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Matt Ferrell @mattferrell.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

🖖Calling all Star Trek fans … new Trek in Time is out: youtu.be/_ALmG8hxDiw Audio: shows.acast.com/trek-in-time/episod… Sean and I talk about the gimmick episode that finally lands in Star Trek SNW Season 4 Episode 7 "Like Chronitons Through the Hourglass."

Trelane and Dr Eleanor Chives discussing on a sofa.

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Matt Ferrell @mattferrell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Is solar powered rain a fix for the world’s driest places? Check out our video on it, here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcQ7n9-hkRU Or check out the page on our website, here: undecided.tech/how-solar-panels-mak…

Matt Ferrell in front of a desert solar farm

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Matt Ferrell @mattferrell.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

How can solar panels make it rain in the desert? Check out our video on it, here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcQ7n9-hkRU Or check out the page on our website, here: undecided.tech/how-solar-panels-mak…

Matt Ferrell in front of a solar farm with dark rain clouds overhead

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Matt Ferrell @mattferrell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

🖖Calling all Star Trek fans … new Trek in Time episode is out: youtu.be/e6pyzHnvVm0 Audio: shows.acast.com/trek-in-time/episod… Sean and I talk about one of the best Star Trek episodes in years in Star Trek SNW Season 4, Episode 6, "Off-Hour."

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Matt Ferrell @mattferrell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

What do you make of all the money that’s still going into SMRs? Check out our video on it, here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrNa9k6sSlg Or check out the page on our website, here: undecided.tech/why-small-reactors-j…

Matt Ferrell in front of an SMR being built

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Matt Ferrell @mattferrell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Are SMRs a waste of time? Check out our video on it, here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrNa9k6sSlg Or check out the page on our website, here: undecided.tech/why-small-reactors-j…

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Matt Ferrell @mattferrell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🖖Calling all Star Trek fans … new Trek in Time episode is out: youtu.be/3tYGkEP0cqY Audio: shows.acast.com/trek-in-time/episod… We talk about the puppet hour, and what a 10 episode season can afford, in Star Trek SNW, "Level Five Transporter Accident."

Puppet Captain Pike sits in his command chair

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Matt Ferrell @mattferrell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#FunFactFriday: Australia’s first grid connected sodium-sulfur battery offers 6+ hours of energy storage, and is well suited for renewable energy storage. Should we turn our focus to NaS BESS’s? News Source: techxplore.com/news/2026-09-grid-so…

QUT Professor Joshua Watts and Tom Buschkuehl, Managing Director Allset Energy stood next to a NaS battery energy storage system. Credit: Queensland University of Technology

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Matt Ferrell @mattferrell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Does China’s compressed air battery solve the long-duration storage problem? Check out our video on it, here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3EqEocLPJk Or check out the page on our website, here: undecided.tech/why-china-built-the-…

Matt Ferrell in front of the CO2 energy storage device Energy Dome

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Matt Ferrell @mattferrell.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Is China’s giant air battery what we've been waiting for? Check out our video on it, here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3EqEocLPJk Or check out the page on our website, here: undecided.tech/why-china-built-the-…

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Matt Ferrell @mattferrell.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

🖖Calling all Star Trek fans … new Trek in Time episode is out: youtu.be/vTX_qYhEzqM Audio: shows.acast.com/trek-in-time/episod… We talk about how Strange New Worlds keeps borrowing other genres in Star Trek SNW Season 4, Episode 4, "A Case of Chiaroscuro."

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Matt Ferrell @mattferrell.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Is a home battery worth the investement? Check out our video on it, here: youtu.be/YrO9TArSK6o Or check out the page on our website, here: undecided.tech/how-my-home-battery-…

Matt Ferrell holding his electric bill in front of his home battery

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Matt Ferrell @mattferrell.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Are home batteries just an expensive backup plan? Check out our video on it, here: youtu.be/YrO9TArSK6o Or check out the page on our website, here: undecided.tech/how-my-home-battery-…

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Matt Ferrell @mattferrell.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

🖖Calling all Star Trek fans … new Trek in Time episode is out: youtu.be/CKiB9YBwACY Audio: shows.acast.com/trek-in-time/episod… Sean and I ask whether Star Trek SNW Season 4, Episode 3, "Human Best Friend" works better as a live-action Lower Decks episode.

Scotty in a Mugato Calica team mascot costume

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Matt Ferrell @mattferrell.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

#FunFactFriday: Canada is betting big on hydro and wind power, with a $50 billion USD investment! Do you think this is the right move for others to take? Or are there other power sources that catch your eye? Source: insideclimatenews.org/news/17082026…

An overview of Canada’s investment plans into hydro and wind power

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Matt Ferrell @mattferrell.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

🖖Calling all Star Trek fans … new Trek in Time episode is out: youtu.be/79tAMWAZ_hQ Audio: shows.acast.com/trek-in-time/episod… Sean and I talk about the best horror Star Trek has ever filmed, in Star Trek SNW Season 4, Episode 2, "The Griffin Incident."

