Episode number 26 - May 27th 2021 - Batteries are better, really. VR can really fool you, and Who gets to call themselves an astronaut

This week's guest: Desiree Roland from SL

Links for today's stories:

Your battery is 97% better than you think:

https://arstechnica.com/.../eternally-five-years-away-no.../

Can you tell which way is up in VR?:

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0243381

100 launches:

https://arstechnica.com/.../is-spacex-reliable-company.../

Who gets to be called an Astronaut?:

https://apnews.com/.../who-is-an-astronaut-private...

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2M3VXCR

This month on Creation Station Monthly we feature two performers to talk about what makes them creative.

Guests on this episode:

Yaddyra Peralta: https://www.yaddyraperalta.com

Vinny François: http://www.improvcollege.ca

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2M3VXCR

Episode number 25 - May 20th 2021 - Smart bike helmet, Smart glasses, adding an additional thumb, Ford's electric truck

This week's guest: Maria Martinez-Serrano from SWR

Links for today’s stories:

Smart bike helmet - https://newatlas.com/bicy.../livall-evo21-smart-bike-helmet/

National Bike to Work day - https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-bike-to-work.../

Smart Glasses - https://www.accountingtoday.com/.../innovations-in-audit...

Adding an additional thumb - https://gizmodo.com/like-a-part-of-their-body-people...

Electric Truck - https://www.theverge.com/.../ford-f-150-lightning...

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2M3VXCR

Episode number 24 - May 13th 2021 - Autonomous VW bus, Are we polluting Mars Broadband access in the US

This week's guest: Arsenio Coston from NL

Links for today's stories:

Volkswagen's Autonomous vehicles:

https://www.theverge.com/.../vw-argo-autonomous-delivery...

Pictures of the US launch in 2017:

https://www.latimes.com/.../la-tr-las-vegas-first...

VW's Electric bus:

https://www.vw.com/en/electric-vehicles.html

Could we have contaminated Mars?

https://www.bbc.com/.../20210510-could-the-perseverance...

Broadband in the US:

https://www.theverge.com/.../broadband-gap-america-map...

The full infrastructure week series:

https://www.theverge.com/.../infrastructure-week...

FCC Speed Test:

https://www.fcc.gov/.../guides/fcc-speed-test-app-tip-sheet

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2M3VXCR

Episode number 23 - May 6th 2021 -  Smart Putty, Twitter makes audio accessible, Facebook does not like honest ads

This week's guest: Kimberly White from Community Engagement

Links to the stories in today's show:

Smart Putty sensors:

https://phys.org/.../2021-05-graphite-based-sensor...

Twitter makes voice chat accessible to everyone:

https://www.theverge.com/.../twitter-spaces-android-ios...

Facebook does not like the honest ads that Signal tried to run featuring your data:

https://gizmodo.com/signal-tried-to-run-the-most-honest...

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2M3VXCR

This month on Creation Station Monthly we feature two muscians to talk about what makes them creative.

Guests on this episode:

Amy Gleixner: https://www.amygleixner.com

Greg Steiner: http://acrosstheuniverseband.com

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2M3VXCR

Episode number 22 - April 29th 2021 - China's new space station, NASA planning for asteroid impacts, Stopping AI from reading your face

This week's guest: Devon Holland Library Regional Manager - South Cluster

Today's story links:

China's New Space Station:

https://news.yahoo.com/explainer-china-prepares-space...

NASA preparing for an asteroid strike:

https://scitechdaily.com/planetary-defense-conference.../

Using AI to stop facial recognition:

https://www.inputmag.com/.../photo-ninja-makes-photos...

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2M3VXCR

Episode number 21 - April 22nd 2021 - Mars helicopter and O2, Can you outwalk a T-Rex, and Travel apps as you get ready to go out again

This week's guest: Shawntina Johnson from PO

Links to this weeks stories:

Ingenuity flies:

https://mars.nasa.gov/.../mastcam-z-video-of-ingenuity.../

Perseverance creates oxygen:

https://www.nasa.gov/.../nasa-s-perseverance-mars-rover...

SpaceX reuses their space capsule:

https://www.space.com/spacex-crew-2-astronaut-launch-webcast

Can you walk faster than a T-Rex?

https://www.livescience.com/t-rex-slow-walker-tail.html

Tech for your new travels:

https://www.nytimes.com/.../traveling-technology...

Flightaware: https://flightaware.com/

Tripit: https://www.tripit.com/web

Google Translate: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details...

AI & Ethics:

https://www.facebook.com/128083060557118/videos/320119792783576

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2M3VXCR

Episode number 20 - April 15th 2021 - Driverless Pizza, Update your devices, the FCC wants to know your speed, Scraping does not mean hacking

This week's guest: Jasmin Springer from WE

Links to this week's topics:

Domino's Driverless Pizza:

https://www.cnbc.com/.../dominos-pizza-pilots-driverless...

Update your devices:

https://www.zdnet.com/.../these-new-vulnerabilities.../

The FCC needs to know your internet speed:

https://www.theverge.com/.../fcc-speed-test-app-google...

Android App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details...

IoS App: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/fcc-speed-test/id794322383

Scraping is not hacking:

https://www.theverge.com/.../personal-information-1...

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2M3VXCR

Episode number 19 - April 8th 2021 -  Copyright and the Supreme Court, Better robot eyes, Virtual Louvre, What you eat is in your bones

This week's guest: Maria Vega from NOR

Links to stories in this episode:

Supreme Court ruling on Google vs Oracle copyright case:

https://arstechnica.com/.../how-the-supreme-court-saved.../

Better eyesight for robots:

https://techxplore.com/news/2021-04-robot-hidden.html

The world of art at your fingertips, Virtual Lourve:

https://nypost.com/.../the-louvre-makes-its-entire.../

History of what narwals eat seen in their tusks:

https://arstechnica.com/.../narwhal-tusks-tell-a.../

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2M3VXCR