Episode #564
News Items
Who's That Noisy
- Answer to last week: Autopilot
Interview with Michael Whelan
- http://www.michaelwhelan.com/
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Fiction
Researchers find that assisted driving systems that use a more natural voice, especially one that the driver socially connects to, results in decreased accidents. http://phys.org/news/2016-04-strong-interactions-voice-guided-vehicles-result.html
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Item #2
Science
Scientists have created an artificial protein that self-assembles with Buckminster fullerenes to create a lattice superstructure. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160426091731.htm
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Item #3
Science
Scientists have developed an entirely dissolvable memristor, that can potentially be used as an implantable or environmentally safe sensor. http://canadafreepress.com/article/toward-dissolvable-electronics-for-implants-and-sensors
Skeptical Quote of the Week.
‘The claim of alternative practitioners to not treat disease labels but the whole patient…allows alternative practitioners to live in a fool’s paradise of quackery where they believe themselves to be protected from any challenges and demands for evidence.’ - Edzard Ernst