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MIT Engineers Test An Idea For A New Hovering Rover | Brighter Side News (01:28) Due to the lack of atmosphere, the moon and other airless bodies such as asteroids can build up an electric field.Because of direct exposure to the sun and surrounding plasma. Moon’s electric charge is strong enough to levitate dust more than 1 meter above the ground. Engineers at NASA and elsewhere have recently proposed harnessing this natural surface charge to levitate a gliderMylar wings, which is a material that holds the same charge as surfaces on airless bodies.  Thinking of magnets, the same charged sides would repel causing a levitation effect  A design would likely be limited to small asteroids, as larger planetary bodies would have a stronger, counteracting gravitational pull. Or would it?MIT’s rover could get around this The concept resembles a retro-style, disc-shaped flying saucer, and uses tiny ion beams to both charge up the vehicle and boost the surface’s natural charge.Generates a relatively large repulsive force between the vehicle and the ground with a small amount of power  In an initial feasibility study, the researchers show that such an ion boost should be strong enough to levitate a small, 2-pound vehicle on the moon and large asteroids. Large asteroid using a 10-kilovolt ion source The Moon the same rover would need a 50-kilovolt source Design relies on the use of miniature ion thrusters, called ionic-liquid ion sources Using a basic disc model with ion thrusters Could achieve levitation of about one centimeter off the ground Co-author Paulo Lozano explains why levitation on a rover would be good:“With a levitating rover, you don’t have to worry about wheels or moving parts … An asteroid’s terrain could be totally uneven, and as long as you had a controlled mechanism to keep your rover floating, then you could go over very rough, unexplored terrain, without having to dodge the asteroid physically.”   MIT unveils the world's longest flexible fiber battery. You can weave and wash it in fabrics | ZME Science (08:01) Engineers at MIT have created a rechargeable lithium-ion battery in the form of very long fiber.Could be used to 3D print batteries in any shape. The proof of concept is 140 meters long, making it the longest flexible fiber battery thus far.Length is arbitrary according to the engineers since they could do much longer lengths. Fiber batteries are not new, however previously they have all the lithium and other key materials outside the fiber, which would leave them unprotected.This Fiber is the opposite with the new system embedding the battery inside the fiber  This provides a protective outside coating, which gives the fiber both stability and waterproofing. The thickness of the fiber device is only a few hundred microns, much thinner than any previous attempts at a fiber battery. To demonstrate the functionality of this proof of concept, the researchers used the fiber battery to power a “Li-Fi” communications system, the kind that uses pulses of light to transmit data rather than radio waves. Includes a microphone, pre-amp, transistor, and diodes The 140-meter-long battery fiber has a rated energy storage capacity of 123 milliamp-hours  Enough to power a smartwatch or phone.  Battery fibers could be woven to produce two-dimensional fabrics like those used for clothing, but could also be used in 3-D printing to create solid objects, such as casings.Because the system creates it all without having to add anything else it would be one-step printing.   Scientists Can Now Print Metal Objects That Are Only 25 Nanometers Long | Interesting Engineering (13:08) A group of scientists has set a new benchmark in 3D printing by succeeding in fabricating ultrasmall metal objects using a new technique. According to the team, their system can be used to make objects out of copper just 25 billionths of a meter in diameter (equivalent to 25 nanometres).Equivalent to 195 copper atoms in a row. Their elect

