144 Future Now Show - Optical AI, Pokey Patch, High Altitude Dark Matter Search, Fish Filtering Microplastics, Earth's rotational energy, Nevada's Volcanic Lithium Lake, Diamond rains

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 Bobby is on the road this week, but we do hear from him briefly. There are some fascinating developments of late, including the development of 100x faster and much cheaper optical computing, biomimicry applied to making a painless needle and cheap non-clogging micro printer nozzles from a mosquito’s probiscus, a fish filter for sifting out microplastics from your washing machine.  Meanwhile NASA has lofted a massive high altitude helium balloon into the Stratosphere above the Antarctic, to study the weather and to look for evidence of the elusive Dark Matter, yet to be seen physically. And a motherload of lithium has been discovered in a volcanic caldera on the Nevada Oregon border, enough to create Lithium based batteries for dozens of years, freeing us from the tyranny of other countries controlling the supply.  We conclude with a fascinating exoplanet discovery where the atmosphere potentially rains diamonds!  And Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and New Year to you!

 

Future News - The LEO Frontier, Rise of Geothermal US Lithium Supply, Inner hair for hearing regeneration, California mandate bills, Sniffer worms detect cancer cells, DNA-based nanobots, KSCO comedy, Frosty and Felton Hall,

Listen Now to Future News 4.05.2022

We are experiencing the opening of a new renaissance, the Low Earth Orbit frontier, where thousands of satellite settlers are moving en masse. Starlink is perhaps the best known new inhabitant of this nearby space, only 150 miles away from anywhere on earth. But there are many others, including those we discuss on today’s show, such as the Axiom’s commercial launch to the space station this week. In LEO we are looking at new frontiers in brain health, cardiac stem cells, cancer and aging as well as a technology demonstration to produce optics using the surface tension of fluids in microgravity, for starters. Exciting times ahead, and very close to us all.

Also this week,  Mrs. Future guides us through some of the scarey new mandate bills being promulagated through the CA legislature, Elon buys almost 10% shares of Twitter, Lithium is becoming more local and more readily available, thanks to Geothermal activity, sniffer worms detect cancer cells, DNA robots have begun their evolution, reversing hearing loss with regnerative therapy, and Frosty stops by with a report on KSCO comedy night this last weekend. Enjoy!

A renaissance of activity is now happening in Low Earth Orbit