The LAN 0014: Tech, Science, and other news

The weekly show by members of the community here. This time it was me, @DerKrieger, @jajone4, @kewldude007, and @Fouquin.

Video:

Topics:

Synthetic Blood is close to being a thing (jajone4)

Potential Treatment Vectors for ALS and other Neurodegenerative Diseases (jajone4)

http://www.nature.com/labinvest/journal/v93/n7/full/labinvest201373a.html

Also more info on the base cause of ALS (jajone4)

https://academic.oup.com/hmg/article/24/9/2565/2385804/ALS-linked-mutations-in-ubiquilin-2-or-hnRNPA1

Tech and stuff

Flame Retardant Packed Li-Ions [Krieger]

450mm Wafer Development Halted [Fouquin]

https://www.overclock3d.net/news/misc_hardware/450mm_silicon_wafers_see_uncertain_future_as_g450c_consortium_collapses/1

Quick-Fire Topics

PC Gaming Hardware Market Surpasses $30 Billion https://www.jonpeddie.com/press-releases/details/pc-gaming-hardware-market-minting-billions

Radeon Pro Duo Discounted to $799 [Fouquin]

Unigine “Superposition” Benchmark Booted Off Steam Greenlight

Halo Wars 2 Beta is Live soon

Halo Wars 2 Benches

http://gamegpu.com/rts-/-%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B8/halo-wars-2-blitz-beta-test-gpu

New Zenbook that has a dGPU

New Nokia sells out

Windows 10 ads

Then some random discussion on a variety of things.

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