Joel Barker

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What do shop-in-a-box and knee replacement have in common? Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to reveal two new innovations, including a shippable factory to help third world economies, plus strengthening knees without cutting bone.
Can deep natural gas be recovered without fracking with chemicals? Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to reveal a new fracking process that releases natural gas without using chemicals.
Edison's battery technology gets new life. Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to report that one of Thomas Edison's 19th century battery inventions could save the electric auto sector when joined with 21st century materials.
Making bones from laser printers? Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how innovations in 3D laser printers will allow new products to be "printed," including walls and, believe it or not, bone replacements.
The Wright Brothers airplane design lives in the 21st century. Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to report on how an original bi-plane design could be used to build the next supersonic aircraft.
China is turning construction paradigms on their heads. Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how a company in China plans to build a 200 story building in 90 days by using modular, pre-fab methods.
Could aspirin ward off cancer? Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to talk about new research showing new benefits of a low-dose of aspirin for fighting cancer, plus new ways to use stem cells from your own body.
How would you like airplane windows to be bigger? Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to reveal a new breakthrough in metallurgy where transparent aluminum has been created and will become available for many uses.
Could bending solar panels make them better? Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how researchers are wrinkling solar panels, like the surface of leaves, to make them absorb more energy and the panels more efficient.
Patents cannot include natural processes. Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to report the Supreme Court upheld a challenge to a patent that included a process that is part of nature.