On the show this week:
- Knowledge Remix
- History Remix
- Techno Remix
CQ: Now that the VCR is no longer being made and the headphone port is possibly in its dying days, what other beloved but outdated piece of tech, gadgetry or wired connection will likely get phased out soon?
Full list of 18 articles after the jump!
- Knowledge Remix:
- Cats aren’t lazy, they just need a reason to hunt.: Live Science – Who Knew? Cats Like to Work for Their Food
- Analogy for space colonization, or dystopic vision of the future?: Unknown source: – Bizarre ant colony discovered in an abandoned Polish nuclear weapons bunker
- Is taste quantum or spectral?: New Scientist – There is now a sixth taste — and it explains why we love carbs
- Forget the smart watch, it’s time for the smart shirt!: LiveScience – New ‘Gel’ May Be Step Toward Clothing That Computes
- The equivalent of licking something to claim it..: The UK Daily Mail – The man who says he OWNS Mars: UK doctor claims he has rights to the red planet based on outdated space laws
- It’s exactly like how good friendships start with car accidents, right?: Gizmodo – Earth’s Collision With Another Planet Probably Started Life
- History Remix:
- Did the ancient worlders get around much more than presumed?: Foreign Policy – Does Chinese Civilization Come From Ancient Egypt?
- Wait.. was Egypt before or after China?: Metro – (O) The world’s first pyramid has been discovered… and it’s in Kazakhstan
- Is the Chinese history actually the collection of multiple cultures around the world?: Epoch Times – Mayan Calendar Similar to Ancient Chinese: Early Contact?
- Now we know who the *real* first peoples were…: Unknown source: – Iceland unearths rock to appease angry elves
- Techno Remix:
- (EXTRA) IN SPAAAAAACE!: Mysterious Universe – Physics-Defying “EmDrive” Warp Engine To Be Tested
- (EXTRA) The future is robots that clean up after us..: Port Technology – Rotterdam Innovate With New Water Drones
- (EXTRA) Maybe the rest of us can aim to use more public transportation by then..: Live Science – (O) Ford Aims to Have Self-Driving Cars Take to Roads by 2021
- (EXTRA) This will fit right in with Fallout 4 — and the dystopic future.: Unknown source: – Floating solar device boils water without mirrors
- (EXTRA) Oops.. Sorry Ford!: LiveScience – (O) Uber Rolls Out First Driverless Cars
- (EXTRA) Do bots help equalize legal imbalance?: Unknown source: – (O) Chatbot lawyer that overturned 170,000 parking tickets now helps fight homelessness
- (EXTRA) Maybe they could start by turning the music down instead..: Oddity Central – (O) English Bar Disables Cell Phones to Get Patrons Talking to Each Other
- (EXTRA) But what if someone needs to Google a stupid point of contention?: News.com.au – (O) Dolmio pepper grinder ‘hacker’ will disable your Wi-Fi for family dinners
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