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Thoughts are translated into speech in real time—with a passcode to prevent broadcasting private musings.

Source: New Brain Implant Decodes ‘Inner Monologue’ of People With Paralysis

This could be such a game changer for some people. Wow.

No matter whether it’s crushed or cubed, ice eventually melts into a puddle — but an alternative called jelly ice doesn’t.

Source: Reusable ‘Jelly Ice’ Keeps Things Cold — Without Meltwater

Fascinating. Apparently has positive health implications.

Exclusive: Study expected to confirm there are enough suitable sites to support bird of prey’s return

Source: Golden eagles poised for reintroduction in England

Very cool.

The new X-WING facility is a new approach to helping homeless residents get off the street and into somewhere safe and cool.

Source: These solar-powered shipping container homes look straight out of a Marvel movie. They’re built for the homeless

Neat idea.

Recurring kidney stones can be an agonizing, debilitating problem, particularly if they can’t be treated by orally-administered medication. There may be new hope on the horizon, however, in the form of a tiny magnetically-steerable stone-dissolving “robot.”

Source: Wiggling magnetic micro-robot goes after kidney stones

Less painful is good.

Two new potential drugs have been designed by AI to kill drug-resistant bacteria, in a major Massachusetts Institute of Technology study.

Source: AI designs new superbug-killing antibiotics for gonorrhoea and MRSA

Exciting.

Without teen workers stepping up, owner of Hudson, Wisconsin’s Urban Olive & Vine says he’d no longer have a restaurant.

Source: Teen workers save restaurant as owner spends months in hospital

Wow.

University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) researchers, along with their colleagues, engineered a new molecule that appears promising as an effective antidote for carbon monoxide poisoning with fewer side effects than other molecules currently being tested, according to a new study published in the journal PNAS.

Source: Novel protein therapy shows promise as first-ever antidote for carbon monoxide poisoning

Pretty impressive.

Swiss startup Sun-Ways inaugurated its railway PV project in April in Neuchatel, Switzerland, after more than two years of planning. Joseph Scuderi, founder of Sun-Ways, tells pv magazine that the pilot is attracting international attention.

Source: Solar on the tracks

Cool idea.

Hundreds of quilts are heading to Texas Hill Country to bring comfort and warmth to families who suffered in the deadly July 4 floods.

Source: Quilters rally to stitch Texas community back together one ‘hug’ at a time

Great idea.