Computer America
Computer America is the nation's longest running talk show on Computers and Technology, spanning 25+ years of industry guests and analysis.
Episodes
January 16, 2026 • 36 mins
Show Notes 16 January 2026
Very Low Earth Orbit Satellites Could be the Next Frontier in Satellite Technology
Source: ExtremeTech.com
Link: https://www.extremetech.com/aerospace/very-low-earth-orbit-satellites-could-be-the-next-frontier-in-satellite
NASA, Boeing Test How to Improve Performance of Longer, Narrower Aircraft Wings
Source: NASA
Link: https://www.nasa.gov/aeronautics/nasa-boeing-test-aircraft-wings/
See video here: https://www...
Very Low Earth Orbit Satellites Could be the Next Frontier in Satellite Technology
Source: ExtremeTech.com
Link: https://www.extremetech.com/aerospace/very-low-earth-orbit-satellites-could-be-the-next-frontier-in-satellite
NASA, Boeing Test How to Improve Performance of Longer, Narrower Aircraft Wings
Source: NASA
Link: https://www.nasa.gov/aeronautics/nasa-boeing-test-aircraft-wings/
See video here: https://www...
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January 15, 2026 • 73 mins
Calcopia.com. Nathan Evans, Managing Editor. Herman Exum, Tech Reporter.Calcopia is your place for unique and interesting analyses on the best of gaming, movies, tech, books, a regularly updated Podcast, and original content you won’t find anywhere else. 100 percent independent and agenda-free, our diverse editorial staff is committed to keeping things interesting and always entertaining. A veritable cornucopia of editorial excelle...
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January 9, 2026 • 38 mins
Main Stories
Story 1: The perfect polymer? Plant-based plastic is fully saltwater degradable and leaves behind zero microplastics
Source: Phys.org
Link: https://phys.org/news/2025-12-polymer-based-plastic-fully-saltwater.html
Story 2: First highway segment in U.S. wirelessly charges electric heavy-duty truck while driving
Source: Purdue University
Link: https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/2025/Q4/first-highway-segment-in-u-s-wirelessly-charg...
Story 1: The perfect polymer? Plant-based plastic is fully saltwater degradable and leaves behind zero microplastics
Source: Phys.org
Link: https://phys.org/news/2025-12-polymer-based-plastic-fully-saltwater.html
Story 2: First highway segment in U.S. wirelessly charges electric heavy-duty truck while driving
Source: Purdue University
Link: https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/2025/Q4/first-highway-segment-in-u-s-wirelessly-charg...
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January 4, 2026 • 36 mins
Show Notes for Computer America
Story 1: Real-world helper exoskeletons come closer to reality with AI training
Story 1: Real-world helper exoskeletons come closer to reality with AI training
- Source: TechXplore.com
- Link: https://techxplore.com/news/2025-11-real-world-helper-exoskeletons-closer.html
- Research Paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scirobotics.ads8652
- Source: University of Texas at Dallas
- Link: https://news.utdallas....
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December 22, 2025 • 90 mins
Calcopia.
Nathan Evans, Managing Editor.
Calcopia is your place for unique and interesting analyses on the best of gaming, movies, tech, books, a regularly updated Podcast, and original content you won’t find anywhere else. 100 percent independent and agenda-free, our diverse editorial staff is committed to keeping things interesting and always entertaining. A veritable cornucopia of editorial excellence, if you will.
Topics:
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Nathan Evans, Managing Editor.
Calcopia is your place for unique and interesting analyses on the best of gaming, movies, tech, books, a regularly updated Podcast, and original content you won’t find anywhere else. 100 percent independent and agenda-free, our diverse editorial staff is committed to keeping things interesting and always entertaining. A veritable cornucopia of editorial excellence, if you will.
Topics:
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December 19, 2025 • 39 mins
Show Notes: 19 December 2025Stories of the Day
1. New wearable device lets you touch fabric online, read braille, and more - VoxeLite can help you literally feel websites.
1. New wearable device lets you touch fabric online, read braille, and more - VoxeLite can help you literally feel websites.
