You Did What Now?

This week Michael and Stephanie talking about research into intoxication and the accelerometer in your phone. Can it tell when you are drunk? Should it? You can find the Neuralink conference everywhere. The Twitter thread about hacking Neopets is here. The reddit community about the targeted shirt ads is here. The title image is one of these shirts. I see them all the time, and now thanks to the Baader Meinhof effect, you probably will too. Please rate and review our show! Share us with a friend. Reach out by email or Twitter and suggest a topic. We love hearing them. Like us on Facebook athttps://www.facebook.com/youdidwhatnowpodcast Follow Michael on Twitter at @ceetarFollow Stephanie on Twitter at @stephanieYDWN RSS subscription links! AppleGoogleStitcherSpotify Intro Clips: 2001, Jurassic Park, Star Trek

So there's a video game approved by the FDA for treatment of ADHD, and Michael and Stephanie are here to talk about it. No, it's not Fortnite. Please rate and review our show! Share us with a friend. Reach out by email or Twitter and suggest a topic. We love hearing them. Like us on Facebook athttps://www.facebook.com/youdidwhatnowpodcast Follow Michael on Twitter at @ceetarFollow Stephanie on Twitter at @stephanieYDWN RSS subscription links! AppleGoogleStitcherSpotify Intro Clips: Simpsons, Mario, Jurassic Park

Just an FYI, that for the foreseeable future we're moving to an every other week type schedule. So this week Michael and Stephanie are discussing a 'hidden' feature in Tesla cars called bidirectional charging. Could this untether us from our current routines? Can robots become roaming chargers? Can you just drive your car up to your lake house off the grid and power it with your vehicle? Michael laments in this episode that he hasn't been starting his car regularly, and sure enough, the battery died. Got one of those portable charger packs off Amazon, and have been making a point to drive it at least every other day now. That was fun. So it turns out that the feature Michael mentioned about the cars showing traffic cones on the display (right) gets tricked by trucks with those hanging testicle ornaments. You just can't ever account for every road circumstance I guess. Please rate and review our show! Share us with a friend. Reach out by email or Twitter and suggest a topic. We love hearing them. Like us on Facebook athttps://www.facebook.com/youdidwhatnowpodcast Follow Michael on Twitter at @ceetarFollow Stephanie on Twitter at @stephanieYDWN RSS subscription links! AppleGoogleStitcherSpotify Intro Clips: 1984, Matrix, Simpsons

New intro music! What do you think? Stephanie and Michael discuss a new way to build in space, no, it's not minecraft, it's urine! Tom Cruise and Elon Musk are indeed talking about making a movie ON the International Space Station. No idea if it'll happen, but man, that must've been an interesting conversation to listen in on.    Please rate and review our show! Share us with a friend. Reach out by email or Twitter and suggest a topic. We love hearing them. Like us on Facebook athttps://www.facebook.com/youdidwhatnowpodcast Follow Michael on Twitter at @ceetarFollow Stephanie on Twitter at @stephanieYDWN RSS subscription links! AppleGoogleStitcherSpotify Intro Clips: 2001, Jurassic Park, Mythbusters

Let's talk about R2D2, or cobots if you prefer. Stephanie and Michael discuss an article about robot assistants, specifically to self-driving cars, that may help passengers with needs that typically the driver would do. R2D2, btw, doesn't really have a 'class', he's just a Second Generation Robotic Droid Series-2.  This is a link to the Murderbot series that I haven't had a chance to read yet. We apologize for the sporadic schedule of the podcast lately. Things, as you know, are quite hectic these days and sometimes the creative stuff suffers.  Please also rate and review our show! Share us with a friend. Reach out by email or Twitter and suggest a topic. We love hearing them. Like us on Facebook athttps://www.facebook.com/youdidwhatnowpodcast Follow Michael on Twitter at @ceetarFollow Stephanie on Twitter at @stephanieYDWN RSS subscription links! AppleGoogleStitcherSpotify Intro Clips: 2001, Matrix, Star Wars

