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Episode 759: We are short one Reindeer!
Dec 12, 202401:04:02Tap to summarizeListen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes from the show. Feedback Voicemail! (technology sometimes) QOTW: What seemingly ‘old-fashioned’ tech do you still use regularly and love? (e.g., vinyl records, physical books, a landline phone) On This Day In History for December 11, 2024 This is the 346th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 20 days remaining in 2024. It was on this date in 1901, that Guglielmo Marconi transmitted the first transatlantic radio signal from Poldhu, Cornwall, England to Saint John’s, Newfoundland. It was also this date in 1913 that More than two years after it was stolen from the Louvre, Leonardo da Vinci’s painting Mona Lisa was recovered in Florence, Italy. The thief, Vincenzo Peruggia, is immediately arrested. On December 11, 1972, Apollo 17 became the sixth and final Apollo mission to land on the Moon. 16 years ago today, Bernie Madoff was arrested and charged with securities fraud in a $50 billion Ponzi scheme. It was 15 years ago today that Finnish game developer Rovio Entertainment released the hit mobile game Angry Birds internationally on iOS.. It was on this date in 2020, that The Food and Drug Administration issued an Emergency Use Authorization on the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, the first COVID-19 vaccine to be approved by the agency.. Happy birthday goes out on this date to: Scottish physicist, mathematician, and astronomer, David Brewster, born on this date in 1781. Hector Berlioz, the French composer, conductor, and critic was born 221 years ago today. Born December 11, 1843, German microbiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate Robert Koch. Annie Jump Cannon, American astronomer and academic was born on that same date in 1863. Slovenian mathematician and academic, Josip Plemelj was born 151 years ago today. Max Born, German physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate was born on that same date in 1882. American farmer and businessman, founded Knott’s Berry Farm, Walter Knott, born on this date in 1889. American actress and comedian, Teri Garr was born 80 years ago today. Also born on that same date in 1951, Malaysian astrophysicist and astronomer, Mazlan Othman. Also turning 62 today is American actor Ben Browder. Listener Birthdays 12 – Deckrd 12 – Kevin Burns (Soleblaze) 12 – Matt Blocker TheGiant 12 – Rob Riehl (suriehl) 12 – Pamela Gay from AstronomyCast 13 – Fritz The German 14 – Michael Spence from Brother Osric’s Scriptorium 17 – Jorge Schrauwen And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for December 11, 2024 If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link. News OpenAI’s new ChatGPT o1 model will try to escape if it thinks it’ll be shut down — then lies about it | Tom’s Guide Blue Origin forced to delete female astronaut’s footage of first time in space after controversy – Space – UNILAD What Are These Weird Structures Hubble Spotted Near a Monster Black Hole? Straight Out of a Sci-Fi Movie: For the First Time in History, We Have a Clear Image of a Star in Another Galaxy Hacks & Strange Stories Mysterious Drones Are Flying Over New Jersey at Night Shout out to the chat room Watch us live every Sunday night at 8:30PM ET on Facebook. Go to Join our page and get notified automatically. Join us on the live chat! Thank you Patrons! This show is brought to you by… YOU! Thank you to our Patrons who enable us to keep the show running and bring you special episodes. Alexis Duran Amber Elstad Amy Bowen Avner Braverman Ben Vaughan Brian Brown Chris Martinez Chris Mc DanDMan Coyer Dean Jensen Denise Inglis Gary Lindros John Clifford John Noble Jorge Schrauwen Krazy Joe Kyle Nishioka Leon Mark Kilfoil Brad Miller Mike Wills Saturday Morning Media Stephen Wesche Steve Cody Steve Therrien <span s...
