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Terrifying Robot Dog
by Jonathan Stark and Kelli Shaver
A weekly podcast about how technology is changing the way we interact with the world. Hosted by Jonathan Stark and Kelli Shaver.
Episodes
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Free Lies
Facebook and Twitter get into a pissing contest about political ads, lies, and free speech.
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Would you like a side of quantum with that?
Google cracks the code on quantum computing
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Stuff And Things
It's an all-voice Gadget Gab this week with Echo Auto, Amazon Show & Tell, and Google Recorder.
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Fresh Baked Eyeball
Big win for the ADA against Dominos and Google Maps with new and improved walking directions
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Spoonmetal
Oops! We missed 90% of the Alexa announcements last week :/
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Sitting Around The Universe
What if you're not a person playing the simulation? What if you are literally a part of one? Links Are You Living in a Simulation? The Simulation Argument
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Eyeball Fairy
Season 10 kickoff in which we catch up and review a smart cane? Segments This Week Gadget Gallery (Junk Drawer?) Titles We Considered National Eyeball Day Eyeball Fairy Emo Alexa Sarcasm Slider Related Links Jumpgate Games Daredevil's Cane
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Jary Jyjax
Brace yourself, nerds... double recap: GenCon and BandCamp. Links We Mentioned GenCon 360 shot of GenCon 360 shot of GenCon Chip Theory Games Too Many Bones Cloudspire Blue Orange Planet Vai Academy Jonathan jamming Steve Vai The Expanse Season 4 Titles We Considered Cuz Tribes Con Budget Giant...
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Brian Cox and the Vomit Comet
We want to believe... Links We Mentioned Gravity Superstar Ender's Game Vomit Comet Bob Lazar on JRE What is gravity? What is antigravity? Brian Cox on the Science of Dr. Who The Lion King trailer
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That's How They Getcha
Your new flu vaccine, now with AI inside! AI-created flu vaccine starts testing in US
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Highschool Hellscape
TRD pop culture tour de force. Check the links for a taste of the waffle. Links We Mentioned These New Worlds Jumpgate Games Spite and Malice The Ultimate Book of Family Card Games Original 1964 Mille Bornes MAD Magazine The Trade Journal Cooperative Stranger Things Season 3 Game of Thrones...
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Yay, bits!
What if the global economy had a global currency?
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Backpacking Around The Galaxy
What if there was another planet that would support human life?
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Shamecoin
Public shaming for traffic violations
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Full China
Some good and not so good applications of computer vision tech.
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Leadfoot Shaver
Socially awkward robocop is socially awkward Related Links GoBetween Robotics: A traffic stop robot to keep everyone safe New print and play from Jumpgate
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Screw Atoms
We're back with a TRD book club featuring Tiamat's Wrath Related Links Tiamat's Wrath Jumpgate Games Titles We Considered Game of Terrifying Robot Dogs Space Thrones Screw Atoms
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Ear Breath
After dark waffle-cast season 8 cliffhanger episode!
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What's up, unicorns?
The AI scientists who were meant to protect us have scared themselves.
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Maggie Skywalker
I got a new laptop and the wrong mic was selected. Sorry about the sound quality :/
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The Robots Giveth And The Robots Taketh Away
Your job is safe from robots. LOLZ! Just kidding :-P
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Bellhoposaurus Rex
Good news! Our jobs are safe after all.
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Gray Areas
TRD Book Club featuring I, Robot by Isaac Asimov Links We Mentioned These New Worlds beta signup These New Worlds website I, Robot Wikipedia I, Robot Summary The Dresden Files The Callahan Chronicals The Expanse Neuromancer Snow Crash Brave New World Gray Goo
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Find My iStudent
So much for "trust, don't track" Related Links Chinese schools keep tabs on kids with 'intelligent uniforms' Tracking Our Children’s Future via Smart Uniforms Social Credit System - China edition Social Credit System - Black Mirror edition
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Oculus Bandersnatch Is My Porn Name
This week we imagine the unholy union of interactive Netflix and Oculus Go. Related Links Bandersnatch Oculus Go Oculus Quest Dragon's Lair
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Not As Useless As We Hoped
Gifts for geeks Links Plan B Games Reef Rocketbook Everlast Reusable Smart Notebook, Executive Size Smart&Cool 5 Feet Gen4 Nylon Braided Two-Mode Magnetic Charging & Data Transfer Cable Compatible with Phones and Tablets with Micro-USB and i-Product Interface(5ft-Black Twin Pack) Huion KAMVAS Pro...
