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
Story 1: Extra ‘set of eyes’ for self-driving cars: Roadside radar sensors could reduce blind spots Silvia Cernea Clark Rice University website
https://news.rice.edu/news/2026/extra-set-eyes-self-driving-cars-roadside-radar-sensors-could-reduce-blind-spots
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1SWRzGPQJQ
Story 2: Spray-on 'immune-shield' coats transplant organs to curb rejection Medical Xpress via MSN.com
https://www...
Story 1: 3D Printing Soft Robots - Rotational multi-material printing offers intricate, programmable shapesSource: Harvard School of Engineering Story by Anne J. Manning
Link: https://seas.harvard.edu/news/3d-printing-soft-robots
See video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BK9K_mJjlxE
Story 2: AI robot vehicles learn to team up and extinguish fires in early trial
Source: TechXplore.com Story by Andrew Zini...
Story 1: Scientists Grew Mini Brains, Then Trained Them to Solve an Engineering Problem
Source: ScienceAlert.com
Link:
https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-grew-mini-brains-then-trained-them-to-solve-an-engineering-problem
200,000 living human brain cells just learned to play Doom and this is just the start of it
Source: ZME Science
Link:https://www.zmescience.com/science/wetware-brain-doom-play/
Story 2: Sub-$...
Story 1: Artemis II to Test Laser-Based Communication from the Moon
Source: ExtremeTech.com
Link: https://www.extremetech.com/aerospace/artemis-ii-to-test-laser-based-communication-from-the-moon
Story 2: New solar-powered device extracts lithium for batteries while desalinating seawater
Source: Interesting Engineering
Link: https://interestingengineering.com/energy/china-solar-device-extracts-lithium-desalinat...
Story 1: Watch a robot swarm “bloom” like a garden
Source: ArsTechnica.com
Link: https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/01/watch-a-robot-swarm-bloom-like-a-garden/
See research paper here: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scirobotics.ady7233
See video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80QqrFmvIr0&t=2s
Story 2: Electric semi-trucks could serve as mobile AI data centers, a Belgian startup proposes
Sourc...
AI model from Google's DeepMind reads recipe for life in DNA
Source: BBC
Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c39428dv18yo
Carbon Robotics Launches the World’s First-Ever Large Plant Model
Source: BusinessWire.com
Link: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260202630325/en/Carbon-Robotics-Launches-the-Worlds-First-Ever-Large-Plant-Model
Your future home might be framed with printed plastic
Source: MIT News
Lin...
https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-tiny-silicon-accurate-matrix-multiplication.html#google_vignette
Research Paper:
https://journals.aps.org/prapplied/abstract/10.1103/5drp-hrx1
Scientists Found an Untapped Energy Source Running Through Our Cells Source: Popular Mechanics Link:
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/he...
Story 1: MIT just made aluminum 5x stronger with 3D printing - it is stronger, lighter, and tough enough to reshape the future of flight
Source: ScienceDaily Based on MIT news announcement
Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251226045316.htm
See also: https://news.mit.edu/2025/printable-aluminum-alloy-sets-strength-records-may-enable-lighter-aircraft-parts-1007
Story 2: New 'physics shortcut' l...
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...
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: 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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1. New wearable device lets you touch fabric online, read braille, and more - VoxeLite can help you literally feel websites.
- Source: Popular Science
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- Source: Bioengineer.org
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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...
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
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Title: 3D Solar towers boost electricity production by around 50%
Source: New Atlas
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- 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
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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
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- Title: Green alternative for light-emitting materials in displays uses plant waste and amino acids
- Source: TechXplore.com
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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...
- 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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