.​
  • Borrowing a page from plants, engineers create solar “leaves” that produce electricity and clean water.
  • High-tech floor tiles generate energy from our footsteps.
  • Scientists just made intriguing progress toward regenerating human teeth.
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Links for each story in the PDF "show notes" below. 
Click here for the 18 August 2023 47-minute segment.
Topics: 
  • Scientists close in on “fifth” force of nature.​
  • Electric and hydrogen fuel cell-powered freight trucks becoming a reality.
  • Hydrogen-powered flight is closer to takeoff than ever.
  • UK Scientists regrow retinal cells using nanotechnology.
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Links for each story in the PDF "show notes" below. 
Click here for the 11 August 2023 48-minute segment.
Topics: 
  • Power of waves turns saltwater into drinkable freshwater.​
  • MIT researchers develop energy-storing concrete.
  • NASA plans to deploy 3 autonomous mapping robots to the Moon.
  • Scientists discover trick that makes cancer cells commit suicide!
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Links for each story in the PDF "show notes" below. 
Click here for the 4 August 2023 44-minute segment.
Topics: 
  • Your next bike or car tire could be based on NASA's Moon Rover.​
  • GE plans to vacuum CO2 out of the air.
  • New way to produce "green" hydrogen with 90% efficiency.
  • Breakthrough wearable ultrasound scanner could detect breast cancer earlier.
 
Links for each story in the PDF "show notes" below. 
Click here for the 28 July 2023 42-minute segment.
Topics: 
  • ​Researchers are exploring how to use algae to tap into the vast reserve of mineralogical wealth in the oceans.
  • Self-healing metal? It's not just the stuff of science fiction.
  • Li-Fi, a faster, more secure wireless internet is just around the corner.
  • Spiral brain-computer interface slips into ear canal with no loss of hearing.
 
Links for each story in the PDF "show notes" below. 
Click here for the 21 July 2023 39-minute segment.
Topics: 
  • ​World's largest nuclear fusion rocket engine begins construction.
  • Amazing ‘thermal cloak’ keeps spaces from getting either too hot or cold.
  • This high-tech paint could cool the world.
  • MIT engineers’ new technology can probe the neural circuits that influence hunger, mood, and a variety of diseases.
 
Links for each story in the PDF "show notes" below. 
Click here for the 14 July 2023 43-minute segment.
Topics: 
  • EVs with 932-Mile Range and 10-minute charging by 2027.
  • AI-guided silent robot fish for research.
  • AI designs CPU in five hours.
  • Delivering oxygen to cancer tumors may be key in overcoming radiation therapy resistance.
Links for each story in the PDF "show notes" below. 
Click here for the 7 July 2023 46-minute segment.
Topics: 
  • Microsoft's light-based computer. 
  • First flying car approved by FAA. 
  • Room-temperature superconductors could revolutionize electronics. 
  • Nanobots release reactive oxygen species to kill fungal biofilms.  
 
Links for each story in the PDF "show notes" below. 
Click here for the 30 June 2023 49-minute segment.
Topics: 
  • New AI-based "camera" generates images using your geolocation data. 
  • Solar-powered fuel cell recycles plastic waste and carbon dioxide. 
  • New scientific breakthrough could help EVs drive 10 times longer before they need a recharge. 
  • New handheld bioprinter prints tissues and organs within the body.  
 
Links for each story in the PDF "show notes" below. 
Click here for the 16 June 2023 48-minute segment.
Topics: 
  • AI sculpture based on the works of five art masters. 
  • First fully 3D-printed jet engine. 
  • Intel's liquid cooling experiment for data centers. 
  • New wearable ultrasound system can monitor deep tissues.  
 
Links for each story in the PDF "show notes" below. 
Click here for the 9 June 2023 41-minute segment.
Topics: 
  • Japan aims to beam solar power from space by 2025.
  • Two efforts in the US to capture solar energy in space and transmit to Earth.
  • New cellulose film might offer an electricity-free air conditioning alternative.
  • Scientists decode brain waves linked to chronic pain.
 