- Source: Popular Science
- Popular Science Article
- Research Paper
- Source: Bioengineer.org
- Bioengineer.org Article
- Optics.org Article
- Research Paper
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December 12, 2025 • 32 mins
Show Notes
Featured Stories
Featured Stories
- Hyundai wants to cut EV charging time to 3 minutes, as fast as filling up a gas car
- Source: Electrek.com
- Link: https://electrek.co/2025/11/20/hyundai-cut-ev-charging-time-3-minutes/
- Japanese scientists unveil a quantum battery that defies energy loss
- Source: ScienceDaily.com
- Links: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/10/251023031612.htm, https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/Phys...
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December 5, 2025 • 37 mins
Show Notes: 5 December 2025
Story 1: Startup develops incredible tech to pull water from unexpected source: 'This is just the beginning of what's possible'
Story 1: Startup develops incredible tech to pull water from unexpected source: 'This is just the beginning of what's possible'
- Source: The Cool Down on MSN, Story by Elija McKee
- Link
- See also
- See also
- Video here
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November 28, 2025 • 36 mins
Story 1
Title: 3D Solar towers boost electricity production by around 50%
Source: New Atlas
Links:
Title: European Space Agency to Trial Growing Protein Powder in Space Using Astronaut Urine
Source: ExtremeTech.com
Links:
Title: 3D Solar towers boost electricity production by around 50%
Source: New Atlas
Links:
- Solar Towers Electricity
- Janta Power Closes $5.5 Million Seed Round to Power the Future of Clean Energy
Title: European Space Agency to Trial Growing Protein Powder in Space Using Astronaut Urine
Source: ExtremeTech.com
Links:
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November 21, 2025 • 33 mins
Show Notes
Story 1: Computing and AI
Story 1: Computing and AI
- Title: Scientists create world's first microwave-powered computer chip — it's much faster and consumes less power than conventional CPUs
- Source: LiveScience.com
- Links:
- Title: Green alternative for light-emitting materials in displays uses plant waste and amino acids
- Source: TechXplore.com
- Links...
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November 14, 2025 • 39 mins
Show Notes: 14 November 2025
Main Stories
Story 1: Wireless Charging Roads
Main Stories
Story 1: Wireless Charging Roads
- Title: This Wireless-Charging Road Is More Powerful Than Most Tesla Superchargers
- Source: InsideEVs.com
- Link: Wireless Charging Highway Power
- Company Site: Electreon
- See Also: First Highway Charges Cars as They Drive
- Title: Meet FireAnt: US firm unveils mini ‘tank-killer’ robot built to hunt heavy armor
- Source: Interesting Engin...
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November 7, 2025 • 39 mins
Bonus Fun Virtual Experience
- Google's virtual Route 66 driving adventure (Source: Google Arts & Culture in collaboration with the National Trust for Historic Preservation)
- Powered by mushrooms, living computers are on the rise - Neural organics lead to lower energy costs, faster calculation speeds (Source: Ohio State News)
- Link: https://n...
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Medical Tech & Science Special: In-Body 3D Printing, Brain Implants, and Living Robots w/ Ralph Bond
October 24, 2025 • 41 mins
Show Notes 24 October 2025
Story 1: 3D-Printer Prints Living Tissue Inside Human BodyStory 2: Breakthrough Brain Implant from NYU Ab...
Story 1: 3D-Printer Prints Living Tissue Inside Human BodyStory 2: Breakthrough Brain Implant from NYU Ab...
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October 17, 2025 • 33 mins
Story 1: Tiny lab-grown brains could help build the next generation of computers - Biocomputing has left the realm of science fiction and entered the laboratory
- Source: Techspot.com
- Link: Tiny lab-grown brains could help build the next generation of computers
- See also BBC article: Lab-grown brains: The future of computing?
