Episode 22: 5/21/14: Running around like chickens with their heads cut off...virtually.

Chickens are now taking advantage of virtual reality!  Yes, you read that right.  In an ingenious political move, the inventor of the VR chicken helmets creates a stir around the issue: can we afford to return animals to free-range lives?   Moving onto current trends, some gamers have begun using trans-cranial direct stimulation, basically with a non FDA approved device that electrically zaps their brains, to better focus and improve their performance.  The question is, what are the long term effects?  These devices may also increase the user's likelihood to lucid dream.  Reno and Nina of course launch into a dialogue on lucid dreaming, trying to convince producer Mike that the experience is worth it.  They both, of course, experience cognitive dissonance. An Atlanta based video game company called "Moneyhorse" is now developing "Glorious Leader!" which is a pixelated gaming experience featuring a two-dimensional Kim Jong-un attacking various things in America.  He first rides atop a flaming unicorn, then atop a dolphin, to better complete his epic rampage. Ever wondered if different tears have different molecular structures?  They do.  And the visuals are surprising... Finally, Nina tells a story of witnessing littering, and how Mary Poppins inspired her to handle it. http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/these-virtual-reality-headsets-make-farmed-chickens-believe-they-roam-free https://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fn.pr%2F1mYeWbV&h=kAQF00Nrg https://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fn.pr%2F1j2HWvl&h=kAQF00Nrg  https://news.vice.com/article/glorious-leader-the-video-game-is-coming-soon  https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=767455116628313&id=210238862349944  http://www.policymic.com/articles/89363/science-shows-how-drummers-brains-are-actually-different-from-everybody-elses