Transcribe →Episode 758: Christmas Crunch
Dec 3, 202401:09:30Tap to summarizeListen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes from the show. Feedback You’re stranded on a deserted island (cliché, we know, but roll with it!) and you can only bring THREE pieces of technology with you. What gadgets are you packing to ensure your survival AND your sanity? On This Day In History for December 4, 2024 This is the 339th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 27 days remaining in 2024. It was on this date in 1791, that the first edition of The Observer, the world’s first Sunday newspaper, was published. Also today in 1872, The American brigantine Mary Celeste was discovered drifting in the Atlantic. Her crew is never found.. It was on this date in 1881, that the first edition of the Los Angeles Times was published. Also today in 1956, The Million Dollar Quartet (Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash) got together at Sun Studio for the first and last time. It was on this date in 1965, that Launch of Gemini 7 with crew members Frank Borman and Jim Lovell. The Gemini 7 spacecraft was the passive target for the first crewed space rendezvous performed by the crew of Gemini 6A. It was 33 years ago today, that Pan American World Airways ceased its operations after 64 years. Happy birthday goes out on this date to: German anatomist and botanist, Johann Gottfried Zinn, born on this date in 1727. Born December 4, 1908, American bacteriologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate Alfred Hershey. Also born on that same date in 1933, American game show host and producer, Wink Martindale. American actor, director, and producer, Max Baer Jr. is 87 today. Also born on that same date in 1949, American actor, Jeff Bridges. American actor, Tony Todd was born 70 years ago today. Listener Birthdays 6 – SuperMoonMan 7 – Peter aka Zzippster from the Zzipp and Co. Podcast, Weymouth, Dorset, UK 8 – DanDman 8 – Gydian (Michael H.) 9 – Steve Kite (BigUnit62) And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for December 4, 2024 If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link. News Astronauts baffled by ‘unexpected odor’ leaking from Russian spacecraft docked at ISS | Live Science The shape of light: Scientists reveal image of an individual photon for 1st time ever | Live Science Hacks & Strange Stories Chernobyl Dogs Are Experiencing Rapid Evolution, Biologists Say Why we can’t just launch all our Garbage at the Sun Shout out to the chat room Watch us live every Sunday night at 8:30PM ET on Facebook. Go to Join our page and get notified automatically. Join us on the live chat! Remember When Man Keeps a Rock For Years Hoping It’s Gold. It Turns Out to Be Far More Valuable Space Selfie by Mark Rober and CrunchLabs Thank you Patrons! This show is brought to you by… YOU! Thank you to our Patrons who enable us to keep the show running and bring you special episodes. Alexis Duran Amber Elstad Amy Bowen Avner Braverman Ben Vaughan Brian Brown Chris Martinez Chris Mc DanDMan Coyer Dean Jensen Denise Inglis Gary Lindros John Clifford John Noble Jorge Schrauwen Krazy Joe Kyle Nishioka Leon Mark Kilfoil Brad Miller Mike Wills Saturday Morning Media Stephen Wesche Steve Cody Steve Therrien Steve Webb Stewe Lundin Tim Cook If you want to become a patron, visit our Patreon Page. We’ve got various levels of donations and in return we have various patron packages including a special “after show” we record just for the patrons! patreon.com/technoramapodcast Pass me the remote Kreg Dear Santa – Hulu Tommy Boy – Paramount+ Chuck <li style=...
Transcribe →Episode 757: Cyber Turkeys 2: The Gobbling
Nov 27, 202400:53:28Tap to summarizeListen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Feedback QOTW: What would be the dumbest, lamest, and most boring superpower you could have that gave you an edge of normal people. On This Day In History for November 27, 2024 This is the 332nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 34 days remaining in 2024. It was on this date in 1839, that In Boston, Massachusetts, the American Statistical Association was founded. 100 years ago today, In New York City, the first Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade was held. CARE (then the Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe) was founded to send CARE Packages of food relief to Europe after World War II on this date in 1945. November 27, 1968, Penny Ann Early became the first woman to play in a major professional men’s basketball league, for the Kentucky Colonels in an ABA game against the Los Angeles Stars. Also on November 27, 1971, The Soviet space program’s Mars 2 orbiter released a descent module. It malfunctions and crashes, but it was the first man-made object to reach the surface of Mars. It was also this date in 2001 that A hydrogen atmosphere was discovered on the extrasolar planet Osiris by the Hubble Space Telescope, the first atmosphere detected on an extrasolar planet. Happy birthday goes out on this date to: Swedish astronomer, physicist, and mathematician, Anders Celsius, born on this date in 1701. Cornelius Vanderbilt II, the American businessman was born 181 years ago today. Giovanni Giorgi, Italian physicist and engineer was born on that same date in 1871. Norwegian-American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate, Lars Onsager was born 121 years ago today. Russian mathematician and theorist, Anatoly Maltsev, born on this date in 1909. Buffalo Bob Smith, American actor and television host was born on that same date in 1917. American nuclear scientist, mechanical engineer and mathematician, J. Ernest Wilkins Jr. was born 101 years ago today. Welsh chemist, physicist, and journalist, John Maddox, born