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CouncilCast episodes

  • CouncilCast #167 - Musky-Baby Stole Our Idea...After We Gave it to Him - 5/18/21
    • Science
      • Use your brain dummy: https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/05/neural-implant-lets-paralyzed-person-type-by-imagining-writing/
      How to make bats fly into things: https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/05/scientists-give-bats-a-helium-voice-mess-with-their-echolocation/
    • Technology
      • One standard to rule them all: https://gizmodo.com/matter-is-a-new-smart-home-standard-to-make-apple-goog-1846871507
      Facebook knows what you did last summer: https://gizmodo.com/signal-tried-to-run-the-most-honest-facebook-ad-campaig-1846823457
    • Other Cool/Weird Shit
      • Robo-eye will help you walk and text: https://gizmodo.com/strap-this-beeping-robotic-third-eye-to-your-forehead-t-1846861716
      Use Zoom in your car!: https://gizmodo.com/politicians-zoom-background-cant-hide-fact-that-hes-act-1846835103
      46 min
    • CouncilCast #166 - Two Thumbs Up Your Bunghole - 5/11/21
      • Science
        • What are you thinking about: https://gizmodo.com/in-a-first-people-had-their-brain-activity-tracked-rem-1846811564
        We're all doomed: https://gizmodo.com/the-asteroid-impact-simulation-has-ended-in-disaster-1846800347
      • Technology
        • Goodbye spot: https://gizmodo.com/nypd-puts-down-its-godforesaken-robot-dog-1846787789
        Who will hack the hacker: https://www.engadget.com/signal-hacked-cellebrites-i-phone-hacking-device-092006603.html
      • Other Cool/Weird Shit
        • Open seasame: https://gizmodo.com/tesla-owners-say-open-butthole-and-get-a-little-surp-1846666529
        No more QR codes for you: https://gizmodo.com/man-banned-from-carrying-loose-qr-codes-after-altering-1846778345
        42 min
      • CouncilCast #165 - Time for a Permanent Nap - 4/27/21
        • Science
          • It is the end: https://gizmodo.com/unusually-massive-flare-from-nearby-star-a-bad-sign-for-1846748295
          You can now breath on Mars: https://www.engadget.com/nasa-perseverance-moxie-experiment-210143050.html
        • Technology
          • Bring down the ban hammer: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/04/linux-kernel-team-rejects-university-of-minnesota-researchers-apology/
          Remember to back up: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/03/university-of-wellington-accidentally-deletes-files-on-all-desktop-pcs/
        • Other Cool/Weird Shit
          • Is it non-toxic: https://gizmodo.com/you-might-actually-want-your-kids-to-eat-these-crayons-1846747497
          Can I ride it?: https://gizmodo.com/filling-your-entire-backyard-with-a-giant-knex-roller-c-1846711500
          45 min
        • CouncilCast #164 - Pissing Babby - 4/20/21
          • Science
            • And it flys: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-ingenuity-mars-helicopter-succeeds-in-historic-first-flight
            To the moon: https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/04/nasa-selects-spacex-as-its-sole-provider-for-a-lunar-lander/
          • Technology
            • The internet loses the most valuable knowledge center: https://gizmodo.com/were-archiving-yahoo-answers-so-youll-always-know-how-b-1846643969
            How to walk without running into things: https://www.engadget.com/android-heads-up-rollout-143602291.html
          • Other Cool/Weird Shit
            • Beer-piss bot: https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2021/4/12/22379501/boston-dynamics-spot-pee-beer-michael-reeves
            How many energy drinks will it take you: https://gizmodo.com/21-year-old-man-nearly-dies-of-heart-failure-after-drin-1846699497
            38 min
          • CouncilCast #163 - Quantum Buttprints - 4/13/21
            • Science
              • They said it was impossible: https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a35991457/emdrive-thruster-fails-tests/
              Nothing beats glass: https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/31/22358313/spacex-crew-dragon-glass-dome-window-space-tourists
            • Technology
              • Do you even 2factor? https://www.engadget.com/dodge-muscle-car-pin-security-mode-022908065.html
              How many bitcoins can it mine: https://www.engadget.com/ib-ms-first-retail-quantum-computer-is-headed-to-the-cleveland-clinic-100152978.html
            • Other Cool/Weird Shit
              • Go big or go home: https://www.polygon.com/2021/4/5/22367979/worlds-largest-nintendo-switch-video-case-mod-casual-engineer-st-judes-childrens-hospital
              Go to hell: https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/29/22357225/nike-sues-lil-nas-x-unauthorized-satan-shoes-mschf
              49 min
            • CouncilCast #162 - Beat My Meat Machine - 3/30/21
              • Science
                • Give these rabbits a hand: https://gizmodo.com/these-mutant-rabbits-walk-on-two-legs-and-geneticists-1846562358
