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Today is a very brainy conversation. Matt had the chance to chat with Dr. Kyle Wedgwood and research intern Wiktor Wiejak from University of Exeter in England. Wedgwood’s a mathematician specializing in neuroscience, and he’s using a computer from FinalSpark. Matt just put out a full video on what’s special about these computers, but in short, they’re alive. They’re made up of bundles of neurons, also known as organoids, and Dr. Wedgwood is using them to explore what he calls “the fundamentals” of how neurons work.

Watch the Undecided with Matt Ferrell episode, Merging Humans and AI: The Rise of Biological Computers https://youtu.be/DfUkaE7HcnU?list=PLnTSM-ORSgi7uzySCXq8VXhodHB5B5OiQ

• (00:00) - - Intro
• (02:06) - - Dr Kyle Wedgwood & Wiktor Wiejak's Interview

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Matt and Sean talk about the scramble to develop AI that could undermine the very underpinnings of … well… everything. Don’t panic. (Yet.)

Watch the Undecided with Matt Ferrell episode, Why the AI Revolution Has a Fatal Flaw https://youtu.be/hBfhd88DCZA?list=PLnTSM-ORSgi7uzySCXq8VXhodHB5B5OiQ

• (00:00) - - Intro & Feedback
• (10:45) - - The AI Paradox Discussion

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Matt and Sean talk about desalination efforts deep under the ocean, and how it may play a part in solving water shortages. Don’t get salty before taking a listen.

Undersea cables article: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/60150/10-facts-about-internets-undersea-cables

In response to “water we gonna do about it?”

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Watch the Undecided with Matt Ferrell episode, How Deep Sea Water is Now Drinkable https://youtu.be/Bu_IcFpEkg0?list=PLnTSM-ORSgi7uzySCXq8VXhodHB5B5OiQ

• (00:00) - - Intro & Feedback
• (21:25) - - Deep Ocean Desalination Discussion

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Matt and Sean talk about wave energy converters and power generation, and how in the long run it could outpace solar and wind as a sustainable, renewable energy source.

Watch the Undecided with Matt Ferrell episode, How Waves Could Quietly Overtake Solar & Wind: https://youtu.be/l1pxV7Nro34

• (00:00) - Introduction

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Matt and Sean talk about a battery design that is both battery and the body structure of the device being powered. It’s not massless, but is two birds one … battery?

Watch the Undecided with Matt Ferrell episode, The Strangest Battery Breakthrough Yet https://youtu.be/-0rnORXGwpE?list=PLnTSM-ORSgi7uzySCXq8VXhodHB5B5OiQ

• (00:00) - - Intro & Feedback
• (11:18) - - Structural Batteries Discussion

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Matt had the chance to chat with Julie Slaughter from the Ames National Laboratory about their research into magnetocalorics (using magnets for heating and cooling). Do you think this is an attractive idea? Or does it repulse you?

Watch the Undecided with Matt Ferrell episode, How Magnetic Cooling Is Breaking All the Rules https://youtu.be/qcscUoP8FNk?list=PLnTSM-ORSgi7uzySCXq8VXhodHB5B5OiQ

• (00:00) - - Intro
• (01:14) - - Dr Julie Slaughter Interview

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Matt and Sean talk about a move away from lithium by a major battery manufacturer, and a paper battery that might be the sheet. Why the interest in these new batteries?

Watch the Undecided with Matt Ferrell episodes;
Why This Paper Battery is Better Than You Think https://youtu.be/R31v28uS_8k?list=PLnTSM-ORSgi7uzySCXq8VXhodHB5B5OiQ
Why the Biggest Battery Company is Betting Against Lithium https://youtu.be/7yhcyn_4cUc?list=PLnTSM-ORSgi7uzySCXq8VXhodHB5B5OiQ

• (00:00) - - Intro
• (02:35) - - Paper Battery Discussion
• (09:04) - - Sodium-Ion Battery Discussion

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Matt and Sean talk about how AI is impacting us today. As well as a recent change in lithium-sulfur battery research, and how that might change the energy storage market. Stinky sulfur may finally be leaving its mark.

Watch the Undecided with Matt Ferrell episode, How This Overlooked Battery Might Change Everything https://youtu.be/AzU78eq3Kzw?list=PLnTSM-ORSgi7uzySCXq8VXhodHB5B5OiQ

• (00:00) - - Intro
• (01:15) - - AI Ethics
• (15:56) - - Previous Episode Feedback
• (21:34) - - Sulfur Battery Discussion

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