May 17, 2022
Tue. 05/17 - Telepathic Pizza Delivery & Algae Batteries
Scientists created a microcomputer powered by photosynthetic algae. Plus, a smart pacifier that could monitor the health of premature babies in the NICU. And Domino’s has teamed up with the Hawkins National Laboratory for a new app that lets you order pizza with your mind.
Scientists created a microcomputer powered by photosynthetic algae. Plus, a smart pacifier that could monitor the health of premature babies in the NICU. And Domino’s has teamed up with the Hawkins National Laboratory for a new app that lets you order pizza with your mind.
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Links:
- Scientists create algae computer powered by photosynthesis (The Verge)
- Scientists Create Microcomputer Powered by Algae (IGN)
- Computer powered by colony of blue-green algae has run for six months (New Scientist)
- The Algae Project (Young Henrys)
- Smart pacifier developed to monitor infant health in the hospital (ScienceDaily)
- Domino’s Mind Ordering (Domino’s, YouTube)
- Domino’s does Stranger Things with 80s packaging and a new mind ordering pizza app (It’s Nice That)
- Mind Ordering app (Domino’s)
- The First Thing That Ever Sold Online Was Pizza (The History of the Web)
- PizzaNet: How a Website Changed Pizza and the World (Slice)
- How Domino's Turnaround Gained Nearly $12b in Enterprise Value (Aaron Allen)
- Wed. 10/20 - None Pizza With Left Beef: A Slice of History (Cool Stuff Ride Home)
- The federal government is offering another round of free COVID tests (NPR)
- Marvel Pop Culture Week (Consequence)
- Jackson Bird on Twitter
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