on this date in 1925. American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer, Jimi Hendrix was born 82 years ago today. Also turning 72 today is American captain, engineer, and astronaut Jim Wetherbee. American engineer, educator, and television host, Bill Nye is 69 today. Also turning 67 today is American game designer and author Michael A. Stackpole. Listener Birthdays Nov 27 – Brad P. from NJ(but who was born in VA, and has moved back there…) 28 – Ben Sweetser Dec 1 – Claudio Miranda (ClaudioM) 2 – Ben Fryxell from the MacMania Podcast And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for November 27, 2024 If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link. News Maurizio Cattelan’s viral banana artwork has sold again — this time for $6.24 million | CNN Asteroid worth $10,000,000,000,000,000,000 NASA is capturing would give everyone on earth $1,246,105,919 each – Space – UNILAD Hacks & Strange Stories Smuggler arrested with 300 tarantulas strapped to his body | CNN Shout out to the chat room Watch us live every Sunday night at 8:30PM ET on Facebook. Go to Join our page and get notified automatically. Join us on the live chat! Remember When Ward Christensen, BBS inventor and architect of our online age, dies at age 78 Thank you Patrons! This show is brought to you by… YOU! Thank you to our Patrons who enable us to keep the show running and bring you special episodes. Alexis Duran Amber Elstad Amy Bowen Avner Braverman Ben Vaughan Brian Brown Chris Martinez Chris Mc DanDMan Coyer Dean Jensen Denise Inglis Gary Lindros John Clifford John Noble Jorge Schrauwen Krazy Joe Kyle Nishioka Leon Mark Kilfoil Brad Miller Mike Wills Saturday Morning Media Stephen Wesche Steve Cody Steve Therrien Steve Webb Stewe Lundin Tim Cook Your name here! If you want to become a patron, visit our<a href="https://patreon.com/technorama...
Transcribe →Episode 756: The Future is Now (ish)
Nov 14, 202400:56:31Tap to summarizeListen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Feedback QOTW: If you could instantly become an expert in any emerging technology, which would you choose and why? On This Day In History for November 13, 2024 This is the 318th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 48 days remaining in 2024. It was on this date in 1833, The Great Meteor Storm of 1833 took place. It was also this date in 1841 that James Braid first saw a demonstration of animal magnetism by Charles Lafontaine, which led to his study of the subject he eventually calls hypnotism. 97 years ago today, The Holland Tunnel opened to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City. It was on this date in 1940, that Walt Disney’s animated musical film Fantasia was first released at New York’s Broadway Theatre, on the first night of a roadshow. That same date in 1947, The Soviet Union completed development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles. It was also this date in 1982 that The Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedicated in Washington, D.C. after a march to its site by thousands of Vietnam War veterans. Also today in 1996, as part of the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) project, Joel Armengaud discovered the project’s first Mersenne prime number, 2^1398269 − 1 a number with 420,921 digits. Also on November 13, 2012, A total solar eclipse occurred in parts of Australia and the South Pacific. Happy birthday goes out on this date to: German first female medical doctor, Dorothea Erxleben, born on this date in 1715. Born November 13, 1866, American educator, founded the Institute for Advanced Study Abraham Flexner. Max Dehn, the German-American mathematician and academic was born 146 years ago today. American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Edward Adelbert Doisy was born 131 years ago today. Albert Turner Bharucha-Reid, American mathematician and theorist was born on that same date in 1927. Born November 13, 1932, American record producer and music publisher Buddy Killen. American actor, director, and producer, Garry Marshall, born on this date in 1934. American businessman and philanthropist, founded Hobby Lobby, David Green is 83 today. American physicist and environmentalist, Amory Lovins, born on this date in 1947. Also born on that same date in 1954, American businessman, co-founded Sun Microsystems, Scott McNealy. American actress, comedian, and talk show host, Whoopi Goldberg is 69 today. American comedian, actor, and talk show host, Jimmy Kimmel, born on this date in 1967. Listener Birthdays 13 – Pippa (London UK) 13 – Jennifer Therrien (Canada) 15 – Jackie Breller (Krazy Joe & Christine’s daughter) 15 – Chuck Jolley aka nitestarr – (Horn Lake, MS) And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for November 13, 2024 If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link. News Father-daughter team decodes ‘alien signal’ from Mars that stumped the world for a year SpaceX Dragon fires thrusters to boost ISS orbit for the 1st time | Space Hacks & Strange Stories Monkeys escape from Alpha Genesis research facility in South Carolina Shout out to the chat room Watch us live every Sunday night at 8:30PM ET on Facebook. Go to Join our page and get notified automatically. Join us on the live chat! Remember When Voyager 1 spacecraft phones home with transmitter that hasn’t been used since 1981 | Space Thank you Patrons! This show is brought to you by… YOU! Thank you to our Patrons who enable us to keep the show running and bring you special episodes. Alexis Duran Amber Elstad Amy Bowen Avner Braverman Ben Vaughan Brian Brown Chris Martinez Chris Mc DanDMan Coyer Dean Jensen Denise Inglis Gary Lindros John Clifford John Noble Jorge Schrauwen Krazy Joe Kyle Nishioka <span sty...