Launch Day From Nasa.gov: NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope launched at 7:20 a.m. EST Saturday (Dec. 25th) on an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, South America.A joint effort with ESA (European Space Agency) and the Canadian Space Agency,  The Webb observatory is NASA’s revolutionary flagship mission to seek the light from the first galaxies in the early universe and to explore our own solar system, as well as planets orbiting other stars, called exoplanets.  Ground teams began receiving telemetry data from Webb about five minutes after launch.` Approximately 30 minutes after launch, Webb unfolded its solar array, and mission managers confirmed that the solar array was providing power to the observatory. Engineers and ground controllers will conduct the first of three mid-course correction burns about 12.5 hours after launchFiring thrusters to maneuver the spacecraft on an optimal trajectory toward its destination in orbit about 1 million miles from Earth.  Sun-Earth Lagrange Point 2 (L2) The world’s largest and most complex space science observatory will now begin six months of commissioning in space. At the end of commissioning, Webb will deliver its first images.  Webb’s program director at NASA Headquarters, Gregory L. Robinson, talks about the launch: “The launch of the Webb Space Telescope is a pivotal moment – this is just the beginning for the Webb mission … Now we will watch Webb’s highly anticipated and critical 29 days on the edge. When the spacecraft unfurls in space, Webb will undergo the most difficult and complex deployment sequence ever attempted in space. Once commissioning is complete, we will see awe-inspiring images that will capture our imagination.”   The Time Machine from The Conversation: Benefit of the James Webb Telescope, and most space telescopes, is that they are time machines.Any light that hits a telescope (i.e. image) you will be looking at old light. For instance looking at an object 10,000 light years away if you have an image you will be looking at 10,000 years in the past.Light would take 10,000 years to reach Earth. The further out in space astronomers look, the further back in time we are looking.JWST is trying to look FAR back.  JWST is specifically designed to try to look at light from the end of the Dark Ages by detecting the faint infrared light of the earliest stars or galaxies. Dark Ages: Around 400,000 years after the Big Bang, the universe was 10 million light years across and the temperature had cooled to 5,500 F (3,000 C).  The universe would have been glowing dull red like a giant heat lamp. As the expanding universe became bigger and colder, the high energy particles thinned out and everything faded to black.  The Dark Ages ended when gravity formed the first stars and galaxies that eventually began to emit the first light. Compared to massive, bright galaxies of today, the first objects (i.e stars & galaxies) were very small. Additionally, due to the constant expansion of the universe, they’re now tens of billions of light years away from Earth. This leads to the why infrared is important:As the universe expands, it continuously stretches the wavelength of light traveling through it. That leads to a “redshift.” Light shifts from shorter wavelengths – like blue or white light – to longer wavelengths like red or infrared light when stretched. Therefore, by the time light emitted by an early star or galaxy 13 billion years ago reaches any telescope on Earth, it has been stretched by a factor of 10.It arrives as infrared light! Comparing it to Hubble,  JWST has a 15 times wider field of view on its camera, collecting six times more light and its sensors are tuned to be most sensitive to infrared light. How will Data be collected? The strategy will be to stare deeply at one patch of sky for a long time, collecting as much light and information from the most distant and oldest galaxies as possible.  What to look for in the next 6 mont

News Self-Driving Microscopes to Navigate the Nanoscale | IEEE Spectrum (02:11) 3D IMAGING ENHANCES CHECKS FOR AGGRESSIVE PROSTATE CANCER | Futurity (07:34) Scientists Discover 'Significant' Water Hidden In Martian Grand Canyon | Vice (14:45) AI Predicts Which Individuals Will Develop Dementia Within Two Years | GenEngNews (20:40) FDA Approves New Eye Drops that Could Replace Glasses for Millions | ExtremeTech (29:01) ----more---- Podcast Links: Website: https://thatscoolnews.com/ Review The Podcast: https://thatscoolnews.com/review Email List: https://thatscoolnews.com/email Follow On Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thatscoolnews/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Thats_Cool_News  Join the Community: Discord: https://thatscoolnews.com/discord Facebook Group: https://thatscoolnews.com/group

News Timestamps: WhatsApp Launches Instant Cryptocurrency Payments in the US | MacRumors (01:42) Two-year follow up shows delaying umbilical cord clamping saves babies' lives | MedicalXpress (10:11) Body-sucking sleeping bag may help protect astronauts' vision |   New Atlas (19:19) Blue Origin's Third Space Tourism Flight Takes Off | Interesting Engineering (26:11) MIT and Google Brain Create Tool To Speed Development of New Solar Cells | SciTechDaily (30:10) ----more---- Podcast Links: Website: https://thatscoolnews.com/ Review The Podcast: https://thatscoolnews.com/review Email List: https://thatscoolnews.com/email Follow On Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thatscoolnews/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Thats_Cool_News  Join the Community: Discord: https://thatscoolnews.com/discord Facebook Group: https://thatscoolnews.com/group

News Timestamps South Korea plans to host world's first floating city by 2025 | Global Construction Review (01:50) Safely delivering radiation to cancer patients in a 'FLASH' | Phys.org (09:26) Bionic Eye Study Paves the Way Toward Human Trials | Neuroscience News (13:21) Synthetic tissue can repair hearts, muscles, and vocal cords | McGill Newsroom (20:01) Rocket Lab moves to challenge SpaceX and Starship head-on with Neutron | CNET (25:45) ----more---- Podcast Links: Website: https://thatscoolnews.com/ Review The Podcast: https://thatscoolnews.com/review Email List: https://thatscoolnews.com/email Follow On Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thatscoolnews/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Thats_Cool_News  Join the Community: Discord: https://thatscoolnews.com/discord Facebook Group: https://thatscoolnews.com/group

