{"podcast":{"title":"Computer America","slug":"computer-america-1116775","podcast_index_feed_id":1116775,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/2202134/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://ComputerAmerica.com/","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/bc8e2e9d118cc6b353eea064f7b68b0e.jpg","author":"Ben Crossman","episode_count":657,"summary":"Computer America is the nation's longest running talk show on Computers and Technology, spanning 25+ years of industry guests and analysis.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/computer-america-1116775"},"episode":{"title":"Lidar Revolution: Affordable Solid-State Sensors Aim for Sub-$200 Price Point","slug":"lidar-revolution-affordable-solid-state-sensors-aim-for-sub-200-price-point","published_at":"2026-03-06T16:32:22+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/computer-america-1116775/lidar-revolution-affordable-solid-state-sensors-aim-for-sub-200-price-point","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/computer-america-1116775","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/lidar-revolution-affordable-solid-state-sensors-aim-for-sub-200-price-point--70508694","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/70508694/00_video_of_shows_2026_03_06_09_03_17.mp3","summary":"Show Notes 6 March 2026 Story 1: Scientists Grew Mini Brains, Then Trained Them to Solve an Engineering Problem Source: ScienceAlert.com Link: https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-grew-mini-brains-then-trained-them-to-solve-an-engineering-problem 200,000 living human brain cells just learned to play Doom and this is just the start of it Source: ZME Science Link: https://www.zmescience.com/science/wetware-brain-doom-play/ Story 2: Sub-$200 Lidar Could Reshuffle Auto[mobile] Sensor Economics Source: IEEE Spectrum Link: https://spectrum.ieee.org/solid-state-lidar-microvision-adas Additional Info: https://microvision.com/ Story 3: Magical Marvel: Tiny Fairy-Like Robot Flies by the Power of Wind and Light Source: SciTechDaily.com Link: https://scitechdaily.com/magical-marvel-tiny-fairy-like-robot-flies-by-the-power-of-wind-and-light/ Story 4: Scientists uncover why some brain cells resist Alzheimer’s disease Source: UCLA Newsroom Link: https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/scientists-uncover-why-some-brain-cells-resist-alzheimers-disease Research Paper: https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(25)01487-4 Honorable Mentions New plastic material could solve energy storage challenge, researchers report Source: PennState News Link: https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/new-plastic-material-could-solve-energy-storage-challenge-researchers-report Research Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10195-2 Why Perovskite LEDs Might Soon Replace Every Light in Your Home Source: ZME Science Link: https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/why-perovskite-could-replace-normal-leds/ Neither classical nor quantum: This computer lets light solve complex calculations Source: Interesting Engineering Link: https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/computer-uses-light-…","meta_description":"Show Notes 6 March 2026 Story 1: Scientists Grew Mini Brains, Then Trained Them to Solve an Engineering Problem Source: ScienceAlert.com Link: https://www…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2666,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/computer-america-1116775/episodes/lidar-revolution-affordable-solid-state-sensors-aim-for-sub-200-price-point/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/computer-america-1116775/lidar-revolution-affordable-solid-state-sensors-aim-for-sub-200-price-point.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}