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Today in Tech History – August 13, 2017

Today in Tech History/ Writing / August 13th, 2017

1888 – John Logie Baird was born in Helensburgh, Scotland. He would grow up to invent the first working television system in the world.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/baird_logie.shtml

1912 – The US Department of Commerce issued its first experimental radio license in compliance with the International Radio Convention and Radio Act of 1912. St. Joseph’s College received a license with serial number 1 to operate 2 kilowatts station 3XJ.

http://www.nrcdxas.org/articles/1stfacts.txt

2004 – Adam Curry launched an RSS feed of audio recordings called “Daily Source Code” and podcasting became a thing.

http://radio-weblogs.com/0001014/categories/dailySourceCode/2004/08/13.html

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Today in Tech History – August 12, 2017

Today in Tech History/ Writing / August 12th, 2017

1877 – Thomas Edison sketched his idea for the phonograph, and may have even completed a model. The first working model wasn’t completed until December 6.

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/recon/jb_recon_phongrph_1.html

1960 – The first NASA communications satellite, Echo 1 was launched from Cape Canaveral. The satellite was a balloon of mylar polyester film.

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/masterCatalog.do?sc=1960-009A

1977 – The space shuttle Enterprise carried out its first free flight test, when the orbiter was released from the back of a 747 in flight.

http://abcnews.go.com/Archives/video/aug-12-1977-shuttle-enterprise-test-9563114

1981 – IBM introduced the model 5150 personal computer. It had a 4.77 MHz Intel 8088 microprocessor and used Microsoft’s MS-DOS operating system.

http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/pc25/pc25_birth.html

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DTNS 3093 – Let’s Talk About Sex

Daily Tech News Show / August 11th, 2017

Healing with nanochips, Amazon pursuing meals that last on the shelf without refrigeration for a year. And Dr. Kiki gives us the science on STEM and gender difference.
With Tom Merritt, Roger Chang, Len Peralta and Dr. Kiki.

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Daily Tech Headlines – August 11, 2017

Daily Tech News Show / August 11th, 2017

Windows 10 for Workstations, HBO offers a Bug Bounty to ransomers, and Amazon investigates ticket sales in the US.

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Today in Tech History – August 11, 2017

Today in Tech History/ Writing / August 11th, 2017

1942 – Hedy Markey and composer George Antheil received a US patent for a frequency-hopping device. The technique has led to many advancements in wireless technology including Wi-Fi. Markey was better known under her stage name of Hedy Lamarr.
http://www.google.com/patents?id=R4BYAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=4#v=onepage&q&f=false

1950 – Steve Wozniak was born in San Jose, California. He would grow up to invent the first successful personal computer, and revolutionize desktop computing.
http://mashable.com/category/steve-wozniak/

1965 – Shinji Mikami was born in Japan. He grew up to become a video game designer for Capcom, revolutionizing survival-horror games with his popular series, Resident Evil.
https://www.giantbomb.com/shinji-mikami/3040-32999/

1994 – Net Market founder Dan Kohn watched his friend buy a Sting CD online from Net Market using his credit card. This is sometimes considered the first ecommerce transaction.
http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2015/11/26/the-first-ecommerce-transaction-wasnt-a-pizza-hut-pizza-or-weed-it-was-a-sting-cd/

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DTNS 3092 – Consumer Reports scratches the surface

Daily Tech News Show / August 10th, 2017

Facebook makes original videos, Malicious DNA, and why the hype around the Sarahah app?
With Tom Merritt, Roger Chang, and Justin R Young

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News You Should Know
More Top Stories
Discussion
- (25:55) Sarahah is an anonymous messaging app that’s gone viral: Everything to know about this – The Indian Express
  - Sarahah: Why everyone is talking about the ‘honesty first’ secret messaging app – The Telegraph
Thing of the Day
- (34:40) Roger Reviews Threadrippers
  - The ongoing testing of Intel’s X299 and i9-7900X – PC Gamer
  - AMD Threadripper 1950X review: Better than Intel in almost every way – Ars Technica
  - The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X and 1920X Review: CPUs on Steroids – AnandTech
Message of the Day
- (38:45) Glen – university blockchain usage
- (40:00) That Charlie Dude – blockchain transcripts

Check out the After On Podcast: Video Games as Medicine with Adam Gazalley

#302 – Why the Robots Need Us

Shows/ Sword and Laser / August 10th, 2017

We talk with author Daniel H. Wilson about his book, Clockwork Dynasty and why we might not need to fear the robots.

Daily Tech Headlines – August 10, 2017

Daily Tech News Show / August 10th, 2017

Facebook Launches Original Video Shows, Kaspersky withdraws antitrust complaint against Microsoft, Consumer Reports withdraws recommendations for Surface laptops and tablets.

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Today in Tech History – August 10, 2017

Today in Tech History/ Writing / August 10th, 2017

1519 – Ferdinand Magellan set sail to find that pesky trade route that Columbus was looking for, and instead circumnavigated the globe. Well, at least his ship did.

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1998-08-10/news/9808100080_1_serial-killings-james-smithson-new-brunswick

1990 – The Magellan space probe, named after Ferdinand Magellan, reached Venus, beginning its mission to map the planet’s surface.

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/magellan.html

2004 – The iTunes Music Store library passed the mark of 1,000,000 songs available.

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2004/08/10iTunes-Music-Store-Catalog-Tops-One-Million-Songs.html

2015 – Larry Page and Sergey Brin announced a new company called Alphabet had been created to oversee a slimmed down Google as well as other companies Google owned like Calico, Nest and more. Sundar Pichai was named CEO of the new Google. Alphabet continued to be traded under the stock tickers GOOG and GOOGL.

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2015/08/google-alphabet.html

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DTNS 3091 – Flash Point

Daily Tech News Show / August 9th, 2017

Intel bets big on self-driving cars, esports might go Olympic and some myths about the death of Flash busted.
With Scott Johnson and Tom Merritt

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News You Should Know
- (00:55) US ITC will investigate Apple’s alleged Qualcomm patent infringement
- (01:20) Valve announced card-based video game
- (01:55) Intel will stream 8th-gen Core announcement
- (02:10) Anker released Echo Dot competitor Genie
More Top Stories
- (03:40) Tencent and Amazon invested in Essential PH-1 Phone
- (04:40) Disney plans to launch ESPN, Disney/Pixar streaming services
- (10:10) Intel will build fleet of 100 level 4 autonomous cars
- (11:05) 2024 Olympics may include competitive video games
- (13:55) Sony developed educational record blockchain
Discussion
- (16:00) Animation and Flash in this golden age of televised animated
  - List of Flash animated television series – Wikipedia
  - Toon Boom
  - Moho (Anime Studio)
  - OpenToonz
  - Dragonframe
  - Maya
    - Maya Free for Students
  - Blender
Message of the Day
- (27:25) Joe the Pilot – pilot shortage
- (29:00) Mike – organ donation