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:

• Elon Musk Plans to Name 1st Mars Colony Ship 'Heart of Gold' in Sci-Fi Nod
• Portal movie announcement coming 'fairly soon', says J.J. Abrams
• Parting Shots: The Rosetta Spacecraft's Last Photos of Comet 67P
• Mister Splashy Pants the whale - you named him, now save him (Yeah, 10 December, 2007)
• Top Gear: Matt LeBlanc signs two-series deal
• Tesla Model S gets its own racing series: The Electric GT World Series
• You don't need to run your car on premium gas — and if you do, it could be costing you money
• How Target Figured Out A Teen Girl Was Pregnant Before Her Father Did
• Audi TV Commercial: The Drones - Drones.net
• Voyager Golden Record: 40th Anniversary Edition
• Hello Internet: The Vinyl Episode
• Apollo 12 art caper: Does the moon harbor a tiny museum?
• The Sculpture on the Moon
• Data Travel: the Duke Family Portrait
• Six Flags on the Moon: What is Their Current Condition?
• Richard Hammond marks 10 YEARS since horrific Top Gear crash with moving 'lifesavers' post

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