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Bonus Fun Virtual Experience

• Google's virtual Route 66 driving adventure (Source: Google Arts & Culture in collaboration with the National Trust for Historic Preservation)
  • Link: https://artsandculture.google.com/project/route-66

1. Powered by mushrooms, living computers are on the rise - Neural organics lead to lower energy costs, faster calculation speeds (Source: Ohio State News)
   • Link: https://news.osu.edu/powered-by-mushrooms-living-computers-are-on-the-rise/
   • See also: https://bioengineer.org/mushroom-powered-technology-the-emergence-of-living-computers/
   • See research paper here: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0328965
2. Kubota Claims World’s First Hydrogen Fuel Cell, Self-Driving Tractor (Source: Equipmentworld.com)
   • Link: https://www.equipmentworld.com/technology/article/15768565/kubota-worlds-first-hydrogen-selfdriving-tractor-unveiled
   • See video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzIBOK_fkfU
3. Eye prosthesis is the first to restore sight lost to macular degeneration (Source: Stanford Medicine News Center)
   • Link: https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2025/10/eye-prosthesis.html
   • See research paper here: https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2501396
4. Scientists Reverse Alzheimer’s in Mice with a Single Injection - It only took two hours for a visible difference (Source: ZME Science)
   • Link: https://www.zmescience.com/science/neurology-science/scientists-reverse-alzheimers-in-mice-with-a-single-injection/
   • See research paper here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41392-025-02426-1

• Hydrogen Production Takes Flight at Hamburg Airport with New Infrastructure Roadmap (Source: Hydrogenfuelnews.com)
  • Link: https://www.hydrogenfuelnews.com/hydrogen-production-takes-flight-at-hamburg-airport-with-new-infrastructure-roadmap/8573558/
• Smart elastomer muscles give soft robotics record 2,000x lifting capability (Source: Interesting Engineering)
  • Link: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/smart-elastomer-muscles-give-soft-robotics-record-2000x-lifting-capability/ar-AA1P4fo5?ocid=BingNewsVerp
• Toyota to launch world's first EV with a solid-state battery by 2027 — they're expected to last longer and charge faster (Source: Livescience.com)
  • Link: https://www.livescience.com/technology/electric-vehicles/toyota-to-launch-worlds-first-ev-with-a-solid-state-battery-by-2027-theyre-expected-to-last-longer-and-charge-faster
  • See press release here: https://global.toyota/en/newsroom/corporate/43380876.html
• AI identifies batteries in the waste stream (Source: Recycling-magazine.com)
  • Link: https://www.recycling-magazine.com/2024/05/21/ai-identifies-batteries-in-the-waste-stream/
  • See company website here: https://lionvision.co.uk/