Youtube to offer a ad-free videos and music via subscription.
The Department of Transportation has new regulations on flying with e-cigarettes.
Patient to receive titanium sternum and rib cage.
Someone partially 3d-prints a hand-portable railgun.
Space junk spotted and tracked and expected to fall to earth.
Spoiler Alert:
We’re back on the air!
The Democratic Debate was streamed for virtual reality.
Daily Fantasy Football is really just gambling.
Chinese fashion watch! Plant sprout headbands!
Now you can read Playboy for the articles.
California passes the nation’s best digital privacy law.
You (not you) can shoot (without bullets) a drone (technically UAV) out of the sky.
We talk a little gaming about Star Wars Battlefront’s beta.
We also discuss The Martian a little bit both the movie and the book.
Spoiler Alert:
Alan’s bad at Star Wars: Battlefront.
Episode 159
Samsung uses a defeat device for its TV energy efficiency ratings.
Do Samsung and Volkswagen contribute to the Internet of Things That Lie?
Is Peeple the “Yelp for People” a good idea?
Bonus: or is Peeple the peephole of the future?
Extra Bonus: The street “No Name Uno” in Gilroy. Here’s a letter to the editor about it.
Facebook is testing Reactions to replace the Like button.
An EU court is saying the US undermines Europeans privacy.
An arduino-based Enigma wristwatch might be the coolest Thing this week…
Until Micropigs. Yes. #PodcastPig
Spoiler Alert:
We have to both brush up on our Japanese.
Episode 158
Volkswagen recalled a lot of diesel engine cars (including Alan’s!)
Scientists urge prosecuting climate deniers using the RICO act.
Apple pulls an app that aggregates news about drone strikes… the same wee it launches its news app.
A group is interested to bring the Concorde supersonic jet back.
Happy Birthday can now be sung without fear of copyright violations.
The humanoid robot Pepper has a very interesting EULA.
Great America and Electronic Arts are partnering to make a Mass Effect attraction!
Spoiler Alert:
The Mass Effect ride will replace Happy Feet. Brendan assures us this is A Thing.
We talk to “Sketchy Characters” Gina Smith (floats like bricks) and Julie Meridian (juliemeridian.com)
They are going to have a booth at APE: the Alternative Press Expo on October 3rd and 4th in San Jose.
We mentioned the art of Amazing Larry by Jenn Oaks, and the original video.
Also the game FTL: Faster Than Light with music by Ben Prunty. And the comic series Saga.
And we talked a LOT of Mass Effect.
Spoiler Alert:
I’m Commander Shepard, and the Sketchy Characters booth at APE is my favorite store on the Citadel
The “war on cops” deserves the use of quotes around it.
The TSA’s universal lock keys have been 3d-printed. (bonus: the 3d files!)
Securing your luggage with firearms.
Children getting drunk on hand sanitizer.
Scientists deconstruct the 5-second rule.
New, better filters for astronauts drinking their own urine.
Spoiler Alert:
“He IS the kwisatz haderach!”
China fixed its bad pollution problem. Briefly.
Scientists engineer a way to prevent ice cream from melting.
Will there be tastings for marijuana infused wine?
Google to change their “mobile friendly test” to discourage full-page app banners.
Amazon allowing downloads and offline watching of previously streaming-only content.
Drug runners hide cocaine in printer toner!
Spoiler Alert:
Alan caused Hollywood Video to fail.
Episode 154
In Oakland, the police can’t record more license plates because their hard drive is full.
Twitter blocks the Politwoops political transparency accounts globally.
Facebook is launching a personal assistant to their portfolio of services.
Amazon looks to expand their same-day delivery service to include booze!
Chinese woman drinks entire bottle of cognac to avoid airport security hassles.
Company crams a proof-of-concept hydrogen fuel cell into an iphone for a week of power.
Scientists engineer a nano-sized fish-shaped drug delivery vehicle.
Detroit area mayor looking to ban flamethrowers. Really sweet flamethrowers.
Spoiler Alert:
We may need to find a way to purchase a #PodcastFlamethrower
Episode 153
An update on the Ashley Madison hack – a large amount of user data was just released.
Disney to create Star Wars theme parks.
HBO partners with Sesame Street.
This year’s keynote speaker at Blackhat nails the state of the internet.
Warrantless search of a laptop jeopardizes the case against an arms dealer.
Spoiler Alert:
We chose to accept the mission of watching all the Mission:Impossible movies.
Episode 152
Google restructures to be Alphabet.
The APA will no longer participate in national security interrogations.
Scientists analyze the tobacco residue in Shakespeare’s pipes.
Tourists can now ride around the world on container ships.
Are satellites the next battlefield in war?
Astronauts to put microgravity-grown-food on the menu.
Spoiler Alert:
Alan and Brendan would sail around the world on a container ship