Today Michael and Stephanie discuss the murder hornet invasion. Also fire ants, and lawns. If you see any bee heads on little stakes, please be wary of the murder hornets. Here's an actual video of how the Japanese honey bees deal with an invading hornet. We apologize for the sporadic schedule of the podcast lately. Things, as you know, are quite hectic these days and sometimes the creative stuff suffers. We do have an episode about R2-D2 prepped for next week though.  Please also rate and review our show! Share us with a friend. Reach out by email or Twitter and suggest a topic. We love hearing them. Like us on Facebook athttps://www.facebook.com/youdidwhatnowpodcast Follow Michael on Twitter at @ceetarFollow Stephanie on Twitter at @stephanieYDWN RSS subscription links! AppleGoogleStitcherSpotify Intro Clips: Simpsons, Pinky and the Brain, Gattaca

Our, like your, world has been a little topsy turvy lately. We apologize for our unplanned hiatus, but we're back with a story about delivery robots!  There are a few different theories about Black Mirror viewing order, I'll leave it to you to Google on your own if you're so inclined. I don't know if I'll stick to episode order or not, but if I don't I'll let you know.  Here's the story about the feral scooters in Central Park Michael mentioned.  Sourdough update! It's coming along I guess. This was a bit too dense. It still tasted good though. Please also rate and review our show! Share us with a friend. Reach out by email or Twitter and suggests a topic. We love hearing them. We also love hearing about your favorite #RobotOlympics event. Like us on Facebook athttps://www.facebook.com/youdidwhatnowpodcast Follow Michael on Twitter at @ceetarFollow Stephanie on Twitter at @stephanieYDWN RSS subscription links! AppleGoogleStitcherSpotify Intro Clips: Simpsons,Terminator, Star Trek

In a You Did What Now? first, Stephanie and Michael had a guest on. E. Rosalie Li Rodenborn is a graduate student in the Public Health Biology program at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and is here to talk about COVID-19, our latest coronavirus pandemic. We recorded this about a week ago, so Rosalie quotes some numbers here and there that may have gotten updates in the meantime. You can follow her on Twitter or read her blog at NobelProse, or listen to her podcast for updates. Why not all three?  We talk about origins, prevention, and innovative programs that have looked to predict and prevent outbreaks like this. I did NOT make a Corona beer joke, so please send your applause my way.  Rosalie provided an exhaustive list of references, of which I'll mention a few. If you want some more info or where to look, please reach out. This is an article about the shuttered USAID’s Predict program that was hunting viruses BEFORE they became pandemics to help prepare us.  Here's one about how the warm weather may not kill this, something that the recent temporary canceling of things seems to be banking on.  And here's a Tedx talk about using animals as sentinels against the spread of disease.  Please also rate and review our show! Share us with a friend. Reach out by email or Twitter and suggests a topic. We love hearing them. Like us on Facebook athttps://www.facebook.com/youdidwhatnowpodcast Follow Michael on Twitter at @ceetarFollow Stephanie on Twitter at @stephanieYDWN RSS subscription links! AppleGoogleStitcherSpotify Intro Clips: Simpsons, Lilo and Stitch, Simpsons

Stephanie and Michael discuss a science experiment from the 1930s that explored whether Black Widow spiders are in fact poisonous. The scientific method is sound! How do you get a spider to bite a rat? Harvey Washington Wiley was the American Chemist that created the poison squad. It's an interesting story, one that I heard about on Gastropod. Please rate and review the show. Share us with a friend. Reach out by email or Twitter and suggests a topic. We love hearing them. Like us on Facebook athttps://www.facebook.com/youdidwhatnowpodcast Follow Michael on Twitter at @ceetarFollow Stephanie on Twitter at @stephanieYDWN RSS subscription links! AppleGoogleStitcherSpotify Intro Clips: Mythbusters, Lilo and Stitch, Jurassic Park

Michael and Stephanie discuss 'anti-solar' panels and other new forms of energy generation, but first a quick update on our pal Elon Musk. He's saying the new Neuralink updates are awesome, but maybe he should keep an eye out, because there are competitors like this one called Neurosity that doesn't need to do surgery. Seems like Tesla's Solar Roof will be rolling out this year though, the company is hiring roofers.  There's a video at the top of the CNN article that talks about the Japanese energy projects Michael mentioned, and it's not hard to find other interesting projects. Here's another about turning raindrops into power.  Please rate and review the show. Share us with a friend. Reach out by email or Twitter and suggests a topic. We love hearing them. Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/youdidwhatnowpodcast Follow Michael on Twitter at @ceetarFollow Stephanie on Twitter at @stephanieYDWN RSS subscription links! AppleGoogleStitcherSpotify Intro Clips: Pinky and the Brain, Matrix, Terminator