Transcribe →Episode 755: Ghosts can’t lie. You can see right through them.
Oct 24, 202401:12:57Tap to summarizeListen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Latest recovery update from Kreg Chuck accidentally discovered Samsung DEX (Patreon topic) Chuck investing time in Notion (more in the Patreon show) Feedback Joe’s Voice Mail QOTW: If you could invent a gadget from any sci-fi movie or show, what would it be and what hilariously impractical use would you put it to? On This Day In History for October 23, 2024 This is the 297th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 69 days remaining in 2024. It was on this date in 4004 BC, that the world was created… as proposed by James Usher according to the Bible. Also on October 23, 1906, Alberto Santos-Dumont flew an airplane in the first heavier-than-air flight in Europe. That same date in 1911, The Italo-Turkish War saw the first use of an airplane in combat when an Italian pilot made a reconnaissance flight. Also today in 1958, Belgian artist Peyo’s comic characters, the Smurfs, made their debut in Spirou magazine.. It was on this date in 1970, that Gary Gabelich set a land speed record in a rocket-powered automobile called the Blue Flame, fueled with natural gas. October 23, 2001, Apple Computer released the iPod.. On October 23, 2007, Space Shuttle Discovery was launched on STS-120, with Pamela Melroy becoming the second female space shuttle commander.. Happy birthday goes out on this date to: American engineer, Samuel Morey, born on this date in 1762. Ludwig Leichhardt, German-Australian explorer was born on that same date in 1813. German astronomer Gustav Spörer was born 202 years ago today. William D. Coolidge, the American physicist and engineer was born 151 years ago today. Born October 23, 1894, American astronomer and academic Emma Vyssotsky. Felix Bloch, the Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate was born 119 years ago today. Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Ilya Frank, born on this date in 1908. Born October 23, 1920, Japanese-American meteorologist and academic Ted Fujita. Austrian-English businessman, co-founded Acorn Computers and Olivetti Research Laboratory, Hermann Hauser, born on this date in 1948. Also turning 60 today is American computer scientist and businessman Eddy Cue. Born October 23, 1970, American television presenter and engineer Grant Imahara. Canadian-American actor and producer, Ryan Reynolds, born on this date in 1976. Listener Birthdays 25 – Mad Marv – spelled “K – Y – L – E” but pronounced “Marv”. Hope that helps 25 – HMNSHLD 25 – BritOnTour (Jason) 25 – Scott (Minneapolis) 28 – Dylan Licata (San Antonio) 29 – Big Jim Clark, MegaPodTastic 30 – WolfGeek (Indiana) Nov 1 – Amber Elstad And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for October 23, 2024 If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link. News Rivian Rolls Out ‘Knight Rider,’ ‘Back To The Future’ Car Costumes For Halloween AI researcher scrapes usable data from a 35-second screen recording for less than one cent via Google Gemini Parents sue after student disciplined for using AI on school project in Massachusetts Hacks & Strange Stories New open-source project transforms Android phones into ham radio transceivers Shout out to the chat room Watch us live every Sunday night at 8:30PM ET on Facebook. Go to Join our page and get notified automatically. Join us on the live chat! Thank you Patrons! This show is brought to you by… YOU! Thank you to our Patrons who enable us to keep the show running and bring you special episodes. Alexis Duran Amber Elstad Amy Bowen Avner Braverman Ben Vaughan Brian Brown Chris Martinez Chris Mc DanDMan Coyer Dean Jensen Denise Inglis Gary Lindros John Clifford</...
Transcribe →Episode 754: Space Tourism…Can We All Hitch a Ride?
