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DTNS 2760 – Tech’s Mechs

Daily Tech News Show / May 13th, 2016

Sure there’s another robot you wear to make you stronger but there’s ALSO a robot made of meat to make you healthier. Darren Kitchen and Tom Merritt finally have a discussion that isn’t so hard for Len Peralta to draw!

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Today in Tech History – May 13, 2016

Today in Tech History/ Writing / May 13th, 2016

1884 – A group of people interested in the new field of electricity met in New York to start the American Institute of Electrical Engineers.

1939 – Franklin Doolittle put experimental station W1XPW on the air, making it the first commercial FM radio station in the United States. The station later became WDRC-FM in Bloomfield, Connecticut.

1958 – The trademark “Velcro” was registered, protecting the name of the multi-purpose material that manages cables everywhere.

1976 – Atari released the video game “Breakout,” making the paddle controller useful for something besides “Pong.

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DTNS 2759 – Apple Motors?

Daily Tech News Show / May 12th, 2016

Is Apple about to become a car company? Justin Young and Tom Merritt talk about Apple Analyst Neil Cybart’s compelling speculation.

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Today in Tech History – May 12, 2016

Today in Tech History/ Writing / May 12th, 2016

1936 – University of Washington education professor August Dvorak received a patent for his new more efficient keyboard layout. While widely recognised as superior to the QWERTY layout, the Dvorak keyboard is not widely used.

1941 – German engineer Konrad Zuse presented the Z3, the first program-controlled electromechanical digital computer. It succeeded the Z1 which was the first binary digital computer.

2005 – Elijah Wood revealed the Xbox 360 on the MTV Music Awards. Microsoft didn’t announce price or release dates, only saying it would arrive for sale by the end of the year.

2015 – Verizon announced it would acquire AOL, including its ISP, advertising and blogging opertions as a wholly-owned subsidiary.

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DTNS 2758 – The Chron Father (corrected file)

Daily Tech News Show / May 11th, 2016

Has VR changed that much since the 1990s? Stewart Cheifet of Computer Chronicles fame talks with Scott Johnson and Tom Merritt about that and other tech history perspectives.

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It’s Spoilerin’ Time 120

Cordkillers / May 11th, 2016

Summer Movie Draft, Captain America: Civil War, Game of Thrones (603) Justified (204).

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04:30 – Captain America: Civil War

15:44- Game of Thrones (603)

30:06 – Justified (204)

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Today in Tech History – May 11, 2016

Today in Tech History/ Writing / May 11th, 2016

1951 – Jay Forrester filed a patent application for matrix core memory. Professor Forrester led a team at MIT that developed a three-dimensional magnetic structure code-named Project Whirlwind. It was the first random access memory that was practical, reliable and relatively high-speed.

1979 – Daniel Bricklin and Robert Frankston gave the first demonstration of VisiCalc, the program that made the Apple II popular with businesses.

1997 – Deep Blue won its final match against Chess master Garry Kasparov, becoming the first computer to defeat a chess champion in match play.

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#254 – Wheel Of Boobies

Shows/ Sword and Laser / May 11th, 2016

Wheel of Time is getting a TV series and Veronica has one thing (well, more than one thing) that she expects to see. Would that make it the “boob tube?” (Ed. note — Jesus, Tom… c’mon) Meanwhile we discuss how Aurora masterfully balances hard science and literary storytelling.

DTNS 2757 – Expensive Cat Videos

Daily Tech News Show / May 10th, 2016

Amazon’s allowing anyone to upload video for streaming, sale or rental. Is it taking on YouTube, Vimeo or everyone? Andy Ihnatko. Allison Sheridan and Tom Merritt discuss.

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Today in Tech History – May 10, 2016

Today in Tech History/ Writing / May 10th, 2016

1946 – The US launched its second V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground, which became the first successful launch of a large rocket on US soil. The rocket climbed straight up then pitched to the north reaching an altitude of 71 miles and impacted about 35 miles uprange.

1960 – The nuclear-powered USS Triton submarine arrived in Groton, Connecticut, after completing the first completely submerged circumnavigation of Earth.

2011 – Google announced its Open Hardware Platform and the Google Music service which would eventually become Google Play Music.

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