Not A Thing!

Episode 51

Way back in episode 42 we talked about moving an electromagnet. It made it, and here are pictures.

A somewhat dubious claim about memory implantation in mice.

Alan has been waving his hands in the air for a week playing with his new Leap Motion.

Spoiler Alert:
We like beer. It’s Silicon Valley Beer Week. We like this.

Bonus: The beer notebook we talked about.

It’s been ONE YEAR of Podcasting! Hooray!

Episode 50

Norway’s town of Rjukan cheats darkness.

The NSA fails at searching their own emails. Right.

A surgical knife that can give feedback about what the surgeon is cutting.

Autonomous single-rotor drones self-assemble and fly away!

Disney adds tactile feedback to gestures in midair.

Spoiler Alert:
There were many movie trailers at San Diego Comic Con. Oh yeah, and some comics.

One of the movies previewed was Godzilla directed by Gareth Edwards who directed (and did special effects for!) Monsters.

Episode 49

Brendan is (sightly) conflicted about Penguins.

Spies asked to take a “time out” and not attend DefCon this year.

Self employment is seen as a detriment to corporate hiring?

Antarctica is for drunks.

It’s a urinal. It’s a sink. It’s a sink and a urinal.

Eraseable pens take a meteoric leap forward.

The theory of Pixar’s singular universe.

Spoiler Alert:
Pacific Rim has robots. BIG robots.

bonus: The Konami Code lives on.

Episode 48

The BBC ceases broadcasting of 3D TV.

Should there be a symbol to shorten the word The?

Check out all the cool stuff TSA has on their instagram!

Who are the Mechanical Turks?

Telltale Games has a new episode of sorts for The Walking Dead game: 400 Days.

Spoiler Alert:
World War Z (the movie) was discussed. Not to be confused with the excellent book or audiobook which was recently expanded!

Episode 47
Super-Conductors and Moebius Strips explained!

The Norwegian Curling Team pants. That is all.

Drone strikes responsible for more 10 times more deaths than manned aircraft strikes.

Implantable headphones. (P.S. that part of the ear is the “tragus”)

Telescopic contact lenses.

3D printed casts.

How do you fare vs. the Tour de France peloton?

Spoiler Alert:
Team America had a great theme song. Maybe Anthem-worthy

We also talked Man of Steel.

Episode 45

A restaurant forbids tips because it pays a living wage.

A tablet specific keyboard layout

Underground, robot-valet parking for bicycles in Japan (of course). Video!

Two stories about computers and insects. The Roboroach and the Dragonfly with a backpack.

Bill Nye is still The Science Guy

Spoiler Alert:
Bill Nye is the one in the white baseball cap