Sep 25, 202400:53:44Tap to summarizeListen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Feedback QOTW: You accidentally trigger a teleportation device that merges you with a household appliance. Which appliance are you now fused with and what hilarious superpowers do you possess? On This Day in History for September 25, 2024 This is the 269th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 97 days remaining in 2024. It was on this date in 1513, that Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa reached what would become known as the Pacific Ocean. 334 years ago today, Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick, the first newspaper to appear in the Americas,was published for the first and only time. On September 25, 1890, The United States Congress established Sequoia National Park. Also today in 1906, Leonardo Torres Quevedo demonstrated the Telekino in the Bilbao Abra (Spain), guiding an electric boat from the shore with people on board, which was controlled at a distance over 2 km (1.2 mi), in what is considered to be the origin of modern wireless remote-control operation principles.. 68 years ago today, TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, was inaugurated. It was also this date in 1974 that Dr. Frank Jobe performed first ulnar collateral ligament replacement surgery (better known as Tommy John surgery) on baseball player Tommy John. That same date in 1992, NASA launched the Mars Observer. Eleven months later, the probe failed while preparing for orbital insertion. Happy birthday goes out on this date to: Ole Rømer, the Danish astronomer and instrument maker was born 380 years ago today. English explorer and navigator, Steven Borough, born on this date in 1525. French geologist and engineer, Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont was born 226 years ago today. German palaeontologist and geologist, Karl Alfred von Zittel, born on this date in 1839. Born September 25, 1893, Swedish mathematician and statistician Harald Cramér. American author, poet, illustrator, and songwriter, Shel Silverstein, born on this date in 1930. English mathematician and scholar, Bryan John Birch is 93 today. Also born on that same date in 1937, American computer scientist and lawyer, Mary Allen Wilkes. American actor, singer, and director, Anson Williams is 75 today. American actor, singer, and producer, Mark Hamill, born on this date in 1951. Christopher Reeve, American actor, producer, and activist was born on that same date in 1952. Also born on that same date in 1956, American computer scientist, engineer, and author, founded the Thinking Machines Corporation, W. Daniel Hillis. American special effects designer and television host, founded M5 Industries, Jamie Hyneman, born on this date in 1956. Listener Birthdays 10/1 = 101 & Stephen Wesche (From Saint Louis Missouri) (Pronounced Like the first part of the word “Wet” and the word “She”) And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for September 25, 2023 If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link. News Three-Mile Island nuclear site reopening to power AI NASA’s flying to an ocean world. Its spacecraft is giant. | Mashable Scientists Horrified by What They Found Under the Doomsday Glacier How NASA Could Find Evidence of Life on Another Planet Within 25 Years – Slashdot Hacks & Strange Stories Vaporizing Plastics Recycles Them Into Nothing But Gas, Researchers Find Shout out to the chat room Watch us live every Sunday night at 8:30PM ET on Facebook. Go to Join our page and get notified automatically. Join us on the live chat! Remember When We’re losing our digital history. Can the Internet Archive save it? Thank you Patrons! This show is brought to you by… YOU! Thank you to our Patrons who enable us to keep the show running and bring you special episodes. Alexis Duran Amber Elstad Amy Bowen Avner Braverman Ben Vaughan Brian Brown Chris Martinez Chris Mc DanDMan Coyer Dean Jensen Denise Inglis Gary Lindros John Clifford John Noble Jorge Schrauwen Krazy Joe Kyle Nishioka Leon Mark Kilfoil <span style="font-weig...
