Not All News is Bad!

New DOE Analysis Finds Energy Jobs Increased in 95% of U.S. Counties from 2021 to 2022

Source: U.S. Energy Jobs Have Increased in Nearly Every County

So cool.

Structural materials have not changed all that much over the years, but a Florida company offers a new alternative.

Source: Real-Life LEGO Set: Putting Together a New Way of Building

Very cool. Reminds me of cinder blocks, but with much better material.

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have developed a new type of material that could offer a sustainable and eco-friendly solution to clean pollutants from water.

Source: 3D-Printed ‘Living Material’ Could Clean Up Contaminated Water

Love this kind of innovation.

Private pilots need regular flight hours to maintain their licenses, so why not put all that time and expense toward a mission?

Source: ‘Despair solves nothing’: How pilots in tiny planes are saving dogs from death

What a neat idea.

Large majority of EU countries will hit 2030 solar targets ahead of schedule, according to new data.

Source: EU blindsided by ‘spectacular’ solar rollout

Impressive.

When Scotty Kelsoe got a phone call from an old friend that an elderly lady in the area was in need of a wheelchair ramp at their home, he did not hesitate to jump into action.   “I went to school with her and had built a ramp at her place some years ago and […]

Source: Empathy in action: Hartselle men build wheelchair ramp for disabled neighbor   – The Hartselle Enquirer

Excellent.

When Jimmy Lippert Thyden met his birth mother for the first time since he was snatched from her arms as a newborn, he held her and wept.

Source: He was stolen from his Chilean mother at birth — then found her 42 years later

Very cool.

Plucky West Virginian EV company ZEV has announced what it claims is a radically more affordable ride-in vehicle for wheelchair users than anything else on the market. This US$9,900 ZEV 511 is a fully-enclosed urban getabout with a practical range.

Source: ZEV debuts an affordable ride-in nano-van for wheelchair users

A pretty nifty approach.

We talked to Keith Thomas, the first paralysis patient to receive a movement and feeling-restoring double neural bypass surgery.

Source: For the First Time, AI Brain Chips Allow Paralyzed Man to Move and Feel Again

Amazing.

An abused, stray mutt kept trying to move himself into a senior care facility. So the nurses there had to figure out what to do about him.

Source: Dog repeatedly escapes Up North shelter, sneaks into nursing home

What a cool story.