Smart Clothing, Mushroom Construction, Recycling Human Energy w/ Ralph Bond

Show Notes 6 October 2023<br /><br />Story 1: Smart ePants - US Intelligence to spend $22 million on smart electrically powered and networked textile systems<br /><br />Source: IARPA website<br /><br />Link: <a href="https://www.iarpa.gov/research-programs/smart-epants" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.iarpa.gov/research-programs/smart-epants</a><br /><br />See also: ExtremeTech.com Story by Adrianna Nine<br /><br />Link: <a href="https://www.extremetech.com/defense/us-intelligence-to-spend-22-million-on-surveillance-underwear" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.extremetech.com/defense/us-intelligence-to-spend-22-million-on-surveillance-underwear</a><br /><br />See video here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJWRpAEife8" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJWRpAEife8</a><br /><br /><br /><br />Story 2: Scientists knit futuristic eco-building designs using fungal networks<br /><br />Source: Frontiers Science News Story by Angharad Brewer Gillham<br /><br />Link: <a href="https://blog.frontiersin.org/2023/07/14/scientists-knit-futuristic-eco-building-designs-using-fungal-networks/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://blog.frontiersin.org/2023/07/14/scientists-knit-futuristic-eco-building-designs-using-fungal-networks/</a><br /><br /><br /><br /> Story 3: Humans as batteries: future smart devices could use our bodies as a power source<br /><br />Source: The Science Times Story by Conelisa N. Habilla <br /><br />Link: <a href="https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/45340/20230810/humans-batteries-future-smart-devices-use-bodies-power-source.htm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/45340/20230810/humans-batteries-future-smart-devices-use-bodies-power-source.htm</a> <br /><br /><br /><br /> Story 4: Aggressive cancer cells transformed into healthy muscle cells!<br /><br />Source: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory article <br /><br />Link: <a href="https://www.cshl.edu/once-rhabdo