Tue. 05/17 - Telepathic Pizza Delivery & Algae Batteries

Scientists created a microcomputer powered by photosynthetic algae. Plus, a smart pacifier that could monitor the health of premature babies in the NICU. And Domino’s has teamed up with the Hawkins National Laboratory for a new app that lets you order pizza with your mind.

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Links:

• Scientists create algae computer powered by photosynthesis (The Verge)
• Scientists Create Microcomputer Powered by Algae (IGN)
• Computer powered by colony of blue-green algae has run for six months (New Scientist)
• The Algae Project (Young Henrys)
• Smart pacifier developed to monitor infant health in the hospital (ScienceDaily)
• Domino’s Mind Ordering (Domino’s, YouTube)
• Domino’s does Stranger Things with 80s packaging and a new mind ordering pizza app (It’s Nice That)
• Mind Ordering app (Domino’s)
• The First Thing That Ever Sold Online Was Pizza (The History of the Web)
• PizzaNet: How a Website Changed Pizza and the World (Slice)
• How Domino's Turnaround Gained Nearly $12b in Enterprise Value (Aaron Allen)
• Wed. 10/20 - None Pizza With Left Beef: A Slice of History (Cool Stuff Ride Home)
• The federal government is offering another round of free COVID tests (NPR)
• Marvel Pop Culture Week (Consequence)
• Jackson Bird on Twitter

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