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In today's discussion Elon Musk has a "Heart of Gold", JJ Abrams and valve look to collaborate, the Rosetta Probe mission comes to an end, the internet names an unfortunate whale, Matt Leblanc shifts into Top Gear, a Tesla Model S race series, octane and what it isn't, robot shopping carts, voyager sound recordings available, a museum on the moon, and 10 years since Richard Hammond's dragster accident.
Download this episode: http://adventitious.podomatic.com/entry/2016-09-30T20_26_08-07_00 Links from this episode:
In this episode we cover the IG Nobel Awards for 2016, the naivete of letting the internet name things, killer goldfish, alligator eating pythons, freeze-dried medicine, an upcoming Fruit Ninja movie, LED streetlight problems, IOS security flaws, SpaceX update, Blue Origin, and the Outer Space Treaty.
Find it here: http://adventitious.podomatic.com/entry/2016-09-28T01_00_00-07_00 Links for this episode: IG Nobel Prizes 2016 Hospital Holding Name Contest for new Security Robot In the Wild, Goldfish Turn From Pet to Pest Python Bursts After Eating Gator Freeze-Dried Molecules Can Be Used to Whip Up Medicines Anywhere 'Fruit Ninja' Movie in the Works LED Streetlights Are Getting a Dark Reception Mountain Dew Naming Campaign Hijacked By Infamous Message Board 4Chan iOS 10: Security Weakness Discovered, Backup Passwords Much Easier to Break SpaceX investigation suggests helium breach caused its Falcon 9 explosion Blue Origin Outer Space Treaty
Zaphod purchases some sunglasses with wood paddles from Wish.com and reviews them. At $6 including shipping, are they worth the price?
Links for this episode: Our YouTube Channel - Adventitious Wish.com The Wish app on iTunes Coating sunglass Wood Sunglasses Men Women Brand Designer Wooden sports sun glasses BB4195wood-4
We go down the rabbit hole on head transplants, what is death, and when do you stop being you.
Find the show at: http://adventitious.podomatic.com/entry/2016-09-23T23_34_57-07_00 Show Links: New Scientist It’s Time for a Serious Debate About Head Transplants Definition of Death
Today we have Lintilla #2 join us for the podcast. We discuss Harambe McHirambeface, the Grand Tour, the French soldier's article posted in last weeks notes, new words in the dictionary, IOS 10, Luddites, hiccup cures, Wish and our new YouTube series, Lego Star Wars, and SnapChat GeoFilters.
You can download the episode here: http://adventitious.podomatic.com/entry/2016-09-17T22_03_53-07_00 Links from this episode: Harambe McHarambeface Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy* A French Soldier's View of US Soldiers in Afghanistan Oxford English Dictionary Updates (Some Words May Be Offensive) IOS 10 Updates Luddites Hiccup Cures Our YouTube Channel (it is just Adventitious, by the way --ed.) Wish Truck Driver Jams GPS at Newark Lego Star Wars Snap Chat Filters
We just uploaded our first YouTube video. In it we introduce our new series Adventitious' Wish List, where we take the app Wish, order things, and see if our wish is fulfilled.
You can see it here: https://youtu.be/LOdpT3qsl-c In this episode we purchase their 1TB thumb drive and review it. Let us know what you think in the comments, and don't forget to like us on YouTube! Links for this episode: The Adventitious Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/adventitiouschannel Wish - 1TB Metal Fashion U disk 1TB Disk Waterproof U Disk Thumbdrive Flash Drive https://www.wish.com/c/569c61c96649e00dc0d314c2
A special discussion and tribute for the 15th anniversary of 9/11. Wonko shares his experiences and feelings about 9/11 and America with Ford and Zaphod, in hopes they understand the impact these events had on our country to this day.
Download the episode here: http://adventitious.podomatic.com/entry/2016-09-11T15_34_58-07_00 We strongly encourage to you look through the links below. Some things you may remember, some you may not, but all bring a depth to what 9/11 is to us in the USA. 9/11 Memorial Flight 93 9/11 Inside the Pentagon Victims who plummeted from Twin Towers Fr. Mychal Judge, FDNY Chaplain (With Corrections) President G. W. Bush Bullhorn Speech (9/14/2001) Survivor Tree The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many are Smarter than the Few A French Soldier's View of US Soldiers in Afghanistan
Today's podcast takes way too long on statistics and how they can be skewed, on how science is broken today, split brains and the implications of it, the Apple event and what it means for aux output and watches.
Download the episode here: http://adventitious.podomatic.com/entry/2016-09-10T18_48_19-07_00 Links for this episode: Tech Nation - Episode 16-36 The Science of Misinformation – Digital Lies? Irreproduceable Research Ken Block's Gymkhana CGP Gray Hello Internet Split Brain Experiments Phineas Gage - A rod through his head Apple Watch* Bluetooth Headphones - Wonko's BT Headphones* Michael Kors Ceramic Watch* Invicta Watches* Seiko 5 Watches* Snake Itunes Google Play Stitcher Podomatic * These links go to the relevant Amazon pages. We may get a small commission from any purchases, but that isn't why we talk about them.
In today's episode Adventitious goes solar, the strange story of David Sneddon and North Korea, the death of Google's project Ara, the economics of mass production, the Microsoft modular X-box, the Atari 400/800, a field of dead reindeer, exploding wales, exploding rockets, an ESA satellite takes fire, the possibility of a scenario like in the movie Gravity, anti-bacterial soap banned by the FDA, Open Office in the long dark spiral down, issues with open source forking, Gene Wilder (1933-2016), expectations of Amazon's the Grand Tour, a discussion of alternative browsers.
Download it here: http://adventitious.podomatic.com/entry/2016-09-04T19_06_16-07_00 Links for this episode: David Sneddon - http://www.helpfinddavid.com/ Project Ara Modular X-box Atari 400/800 Dead Reindeer Exploding Wales Exploding Rockets ESA Satelite Impact Gravity Anti-Bacterial Soap Ban Open Office Gene Wilder Grand Tour |
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