Tech Break (Video)

Dale Dougherty and Peter Hirshberg, authors of Maker City: A Practical Guide for Remaking our Cities, talk about what infrastructure is being created - and what else needs to happen - to fuel the burgeoning Maker revolution.

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Master designer Theo Kalomirakis talks about offering pre-designed, packaged home-theater systems at his company Rayva.

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Host: Scott Wilkinson

Guest: Theo Kalomirakis

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Rae Paoletta from Gizmodo joins Megan Morrone and Jason Howell to discuss research that points to the effects of prolonged space travel on the human body.

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Security researchers have completed a comprehensive test of 20 printers from different manufacturers, attempting to attack them in 12 different ways. Out of the 20 printers, ALL of them were vulnerable to at least 1 of the attacks, 9 of them were vulnerable to 10 of the attacks, and two of them were vulnerable to all 12 of the attacks.

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Hosts: Leo Laporte and Steve Gibson

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Patrick Norton talks about the 90MB0QY1-M0EAY0 Tinker Board as Asus dives into the single board computer space. The product currently costs £45.83 on Farnell and features Wi-Fi and Bluetooth for enhanced functionality.

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Back in the Bill Gates era, Microsoft had several robotics projects. When Bill left, they dropped any robot-related projects. They have made many software bots, but no physical robots. Rumor has it, that may be about to change.

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Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Mary Jo Foley

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From payday loans to man-in-the-middle malware attacks, Google removed 1.7 billion bad ads from its pages last year. Particularly interesting were the 1300 accounts disabled for "tabloid cloaking."

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Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Owen JJ Stone, Phil Libin, and Michael Nuñez

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Silicon Valley's elite are getting ready for the coming apocalypse. Peter Thiel is buying property - and citizenship - in New Zealand. Reddit CEO Steve Huffman got Lasik surgery so he won't need his glasses to hunt deer. What do they know that we don't?

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Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Owen JJ Stone, Phil Libin, and Michael Nuñez

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Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone discuss the sleep features included in iOS 10. A good night sleep helps you be more productive and stay healthy. Bedtime is a new tool included in the iOS 10 clock and the iOS Health App also helps you track sleep.

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Dale Dougherty and Peter Hirshberg, authors of Maker City: A Practical Guide for Remaking our Cities, discuss how the Maker movement can create small, local businesses to replace failing mass market manufacturing jobs.

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