Uhura in a dark corrider with an undead figure stood behind her

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Matt Ferrell @mattferrell.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

#FunFactFriday: Bucharest have been using solar windows to store energy as heated water in minimal space for 2 years now. Should we all have solar windows? News Source: cleantechnica.com/2026/08/25/photov…

A Bucharest apartment block with photovoltaic windows reflecting the street below

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Matt Ferrell @mattferrell.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

What’s Australia doing that America isn’t? Check out our video on it, here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3eEzdpi12I Or check out the page on our website, here: undecided.tech/why-the-us-sucks-at-…

Matt Ferrell sat a desk covered in paperwork, with a solar panel in the background

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Matt Ferrell @mattferrell.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

What do you think America could do to catch up to Australia’s solar? Check out our video on it, here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3eEzdpi12I Or check out the page on our website, here: undecided.tech/why-the-us-sucks-at-…

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Matt Ferrell @mattferrell.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

#FunFactFriday: A Western Sydney biosolar system has shown up to 23.25% more energy generation over a traditional solar array. Would you like a solar integrated garden on your roof? News Source: www.pv-magazine.com/2026/08/11/bios…

Solar panels on a roof surrounded by plants

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Matt Ferrell @mattferrell.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Is lithium-air close to gasoline-level energy? Check out our video on it, here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1AfP4IXMeE Or check out the page on our website, here: undecided.tech/why-the-biggest-batt…

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Matt Ferrell @mattferrell.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Why is CATL betting on a lithium-air future? Check out our video on it, here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1AfP4IXMeE Or check out the page on our website, here: undecided.tech/why-the-biggest-batt…

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Matt Ferrell @mattferrell.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

🖖Calling all Star Trek fans … new Trek in Time episode is out: youtu.be/OoYlPKc4Pb8 Audio: shows.acast.com/trek-in-time/episod… We talk about a fun dinosaur romp that collapses by the halfway point in Star Trek SNW Season 4, Episode 1, "Valles Marineris."

Dr M’Benga on horseback against an orange sky, with the text “Save The Martians?”

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Matt Ferrell @mattferrell.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Latest podcast is out! YouTube: youtu.be/evNiSMCU0lg Audio: shows.acast.com/still-to-be-determi… Matt talks with Reynolds Holmes, VP of Product at SPAN, about whether smart panels are worth it for your home and what happens if SPAN ever disappears.

Matt Ferrell and Reynolds Holmes in front of a SPAN smart panel

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Matt Ferrell @mattferrell.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Will ATES ever catch on in the US? Check out our video on it, here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjKnDdsWoG8 Or check out the page on our website, here: undecided.tech/why-the-us-governmen…

An overhead image of what an aquifer thermal energy storage system would look like

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Matt Ferrell @mattferrell.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Will ATES take off in the US? Check out our video on it, here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjKnDdsWoG8 Or check out the page on our website, here: undecided.tech/why-the-us-governmen…

A Thermal Energy Storage compressor system on a riverbank

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Matt Ferrell @mattferrell.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Are rare earths still the only magnets with any real pull? Check out our video on it, here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGxebJSUrTs Or check out the page on our website, here: undecided.tech/the-magnet-breakthro…

Matt Ferrell looking in surprise at a small magnetic metal cube

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Matt Ferrell @mattferrell.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Are iron nitride and manganese bismuth set to upend our reliance on rare earths? Check out our video on it, here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGxebJSUrTs Or check out the page on our website, here: undecided.tech/the-magnet-breakthro…

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Matt Ferrell @mattferrell.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

How do quantum batteries work? Check out our video on it, here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d50tSWgXDtw Or check out the page on our website, here: undecided.tech/how-close-are-we-to-…

Matt Ferrell in front of a quantum battery held by tweezers

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Matt Ferrell @mattferrell.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Are quantum batteries the future of energy storage? Check out our video on it, here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d50tSWgXDtw Or check out the page on our website, here: undecided.tech/how-close-are-we-to-…

A pair of tweezers holding a quantum battery

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Matt Ferrell @mattferrell.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

🖖Calling all Star Trek fans … new Trek in Time episode is out on my other channel: youtu.be/jQctuffaeGM Audio: shows.acast.com/trek-in-time/episod… We talk about the rare late-season bright spot in Star Trek TOS Season 3, Episode 21, "The Cloud Minders."

Plasus, Kirk and Spock stare off a balcony

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Matt Ferrell @mattferrell.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Latest follow-up podcast is out! YouTube: youtu.be/vtmX0st3uOk Audio: shows.acast.com/still-to-be-determi… Sean and I talk with Joel Jean, co-founder and CEO of Swift Solar, the US startup spun out of MIT and Stanford.

