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
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:
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...
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...
Medical Tech & Science Special: In-Body 3D Printing, Brain Implants, and Living Robots w/ Ralph Bond
Story 1: 3D-Printer Prints Living Tissue Inside Human BodyStory 2: Breakthrough Brain Implant from NYU Ab...
- 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
- 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...
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
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: 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....
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/...
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...
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 ...
Story 1: Zapping Volunteers' Brains with Electricity Boosted Their Math Skills
Source: ScienceAlert.com
Link: https://www.sciencealert.com/zapping-volunteers-brains-with-electricity-boosted-their-maths-skills
Story 2: Moon mining takes giant leap forward with plans to harvest lunar soil
Source: Newsweek via MSN
Link: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/moon-mining-takes-giant-leap-forward-with-plans-to-harve...
Story 1: Meta researchers are developing a gesture-controlled wristband that can interact with a computer
Source: TechCrunch.com
Link: https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/23/meta-researchers-are-developing-a-gesture-controlled-wristband-that-can-interact-with-a-computer/
Find the research paper here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09255-w
Story 2: First standard production tire with over 70% bio-based an...
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 ...
Source: LiveScience.com
Link: https://www.livescience.com/technology/electronics/unlike-conventional-electronics-liquid-metal-used-in-novel-circuit-boards-can-self-heal-and-work-after-taking-heavy-damage
Story 2: Cooling data centers is a multi-billion-dollar problem - now researchers want to use a common cooling mechanism found in animals to sol...
Story 1: Husker researchers developing cephalopod-inspired synthetic skins
Source: University of Nebraska-Lincoln website
Link: https://news.unl.edu/article/husker-researchers-developing-cephalopod-inspired-synthetic-skins
See research paper Synthetic Chromatophores for Color and Pattern Morphing Skins here: https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.202505104?af=R
Story 2: US soldiers get smart r...
- Source: LiveScience.com
- Story by Perri Thaler
- Link: https://www.livescience.com/technology/communications/japan-sets-new-internet-speed-record-its-4-million-times-faster-than-average-us-broadband-speeds
- Official research team statement: https://www.nict.go.jp/en/press/2025/05/29-1.html
- See also: https://www.digitaltrends.com/...
Story 1: Bill Gates-backed rectangular turbine pilot could upend wind power
Source: Electrek.com Story by Michelle Lewis
Link: https://electrek.co/2025/06/26/bill-gates-backed-rectangular-turbine-pilot-could-upend-wind-power/
See video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTWhGSdZh1o
See company website here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTWhGSdZh1o
Story 2: Owls’ silent flight inspires new noise reduction tech...
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