Super Bowl car ads sell Americans the idea that new tech will protect them

Super Bowl ads tend to kick off trends, and it looks like the automotive industry will ramp up its pitch for electric vehicles after giving them center stage. Even Tesla, which has never run a Super Bowl ad, managed to sneak its Model Y into a Popeyes commercial, while Ram boasted that its new electric pickup truck's smart technology solved the problems of "premature electrification" that left consumers unsatisfied.

https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-technology-news/super-bowl-car-ads-sell-americans-the-idea-that-new-tech-will-protect-them

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Using the cuttlefish eye as a template for robot eyes that can see better in murky conditions

A team of roboticists from Seoul National University, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology and Pusan National University, all in the Republic of Korea, has developed a new kind of robotic eye that can see better under uneven illumination conditions. In their paper published in the journal Science Robotics the group describes using attributes of cuttlefish as a template for their new design.

https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-technology-news/using-the-cuttlefish-eye-as-a-template-for-robot-eyes-that-can-see-better-in-murky-conditions

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How to pull carbon dioxide out of seawater

As carbon dioxide continues to build up in the Earth's atmosphere, research teams around the world have spent years seeking ways to remove the gas efficiently from the air. Meanwhile, the world's number one "sink" for carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is the ocean, which soaks up some 30% to 40% of all of the gas produced by human activities.

https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-technology-news/how-to-pull-carbon-dioxide-out-of-seawater

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New ultrafast water disinfection method is more environmentally friendly

Having safe drinking water is vital for public health, but traditional methods of disinfection cause their own environmental problems. Chlorine is cheap and easy to use in centralized water systems, but at the expense of harmful chemical byproducts.

https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-technology-news/new-ultrafast-water-disinfection-method-is-more-environmentally-friendly

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Engineered wood grows stronger while trapping carbon dioxide

Rice University scientists have figured out a way to engineer wood to trap carbon dioxide through a potentially scalable, energy-efficient process that also makes the material stronger for use in construction.

https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-technology-news/engineered-wood-grows-stronger-while-trapping-carbon-dioxide

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Ford halts output of F-150 Lightning through at least next week

Ford plans to suspend production of its F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck through "at least" the end of next week, a company spokeswoman said Wednesday.

https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-technology-news/ford-halts-output-of-f-150-lightning-through-at-least-next-week

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