- See also: FinalSpark
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October 10, 2025 • 45 mins
- Solar-powered ‘artificial plant’ purifies radioactive soil by 95% in 20 days
- Source: Interesting Engineering Story by Aman Tripathi
- Link: https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/artificial-plant-cleans-radioactive-soil
- See also: https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1099362
- See also: https://www.asiaresearchnews.com/content/purifying-radioactive-soil-sunlight-alone-dgist-successfully-developed-%E2%80%9Cartificial-plant...
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October 3, 2025 • 36 mins
Show Notes 3 October 2025
Story 1: Some Layers of Your Brain Actually Get Stronger as You Age
Story 1: Some Layers of Your Brain Actually Get Stronger as You Age
- Source: ScienceAlert.com
- Story by: Michelle Starr
- Link: https://www.sciencealert.com/some-layers-of-your-brain-actually-get-stronger-as-you-age
- Research Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-025-02013-1
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September 27, 2025 • 32 mins
Show Notes 26 September 2025
Story 1: No sorting needed: Plasma torch shows promise for hassle-free plastic recycling
Source: TechXplore.com
Link: https://techxplore.com/news/2025-09-plasma-torch-hassle-free-plastic.html
Story 2: MIT spinoff achieves major milestone in pursuit of limitless energy beneath our feet: 'Could fundamentally change how we power our world'
Source: The Cool Down via MSN.com
Link: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/te...
Story 1: No sorting needed: Plasma torch shows promise for hassle-free plastic recycling
Source: TechXplore.com
Link: https://techxplore.com/news/2025-09-plasma-torch-hassle-free-plastic.html
Story 2: MIT spinoff achieves major milestone in pursuit of limitless energy beneath our feet: 'Could fundamentally change how we power our world'
Source: The Cool Down via MSN.com
Link: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/te...
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September 19, 2025 • 47 mins
Show Notes 19 September 2025
Story 1: Researchers building RoboBalls to explore other planets
Source: The Purdue Exponent, a student-run newspaper serving the Purdue community in West Lafayette, Indiana Story by Dean Murray
Story 1: Researchers building RoboBalls to explore other planets
Source: The Purdue Exponent, a student-run newspaper serving the Purdue community in West Lafayette, Indiana Story by Dean Murray
- Link: https://www.purdueexponent.org/news/national/researchers-building-roboballs-to-explore-other-planets/article_2c06a5ae-3b24-5834-bfc8-9f7df72e299c.html
- See the school’s website for the project: https://rad....
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September 12, 2025 • 39 mins
Show Notes:
Story 1: Map of 600,000 brain cells rewrites the textbook on how the brain makes decisions
Source: LiveScience.com
Link: https://www.livescience.com/health/neuroscience/map-of-600-000-brain-cells-rewrites-the-textbook-on-how-the-brain-makes-decisions
Story 2: Super solar cells withstand 10,000 bends, retain over 85% output after 2,800 hours
Source: InterestingEngineering.com via MSN
Link: https://www.msn.com/en-us/technology/...
Story 1: Map of 600,000 brain cells rewrites the textbook on how the brain makes decisions
Source: LiveScience.com
Link: https://www.livescience.com/health/neuroscience/map-of-600-000-brain-cells-rewrites-the-textbook-on-how-the-brain-makes-decisions
Story 2: Super solar cells withstand 10,000 bends, retain over 85% output after 2,800 hours
Source: InterestingEngineering.com via MSN
Link: https://www.msn.com/en-us/technology/...
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September 5, 2025 • 41 mins
Story 1: Scientists use quantum machine learning to create semiconductors for the first time
Source: LiveScience.com
Link: https://www.livescience.com/technology/computing/scientists-use-quantum-machine-learning-to-create-semiconductors-for-the-first-time-and-it-could-transform-how-chips-are-made
Research Paper: https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/advs.202506213
Story 2: How used EV batteries could help fuel the AI boo...
Source: LiveScience.com
Link: https://www.livescience.com/technology/computing/scientists-use-quantum-machine-learning-to-create-semiconductors-for-the-first-time-and-it-could-transform-how-chips-are-made
Research Paper: https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/advs.202506213
Story 2: How used EV batteries could help fuel the AI boo...
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