Wed. 11/09 - Ballpoint Pens Killed the Cursive Star

Could the ballpoint pen be just as responsible for the death of cursive handwriting as the computer? Plus, lab-grown blood has been injected into two patients in a world-first clinical trial. And, would you attend a Zoom meeting in a movie theater? AMC is betting on it.

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Links:

• How the Ballpoint Pen Killed Cursive (The Atlantic)
• In world-first trial, lab-grown blood was just injected into two people (The Verge)
• Lab-grown blood given to people in world-first clinical trial (BBC)
• AMC thinks, somehow, Zoom meetings would feel good in a place like this (A/V Club)
• AMC Theatres® and Zoom Partner to Bring Zoom Rooms to the Comfort and State-of-the-Art Sight and Sound Technology of AMC Movie Theatres (AMC Theatres)
• Zoom is coming to Tesla so you can Zoom in your Tesla (Mashable)
• Cygnus Freighter Reaches ISS With Only One Functioning Solar Array (Gizmodo) 
• NASA's Moon Rocket Will Have to Ride Out the Storm as Potential Hurricane Approaches (Gizmodo)
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