In this episode Michael and Stephanie discuss the weird radio bursts from FRB 180916.J0158+65 that are repeating every 16 days. Is it aliens? Specifically, there are one or two bursts every hour for four days before going silent for 12 days. It then repeats. It's originating from a the spiral galaxy known as  SDSS J015800.28+654253.0, nearly 500 million years away, meaning this signal originated more than 500 million years ago. This is actually the closest FRB ever detected.  Please rate and review the show. Share us with a friend. Reach out by email or Twitter and suggests a topic. We love hearing them. Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/youdidwhatnowpodcast Follow Michael on Twitter at @ceetarFollow Stephanie on Twitter at @stephanieYDWN RSS subscription links! AppleGoogleStitcherSpotify Intro Clips: Simpsons, 2001, Restaurant At The End Of The Universe

Stephanie and Michael talk about a new study that's looking into possible negative effect of of marijuana on HPV. The "World's Coldest Martini" that Michael was talking about is here.  Please rate and review the show. Share us with a friend. Reach out by email or Twitter and suggests a topic. We love hearing them. Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/youdidwhatnowpodcast Follow Michael on Twitter at @ceetarFollow Stephanie on Twitter at @stephanieYDWN RSS subscription links! AppleGoogleStitcherSpotify Intro Clips: Gattaca, Star Trek, Pinky and the Brain

Michael and Stephanie discuss something called Quantum Stealth from the HyperStealth company that acts as an invisibility shield using basic physics. Lenticular Lenses for the win! The Adventures Of Leonardo and the Drone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZMyWEWHCTM Please rate and review the show. Share us with a friend. Reach out by email or Twitter and suggests a topic. We love hearing them. Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/youdidwhatnowpodcast Follow Michael on Twitter at @ceetarFollow Stephanie on Twitter at @stephanieYDWN RSS subscription links! AppleGoogleStitcherSpotify Intro Clips: Restaurant At The End Of The Universe, The Circle, 1984

Michael and Stephanie discuss a potential dating app from George Church that would screen out potential matches whose pairing might let to children with serious genetic disorders.  There's plenty to think about here, but as the app doesn't exist yet, we'll have to fall back on old-fashioned dating habits. Or look into Church's other work, where he's trying to make us immune to viruses and reverse aging. So there's that. Please reach out on Twitter or by email at youdidwhatnowpodcast@gmail.com and let us know what you think of the show, suggest an article, or just say 'cowabunga'.  Please subscribe to the show, and rate us positively. We're trying to suck up to all those algorithms and get the show out there. Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/youdidwhatnowpodcast Follow Michael on Twitter at @ceetarFollow Stephanie on Twitter at @stephanieYDWN RSS subscription links! AppleGoogleStitcherSpotify Intro Clips: Simpsons, Gattaca, Jurassic Park

Michael and Stephanie discuss a Ted Talk by Janelle Shane that talks about the weird ways AI and algorithms try to solve problems, especially when given vague controls. Janelle actually wrote a book about this, and has a website. Michael just purchased the book, and will update in the future. The programming language for kids Stephanie mentioned is called Scratch, and it looks pretty interesting.  Please reach out on Twitter or by email with your favorite AI generated Ice Cream flavor name, or just say hello or suggest an episode. Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/youdidwhatnowpodcast Follow Michael on Twitter at @ceetarFollow Stephanie on Twitter at @stephanieYDWN RSS subscription links! AppleGoogleStitcherSpotify Intro Clips: Terminator, The Matrix, 2001