News Timestamps: Scientists use seismic noise to image first hundred meters of Mars | Ars Technica (01:44) Ultrashort laser pulses shred superbugs without harming human cells | New Atlas (08:47) The World's First 3D-Printed Prosthetic Eye Will Be Received by a British Patient | Interesting Engineering (16:48) White Matter Brain Lesions on MRI Linked to Years of Playing Football | SciTechDaily (23:30) Morning exposure to deep red light improves declining eyesight | MedicalXPress (30:29) ----more---- Podcast Links: Website: https://thatscoolnews.com/ Review The Podcast: https://thatscoolnews.com/review Email List: https://thatscoolnews.com/email Follow On Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thatscoolnews/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Thats_Cool_News  Join the Community: Discord: https://thatscoolnews.com/discord Facebook Group: https://thatscoolnews.com/group

News Timestamps: Meta’s sci-fi haptic glove prototype lets you feel VR objects using air pockets | The Verge (01:35) A New Membrane Can Substantially Upgrade Wearable Energy Generators  | Interesting Engineering (10:23) Research reveals how to design a better next-generation lithium-ion battery | TechXplore (15:23) Psychedelics show promise in treating mental illness | MedicalXPress (20:52) Weird quantum effect that can turn matter invisible finally demonstrated | LiveScience (26:48) ----more---- Podcast Links: Website: https://thatscoolnews.com/ Review The Podcast: https://thatscoolnews.com/review Email List: https://thatscoolnews.com/email Follow On Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thatscoolnews/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Thats_Cool_News  Join the Community: Discord: https://thatscoolnews.com/discord Facebook Group: https://thatscoolnews.com/group

News Timestamps: A New Origami Lunar Habitat Can Unfold Into 750 Times Its Own Size | Interesting Engineering (00:52) SpinLaunch completes first test flight of alternative rocket | CNBC (06:44) Chemotherapy-free stem cell transplant promises safer leukemia treatment | New Atlas (15:25) A New Cable Prototype Fully Charges an EV in 5 Minutes – Robb Report | Robb Report (21:42) Paralysis Cure? Paralyzed Mice Start Walking Again After Revolutionary Gel Treatment | Tech Times (27:33) ----more---- Podcast Links: Website: https://thatscoolnews.com/ Review The Podcast: https://thatscoolnews.com/review Email List: https://thatscoolnews.com/email Follow On Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thatscoolnews/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Thats_Cool_News  Join the Community: Discord: https://thatscoolnews.com/discord Facebook Group: https://thatscoolnews.com/group

News Timestamps: Thiel-Backed Helion Targets 2024 Breakthrough for Nuclear Fusion | Bloomberg (01:08) Humans could 'live forever' as firm offers 'immortality' freezing for about $660-a-year | The Brighter Side (08:52) Magnetic brain stimulation nearly cures depression | Free Think (15:08) 5D data storage technology offers 10,000 times the density of Blu-ray | New Atlas (19:55) Bryden Wood reveals plan to convert coal-fired power stations to nuclear | Architects Journal (25:41) ----more---- Podcast Links: Website: https://thatscoolnews.com/ Review The Podcast: https://thatscoolnews.com/review Email List: https://thatscoolnews.com/email Follow On Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thatscoolnews/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Thats_Cool_News  Join the Community: Discord: https://thatscoolnews.com/discord Facebook Group: https://thatscoolnews.com/group

New Timestamps: Blue Origin announces plans for a commercial space station | Engadget (01:06) Amazon’s broadband satellite venture Kuiper teams up with Verizon to expand 5G coverage | The Verge (07:52) Essential Amino Acid Supplements Could Prevent Dementia | SciTechDaily (13:17) Detector advance could lead to cheaper, easier medical scans | Phys.org (20:24) ICON and Lennar reveal the world's largest 3D-printed community, designed by BIG | ArchPaper (24:21) ----more---- Podcast Links: Website: https://thatscoolnews.com/ Review The Podcast: https://thatscoolnews.com/review Email List: https://thatscoolnews.com/email Follow On Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thatscoolnews/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Thats_Cool_News  Join the Community: Discord: https://thatscoolnews.com/discord Facebook Group: https://thatscoolnews.com/group

