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Is It Possible to Build SAFE Nuclear Reactors? | Matt Loszak, Aalo Atomics
Matt Loszak is building a nuclear reactor factory for a new kind of reactor: one that is almost impossible to melt down.
The World's Safest Humanoid Robots
1X Technologies is building the world's safest autonomous, humanoid robots.And they want to start selling robots into consumer homes next year. How do you make a robot...
The World's Quietest Electric Engine | Ian Villa, Whisper Aero
Engines are loud — Whisper Aero is changing that.
How To Build a 1-Terawatt, 600,000 Amp Pulsed Power Generator | JC Btaiche, Fuse Energy
Season 2, Episode 1: JC Btaiche, Fuse Energy======Links:ElectroBOOM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PcBgym21TAFuse's Paper in Nature: https://www.nature.com/articles...
#15: The First Principles Approach to Not Dying | Bryan Johnson
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#14: Quantum Computing Isn’t Dead Yet | César Rodríguez, Commutator Studios
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#13: Simon Pickup - Exploring Use Cases for Hydrogen Fuel | Teralta
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#12: Deep Prasad - How to Build a Physics-Fluent AI System
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#11: Aleh Kandrashou & Aleksandr Gampel - Building the Factory that Builds the Homes
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#10: Sam D'Amico - How to Boil Water in 40 Seconds (and Revolutionize the Grid)
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#9: Justin Lopas - Introducing the Next-Gen Home Battery
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#8: Ben Nowack - Selling Sunlight to Solar Farms After Dark
Episode 8: Ben Nowack built a fusion reactor in high school. Now he’s building huge mirrors in space that reflect sunlight onto solar farms at night.======(00:00) - In...
#7: Nato Saichek - Shooting Satellites Into Orbit at Hypersonic Speeds
Nato decided against building a laser-powered rocket in favor of Longshot Space: a gun powered by pressurized air that can shoot payloads into orbit.======(00:00) - In...
#6: Danielle Fong - An Engine Powered By Light
======Episode 6: When heated, sodium emits energy via visible light at 2.1eV (or 589 nm wavelength). So, if you make an engine that heats up sodium, you can tune a sol...
#5: Garrett McCurrach - Underground Hyperlogistics Delivery Drones
Episode 5: Garrett wants to deliver any good in under ten minutes, for under a quarter, using drones that burrow underground.======(00:00) - Intro(00:50) - What Pipedr...
#4: Augustus Doricko - Weather-Modification Drones Are Coming Soon
======Episode 4: Augustus Doricko isn’t trying to play God with his weather-modification company, Rainmaker, but he does admit that quelling hurricanes or creating atm...
#3: Extropic - Why Thermodynamic Computing is the Future of AI (PUBLIC DEBUT)
Episode 3: Extropic is building a new kind of computer – not classical bits, nor quantum qubits, but a secret, more complex third thing. They call it a Thermodynamic C...
#2: Casey Handmer - Pulling Methane From Thin Air (Terraform Industries)
======Episode 2: Casey Handmer, the polymath founder and CEO of Terraform Industries, explains the first principles behind his idea to synthesize hydrocarbons (startin...