Stephanie and Michael discuss an experiment that seeks to find altruist birds. That's right, good birds. Or are we just projecting? Should we build giant good bird robots?  The computer algorithm Michael was talking about is literally called Bees algorithm. It's a population-based search algorithm, basically it's a way to efficiently find and focus on an important section of your data set and it mimics how bees search for food.  The Panda porn comment is pretty searchable on your own, but it even has a Wikpedia page.  Please follow the subscription links below and rate/review us on the appropriate podcast platforms. It's the only way to get the algorithms to like us. You can reach out by email at YouDidWhatNowPodcast@gmail.com or on Twitter at YDWN_Podcast. Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/youdidwhatnowpodcast Follow Michael on Twitter at @ceetarFollow Stephanie on Twitter at @stephanieYDWN RSS subscription links! AppleGoogleStitcherSpotify Intro Clips: Friends s5e4, The Matrix, Pinky and the Brain

Michael and Stephanie discuss the idea that new 5g technology might threaten the weather technology we rely on for storm prediction. 5G is being rolled out faster in China and Korea, spearheaded by Chinese tech giant Huawei, which comfortingly has been rumored to be using it's networks to sell China foreign data. Terrific. You CAN actually follow the podcast on Tiktok. We're simply YDWN there. I wouldn't expect much use though, but you can follow us at all the usual places, like Twitter at YDWN_Podcast or just email us story ideas and your thoughts at youdidwhatnowpodcast@gmail.com. Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/youdidwhatnowpodcast Follow Michael on Twitter at @ceetarFollow Stephanie on Twitter at @stephanieYDWN RSS subscription links! AppleGoogleStitcherSpotify

Stephanie and Michael discuss the accuracy of DNA analysis to figure out your algorithms, health risks, and ancestry. Is this just 21st century astrology?  2019 is winding down. Help us out in 2020 by subscribing and rating the show on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. Share us with a friend.  Email us story ideas at youdidwhatnowpodcast@gmail.com. Read anything about crazy scientists or out of control tech robots? Let us know! Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/youdidwhatnowpodcast Follow Michael on Twitter at @ceetarFollow Stephanie on Twitter at @stephanieYDWN RSS subscription links! AppleGoogleStitcherSpotify

Michael and Stephanie catch up on some old episode notes, and then talk about a company called Notpla that's worked with Glenlivet to make cocktails in a biodegradable pod.  The holidays are coming! We probably won't publish an episode the week of Chanukkah and Christmas, but will put one up right after New Years and then back to the weekly schedule. Please don't hesitate to mention the podcast to friends and family, share the show, get other people to subscribe, we really appreciate it.  I feel like we've started to get the hang of this and 2020 should be great. Of course, also reach out with story ideas and thoughts on Twitter or by email at youdidwhatnowpodcast@gmail.com. Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/youdidwhatnowpodcast Follow Michael on Twitter at @ceetarFollow Stephanie on Twitter at @stephanieYDWN RSS subscription links! AppleGoogleStitcherSpotify

Michael and Stephanie discuss a discovered gene mutation that may allow us to need less sleep, and all the ramifications that may come with it. Maybe we'll finally catch up with our Netflix queues.  We skipped publishing an episode going into Thanksgiving, but we do have every intention of putting out episodes during the winter holidays. We're going to try to get those edited and posted the Monday before Christmas and New Years. If there's anything specific you'd like to hear us talk about, either now or for hte new year, please reach out and email us at youdidwhatnowpodcast@gmail.com or YDWN_Podcast on Twitter.  Please rate and review the podcast, and tell a friend. Help us suck up to the algorithms and get visibility.  Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/youdidwhatnowpodcast Follow Michael on Twitter at @ceetarFollow Stephanie on Twitter at @stephanieYDWN RSS subscription links! AppleGoogleStitcherSpotify

A drone flew a kidney to a transplant patient in a proof-of-concept flight. Stephanie and Michael discuss the feasibility of this, and muse about our drone future. Is it full of drone pirates? We shall see. Michael mentions XKCD, and Randall Munroe's new book. Serena Williams really did take down a drone with a tennis serve. Tweet at us what you're ordering from Amazon via drone, if you'd like it delivered via tiny Hunger Games parachute, or if you've got a screenplay for a new Drone Pirates movie at YDWN_Podcast. Please rate and review the podcast, and tell a friend. Help us suck up to the algorithms and get visibility.  Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/youdidwhatnowpodcast Follow Michael on Twitter at @ceetarFollow Stephanie on Twitter at @stephanieYDWN RSS subscription links! AppleGoogleStitcherSpotify

