DTNS 2782 – PS… More?

Logo by Mustafa Anabtawi thepolarcat.comSony’s definitely doing a new model game console but not at E3. Is it a good idea? Can they possibly avoid the angry fan reaction? Scott Johnson and Tom Merritt discuss.

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Today in Tech History – June 10, 2016

20140404-073853.jpg1943 – Hungarians László and Georg Bíró, while living in Argentina, patented the first successful implementation of the ballpoint pen.

1977 – A few days after going on sale, Apple began shipping the Apple II for the first time.

2003 – The Spirit Rover launched on a Delta II rocket, beginning NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover mission.

2013 – Apple introduced iOS 7 and Apple OS X Mavericks at their Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco. They also gave a sneak peek at the new cylindrical Mac Pro and announced their streaming music service called iTunes Radio.

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DTNS 2781 – Do We Really Want Our Flying Cars?

Logo by Mustafa Anabtawi thepolarcat.comLarry Page has not one but two best that we do. He also has more money than one man could know what to do with. Justin Young and Tom Merritt discuss how much attention would should be paying to this.

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Today in Tech History – June 9, 2016

Today in Tech History logo1902 – Joe Horn and Frank Hardart opened the first US Automat at 818 Chestnut St. in Philadelphia. The waiterless restaurant charged a nickel for most dishes.

1931 – Robert Goddard received a patent for rocket-fueled aircraft design (US. No. 1,809,271). Sadly we do not have a lot of rocket-planes in operation.

1986 – The Pittsburgh Supercomputer Center opened to support the National Science Foundation’s NSFNET, which linked five supercomputer centers. NSFNET would eventually allow commercial uses and transition to the open Internet.

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DTNS 2780 – Stop Driving on My Lawn!

Logo by Mustafa Anabtawi thepolarcat.comAnother study shows talking on a cell phone hands-free makes you a worse driver. So why do we keep doing it anyway? Lamarr Wilson and Tom Merritt put down their phones for a minute and discuss.

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It’s Spoilerin’ Time 123

Summer Movie Draft, Game of Thrones (606, 607), Preacher (Pilot), Daredevil (206-209) Justified (207, 208). 

00:58 – Summer Movie Draft

04:52 – Game of Thrones (606, 607)

18:32 – Preacher (Pilot)

24:06 – Daredevil (206-209)

26:27 – Justified (207, 208)

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Today in Tech History – June 8, 2016

20140404-073853.jpg1637 – Rene Descartes published “Discourse on the Method for Guiding One’s Reason and Searching for Truth in the Sciences”, which formed the basis of the modern scientific method. It’s also the source of the quote “I think, therefore I am.”

1949 – George Orwell’s book Nineteen Eighty-Four was published. The book still affects notions of privacy and inspired the iconic Apple commercial that introduced the Macintosh computer.

1955 – Tim Berners-Lee was born in London. He grew up to develop the World Wide Web.

2008 – Apple announced Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.

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