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Belly Up To The Car
Here in my car, I feel safest of all. It's the only way to live. Talking Points The size of the gas station market The effect of a 10x decrease in battery prices The relationship between electric and autonomous trends OTA car updates Titles We Considered Virtuous Dorito Cycle Would you like your...
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Smells Like Celery
Don’t worry! WSJ is on this deepfakes thing. Titles We Considered Smells Like Celery 300lb Speedo Pffft Micshare Related Links How The Wall Street Journal is preparing its journalists to detect deepfakes Cook’s Illustrated The end of the beginning by Ben Evans Shoppers Go Online Early, Go Mobile,...
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Little Jimmy Fallon
Who you gonna trust? Related Links Daredevil Jessica Jones 2018 Hawaii false missile alert Titles We Considered Bring Your Own Bird Swarmed By Rabbits Lick This Dongle Little Jimmy Fallon
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From The Comfort Of Our Hovercouch
What would happen if you were being controlled by an anonymous internet hive mind? Titles We Considered Shall We Play A Game? From The Comfort Of Our Hovercouch Five Bocks Under The Diaper Related Links
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Nose Worms
What happens once you can sequence all the things? Links We Mentioned Joe DeRisi on Adam Savage IDseq Skeptoid
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Blue Raincoat
How might TBL's new distributed identity system work? Links Kelli's glorious Scrabble keyboard
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The Terror That Flaps In The Night
Gadget week review of the Rocketbook Everlast connected notebook. This week, we geek out about notebooks - in particular, digital workflows that involve pen and paper. Rocketbook Everlast Rocketbook Wave Rocketbook One Levenger Circa Notebooks iPad Pro + Apple Pencil Links Rocketbook Website...
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2000 Square Foot Waffle
Everything from cybergeddon to summer jobs to yarn bombs. You've been warned. Links We Mentioned The Untold Story of NotPetya, the Most Devastating Cyberattack in History
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School of Hot Pockets
A discussion of the book Driverless by Hod Lipson
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The Cooper Show
JS is on vacation this week, so we uploaded this short interview with Cooper talking a bit about making animations. For the record, he also edited the episode and created the outro music. See you next week! Related Links Cooper's YouTube Channel Cooper on Twitter Cooper on Newgrounds Cooper on...
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Nerdvasion at the Arena
Kelli's Gencon recap Related Links Kelli's Gencon Haul Kelli's Game Collection These New Worlds The Terminology of Modern Boardgames
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Self-Driving Segue
Mmmm... a short stack of waffles Talking Points Liquid water on Mars? Connected hoodies tracking your location Destination specific self-driving cars Links We Mentioned These New Worlds TNW Part 5 - Taking a moment to work on story Liquid water 'lake' revealed on Mars Tommy Hilfiger smart clothes...
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Kissy Teenage Stuff
Are computers better at entertaining us than we are? Links We Mentioned Uber Car Seat These New Worlds website These New Worlds story - part 1 The Iron Giant Star Wars Trivial Pursuit The nightmare videos of childrens' YouTube — and what's wrong with the internet today Voxel Finger Family Song...
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Infinte Interns
Is machine learning the new relational database? Titles We Considered Infinite Interns Unstructured Query Language Links We Mentioned Ways to think about machine learning
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Circuit du Soleil
Robot cats, flying androids, and motorcycle drones, oh my!
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April Fools Year
A fake photo is worth a thousand fake words.
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Placebo VR
Can VR be used as a legitimate medical therapy? Links We Mentioned A French hospital is using VR as a drug-free pain solution Distraction isn’t only way virtual reality might ease pain How To Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan Michael Pollan — Exploring The New Science of Psychedelics
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Duster Diamonds
Plants in space, a psychotic AI, and cringe-y WWDC news. Titles We Considered Schrodinger's Lawnmower Angry Canadian Martian Fanzines Just Draw It Out Sympathy Logic Loser AI Duster Diamonds Links We Mentioned Nasa Mars rover finds organic matter in ancient lake bed Scientists created a...
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A weekly podcast about how technology is changing the way we interact with the world. Hosted by Jonathan Stark and Kelli Shaver.
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