Michael and Stephanie discuss culture in child development and the related milestones. Different cultures raise babies different, and it turns out you CAN teach a five month old to stand on their own.  Check out this dragon costume. All the rage these days. If you'd like to talk to us, after rating and reviewing the podcast, please tweet to us at YDWN_Podcast with the hashtag #SurferBaby.  The podcast we referenced as a throwback is called We Have Concerns, who's ending was the motivation for us to start this one.  Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/youdidwhatnowpodcast Follow Michael on Twitter at @ceetarFollow Stephanie on Twitter at @stephanieYDWN RSS subscription links! AppleGoogleStitcherSpotify

Michael and Stephanie discuss solar roadways, and Solar Roadways, whether or not they're currently feasible, and how we'd put the sun and road to work for us. Here's a post from Green Tech Media laying out a lot of the problems.  A stretch of road in France, dubbed WattWay, that we mentioned was already in use with similar technology does not seem to be fairing that well in 2019. There's definitely some useful thoughts here, but perhaps we're not quite there yet.  Where do you think the best application is for solar panels? Or where have you seen panels recently and thought "Hey, great idea!"? Tweet us and let us know, or just reach out and let us know what you're thinking about.  Please rate and review the podcast, and subscribe.  Tell a friend. Help us appease the podcast algorithms.  Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/youdidwhatnowpodcast Follow Michael on Twitter at @ceetarFollow Stephanie on Twitter at @stephanieYDWN RSS subscription links! AppleGoogleStitcherSpotify

Michael and Stephanie discuss the movie Gattaca, and the science and tech ideas it talked about. A look at privacy, data, tracking and all the modern day concerns that are very present in the movie. The CRISPR Netflix show Stephanie mentions is called Unnatural Selection. If you've seen that, let us know if it's worthwhile. As always, reach out to us on Twitter or by email and let us know what you're favorite scenes of Gattaca were, or what you'd imagine a Gattaca 2019 would look like.  Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/youdidwhatnowpodcast Follow Michael on Twitter at @ceetarFollow Stephanie on Twitter at @stephanieYDWN RSS subscription links! AppleGoogleStitcherSpotify

Stephanie and Michael discuss a California man who has a genetic disorder that basically makes him allergic to the sun, and his desire to give scientists carte blanche to try to fix it with CRISPR.  There was some brief discussion about non-UN nations, and it turns out really the only nations not members are ones that aren't really officially recognized. Palestine and Vatican City mainly. Also Kosovo, Western Sahara, Taiwan, places like that.   Next week's episode is a Gattaca discussion and how it pertains to science and tech today. Fairly interesting stuff, and if you need a refresher on the movie, now's your time. It's on Netflix.  If you'd like to weigh in on what genes you want to edit, or anything else, reach out on Twitter or email us! Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/youdidwhatnowpodcast Follow Michael on Twitter at @ceetarFollow Stephanie on Twitter at @stephanieYDWN RSS subscription links! AppleGoogleStitcherSpotify

Michael and Stephanie discuss the growing e-cigarette injuries and the science that might have teens smoking cyanide. This article sums it up, as well as talks about the successful lobbying that went on to prevent the FDA from helping to curtail some of this five years ago.  This is the first episode with Michael's new microphone, so please let us know if the sound quality is better, and if you think Stephanie needs an upgrade too. All feedback welcome: youdidwhatnowpodcast@gmail.com.  Tweet us your favorite vaping flavor at @YDWN_Podcast. Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/youdidwhatnowpodcast Follow Michael on Twitter at @ceetarFollow Stephanie on Twitter at @stephanieYDWN RSS subscription links! AppleGoogleStitcherSpotify

Rejoice, as is this the last episode recorded before Michael purchased a new microphone. Future episodes should sound a lot better. MichaelBot and Stephanie discuss an AI named Pluribus that has beat expert poker players at their own game.  Alluded to but not mentioned is the AI that beat the top-ranked team in DOTA2, a video game.  Woe Bot is the AI mental health bot that Stephanie mentioned. Bots are cool and all, but if you're struggling with your own mental health, please reach out to a real life human doctor, not a bot. I hear there are even ways to talk to a real physician from your own home.  Tweet us at YDWN_Podcast and please rate and review the podcast. Tell a friend. Subscribe for them, ask Alexa to subscribe for them if you're in their home.  Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/youdidwhatnowpodcast Follow Michael on Twitter at @ceetarFollow Stephanie on Twitter at @stephanieYDWN RSS subscription links! AppleGoogleStitcherSpotify

