12/11/13 Episode 8: Hydrogen pressure cookers could totally out-power giant batteries (at least in Vacaville)

Reno's lifestyle choice to be a (semi) vegetarian is further supported by plant based diets that change human intestinal bacteria, a European space probe gets ready to ring in the New Year on a comet, and Mike and Nina realize with improved fiber optics, people on the Internet can show how dumb they are....a lot faster.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/12/10/250007042/chowing-down-on-meat-and-dairy-alters-gut-bacteria-a-lot-and-quickly

http://www.kurzweilai.net/neural-prosthesis-restores-normasl-behavior-after-brain-injury

 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/12/11/250245336/wake-up-rosetta-europeans-begin-checklist-for-comet-landing

http://www.kurzweilai.net/how-to-produce-enough-hydrogen-to-meet-global-energy-needs-in-50-years

http://www.npr.org/2013/12/11/250043599/big-batteries-needed-to-make-fickle-wind-and-solar-power-work

http://www.kurzweilai.net/ten-times-more-throughput-on-optic-fibers

 http://www.kurzweilai.net/new-algorithm-finds-you-even-in-untagged-photos