As the popularity of Python grows, we see it popping up in all sorts of interesting places and projects.

On this episode, you'll meet CK Sample and Nathan Papaparito from Hypergiant.

They're using Python and AI to develop the Eos bioreactor.

This is a fridge-sized box containing water and algae, which sequesters a huge amount of CO2, as much as an acre of trees.

Let's dive into how they're using Python for this cutting edge project.

This is Talk Python Me, episode 250 recorded January 21st, 2020.

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K. Nathan, welcome to Talk Python to me. Hey, thanks. How's it going? Hey, guys. It's great to have you on the show.

Man, we got a cool topic today and on a lot of different levels. What you guys have going on is really

interesting and really ambitious and I'm super excited to be digging into it with you.

Yeah, we're excited to be here. Thanks for having us. Yeah, thanks for having us.

You bet. I love it when people are doing ambitious things and trying to push the envelope of what we can do with technology and sort of almost bring some of this stuff that seems like it's always out in the future, sort of into the present.

So that's awesome.

And we're going to dig into a bunch of angles to focus a lot on the climate change

angle as well. Before we get to that though, let's start with your stories. How do you get

into programming and Python? I was a grad student at the University of Alabama in particle physics

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