Links for each story in the PDF "show notes" below. 
Click here for the 2 June 2023 37-minute segment.
Topics: 
  • New material creates clean electricity from the air around it.
  • New AI model aims to plug key gap in cybersecurity readiness.
  • Research team creates revolutionary new batteries that are safer, cleaner, and last longer than lithium-ion.
  • Paralyzed man walks using device that reconnects brain with muscles.
 
Links for each story in the PDF "show notes" below. 
Click here for the 26 May 2023 37-minute segment.
Topics: 
  • Solar panel efficiency to increase 50% with first production of ‘miracle’ tandem cells. 
  • First-of-its-kind mission makes major discovery about the unknown depths of our oceans.
  • James Webb telescope spots ancient water frozen in a near-Earth comet — and scientists want to collect it.
  • Meta and BMW to offer in-car virtual reality for passengers.
 
Links for each story in the PDF "show notes" below. 
Click here for the 19 May 2023 36-minute segment.
Topics: 
  • Tiny robot injected in the skull spreads its tentacles to monitor the brain. 
  • Chemotherapy drug reaches brain in humans for the first time.
  • Scientists use electricity to make wounds heal 3x faster.
  • Capsule delivers electrical current to stomach to stimulate appetite. 
 
Links for each story in the PDF "show notes" below. 
Click here for the 12 May 2023 40-minute segment.
Topics: 
  • New AI system can translate a person’s brain activity into a continuous stream of text.
  • SETI Institute has joined forces with VLA to expand the search for aliens.
  • World’s largest [to date] zero-emission plane to be developed by Alaska Airlines and ZeroAvia.
  • A graphene “tattoo” could help hearts keep their beat. 
 
Links for each story in the PDF "show notes" below. 
Click here for the 5 May 2023 40-minute segment.
Topics: 
  • New color-changing coating could both heat and cool buildings.
  • New AI-based tsunami warning software could help save lives.
  • Ocean Census research project aims to discover 100,000 previously unknown marine species.
  • New peptide may hold potential as an Alzheimer’s treatment.
 
Links for each story in the PDF "show notes" below. 
Click here for the 28 April 2023 36-minute segment.
Topics: 
  • NASA's simulation Mars habitat previewed.
  • New tech aims to extract CO2 from the Earth’s oceans to tackle global warming.
  • Scientists are planning to send a robot snake to search for life on a small icy moon of Saturn.
  • New gelatin-based surgical sealant for internal organs. 
 
Links for each story in the PDF "show notes" below. 
Click here for the 21 April 2023 36-minute segment.
Topics: 
  • Breakthrough discovery suggests gravity created light in the earliest days of the universe.
  • World's first commercially available smart gun featuring fingerprint unlocking.
  • New electronic multifunctional patch for plants offers early detection of disease and other issues.
  • Scientists have learned how to turn blood sugar into electricity to power insulin pump implant. 
 
Links for each story in the PDF "show notes" below. 
Click here for the 14 April 2023 30-minute segment.
Topics: 
  • New electric watercraft robot captures plastic and debris in rivers and lakes.
  • Scientists recently discovered plants have “voices."
  • New Robotic hand can identify objects with just one grasp.
  • Astronauts will grow cultures of an incurable cancer in space to unlock its secrets. 
 
