Season 7, Episode 4 - Trapping light and using it as a battery?

In this episode we look at the latest examples where theoretical physics starts intersecting with reality: what if you could store light as energy, to use it again later? What if we could use light as code, to manipulate our own cells?

These scientific breakthroughs are tempered by more ominous tech developments: what do we make of a world where Uber with Guns is mainstream? Or when humanoid robots are intentionally terrifying?

All this and more coming right up.

Sean’s links:

• Uber with funs guns

• Protoclone’s ominous preview here, and website here

• Curing genetic diseases before birth

• Developing a programming language for active materials

Ben’s links:

• Big tech’s latest quantum thingy

• Fully recyclable Perovskite solar panels

• “quantum” batteries

• Supersonic flight minus the sonic boom

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