Biological Data Center, Gold E-Waste Recovery, and Smartphone Blindness Navigation w/ Ralph Bond

World-First Biological Data Center Uses 16 Million Living Human Neurons to Process Data Georgina Jedikovska [via Interesting Engineering] Technocracy.com
https://www.technocracy.news/world-first-biological-data-center-uses-16-million-living-human-neurons-to-process-data/
Scientists built an electrically controlled molecular ‘clamp’ that recovered 89% of the gold from electronic waste, using 100 times fewer separation chemicals while turning old phones into a more practical urban mine Adrian Villellas Earth.com
https://www.earth.com/science/electrically-controlled-molecular-clamp-gold-waste-recovery/
Harvard engineers develop smartphone app to aid navigation for people with blindness News-Medical.net
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260824/Harvard-engineers-develop-smartphone-app-to-aid-navigation-for-people-with-blindness.aspx
First patient in live AI-assisted sight-saving brain surgery [world-first procedure] NHS University College London Hospitals
https://www.uclh.nhs.uk/news/first-patient-live-ai-assisted-sight-saving-brain-surgery
Noninvasive AI-based system translates brain signals into written text Lisa Lock TechXplore.com
https://techxplore.com/news/2026-08-noninvasive-ai-based-brain-written.html
JetZero Develops World's First Blended Wing Jet with 5,000 Nautical Miles Range and 50% Fuel Savings Georgina Jedikovska via Interesting Engineering RobotToday.com
https://robottoday.com/industry-briefing/jetzero-develops-world-s-first-blended-wing-jet-with-5-000-nm-range-and-50-fuel-savings/9174
Electrocatalytic method could purify wastewater by converting pollutants into recoverable polymers Robert Egan Phys.org
https://phys.org/news/2026-08-electrocatalytic-method-purify-wastewater-pollutants.html
New recyclable yarn is as stretchy as spandex and could help tackle fashion's plastic waste problem Olivia Maule LiveScience.com
https://www.livescience.com/chemistry/new-recyclable-yarn-is-as-stretchy-as-spandex-and-could-help-tackle-fashions-plastic-waste-problem