Who wants to live forever? I doubt very few people would want to live forever, but over the past few years there have been many discoveries that could help prolong human life. Extending human life spans from 200-500 years is nice and all, but

Episode 51: FCC vs. Net Neutrality

Apr 28th, 2014 45m 18s

Back in January 2014, after a federal appeals court told the FCC that they didn't have the authority to regulate broadband access, we were told by the FCC that this isn't the end of the Net Neutrality fight. The Internet rejoiced. Nearly four m

Episode 50: Self-Driving Cars

Apr 23rd, 2014 45m 4s

Autonomous cars have been talking about quite alot over the past few years. With Google demonstrating that the concept is a viable one several years ago, laws have been past in 5 states so far to allow these cars on the road. In this week's epi

Episode 49: Cloud Storage & Services - Are your secrets safe?

Apr 15th, 2014 53m 4s

Most of us have a little something up in "The Cloud". Whether it is some files in one of the numerous online storage services - Dropbox, OneDrive(SkyDrive), or Google Drive - or whether it is email. Most of us rely on these services, and with s

Episode 48: Facebook Acquires Oculus Rift

Mar 31st, 2014 41m 25s

Its safe to say everyone was shocked when it was announced that Facebook was purchasing the VR hardware company Oculus Rift. The collective "What?" was heard across the vastness of the Internet. We've done quite a bit of coverage of the Oculus

Episode 47: Society's Acceptance of Video Games

Mar 17th, 2014 39m 46s

Throughout the 90's and early 2000's video games were vilified by the media. Typically this would happen following tragic events involving teenagers or young adults. Conversely though, over the past couple of years we've seen a reversal of this

Episode 46: Bitcoin Redux

Mar 10th, 2014 57m 43s

So much has happened in the last 2 weeks that we had to do a second podcast about the current developments in the world of Bitcoin. Possibly - but most likely not - Satoshi Nakamoto was found by Newsweek, MtGox declared bankruptcy in Japan, and

Episode 45: Tech Mergers & Acquisitions

Mar 3rd, 2014 38m 8s

Google, Comcast, and Facebook. What do they all have in common? In the past 6 month's they've all been involved in acquiring other companies or are currently in the process of those acquisitions. In this episode we will be talking about the mer

Episode 44: Bitcoins

Feb 24th, 2014 50m 17s

Over the past few years Bitcoins have made a big splash. With their rise to fame several years ago and the discovery of the now infamous and currently defunct Silk Road Bitcoins have had a wild ride. In this episode we go over the basics of Bit

Episode 43: Workspace of the Future

Feb 10th, 2014 50m 52s

The office-landscape has largely stayed the same over the past 50 years. In this week's episode we are talking about everything that will change our preconceived notions of how an office is setup and how it works. Telecommuting is more widespre

Episode 42: International Space Programs

Feb 4th, 2014 45m 17s

For the past 55 years, NASA has been the leader in almost all things related to space and space exploration. With the loss of the space shuttle program in 2011, the spot light of space exploration on NASA almost all but disappeared. That has le

Episode 41: Internet of Everything

Jan 28th, 2014 54m 12s

2013 was the year of "The Internet of Things" and 2014 is poised to be The Internet of Everything. We will be seeing a growth in Internet connected devices outside the realm of the smart house and our normally connected devices such as computer

Episode 40: Predictions in Tech and Science for 2014

Jan 20th, 2014 51m 37s

2014 is posed to be an amazing year for science and technology! To start off the new year, we decided to give our predictions for 2014. We talk about growth in commercial spaceflight, the almost certain increase in data breaches, what we would

Episode 39: 2013 - A Year in Review

Dec 24th, 2013 1h

2013 is at an end, and what better way to celebrate it than doing a year in review of our favorite things that have happened in technology and science. Some of the great tech that came out in 2013 includes Chromecast, SmartThings, Pebble Smart

Episode 38: Interaction - How We Interface With Our Devices

Dec 17th, 2013 46m 14s

Mouse, keyboard, and now touch screens are the primary ways we interact with our devices. Recent and pending developments look to show us new ways to interact and stay connected to the work around us. From camera and motion sensors like the Kin

Episode 37: Staying Connected

Dec 9th, 2013 1h 3m

In this week's episode we are talking about the how and why we stay connected to the people in our lives. We are covering everything from text messaging and video chat to social media networks and video game communities. With the growth of the

Episode 36: Bryan's Tour de CERN

Nov 20th, 2013 55m 17s

Co-host Bryan went on a trip to Europe and was lucky enough to go to Geneva Switzerland to visit CERN and the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). In this episode Bryan talks about his tour of CERN and getting a rare look at the Compact Muon Solenoid (

Episode 35: User Created Media - Part 2

Nov 4th, 2013 39m 52s

We've got the second part of our two part series on user generated media. In this episode we continue our talk about wiki's as a platform with a very bright future. Also, we go into podcasting, yes we are getting a bit meta, with our discussion

Episode 34: User Created Media - Part 1

Oct 29th, 2013 38m 17s

In one way or another, the majority of us participate in user created media. From sharing articles on Facebook, to blogging, tweeting, posting videos to YouTube, and even recording podcasts, we all add to the wide breadth of content generated b

Episode 33: How Has Technology Impacted Our Hobbies

Oct 22nd, 2013 50m 22s

Fixing up an old car, building model airplanes, and woodworking is what comes to mind when most people think about hobbies. We ask the question, how has technology affected hobbies, from the old staples to the new and technology driven? We even

Episode 32: Mobile Device Security

Oct 14th, 2013 59m 2s

We are talking about mobile and device security in this week's episode. With Apple's debut of TouchID on the iPhone 5S, we are seeing a new surge in mobile device security. Even some new Android phones will be including fingerprint scanners wit

Episode 31: Can Tablets Replace Laptops?

Oct 7th, 2013 1h 4m

With the Microsoft Surface 2 Pro announcement a few weeks ago, the four of us got to talking about if tablets have been able to overtake laptops and desktops. We definitely feel that the Microsoft Surface 2 Pro is the first tablet so far that c

Episode 30: Interview with Dale

Sep 30th, 2013 48m 50s

We are learning a bit more about Dale this week. We go over his first exposure to computers, the focus of his studies in college, and where he currently working, at Mentor Graphics. This and so much more in this week's episode. Please don't f

Episode 29: GMOs

Sep 16th, 2013 59m 14s

We are talking about GMOs in this week's episode. We reach far into the past where humans altered many different crops and animals to better fit their needs, and we gaze into our future and discuss how we feel GMOs can benefit humanity. Obvious

Episode 28: Internet Privacy

Sep 9th, 2013 51m 34s

With all the fallout from the NSA, GCHQ, and PRISM, people are talking more about privacy on the Internet than ever before. We are covering privacy concerns with email, instant messaging/chat, web browsing, file transfers, and even the transfer