{"id":5049,"date":"2013-06-10T15:00:59","date_gmt":"2013-06-10T18:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?p=5049"},"modified":"2015-07-06T02:07:17","modified_gmt":"2015-07-06T05:07:17","slug":"epic-episode-35-future-weapons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/current-shows\/spoken\/epic\/epic-episode-35-future-weapons","title":{"rendered":"(Epic) Episode 35: Future Weapons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/geekloo.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/06\/albumart.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-879\" alt=\"AlbumArt\" src=\"http:\/\/geekloo.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/06\/albumart.png?w=627\" width=\"627\" height=\"627\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"RSS Feed\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/geekloo.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/images-3.jpg\" width=\"160\" height=\"55\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Epic crew talk about lasers, phasers, rail guns, blasters and other future weapons.<\/p>\n<h2>Hosts<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Marc Cabot (<span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/following\">@MarcCabot<\/span>)<\/li>\n<li>Andy McMullen (<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/AndyLastName\" target=\"_blank\">@AndyLastName<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Nuchtchas (<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/nuchtchas\" target=\"_blank\">@Nuchtchas<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nimlas.org\" target=\"_blank\">nimlas.org<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>The Clockwork Doctor (<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/The_Clock_Doc\" target=\"_blank\">@The_Clock_Doc<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Show Notes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 13px\"><strong>Lightsabers<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/starwars.wikia.com\/wiki\/Lightsaber\" target=\"_blank\">The Wookieepedia: Lightsabers<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Rail Guns<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.mit.edu\/mouser\/www\/railgun\/physics.html\" target=\"_blank\">Railgun physics (MIT)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4OqlTXwLG40\" target=\"_blank\">DOD Rail Gun (Discover Channel Clip)<\/a><br \/>\n[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4OqlTXwLG40]<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lasers<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.howstuffworks.com\/laser-weapon.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Excellent article from howStuffWorks.com<br \/>\n<\/a>Office of Naval Research &#8211; Laser Weapon System (LaWS), with cheesy music. (Youtube)<br \/>\n[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PVVQmQQXZXo]<\/li>\n<li><strong>Phasers<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.treknews.net\/2011\/07\/02\/science-fiction-or-science-fact-phasers\/\" target=\"_blank\">Science Fiction or Science Fact: Phasers (An article from treknews.net)<br \/>\n<\/a>The Physics of Starship Firepower (Youtube)<br \/>\n[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KRVwpR2a7ME]<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Alcubiere drive<\/strong><br \/>\nArticle: NASA Admits Alcubierre Drive Initiative<\/li>\n<li><strong>Star Wars Blaster<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/starwars.wikia.com\/wiki\/Blaster_bolt\" target=\"_blank\">Physics of the Blaster Bolt at Escapist Magazine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Big Bang<\/strong><br \/>\nAn entire website dedicated to understanding it:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.big-bang-theory.com\/\">http:\/\/www.big-bang-theory.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Difference between a Gauss gun and a rail gun<\/strong><br \/>\nAnother great article from HowStuffWorks.com\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/science.howstuffworks.com\/rail-gun2.htm\">http:\/\/science.howstuffworks.com\/rail-gun2.htm<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Think Geek Gauss Rifle\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thinkgeek.com\/product\/a673\/\">http:\/\/www.thinkgeek.com\/product\/a673\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Microwave Guns<\/strong><br \/>\nActive Denial System (ADS)\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dmuyLIrSjxI\"><br \/>\n[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dmuyLIrSjxI]<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Sonic Crowd Control Weapons<\/strong><br \/>\nThe LRAD in action (Long-Range Acoustic Device)<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Clockwork Doctor answers your questions&#8230; FROM MARS!<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/nimlas.org\/blog\/general\/answers-from-the-vault-i-answer-your-questions-on-mars\/#more-2029\">http:\/\/nimlas.org\/blog\/general\/answers-from-the-vault-i-answer-your-questions-on-mars\/#more-2029<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Credits<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Recorded at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chsrfm.ca\" target=\"_blank\">CHSR 97.9 FM in Fredericton, New Brunswick<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Post Editing: Marc Cabot<\/li>\n<li>Hosts: Marc Cabot, Andy McMullen, Nuchtchas, The Clockwork Doctor<\/li>\n<li><strong>Opening\/Closing Music:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201dCheezee Lab\u201d by Kevin MacLeod via\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/incompetech.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Incompetech.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/3.0\/deed.en_US\" rel=\"license\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-width: 0\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" src=\"http:\/\/i.creativecommons.org\/l\/by-nc-nd\/3.0\/88x31.png\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nEpic by Geekloo.com is licensed under a <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/3.0\/deed.en_US\" rel=\"license\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1785\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/epicchsr\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/EPIC\/Epic035-FutureWeapons.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('1785','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/epicchsr\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/EPIC\/Epic035-FutureWeapons.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/epicchsr\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/EPIC\/Epic035-FutureWeapons.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=5049-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/epicchsr\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/EPIC\/Epic035-FutureWeapons.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Epic035-FutureWeapons.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Epic crew talk about lasers, phasers, rail guns, blasters and other future weapons. 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