Line skipping via disabled guests at Disney parks. Guess how we come down on this one?
More Domino’s in the news. Drone delivery. It’s like they listen to the show.
Bullet trains not fast enough? Try hyperloop transport.
“Finland. It’s Norway’s Canada.” quote from someone famous about Finnish babies and boxes.
Spoiler Alert:
The Lannisters send their regards
Lumilgrid: help for navigating bumps in the road at night… or just playing TRON.
SIGGRAPH’s preview reel is mindblowing.
Prosthetic arms are so bourgeois. Prosthetic tentacles on the other..er… hand.
More 3d Printing... this time, FOOD!
A different kind of printing, but still food related… from Domino’s.
How do you move a 50 foot electromagnet? Very slowly.
Spoiler Alert:
How much did we like “Furious 6” in D-Box? Very much.
According to at least one of the Not A Thing! Podcasters, this is not news. Penguins can’t fly.
Dance like no one is watching, take selfies like no one is keeping stats.
Paul Verhoeven is stepping in to possibly direct a Conan movie with Arnold!
Spoiler Alert:
We talk about Star Trek Into Darkness. A lot.
Episode 40
For episode #40 we have a special guest – Chris Arkenberg!
Chris wrote an excellent piece on Things we’ve talked about on previous shows, and it’s definitely worth reading.
Listen to his architectural soundtrack Sathorn Unique.
You can find out more about him at his website: http://urbeingrecorded.com/
or following him on twitter: @chris23
Spoiler Alert:
Plastics.
Episode 39
Loads of productivity after taking a break from the internet! Or not.
Wikipedia offline in a small device, but does it tell you not to panic?
Crowdsourced drone detection and tracking.
Speeding up bourbon aging.
Nano-scale 3d printing enables nanoneedles!
Spoiler Alert:
Tony Stark is Iron Man
Episode 38
What the Google self driving car can see
Outsmarting your smartphone by un-smarting it.
Why coffee meetings are great (and a web series with Jerry Seinfeld)
Spaceflight for everyone gets the tiniest bit closer.
Who would play a game about developing games? Apparently, some pirates.
Spoiler Alert:
Saturday is Free Comic Book Day!
Episode 37
6-legged homebuilt robot “mantis” walker
BONUS video footage complete with unnecessary dubstep soundtrack.
ACLU uncovers how long Apple’s Siri keeps your voice
This week in thought crime, New Zealander jailed for possession of cartoon porn. (No porn at link… sorry)
The TSA asks for public comment on “advanced screening” methods. Read their much-too-long docket.
Point-Counterpoint (Thing-Not A Thing?) on news consumption in a crisis.
Spoiler Alert:
Cool Targaryens don’t look at explosions (thanks reddit)
Oblivion is the cinema equivalent of a mixtape
Jurassic Park holds up
A research paper shows you can win Super Mario Bros. computationally
Stay tuned for the Not A Thing! Quadcopter! (maybe)
Oregon is on its way to choose a state microbe.
How will you plan your digital afterlife?
Spoiler Alert:
NES stands for Nintendo Entertainment System
The team discusses NASA black-bagging an asteroid.
An artificial “leaf” that generates energy and self heals and is NOT part of the robot apocalypse.
Write your Congressman with a bit of antidisestablishmentarianism – The Navy is grounding the Blue Angels.
Ship-mounted, solid-state lasers that cast $1 per shot, and they test them on Drone planes! What could be better?
Spoiler Alert:
Olympus Has Fallen sets the record for cranial stabbings
also
GI Joe: Retaliation gets some retaliation
International Tabletop Day was last Saturday and we played some games:
The Resistance: Avalon – “You’re a Spy!”
Skyline – A dice rolling game about skyscraper building that’s not based on a bad alien invasion movie.
Monkeys with Knives and Guns – Monkeys! With Knives and Guns!
Cards Against Humanity – You’ve heard of Apples to Apples? This is @$$holes to @$$holes.
Pit – The most fun you’ll have trading commodities.
King of Tokyo – Monster attack!
Get Bit! – robots swimming away from a shark… yeah.
Zombie Dice – braiiiiins.
Small World – The only game you might find the word “bivouacking”
Linux powered rifle scope – open-source success or tool of the upcoming robot uprising?
Fricking Lasers to start fricking fusion. Is that too much to ask? – paraphrased – Dr. Evil.
United States money used to not be boring.
Spoiler Alert:
The Walking Dead premiered on Halloween and had its finale on Easter. Intentional?
Also, Game of Thrones is back.
