Bussells Spider Orchids, New HTC VR & Blade Runner Origins

Bringing a fungus eating plant back from near extinction sounds like a bad idea. But it's actually pretty cool. The Bussells Spider Orchids has a special relationship with a fungus that it allows to grow then digests. And if you think mushrooms are gross you can fight me.

HTC's FCC filings leaked a new Vive headset. It looks like a possible replacement for the Vive Focus line. More VR competition is good, considering recent Oculus revelations.

Yet another Blade Runner comic is coming out soon, concerning the first Blade Runner unit, prototype replicants and the origins of Tyrell Corp.

This week, Professor kept steaming out of Moscow and DJ did nothing. Lazy

Fungus eating plant now back from the dead

- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-24/bringing-the-bussells-spider-orchid-back-from-the-brink/12784110

A new HTC Vive Headset

- https://www.roadtovr.com/unknown-htc-vive-headset-fcc-filings/

Blade Runner prequel comics : Blade Runner Origins

- https://ew.com/books/blade-runner-origins-comic-first-look/

Games Played

DJ

– DNP

Rating: DNP

Professor

- Metro Exodus - https://store.steampowered.com/app/412020/Metro_Exodus/

Rating: 4.5/5

Other topics discussed

Sean Connery, James Bond actor, dies aged 90 with his family around him

- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-31/sean-connery-james-bond-actor-dies-aged-90-bahamas/12835952

The Biology and Ecology of White Clover (Trifolium repens L.) in Australia

- http://www.ogtr.gov.au/internet/ogtr/publishing.nsf/content/clover-3/$FILE/biologywclover2.pdf

Svalbard Global Seed Vault (a secure seed bank on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen in the remote Arctic Svalbard archipelago.)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard_Global_Seed_Vault

Biological Nitrogen Fixation

- https://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/biological-nitrogen-fixation-23570419/

The Day of the Triffids (1951 post-apocalyptic novel by the English...