Transcribe →Episode 753: Tainting the LLMs
Sep 18, 202400:59:54Tap to summarizeListen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Feedback QOTW: You time travel to the year 2124 for ten minutes and are allowed to make one Google search. What is it? On This Day In History for September 18, 2024 This is the 262nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 104 days remaining in 2024. It was on this date in 1544, that The expedition of Juan Bautista Pastene made landfall in San Pedro Bay, southern Chile, claiming the territory for Spain. 231 years ago today, the first cornerstone of the United States Capitol was laid by George Washington. Also on September 18, 1809, The Royal Opera House in London opened. Also today in 1837, Tiffany & Co. (first named Tiffany & Young) was founded by Charles Lewis Tiffany and Teddy Young in New York City. The store is called a “stationery and fancy goods emporium”. It was on this date in 1851, that saw the first publication of The New-York Daily Times, which later became The New York Times. The Confederate States celebrated for the first and only time a Thanksgiving Day on this date in 1862. It was 154 years ago today that Old Faithful Geyser was observed and named by Henry D. Washburn. The Blackpool Illuminations were switched on for the first time on this date in 1879. That same date in 1927, The Columbia Broadcasting System went on the air. It was 47 years ago today that Voyager I took the first distant photograph of the Earth and the Moon together. It was on this date in 1997, that United States media magnate Ted Turner donated US$1 billion to the United Nations. On September 18, 2001, the first anthrax letters were mailed from Trenton, New Jersey in the 2001 anthrax attacks. Happy birthday goes out on this date to: English lexicographer and poet, Samuel Johnson, born on this date in 1709. Adrien-Marie Legendre, the French mathematician and theorist was born 272 years ago today. French physicist and academic, Léon Foucault, born on this date in 1819. Swedish-American actress, Greta Garbo was born 119 years ago today. Edwin McMillan, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate was born on that same date in 1907. Victor Ambartsumian, the Georgian-Armenian astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic was born 116 years ago today. Born September 18, 1932, Russian physicist and astronaut Nikolay Rukavishnikov. Robert Blake, the American actor, producer, and screenwriter was born 91 years ago today. Also turning 84 today is American singer and actor Frankie Avalon. Born September 18, 1944, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut Charles L. Veach. British-American computer programmer and businessman, founded McAfee, John McAfee was born 79 years ago today. Listener Birthdays 18 – Jeff Schultz (Gorbash) 20 – Joel Harper (Rincewind) / Milwaukee WI 20 – Joel Rickenbach [deceased] (host of the You’ve Got Geek Podcast) 21 – Dean Jensen (Beaker1) 22 – Bilbo Bagins 22 – Frodo Bagins And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for September 18, 2024 If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link. News Polaris Dawn mission is one giant leap for private space exploration | New Scientist Earth Gaining a Temporary New Moon, Scientists Say China has lit its first artificial sun: 120 million degrees and the world on edge Shout out to the chat room Watch us live every Sunday night at 8:30PM ET on Facebook. Go to Join our page and get notified automatically. Join us on the live chat! Remember When How the Tandy 1000 Outsmarted the Competition and Made History! | #SepTandy Meet The World’s Oldest Fish—Presumed Extinct For 60 Million Years, Then Rediscovered In A Small Fishing Town Thank you Patrons! This show is brought to you by… YOU! Thank you to our Patrons who enable us to keep the show running and bring you special episodes. Alexis Duran Amber Elstad Amy Bowen Avner Braverman Ben Vaughan Brian Brown Chris Martinez Chris Mc DanDMan Coyer Dean Jensen Denise Inglis Gary Lindros...
Transcribe →Episode 752: This is Just Fan Fiction
Sep 13, 202400:57:24Tap to summarizeListen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Feedback Postcard from Jorge QOTW: If you could have any fictional creature as a… – Technorama Podcast | Facebook On This Day in History for August 28, 2024 This is the 241st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 125 days remaining in 2024. It was on this date in 1565, that Pedro Menéndez de Avilés sighted land near St. Augustine, Florida and founded the oldest continuously occupied European-established city in the continental United States. August 28, 1609, Henry Hudson discovered Delaware Bay. That same date in 1830, The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad’s new Tom Thumb steam locomotive raced a horse-drawn car, presaging steam’s role in U.S. railroads. It was also this date in 1845 that The first issue of Scientific American magazine was published. The Carrington event was the strongest geomagnetic storm on record to strike the Earth. Electrical telegraph service was widely disrupted on this date in 1859. It was on this date in 1898, that Caleb Bradham’s beverage “Brad’s Drink” was renamed “Pepsi-Cola”. Also on August 28, 1937, Toyota Motors became an independent company. Also today in 1993, NASA’s Galileo probe performed a flyby of the asteroid 243 Ida. Astronomers later discovered a moon, the first known asteroid moon, in pictures from the flyby and name it Dactyl. August 28, 1999, The Russian space mission Soyuz TM-29 reached completion, ending nearly 10 years of continuous occupation on the space station Mir as it approached the end of its life. It was on this date in 2016, that The first experimental mission of ISRO’s Scramjet Engine towards the realization of an Air Breathing Propulsion System was successfully conducted from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota.. Happy birthday goes out on this date to: French mathematician and philosopher, Antoine