Stephanie and Michael discuss an urban legend about an Inuit man who survived in the wilderness by making a knife out of his own poop, and the scientists who decided to Mythbusters it. The third party sounds bytes throughout the episode are from the Mythbusters TV Show intro. The ice bar Michael was talking about in Manhattan is called Minus 5. It was apparently an extreme tourist trap and is now closed, thought it still exists in Las Vegas, so I imagine one in Texas could work too. The one in Prague looks to still be open, and still be really cool, pun intended. Join the conversation and tweet at us using the hashtag #PoopKnife. But don't Google it. Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/youdidwhatnowpodcast Follow Michael on Twitter at @ceetarFollow Stephanie on Twitter at @stephanieYDWN RSS subscription links! AppleGoogleStitcherSpotify

Stephanie and Michael discuss software that allows your employer to build a data profile on you, to track you, to know what you're up to. What a world we're living in.  Stephanie mentions a movie that Michael knows nothing about, as per usual. It's called The Circle, and is based on a book by Dave Eggers. It actually has Emma Watson, Karen Gillan and Tom Hanks in it, which pretty much means Michael intends to watch it, AND read it.  Here's the episode of We Have Concerns that talked about the UPS drivers and left turns.  Tweet us story ideas, talk about this story, or just say hello. What's your #MemeRatio?  Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/youdidwhatnowpodcast Follow Michael on Twitter at @ceetarFollow Stephanie on Twitter at @stephanieYDWN RSS subscription links! AppleGoogleStitcherSpotify

Stephanie and Michael discuss a 3D printed heart and what that could mean for the future of organ transplants and perhaps the future of science fiction.  http://www.ceetar.com/YouDidWhatNow/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/clip-beating.mp4 Please do not mail me 3D printed organs, but if you've been fooling around with a printer at home, please share your creations with us at YDWN_Podcast! Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/youdidwhatnowpodcast Follow Michael on Twitter at @ceetarFollow Stephanie on Twitter at @stephanieYDWN RSS subscription links! AppleGoogleStitcherSpotify

Michael and Stephanie discuss a brand new, still rolling out feature of Google Photos that can read the text in your images. They discuss a variety of possible issues or uses with it, create a brilliant app idea, and maybe miss some of the most useful features of it.  So tell us what you think the best use of this will be? What text will you search your images for? What will you take pictures of with the expectation of being able to search for words later? Tweet us with the hashtag #ShareYourSocial, and maybe consider deleting any images that have all your detailed personal or medical information.  Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/youdidwhatnowpodcast Follow Michael on Twitter at @ceetarFollow Stephanie on Twitter at @stephanieYDWN RSS subscription links! AppleGoogleStitcherSpotify

Stephanie and Michael discuss exosuits, or wearables, from the simple to the more complex. Do you want a tail, or do you just want to expend less energy moving around? Are you Iron Man?  Stay tuned to the end for Michael's live-tasting of the Impossible Whopper.  I apologize for what appears to be some sort of background hum on this episode, I don't know where it came from or what it was, but I'll work to avoid it in the future.  Reach out with story ideas! What crazy science or technology have you seen out there? Tweet it at us! Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/youdidwhatnowpodcast Follow Michael on Twitter at @ceetarFollow Stephanie on Twitter at @stephanieYDWN RSS subscription links! AppleGoogleStitcherSpotify

Michael and Stephanie discuss the Impossible Burger, how healthy it is, and the future of lab-created meat products.  Here's an unprompted comment from a friend of mine yesterday: I had an Impossible Whopper yesterday. totally fine. I'd eat it again. Here's the Emily Mullin One Zero post on Neuralink that goes much more in depth than we did in twenty minutes.  The header image for this post is the Impossible Burger Michael had at Houlihan's. It even looks like meat.  Have you had Impossible or Beyond meat? What'd you think? Reach out to us on Twitter with the hashtag #BegginStrips and let us know. Michael's thinking about doing a quick-byte episode where he tastes and reviews the Impossible Whopper live. Yay or Nay?  Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/youdidwhatnowpodcast Follow Michael on Twitter at @ceetarFollow Stephanie on Twitter at @stephanieYDWN RSS subscription links! AppleGoogleStitcherSpotify

