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Join Greg Burlet and Anthony Keelan as they navigate the world of technology, hobbies, and DIY projects. Robots, 3D printing, raspberry pis, cryptocurrency, AI, peer-to-peer, and more. Learn their history, how they work, and how they impact society.

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    • Jun 9, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 58m AVG DURATION
    • 12 EPISODES


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    EP 12 - Neuralink Smoothies

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2021 60:36


    Greg and Anto talk about latest developments at Neuralink, Elon's brain-machine interface company. It's come a long way since the sniffing pigs demo and now there's a monkey that can move a cursor and play pong with its brain. We speculate and talk about the future of this technology and some of the positive and negative societal implications. Anto blows Greg's mind with a crazy thought about the purpose of sleep.

    EP 11 - Can't Stop, Won't Stop, Gamestop

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2021 60:29


    Greg and Anto bring in their pal Terry, a seasoned retail investor, to talk about what the heck is happening with GME Gamestop in the stock market right now. He brings us up to speed with the history of Gamestop, what happened with the hedge fund Melvin Capital, and how certain Redditors played a part in this all to form a global movement that puts the stock market on its heels.

    EP 10 - Start a Podcast For 10 Bucks

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2021 58:48


    Greg and Anto talk about how to start a podcast on the cheap. Like, real cheap. Equipment, mic setups, editing software, hosting, websites, and domains. See how we did it for basically nothing and maybe start your own.

    EP 9 - The Birth of MOBAs

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2020 41:55


    Greg and Anto talk about the birth of the MOBA video game genre. Where did popular games like League of Legends, DOTA 2, Heroes of the Storm and Smite come from? What other games spun off in this way? We go back to Warcraft III and relive the good ol' days.

    EP 8 - Mini Me Computers

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2020 50:57


    Greg and Anto talk about the tiny world of Arduinos, Raspberry Pis, sensors, and mishaps with low-voltage electricity as they relive their hack day building an Arduino theremin. Learn about breadboards, prototyping your own project, and tools you need to get started.

    EP 7 - Instant Messaging

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2020 59:38


    Greg and Anto (both 14/f/cali) talk about the early days of the internet and the advent of instant messaging from IRC and chat rooms all the way to the modern messaging apps we take for granted today for instant communication. What a time it was to grow up in the 90s.

    EP 6 - How AI Works

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2020 64:18


    Greg and Anto talk about AI: what it is, how it's trained by software engineers, how you can use it for your personal or company projects, some interesting modern uses of AI, and societal and ethical implications of the technology.

    EP 5 - 3D Printing

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2020 61:39


    Anto teaches Greg the ins and outs of 3D printing: how they work, how much they cost, what you can print, programs to design models, and tips for success.

    EP 4 - Unsolved Ciphers

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2020 68:28


    Anto and Greg talk about unsolved ciphers: the Zodiac killer, the Beale papers, the Dorabella ciphers, Kryptos, the Voynich manuscript, and the Somerton man.

    EP 3 - Cryptography

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2020 65:21


    History of code making and code breaking, languages, pen and paper cyphers, WWII enigma, modern cryptography, RSA, PGP, passwords

    EP 2 - Build Your Own Computer

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2020 57:04


    Learn what the important parts of a computer are, how they work, and how to put one together. It's like adult LEGO!

    EP 1 - Robots

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2020 54:06


    Disneyland animatronics, Battlestar Galactica, Alan Turing, Boston Dynamics, AI, machine learning, robot taxes, universal basic income, chat and twitter bots

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