Links for each story in the PDF "show notes" below. 
Click the image below for the 7 April 2023 34-minute segment. Topics: Surprising alternative to crude oil used to make a new recyclable plastic; amazing proof-of-concept demonstration shows a soldier controlling a robot surveillance dog with his thoughts; scientists say habitats on Mars could be made from potato-based building materials; and new app uses smartphone selfies to screen for pancreatic cancer.  Links for each story in the PDF "show notes" below. 
Click the image below for the 31 March 2023 45.5-minute segment. Topics: A Swiss start-up called Sun-Ways will soon install solar panels between railroad tracks in the western part of Switzerland; new autonomous pile driving robot will accelerate solar farm construction; more artificial intelligence in your life - first we had OpenAI’s ChatGPT, now there’s Google’s Bard; and scientists invent oxygen-ion battery as a longer lasting and safer alternative to lithium-ion batteries! Links for all the stories in the PDF document. 
No Computer America segment for 24 March but go to the KEX section for these stories: researchers have created world’s fastest walking humanoid robot; new drug rapidly counteracts intoxication, quickly sobers up drunk mice; artificial intelligence and machine learning offer recyclers a new way to separate compostable and conventional plastics; and floating solar panels on water reservoirs, it’s an idea gaining traction!  
Click the image below for the 17 March 2023 35-minute segment. Topics: Someday your desk lamp may be a house plant; scientists discover an enzyme that can use air to generate electricity; scientists have devised a way to 3D print “biomaterial” inside the human body; scientists announce ‘organoid intelligence’ as a potential biological alternative to artificial intelligence! 
Click the image below for the 10 March 2023 42-minute segment. Topics: Scientists have discovered a way to boost the efficiency of solar panels by 250%; the James Webb Space Telescope spotted something that’s shaking up the scientific world; key trend to watch: Microsoft wants to bring ChatGPT’s artificial intelligence capabilities to robots; and on Discover.com you can learn about 10 women in science who changed the world! 
Click the image below for the 3 March 2023 37-minute segment. Topics: Scientists explore new cloud seeding techiques to fight global drought; new artificial intelligence tool helps predict if chemotherapy will benefit a breast cancer patient; scientists are making catfish hybrids with alligator DNA; and new factory retrofit could reduce a steel plant’s carbon emissions by 90 percent!
Click the image below for the 24 February 2023 44-minute segment. Topics: New technology advances the use of waste cardboard for home insulation; key trend to watch - More than 56,000 hydrogen cars sold worldwide; world's first autonomous artificial intelligence jet fighter training aircraft; and new microneedle bandage can stop bleeding in less than two minutes!
Click the image below for the 17 February 2023 36-minute segment. Topics: First time in history a purpose-built autonomous robotaxi without traditional driving controls carried passengers on open public roads; Blue Origin develops system to deploy 'unlimited' solar power on the Moon; ingestible sensor could help doctors pinpoint gastrointestinal difficulties; and where to learn about 34 highly influential African American scientists!
Click the image below for the 10 February 2023 34-minute segment. Topics: Recent experiment shows lasers can direct lightning strikes; the Pentagon wants a drug that will heat your body ASAP; recent breakthrough dramatically cuts the time and cost of making “green” hydrogen from seawater; and improved cancer treatment inspired by the foam on your latte!  
Click the image below for the 3 February 2023 33-minute segment. Topics: Scientists create a small shapeshifting humanoid robot that can liquefy and reform; researchers create a new type of yarn that turns movement into electricity; new all-in-one system can capture carbon dioxide emissions from industrial plants and convert it into a lucrative product; and new portable, electronic biosensor can help detect oral cancer!
Click the image below for the 27 January 2023 32-minute segment. Topics: New satellite can now measure nearly all the Earth’s water; University of Minnesota researchers can move objects without touching them; the viability of solar cars just got a big vote of confidence; and Scientists recently discovered a fourth membrane in the human brain!
Click the image below for the 20 January 2023 36-minute segment. Topics: NASA has announced funding for 14 futuristic space exploration concepts; new solar-powered machine turns carbon dioxide and waste plastic into valuable products; Apple expected to launch a mixed reality headset this year; and researchers develop a blood test that can reliably detect Alzheimer’s disease!
Click the image below for the 13 January 2023 38-minute segment. Topics: Nifty news from CES 2023 that caught my eye: BMW demonstrated color-changing concept car; Samsung shows off an oven run by artificial intelligence; John Deere unveils electric excavator; new head cushion allows computer gamers to “feel” the game; Intel debuted the world’s fastest processor for laptops; and 5 additional products too!
Click here for the 2022 archive
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