Matt Ferrell and Joel Jean in front of several perovskite solar panels

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Matt Ferrell @mattferrell.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

How much of Disney’s sustainability story is real? Check out our video on it, here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5AeXRChgVQ Or check out the page on our website, here: undecided.tech/what-i-found-behind-…

Disney World’s hidden mickey solar array

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Matt Ferrell @mattferrell.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Should more companies be following Disney’s footsteps? Check out our video on it, here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5AeXRChgVQ Or check out the page on our website, here: undecided.tech/what-i-found-behind-…

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Matt Ferrell @mattferrell.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

🖖Calling all Star Trek fans … new Trek in Time video episode is out: youtu.be/LgsPqnDU9ng Audio: shows.acast.com/trek-in-time/episod… Sean and I talk about the possession horror hiding inside Star Trek TOS Season 3, Episode 18, "The Lights of Zetar."

Bones looking into a pressure chamber where Lt Romaine is floating

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Matt Ferrell @mattferrell.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Latest podcast is out! YouTube: youtu.be/JPEtYL9F0Vk Audio: shows.acast.com/still-to-be-determi… We talk to Paulus Schoutsen, the software engineer who started Home Assistant – the largest open-source smart-home platform in the world.

Matt and Paulus in front of a Home Assistant

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Matt Ferrell @mattferrell.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

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Matt Ferrell @mattferrell.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Will SeaTwirl be left hanging in the wind? Check out our video on it, here: youtu.be/YjoOBTO6Gtg Or check out the page on our website, here: undecided.tech/how-ikea-style-wind-…

SeaTwirl’s offshore vertical wind turbine

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Matt Ferrell @mattferrell.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Is SeaTwirl poised to catch the wind power rush? Check out our video on it, here: youtu.be/YjoOBTO6Gtg Or check out the page on our website, here: undecided.tech/how-ikea-style-wind-…

Matt Ferrell looking at a SeaTwirl offshore wind turbine

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Matt Ferrell @mattferrell.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

What if all the heat a factory throws away could run the grid instead? Check out our video on it, here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuQRxatte5g Or check out the page on our website, here: undecided.tech/how-the-super-soaker…

A super soaker squirting onto the cooling side of a JTEC heat engine

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Matt Ferrell @mattferrell.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Is this the invention that finally turns low-temp waste heat into a hot commodity? Check out our video on it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuQRxatte5g Or check out the page on our website, here: undecided.tech/how-the-super-soaker…

A super soaker squirting on the cooling section of a JTEC heat engine

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Matt Ferrell @mattferrell.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

🖖Calling all Star Trek fans … new Trek in Time episode is out on my other channel: youtu.be/vH-BfLoDcrk Audio: shows.acast.com/trek-in-time/episod…. Sean and I talk about the release of all stakes in Star Trek TOS Season 3, Episode 14, “Whom Gods Destroy.”

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Matt Ferrell @mattferrell.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Latest podcast is out! YouTube: youtu.be/LhbPajWdgUk. Audio: shows.acast.com/still-to-be-determi…. We talk with Dr. Lonnie Johnson about his most ambitious project yet: a heat engine with no moving parts that converts waste heat into electricity.

Matt Ferrell and Dr Lonnie Johnson infront of the JTEC.

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Matt Ferrell @mattferrell.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Half of US households can't install a home battery. Renters and apartment dwellers get left out entirely. One that plugs into a normal outlet finally changes all that. Check our video on it: youtu.be/jl-rwZjdD3Y Or check it on our website: undecided.link/4uKmJ4t

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Matt Ferrell @mattferrell.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Home batteries suck for most people. Ten grand, a permit, an electrician, and only if you own the right house. So what about batteries that plug into a wall outlets and move with you? Check our video: youtu.be/jl-rwZjdD3Y Or on our website: undecided.link/4uKmJ4t

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Matt Ferrell @mattferrell.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

🖖Calling all Star Trek fans … new Trek in Time is out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKR17zTEUik Audio: shows.acast.com/trek-in-time/episod… Sean and I talk about the never-ending battle for good storytelling in Star Trek TOS “Let That Be Your Last Battlefield.”

Two individuals with faces painted half black and half white

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Matt Ferrell @mattferrell.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Is this battery the swiss army knife of renewable energy? Check out our video on it, here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-C7A8kmJuQ Or check out the page on our website, here: undecided.tech/why-this-battery-is-…

A multipurpose 4 to One battery on a table top

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Matt Ferrell @mattferrell.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Will this 3-in-1 battery be worth the trade-offs? Check out our video on it, here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-C7A8kmJuQ Or check out the page on our website, here: undecided.tech/why-this-battery-is-…

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Matt Ferrell @mattferrell.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Latest podcast is out! YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbnuBbvX5_U Audio: shows.acast.com/still-to-be-determi… Matt sat down with Jorge Diaz Schneider to talk about their anode-less, ceramic-based SSB that doesn't swell or need pressure to work.

Matt Ferrell and Jorge Diaz Schneider in front of an ION Storage Systems Cornerstone battery

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Matt Ferrell @mattferrell.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

How can a furnace as hot as lava turn toxic mine waste into wind turbine magnets? Check out our video on it, here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3afhsZQuVM Or check out the page on our website, here: undecided.tech/the-billions-were-bu…

A metal-alloy slab being machine-printed

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