Stephanie and Michael discuss a few robots, from Amazon's Vesta, to Stop and Shop's Marty, to the mall security robot Knightscope. Is this a slippery slope into giving up even more privacy in public, or are these robots going to be more useful than that?  Marty's in the header image, and here's Yoshi hitching a ride on a Knightscope at a mall in New Jersey. Michael occasionally updates a Tumblr of Yoshi pictures, if that's something you're into. They are usually better than this.  I was going to play some of the AI generated jazz music Stephanie mentioned, but the contact was lost. It was being sent from an A.I. aboard NASA space probe Voyager 3. The same people do have an AI generated Death Metal channel though, if you click through.  Do you want a safety score above your head when you are out in public? Are you a robot that feels you are being maligned? Reach out on Twitter with the hashtag #SafetyScore.  Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/youdidwhatnowpodcast Follow Michael on Twitter at @ceetarFollow Stephanie on Twitter at @stephanieYDWN RSS subscription links! AppleGoogleStitcherSpotify

Stephanie and Michael discuss 3D printed food, and a restaurant concept that will tailor their sushi's nutrition to your needs. Check out Open Meals on Instagram, which is where the header image is from. This looks more futuristic than just 'sushi'. The firecracker rolls Michael mentioned:  As well as the Gastropod episode where they discuss personal nutrition and what we can learn about our bodies ability to absorb and process food and nutrients.  Additionally Stephanie mentioned the movie Snowpiercer, which is available on Netflix currently.  If you're enjoying this please rate and review us wherever you can. Help us get noticed and build and audience and excel within the Podcast Algorithms. Share it with a friend. Engage with us: Would you eat 3D printed food? Let us know at @YDWN_Podcast. Seriously. Let us know what you think. Are the episodes too long? Too short? Need more science? More Dad jokes? Recommend an article for us to discuss! Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/youdidwhatnowpodcast Follow Michael on Twitter at @ceetarFollow Stephanie on Twitter at @stephanieYDWN RSS subscription links! AppleGoogleStitcherSpotify

Stephanie and Michael discuss the latest from Neuralink, Elon Musk's company that's trying to interface our brains with AI.  Can we control computers with our minds? Text each other? Open locked doors with a single thought? Scary stuff. If you're enjoying this, or even if you're not, please rate and review us wherever you can. Help us get noticed and build and audience and excel within the Podcast Algorithms. Share it with a friend. Engage with us: Tweet your coolest cybernetic desires to us at @YDWN_Podcast. Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/youdidwhatnowpodcast Follow Michael on Twitter at @ceetarFollow Stephanie on Twitter at @stephanieYDWN RSS subscription links! AppleGoogleStitcherSpotify

Stephanie and Michael discuss CRISPR, the gene editor, and what it would mean to 'cure' deafness.  Michael has not seen Gattaca, have you? It's available via Amazon Prime Video right now. Michael also hasn't seen Blade Runner, which is the movie he was trying to recall Elon Musk's Neuralink conference can be seen/heard here. I suspect we'll be talking about this soon. And finally, a quote from the book Children of Dune, by Frank Herbert: Natural selection has been described as an environment selectively screening for those who will have progeny. Where humans are concerned, though, this is an extremely limiting viewpoint. Reproduction by sex tends toward experiment and innovation. It raises many questions, including the ancient one about whether environment is a selective agent after the variation occurs, or whether environment plays a pre-selective role in determining the variations which it screens. Dune did not realty answer those questions: it merely raised new questions which Leto and the Sisterhood may attempt to answer over the next five hundred generations. -The Dune Catastrophe, After Harq al-Ada   Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/youdidwhatnowpodcast Follow Michael on Twitter at @ceetarFollow Stephanie on Twitter at @stephanieydwn RSS subscription links! AppleGoogleStitcherSpotify