Augustin Cournot, born on this date in 1801. Dutch-American mathematician and economist Nobel Prize laureate, Tjalling Koopmans was born 114 years ago today. American author and illustrator, Jack Kirby, born on this date in 1917. Godfrey Hounsfield, English biophysicist and engineer Nobel Prize laureate was born on that same date in 1919. John Herbert Chapman, the Canadian physicist and engineer was born 103 years ago today. American atmospheric scientist Warren M. Washington is 88 today. English mathematician and academic, John Kingman, born on this date in 1939. Also born on that same date in 1954, American geneticist, chemist, and engineer, George M. Church. British-Canadian actress and director, Amanda Tapping is 59 today. Also turning 56 today is Scottish actor and singer Billy Boyd. Also born on that same date in 1969, American actor and comedian, Jack Black. Swedish game designer and programmer, Johan Andersson, born on this date in 1974. Listener Birthdays 25 – David “Grizzly” Smith from Grizzly’s Growls podcasts 27 – Chuck’s forgotten iPod 30 – Maximilian Björsten, Stockholm Sweden 31 – Tim Downing 1 – David Kloempken 2 – Scott Tyler 4 – Kyra Vega 5 – Ben Vaughan (benvon) [1977] 6 – Susan Murph (SusietheGeek) How to Grow Your Geek Podcast 6 – Brad Miller 10 – Anthony Warnack (EastBayAnt) [1979] 14 – Andrew Peters (Perl Hacker from the UK) And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for August 28, 2024 If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link. News New image shows the North Star is changing. And it has spots. | Mashable Shout out to the chat room Watch us live every Sunday night at 8:30PM ET on Facebook. Go to Join our page and get notified automatically. Join us on the live chat! Remember When Dinosaur killer was a rare asteroid from unusually far away, study shows AI shows ‘face of Jesus’ as Shroud of Turin debate rages | Weird | News | Express.co.uk Thank you Patrons! This show is brought to you by… YOU! Thank you to our Patrons who enable us to keep the show running and bring you special episodes. Alexis Duran Amber Elstad Amy Bowen Avner Braverman Ben Vaughan Brian Brown Chris Martinez Chris Mc DanDMan Coyer Dean Jensen Denise Inglis Gary Lindros John Clifford John Noble <span style="fon...
Transcribe →Episode 751: The Periodic Table of Elements…of Humor!
Aug 20, 202400:51:24Tap to summarizeListen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Feedback QOTW: Which fictional universe would you feel at… – Technorama Podcast On This Day In History for August 21, 2024 This is the 234th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 132 days remaining in 2024. It was on this date in 1770, that James Cook formally claimed eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales. Also on August 21, 1883, An F5 tornado struck Rochester, Minnesota, leading to the creation of the Mayo Clinic. The first successful adding machine in the United States was patented by William Seward Burroughs on this date in 1888. It was 79 years ago today thatb Physicist Harry Daghlian was fatally irradiated in a criticality accident during an experiment with the Demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory. August 21, 1957, the Soviet Union successfully conducted a long-range test flight of the R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile.. That same date in 1959, United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union. Hawaii’s admission is currently commemorated by Hawaii Admission Day. 31 years ago today, NASA lost contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft. Also today in 2017, a solar eclipse traversed the continental United States. Happy birthday goes out on this date to: French mathematician and engineer, Hubert Gautier, born on this date in 1660. Giacomo F. Maraldi, the French-Italian astronomer and mathematician was born 359 years ago today. Born August 21, 1754, Scottish engineer and inventor, created gas lighting William Murdoch. Augustin-Louis Cauchy, the French mathematician and academic was born 235 years ago today. Nathaniel Everett Green, English painter and astronomer was born on that same date in 1823. American animator, director, and producer, Friz Freleng, born on this date in 1906. Born August 21, 1909, Russian mathematician and physicist Nikolay Bogolyubov. Also turning 68 today is English-Canadian actress Kim Cattrall. American businessman, co-founder of America Online (AOL), Steve Case, born on this date in 1958. Born August 21, 1961, American marine biologist, cartoonist, animator and creator of SpongeBob SquarePants Stephen Hillenburg. Russian-American computer scientist and businessman, co-founded Google, Sergey Brin, born on this date in 1973. Listener Birthdays 21 – Dean Jensen (Beaker1) 22 – Bilbo Bagins 22 – Frodo Bagins And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for August 21, 2024 If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link. News NASA Citizen Scientists Spot Object Moving 1 Million Miles Per Hour – NASA Science Hacks & Strange Stories Huge LEGO Star Trek ‘Deep Space Nine’ Model Has Over 75,000 Pieces – Bell of Lost Souls Alan Parsons Speaks Up on Difficulties of Recording Pink Floyd Classic: ‘We Had to Measure the Tape With a Ruler’ | Ultimate Guitar Researchers Are Using Mayonnaise to Improve Nuclear Fusion Experiments Shout out to the chat room Watch us live every Sunday night at 8:30PM ET on Facebook. Go to Join our page and get notified automatically. Join us on the live chat! Thank you Patrons! This show is brought to you by… YOU! Thank you to our Patrons who enable us to keep the show running and bring you special episodes. Alexis Duran Amber Elstad Amy Bowen Avner Braverman Ben Vaughan Brian Brown Chris Martinez Chris Mc DanDMan Coyer Dean Jensen Denise Inglis Gary Lindros John Clifford John Noble Jorge Schrauwen Krazy Joe Kyle Nishioka Leon Mark Kilfoil Brad Miller Mike Wills Saturday Morning Media Stephen Wesche Steve Cody Steve Therrien Steve Webb Stewe Lundin Tim Cook<...
