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10. Sustainable Fashion, Apple Car Insights, Sharper Bionic Eyes Mar 23, 2021

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An international team composed of 7 different institutions led by Dr. Svetlana Boriskina has achieved a polyethylene textile that is more breathable, moisture wicking, and environmentally friendly than the materials mostly used in the fashion industry.

(7:00) - Apple Car Insights

Apple’s secret car - which was first hinted at in 2014 as Project Titan - seems to be making progress but not without some bumps along the way.

(12:10) - Sharper Bionic Eyes

EPFL has announced a new iteration of their retinal implant which offers a greater resolution and field of view to address some of the limitations of their original design that was trialed in 2013.

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9. Nissan’s Big Hybrid Bet, 3D Printing Your Future Home, NYPD’s RoboPup Mar 16, 2021

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(0:50) Nissan Reduces CO2 Emissions With Gas Powered EV -

Nissan newly developed STARC system allows for a 50% thermally efficient internal combustion engine and by placing it in their hybrid powertrain, they are able to offer a vehicle with lower total lifecycle carbon dioxide emissions than current battery powered electric vehicles.

(8:30) First 3D Printed Home In The United States -

SQ4D achieved a major milestone in North American real estate history: they made a functional home with 3D printed walls in Long Island, NY that is currently up for sale.

(14:00) Digidog: The Real Life RoboCop -

The New York Police Department has purchased a Spot robot from Boston Dynamics (renamed DigiDog) to inspect risky areas before officers are sent in.

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8. Eliminating Emissions With IoT, Shapeshifting Fabrics, Fuel Cell Flight Mar 09, 2021

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(0:40) Eliminating Emission Inspections Via IoT -

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University developed a machine learning model that can conduct vehicle emission inspections more accurately than the OBD tests used by mechanics.

(7:20) Shapeshifting Fabrics -

Scientists from Harvard University created a sustainable and 3D printable fabric derived from recycled wool with shape shifting capabilities.

(12:30) Fuel Cell Powered Airplanes -

The German Aerospace Center has received funding to build a testing facility composed of all key components of a hydrogen fuel cell powered system for the development of an electric, hydrogen fuel cell powered regional aircraft.

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7. Diagnosing Alzheimer’s At A Glance, The Stress You Sweat, Bloom’s Better Bioplastics Mar 02, 2021

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(0:45) Diagnosing Alzheimer’s At A Glance -

Researchers at Duke University have developed a machine learning model capable of successfully differentiating between healthy patients and those with Alzheimer’s using retinal images.

(7:00) The Stress You Sweat -

EPFL and Xsensio have collaborated to create a wireless sensor using graphene capable of monitoring cortisol levels secreted via sweat in quasi real-time.

(12:30) Bloom’s Better Bioplastics -

Bloom Biorenewables biomass processing method increases the efficiency of resource extraction from 40% to 75% and enables production of high performance and biodegradable bioplastics.

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Every day, some of the most innovative universities, companies, and individual technology developers share their knowledge on Wevolver. To ensure we can also provide this knowledge for the growing group of podcast listeners, we started a collaboration with two young engineers, Daniel Scott Mitchell & Farbod Moghaddam who discuss the most interesting content in this podcast series.

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6. Beating Bias In AI, Anti-Tremor Gloves, AR Assisted Surgery Feb 23, 2021

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(0:45) Detecting and Mitigating Bias In AI -

A collaboration between University of Michigan, UC Santa Cruz, Ohio State University, and Purdue University to investigate the detection and mitigation of bias in artificial intelligence.

(6:30) Tremor Stabilizing Gloves -

Five Microns has developed a glove capable of reducing essential tremors - which affects 7 million people in the U.S. alone - by ~85% using tuned mass damper technology.

(11:20) World’s First AR Assisted Surgery -

Augmented reality made its debut in the operating room by assisting the Chief Surgeon at Balgrist University Hospital with spinal surgery.

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5. Making Rocket Fuel on Mars, Sustainable Transparent Wood, Plants Preventing Poisoning Feb 16, 2021

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(0:45) MOXIE Could Help Future Rockets Launch Off Mars –

NASA developed a device called MOXIE which will attempt to make oxygen out of thin air (Mars atmosphere) so it can be used in rocket fuel.

(4:45) Scalable Approach for Manufacturing Transparent Wood –

Imagine wood, but see-through. A team from UMD discovered a sustainable way to make wood that’s transparent.

(10:00) Real Time Arsenic Detection Via Plant Embedded Sensors –

MIT’s SMART group made nanosensors that turn rice, spinach, and ferns into “smart” plants that detect pollutants like arsenic to protect you from getting poisoned.

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4. 3D Printing Organs, The AI DJ, Next-Gen Weather Satellites Feb 09, 2021

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(0:44) 3D Bioprinted Heart Provides New Tool For Surgeons -

A team from Carnegie Mellon developed a new way to 3D print tissue and put it to the test by printing the first full-size heart made of soft tissue.

(5:50) Music Meets AI: Could Listening To Bieber Be Good For You? -

A researcher from ANU made an AI algorithm that might know what music you like better than even you do.

(11:35) What The World’s Latest Earth-Monitoring Satellite Will Tell Us About Global Warming -

NASA JPL launched a new satellite into space to monitor rising sea levels and global warming over time. In the short term, it’ll also help improve weather forecasting.

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3. AI for Mechanical Design, the Key to Thwarting Quantum Hackers, Making Better Batteries Feb 02, 2021

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(0:57) Order Up! AI Finds the Right Material –

Researchers from CMU and UCalgary made an AI algorithm to help designers choose the correct material for a part based on its intended end use.

(6:15) Unique Testbed In Eindhoven Paves The Way For Unhackable 'Quantum Internet' –

Eindhoven researchers have devised a method to protect our data from hackers with quantum computers.

(10:51) New Technique Extends Next-Generation Lithium Metal Batteries –

A group from Columbia added potassium to lithium ion batteries to make them safer and longer-lasting.

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2. Boom Brings Back Supersonic, Using AI to Beat TB, 5G is Messing Up Weather Forecasts Jan 26, 2021

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(0:50) Boom – The Future of Supersonic Flight -

Boom Supersonic has created their XB-1 prototype, the predecessor to their eventual Overture aircraft, which will bring back commercial supersonic passenger flight.

(10:33) Machine Learning Uncovers Potential New TB Drugs -

A group from MIT has developed a new computational method for screening drug compounds that predicts which ones will work best against tuberculosis or other diseases.

(15:25) 5G Wireless May Lead To Inaccurate Weather Forecasts -

A Rutgers study models for the first time how much 5G radiation “leakage” could be negatively affecting weather forecasting accuracy.

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1. Abstract Machine Learning, 3D Printing Airplanes, Learning Flight From Flies Jan 19, 2021

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(0:40) The next stop in machine learning: making sense of abstract concepts -

Researchers from MIT, IBM, and Columbia created a machine learning model that exhibits abstract reasoning.

(6:00) How additive manufacturing can shift manufacturing methodologies in the airline industry -

EOS and other 3D printing companies are changing the airline industry’s manufacturing methods, starting with interiors.

(12:15) Can flies hold the secret to enable enhanced robotic flight? -

Penn State researchers crack the code to improve robotic flight by studying the behavior of fruit flies.

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