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Fungal Computers, Hydrogen Tractors, and Restoring Sight w/ Ralph Bond

Fungal Computers, Hydrogen Tractors, and Restoring Sight w/ Ralph Bond

Published 4 months, 1 week ago

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Bonus Fun Virtual Experience

Google's virtual Route 66 driving adventure (Source: Google Arts & Culture in collaboration with the National Trust for Historic Preservation)
- Link: https://artsandculture.google.com/project/route-66

Main Stories

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://news.osu.edu/powered-by-mushrooms-living-computers-are-on-the-rise/
- See also: https://bioengineer.org/mushroom-powered-technology-the-emergence-of-living-computers/
- See research paper here: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0328965
Kubota Claims World’s First Hydrogen Fuel Cell, Self-Driving Tractor (Source: Equipmentworld.com)
- Link: https://www.equipmentworld.com/technology/article/15768565/kubota-worlds-first-hydrogen-selfdriving-tractor-unveiled
- See video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzIBOK_fkfU
Eye prosthesis is the first to restore sight lost to macular degeneration (Source: Stanford Medicine News Center)
- Link: https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2025/10/eye-prosthesis.html
- See research paper here: https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2501396
Scientists Reverse Alzheimer’s in Mice with a Single Injection - It only took two hours for a visible difference (Source: ZME Science)
- Link: https://www.zmescience.com/science/neurology-science/scientists-reverse-alzheimers-in-mice-with-a-single-injection/
- See research paper here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41392-025-02426-1

Honorable Mentions

Hydrogen Production Takes Flight at Hamburg Airport with New Infrastructure Roadmap (Source: Hydrogenfuelnews.com)
- Link: https://www.hydrogenfuelnews.com/hydrogen-production-takes-flight-at-hamburg-airport-with-new-infrastructure-roa

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