News Timestamps: This ingenious wall could harness enough wind power to cover your electric bill | Fast Company (01:22) Researchers develop a new way to find cancer at the nanometer scale | MedicalXPress (07:45) Elon Musk’s Boring Company gets green light for Las Vegas tunnel system | The Verge (13:39) Lockheed Martin plans to build Starlab commercial space station by 2027  | New Atlas (19:01) Walmart Has Quietly Begun Hosting Bitcoin ATMs | Coindesk (24:30) ----more---- Podcast Links: Website: https://thatscoolnews.com/ Review The Podcast: https://thatscoolnews.com/review Email List: https://thatscoolnews.com/email Follow On Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thatscoolnews/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Thats_Cool_News  Join the Community: Discord: https://thatscoolnews.com/discord Facebook Group: https://thatscoolnews.com/group  

News Covered: Hubble Finds Evidence of Persistent Water Vapour Atmosphere on Europa | ESAHubble.org (01:13) Ex-SpaceX Engineers Are Building a Cheap, Portable Nuclear Reactor | Interesting Engineering (06:42) Energy-efficient AI detects heart defects | MedicalXpress (15:28) German Scientists Harness the Power of Photosynthesis for New Way To “Breathe” | ScitechDaily (21:02) Growing Crops Under Solar Panels Could Substantially Boost Energy Production | Interesting Engineering (27:26) ----more---- Podcast Links: Website: https://thatscoolnews.com/ Review The Podcast: https://thatscoolnews.com/review Email List: https://thatscoolnews.com/email Follow On Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thatscoolnews/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Thats_Cool_News  Join the Community: Discord: https://thatscoolnews.com/discord Facebook Group: https://thatscoolnews.com/group

News: GM reveals Ultra Cruise "hands-free" system that covers "95 percent" of driving scenarios | The Verge (01:40) SpaceX Is Doubling Its Number of Astronaut-Carrying Spacecraft  | Futurism & Teslarati (10:27) Facebook Connectivity unveils robot that can speed fiber deployment | Venturebeat (16:28) New Sustainable Material Combines C02 With Recycled Concrete  | Interesting Engineering (23:01) Making surgical instruments from medical waste | Phys.org (27:25) ----more---- Podcast Links: Website: https://thatscoolnews.com/ Review The Podcast: https://thatscoolnews.com/review Email List: https://thatscoolnews.com/email Follow On Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thatscoolnews/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Thats_Cool_News  Join the Community: Discord: https://thatscoolnews.com/discord Facebook Group: https://thatscoolnews.com/group  

News Timestamps: Supercooling advances human tissue preservation | MedicalXPress (01:44) DeepMind develops AI that can forecast the weather | Silicon Angle (08:12) The Kidney Project successfully tests a prototype bioartificial kidney | UCSF (13:57) World's Fastest Electric Car Charger Offers a Full Charge in 15 Minutes | PCMag (21:23) Scientists May Have Discovered The First Planet Orbiting Three Stars At Once | Interesting Engineering (25:29) ----more---- Podcast Links: Website: https://thatscoolnews.com/ Review The Podcast: https://thatscoolnews.com/review Email List: https://thatscoolnews.com/email Follow On Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thatscoolnews/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Thats_Cool_News  Join the Community: Discord: https://thatscoolnews.com/discord Facebook Group: https://thatscoolnews.com/group

News Timestamps: China Aims for a Permanent Moon Base in the 2030s | IEEE Spectrum (01:33) ‘Jumping gene’ may have erased tails in humans and other apes—and boosted our risk of birth defects | Science.Org (08:32) Winged microchip is smallest-ever human-made flying structure  | TechXplore (12:47) In a First, Scientists Track 1 Million Neurons Near-Simultaneously in a Mouse Brain | Science Alert (19:25) Indian Scientists Discover Bacteria That Eats Toxic Metals From Water, Making It Safe | India Times (23:55) ----more---- Podcast Links: Website: https://thatscoolnews.com/ Review The Podcast: https://thatscoolnews.com/review Email List: https://thatscoolnews.com/email Follow On Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thatscoolnews/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Thats_Cool_News  Join the Community: Discord: https://thatscoolnews.com/discord Facebook Group: https://thatscoolnews.com/group