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Volume 14
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Curated media from the past few weeks:
This week’s media is focused on hardware and physical innovations enabling the incredible tech & AI innovations of the past decade. Read to learn:
The Strange Way the World’s Fastest Microchips are Made
We talk a lot about AI here - but what enables the volume and speed of current AI innovations? This Planet Money episode takes you back 40 years to the first research into harnessing extreme UV light for creating the fastest microchips and explains why this tech is only starting to be used now.
🗯️Quotable Bit: “You have to have a machine that keeps on running day-in-day-out without too many troubles, without too many errors, so it’s like crazy science and crazy economics in one machine.”
Solid-state batteries may yet catch up — but silicon anodes are winning the race to power EVs
Speed to charging and battery lifespan are key considerations when innovating in the electric vehicle battery space and while silicon anodes rock the former they still have some room for improvement in the latter. This article breaks it down, envisions possible future outcomes and potential winners in the EV power race.
🗯️Quotable Bit: “Analysts say silicon anodes theoretically offer 10 times the energy density as graphite, which are commonly used in battery anodes today. Yet, these same materials typically suffer from rapid degradation when lots of silicon is used.”
It’s a Raspberry Pi 5 in a keyboard, and it’s called the Raspberry Pi 500
Raspberry Pi just dropped a keyboard computer that's basically the Swiss Army knife of tech for beginners, making complex computing easy. Perfect for students, tech newbies, and anyone who wants a cheap, powerful computer that doesn't require a PhD in engineering to use. This quick explainer shares all the details.
🗯️Quotable Bit: “More importantly, this device brings us back Raspberry Pi’s roots. Raspberry Pi computers were originally intended for educational use cases. Over time, tech enthusiasts and industrial customers started using the single-board computers everywhere. (For instance, if you’ve ever been to London’s Heathrow Airport, all the departures and arrivals boards are powered by Raspberry Pis.)”