CouncilCast

Science

How to cut your self free in a frozen net: https://www.livescience.com/frozen-poop-knife.html

When will this show up on HGTV: https://www.popsci.com/story/technology/mighty-3d-printed-houses/

Technology

Can I get a side of MegaPixels please: https://www.engadget.com/fujifilm-gfx100-pixel-shift-210839408.html

Is this what it's like in robot jail: https://gizmodo.com/computer-controlled-shackles-hold-you-prisoner-until-yo-1845754324

Other Cool/Weird Shit

Not your father's nerf gun: https://gizmodo.com/the-only-thing-you-have-to-pump-on-a-gas-engine-powered-1845762143

Is this God's USB drive: https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/29/21725295/mysterious-utah-monolith-disappeared

Science

The James Bond telescope is being decommissioned: https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/11/famed-arecibo-observatory-to-be-decommissioned-in-wake-of-cable-breaks/

Space isn't really all black: https://www.npr.org/2020/11/18/936219170/scientists-discover-outer-space-isnt-pitch-black-after-all

Technology

Robots, Beets, Bears, Battlestar Galactica: https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL4N2HX2PU

Apple goes all in on custom: https://www.engadget.com/apple-silicon-m1-mac-181040846.html

Other Cool/Weird Shit

Can you record player play this: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/11/23/running-dos-off-a-vinyl-record-is-wildly-impractical-but-deeply-hip/

This week in "will it run doom": https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/23/21611884/nintendo-game-and-watch-doom-port-hack-homebrew-games

Science

SpaceX sends more men to space: https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/11/nasas-big-bet-on-spacex-and-commercial-space-pays-off/

Who swiped right for this hookup?: https://gizmodo.com/asteroid-apophis-could-one-day-hit-earth-heres-how-we-1845667626

Technology

Convert your Chevy to an EV: https://www.engadget.com/chevy-ecrate-2021-174002305.html

Making it real: https://www.engadget.com/cornell-stretchable-skin-sensor-for-vr-robots-155317989.html

Other Cool/Weird Shit

Sober up faster: https://gizmodo.com/simple-invention-helps-you-sober-up-by-exhaling-alcohol-1845655018

Gamestop, where winning means more work: https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/4/21549850/gamestop-tiktok-contest-prize-work-hours

Science

Is it still alive: https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/11/nasa-calls-voyager-2-and-the-spacecraft-answers-from-interstellar-space/

No more emissions: https://www.engadget.com/google-eliminates-carbon-legacy-161544433.html

Technology

AI isn't very smart: https://gizmodo.com/ai-camera-mistakenly-tracks-referee-s-bald-head-instead-1845548314

Kill it with fire: https://www.engadget.com/microsoft-internet-explorer-edge-migration-172121994.html

Other Cool/Weird Shit

Fish can play games too: https://www.polygon.com/2020/11/9/21556590/fish-pokemon-sapphire-stream-twitch

Underwater museum: https://gizmodo.com/tourists-will-soon-be-able-to-visit-the-titanic-wreck-f-1845581670

Science

Where did life come from: https://gizmodo.com/meteorite-that-crashed-into-michigan-contains-pristine-1845493603

Time for a swim: https://www.engadget.com/scientists-underground-lakes-mars-092555621.html

Technology

Meet your new butler: https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/1/21496692/toyota-robots-tri-research-institute-home-helping-gantry-ceiling-machine

Don't delete your facebook account: https://www.polygon.com/2020/10/27/21536142/deleting-your-facebook-oculus-games-deleted

Other Cool/Weird Shit

How to improve a sculpture: https://jalopnik.com/dutch-train-wreck-ends-up-becoming-part-of-huge-sculptu-1845549059

Do you think you are allergic to the cold? https://gizmodo.com/a-man-with-an-allergy-to-cold-nearly-died-after-steppin-1845550555

Science

We have touchdown: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-osiris-rex-spacecraft-successfully-touches-asteroid