                Don't get caught in this windstorm: https://www.popsci.com/story/science/space-news-jupiter-stratosphere-winds/
              • Technology
                • Facebook wants to control your mind: https://gizmodo.com/facebook-teases-futuristic-wrist-based-wearable-that-wi-1846508201
                How metal is this: https://gizmodo.com/nasas-nearly-indestructible-airless-titanium-tires-migh-1846488605
              • Other Cool/Weird Shit
                • Everything is better with a sword: https://www.engadget.com/lenovo-gaming-chair-built-in-katana-demon-slayer-142546594.html
                How do you slap your meat: https://gizmodo.com/how-many-slaps-does-it-take-to-cook-a-chicken-this-you-1846523469
                38 min
              • CouncilCast #161 - This Episode was Garbage - 3/23/21
                • Science
                  • In space there is no garbage man: https://gizmodo.com/iss-ditches-2-9-ton-pallet-of-batteries-creating-its-m-1846476992
                  No more body snatching: https://www.engadget.com/fast-3d-printing-for-organs-142203467.html
                • Technology
                  • Coming to your neighborhood: https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/11/22325004/new-3d-printed-homes-austin-price-icon-housing
                  Apples do work better in space: https://www.engadget.com/nasa-perseverance-powerpc-750-171516292.html
                • Other Cool/Weird Shit
                  • How to become an inanimate object: https://gizmodo.com/if-skynet-takes-over-try-writing-robot-on-your-shirt-1846433086
                  Who is your king now: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2021/03/elon-musk-formally-declares-himself-technoking-of-tesla/
                  40 min
                • CouncilCast #160 - QWOPing all the Way - 3/9/21
                  • Science
                    • First Civilian American Woman in Space - https://19thnews.org/2021/03/hayley-arceneaux-first-american-civilian-woman-in-space
                    Do you wish you could get a new body: https://gizmodo.com/these-slugs-cut-off-their-own-heads-when-they-want-a-ne-1846428980
                  • Technology
                    • Good bye imac pro: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/03/the-imac-pro-has-been-discontinued/
                    How long did it take you beat QWOP: https://gizmodo.com/40-hours-of-training-was-all-an-ai-needed-to-shatter-th-1846429002
                  • Other Cool/Weird Shit
                    • Where did all the bands go? - https://www.buzzfeed.com/stephenlaconte/adam-levine-no-bands-anymore-controversy
                    You might not shoot your eye out, but you may smell bad: https://gizmodo.com/a-boy-s-smelly-nose-was-caused-by-a-bb-pellet-stuck-ins-1846409160
                    41 min
                  • CouncilCast #159 - Toast - 3/2/21
                    • Science
                      • We need more power: https://www.engadget.com/kstar-fusion-device-sets-record-210817623.html
                      Lasers always make things better: https://www.engadget.com/laser-microrobot-harvard-minimally-invasive-surgery-081441342.html
                    • Technology
                      • You don't really need 5G: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/03/verizon-tells-users-to-disable-5g-to-preserve-battery-then-deletes-tweet/
                      You can now win a chance to buy something: https://www.engadget.com/newegg-scalpers-bots-ps5-xbox-series-x-gpus-162441880.html
                    • Other Cool/Weird Shit
                      • Clickwheel madness is back: https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2021/2/1/22260540/ipod-mod-portable-spotify-player-click-wheel-project
                      We've gone too far: https://gizmodo.com/plastic-surgeon-makes-court-appearance-over-zoom-with-p-1846378070
                      43 min
                    • CouncilCast #158 - Satellite's Make Everything Better - 2/23/21
                      • Science
                        • New clone wars with black footed ferrets: https://apple.news/ASguHgEQQRtS0epz3ITLZgg. Also herehttps://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-us-canada-56132410
                        Can you hear me now?: https://gizmodo.com/scientists-find-a-way-to-communicate-with-dreaming-peop-1846292025
                      • Technology
                        • Get your v-bucks: https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/22/22295676/epic-games-fortnite-loot-box-lawsuit-settlement-rocket-league-v-bucks
                        How to stop crypto-miners from stealing your stuff: https://www.polygon.com/2021/2/18/22289224/nvidia-rtx-3060-mining-cmp-ethereum
                      • Other Cool/Weird Shit
                        • How big would you go? https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/would-you-build-a-10ft-gaming-pc
                        But can you beat it with fruit: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/streamer-beats-hades-using-an-actual-pomegranate
                        50 min

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