Cloth Radios, Janus Crystals, Morphing Wheels w/ Ralph Bond

Computer America

Show Notes 6 December 2024



Story 1: Columbia Engineers Knit a “Blanket” of Sophisticated Radio-Frequency Antennas


Source: Electronicsforu.com Story by Akanksha Gaur


Link: https://www.electronicsforu.com/news/sophisticated-blanket-of-radio-frequency-antennas


See also: https://www.engineering.columbia.edu/about/news/columbia-engineers-knit-blanket-sophisticated-radio-frequency-antennas


See also: Flat‐Knit, Flexible, Textile Metasurfaces - Carter - 2024 - Advanced Materials - Wiley Online Library


See video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIb2evFmk3U&t=1s


Story 2: Revolutionary New Material Harvests Water from Thin Air Without Energy


Source: SciTechDaily Story by New York University


Link: https://scitechdaily.com/revolutionary-new-material-harvests-water-from-thin-air-without-energy/

Story 3: Turning waste into fuel: Bourbon industry offers new path for renewable energy


Source: University of Kentucky


Link: https://www.research.uky.edu/news/turning-waste-fuel-bourbon-industry-offers-new-path-renewable-energy


See also: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479724019613

Story 4: This ‘Morphing’ Wheel from South Korea Could Transform Lives and Robots


Source: WonderfulEngineering.com Story by Shaheer Shahzad


Link: https://wonderfulengineering.com/this-morphing-wheel-from-south-korea-could-transform-lives-and-robots/


See video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uodsxXLTByg
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