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Aug 14, 202400:49:56Tap to summarize Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Feedback QOTW: What is the funniest inconvenient curse to put on someone? On This Day In History for August 14, 2024 This is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 139 days remaining in 2024. It was on this date in 1592, that the first sighting of the Falkland Islands was made by John Davis. On August 14, 1885, Japan’s first patent was issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint. It was 131 years ago today that France became the first country to introduce motor vehicle registration. Also on August 14, 1901, the first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21. Also today in 1920, the 1920 Summer Olympics, having started four months earlier, officially opened in Antwerp, Belgium, with the newly-adopted Olympic flag and the Olympic oath being raised and taken at the Opening Ceremony for the first time in Olympic history. On August 14, 1935, Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act, creating a government pension system for the retired. 76 years ago today, there was the Beaver drop. This was an Idaho Department of Fish and Game program to relocate beavers from Northwestern Idaho to the Chamberlain Basin in Central Idaho. The program involved parachuting beavers into the Chamberlain Basin. Happy birthday goes out on this date to: Italian mathematician and physicist, Giambattista Benedetti, born on this date in 1530. Born August 14, 1777, Danish physicist and chemist Hans Christian Ørsted. Doc Holliday, American dentist and gambler was born on that same date in 1851. Italian mathematician and academic, Guido Castelnuovo was born 159 years ago today. Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin, the Belgian mathematician and academic was born 158 years ago today. Canadian-American physicist and academic, Arthur Jeffrey Dempster was born 138 years ago today. Turkish astronomer and mathematician, Nüzhet Gökdoğan, born on this date in 1910. Frank Oppenheimer, the American physicist and academic was born 112 years ago today. Born August 14, 1914, American physicist, chemist, and academic Herman Branson. Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Richard R. Ernst, born on this date in 1933. Also turning 79 today is American actor, comedian, musician, producer, and screenwriter Steve Martin. American cartoonist, Gary Larson, born on this date in 1950. American chemist and astronaut, Tracy Caldwell Dyson is 55 today. Listener Birthdays 17 – Clive Jevons, Baeumenheim German, Kevin (SusietheGeek’s son and Geek in Training) 19 – Brian Litecky (blitecky) 19 – Matt Rider (The Eagle Scout Geek ) 20 – Jedi_Kez (aka Brian From Winnipeg) And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for August 14, 2024 If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link. News First rocks recovered from Earth’s mantle | Popular Science The robo-dentist will see you now: AI bot operates on a live human without supervision for the first time – and it’s 8 times faster than a normal specialist | Daily Mail Online Hacks & Strange Stories New fossils could reveal origin of ancient ‘hobbit’ humans | CNN Shout out to the chat room Watch us live every Sunday night at 8:30PM ET on Facebook. Go to Join our page and get notified automatically. Join us on the live chat! Remember When World’s oldest calendar discovered in ancient temple may rewrite birth of civilization Thank you Patrons! This show is brought to you by… YOU! Thank you to our Patrons who enable us to keep the show running and bring you special episodes. Alexis Duran Amber Elstad Amy Bowen Avner Braverman Ben Vaughan Brian Brown Chris Martinez Chris Mc DanDMan Coyer Dean Jensen Denise Inglis Gary Lindros John Clifford John Noble Jorge Schrauwen Krazy Joe Kyle Nishioka Leon Mark Kilfoil Brad Miller Mike Wills Saturday Morning Media Stephen Wesche Steve Cody Steve Therrien Steve Webb Stewe Lundin Tim Cook If you want to become a patron, visit our<a href="https://patreon.com/technorama...
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