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it's tuesday may 17th 20 2020. I'm Jackson Bird today. 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.

Here's some cool stuff for your ride home.

Our home offices may all one day look like the layer of supervillains if this latest experiment takes off.

Scientists at the University of Cambridge successfully powered a low-energy computer chip for six months using photosynthetic algae.

The small, semi-transparent unit seriously does look like something out of a sci-fi movie

with its neon green contents swirling around. Quoting The Verge,

researchers sealed a colony of cyanobacteria, commonly known as blue-green algae, inside a metal

enclosure the size of a double-a battery. The unit was then left on a windowsill, according to new scientist,

where the algae photosynthesized generating a tiny current of electricity that powered an arm cortex M0 plus chip.

The algae powered arm chip was used to carry out very basic calculations,

during which it consumed a tiny 0.3

micro watts an hour, reports new scientist. Although the energy usage of normal computers

varies based on factors like workload and age, this is a sliver of the electricity needed

to run an average PC. If a normal desktop computer consumes, say, 100 watts of power an hour, you would need roughly 33 million algae batteries to run it, end quote.

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