Super is always better: https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/10/high-pressure-superconductors-reach-room-temperature/

Technology

How many pixels do you have? https://www.engadget.com/samsung-stanford-10000-ppi-oled-display-200949600.html

Top off your camera with water: https://www.engadget.com/lomography-panoramic-35mm-camera-lens-liquid-hydrochrome-suttons-panoramic-belair-160453246.html

Other Cool/Weird Shit

Time to change your twitter password: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/10/hacker-says-he-correctly-guessed-trumps-twitter-password-it-was-maga2020/

For when you get that craving: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/10/is-mcdonalds-ice-cream-machine-working-near-you-theres-a-bot-for-that/

Science

That's a big boom: https://gizmodo.com/beirut-blast-ranks-among-history-s-most-powerful-accide-1845287564

NASA's first crew Dragon launch: https://www.digitaltrends.com/news/nasa-delays-launch-of-crew-dragons-crew-1-mission/

Technology

Enter a new challenger: https://www.engadget.com/intel-xe-gpu-gamers-130000411.html

A faster way to buy stuff from Amazon: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/07/amazon-gets-fcc-approval-to-launch-3236-low-earth-broadband-satellites/

Other Cool/Weird Shit

I guess Subway is now selling candy subs: https://gizmodo.com/irish-supreme-court-says-subway-bread-cant-legally-be-c-1845237048

Free flights for life: https://gizmodo.com/baby-born-on-flight-to-london-gets-lifetime-ticket-from-1845128450

Science

What did you do before breakfast: https://www.npr.org/2020/10/09/922065766/tennessee-teen-becomes-youngest-person-to-achieve-nuclear-fusion?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=science

Let's start smashing things: https://www.engadget.com/us-brookhaven-electron-ion-collider-134040524.html

Technology

Look mom, no batteries: https://gizmodo.com/these-plastic-objects-can-talk-to-computers-without-ele-1845324111

Time to buy more storage: https://www.engadget.com/microsoft-project-hsd-holographic-cloud-storage-165242130.html

Other Cool/Weird Shit

I need more potatoes: https://gizmodo.com/doom-runs-on-anything-including-rotting-potatoes-1845345618

Today's lesson in where not to put your junk: https://www.engadget.com/qiui-chastity-sex-toy-security-flaws-132501037.html

Science

It is possible to go back in time to meet yourself: https://www.npr.org/2020/09/27/917556254/paradox-free-time-travel-is-theoretically-possible-researchers-say?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=science

It came come back to get us: https://gizmodo.com/new-mini-moon-might-actually-be-old-space-junk-coming-b-1845179504

Technology

Computers powered by light: https://gizmodo.com/this-new-quantum-processor-is-made-of-light-1845158108

Faster internet coming to a town far away from you: https://www.engadget.com/google-fiber-starts-testing-2-gbps-speeds-123513626.html

Other Cool/Weird Shit

When was the last time this guy bought a new TV: https://gizmodo.com/18-months-of-mysterious-internet-outages-traced-to-vill-1845139844

Black licorice killed a man: https://gizmodo.com/too-much-licorice-stopped-man-s-heart-and-killed-him-d-1845168547

Science

There may be life in our solar system: https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/09/unexpected-chemical-found-in-venus-upper-atmosphere/

NASA will pay you to collect moon rocks: https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/09/nasa-says-it-will-pay-private-companies-to-gather-moon-rocks/

Technology

World's largest picture frame: https://www.engadget.com/worlds-first-3200-megapixel-digital-photo-185553820.html

Apple fakes are better than this: https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/14/21436760/us-customs-statement-oneplus-buds-seized-apple-airpod-trademarks

Other Cool/Weird Shit

Chew while you game: https://www.engadget.com/razer-respawn-gum-202130103.html

What's more popular, vinyl or cd's: https://www.engadget.com/riaa-streaming-vinyl-cds-mid-year-report-153215821.html