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It isn’t easy being green, unless you are a robot with a green thumb.   The cohosts prepare to welcome their new, green robotic overlords in this episode, starting off with Iron Ox and a story about how they have created an autonomous farm.  

Continuing on the robotic theme, the pair marvel at HRP-5P, a humanoid robot that is adept at installing drywall and imagine how such a robot could be exceptionally useful for installing drywall in the ceiling.  It is also interesting that the robot is very human in appearance, with arms & legs for locomotion.  

Pivoting to an easter egg game launched from the main Google search page, Michael and Michael almost walk down into a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.  Interestingly enough, Michael R does not get to the game, and the likely culprit is from his Pi Hole, something discussed at length in episode 205. 

Selected Links

TechCrunch article: Iron Ox opens its first fully autonomous farm — https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/03/iron-ox-opens-its-first-fully-autonomous-farm/ 

TechCrunch article: Watch this humanoid robot install drywall — https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/01/watch-this-humanoid-robot-install-drywall/ 

The Martian movie — https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3659388/ 

The Verge article: How to find and play google.com‘s secret adventure game — https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/1/17922628/google-text-adventure-easter-egg-console 

Infocom games — http://infocom-if.org/games/games.html 

Pi-Hole — https://pi-hole.net 

Games At Work Episode 205, Fashionable AR — http://gamesatwork.biz/2018/08/06/episode-205-fashionable-ar/ 

Games the co-hosts are playing work work and work are taking priority for the time being! 

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