Stephanie and Michael delve into the idea that our phones are listening to us, recording everything we say, and serving us ads based on those conversations. A correction: Michael mentioned the "wires stopping" on Kauai, but he actually meant the Big Island of Hawaii. Off in the Northwest corner, the wires just end. (See the image on this post) Baader-Meinhof phenomenon is named for a West German terrorist group, in 1994, by a St. Paul Minnesota online commenter, who'd recently heard of the group twice in 24 hours.  Here's an example of how Google photos tries to catalog (blurring is mine) every face you upload. Once I've got those named, I can literally search my photos for "Aunt and Uncle" and get all the pictures with both.  Tell us all about the groups or pages or interests you keep on your digital footprint because you think it'll game the algorithm into giving you a better experience on Twitter with the hashtag #GamingTheAlgorithm. Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/youdidwhatnowpodcast Follow Michael on Twitter at @ceetarFollow Stephanie on Twitter at @stephanieydwn RSS subscription links! AppleGoogleStitcherSpotify

Stephanie and Michael really rambled on about self-driving cars and teleoperations in this one. Enjoy the bonus 10 minutes as a holiday present. If you want to give either one of us a ride in a self-driving machine, reach out on Twitter at @ydwn_podcast with the hashtag #HitchhikingPodcasters. Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/youdidwhatnowpodcast Follow Michael on Twitter at @ceetarFollow Stephanie on Twitter at @stephanieydwn RSS subscription links! AppleGoogleStitcherSpotify

Stephanie and Michael discuss the possibility of living until the ripe old age of 1000 as discussed in this article. Some notes: This was one of our earlier recorded episodes and the audio quality is less than what's already our usual meh quality. There is only one more like this however, and hopefully they'll be better after that. Which means that Stephanie's segue about Michael's birthday in the intro is waaay out of date. Please don't wish him a happy 924th birthday on Twitter by mentioning your favorite biohack with the hashtag #BioHacksSoWhack. Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/youdidwhatnowpodcast Follow Michael on Twitter at @ceetarFollow Stephanie on Twitter at @stephanieydwn RSS subscription links! AppleGoogleStitcherSpotify

Michael and Stephanie discuss a team of scientists cultivating bacteria that can create spider silk for all sorts of awesome uses. Michael mentions a 'better concrete', which he heard about on EARTH: The Cement Ban episode of Flash Forward pod. A cool podcast about the future you should definitely check out. David Stone is the inventor of Ferrock. Michael's wife's spider was named Shelby. He was/is an Antilles pinktoe tarantula and was quite blue when he was younger. Follow the podcast at @ydwn_podcast and tweet at us your thoughts on this episode, or science in general. As always, email us at youdidwhatnowpodcast@gmail.com and let us know if you've seen any interesting science and tech articles recently. Follow Michael on Twitter at @ceetarFollow Stephanie on Twitter at @stephanieydwn Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/youdidwhatnowpodcast RSS subscription links! AppleGoogleStitcherSpotify

Stephanie and Michael discuss the Mirror World, also known as Augmentative Reality. A technological attempt to digitize everything. Follow the podcast at @ydwn_podcast and tweet at us your most ridiculous, or most awesome, AR photos and Pokemon with the hashtag #PikachuInBed As always, email us at youdidwhatnowpodcast@gmail.com and let us know if you've seen any interesting science and tech articles recently. Follow Michael on Twitter at @ceetarFollow Stephanie on Twitter at @stephanieYDWN Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/youdidwhatnowpodcast RSS subscription links! AppleGoogleStitcherSpotify

Stephanie and Michael discuss a recent brain surgery treatment in China that may provide a cure of sorts for addiction. Michael then misquotes Karl Marx to name the episode 'Opioids of the masses'. The actual quote is 'Religion is the opium of the people'. There IS a band called Opiate for the Masses, but I can assure you Michael was completely unaware of that. Would you opt for brain surgery to cure addiction? Is this just another example of the government developing technology to control our emotions? Should we invest in Tin Foil futures? Let us know! As always, email us at youdidwhatnowpodcast@gmail.com and let us know if you've seen any interesting science and tech articles recently. Follow Michael on Twitter at @ceetarFollow Stephanie on Twitter at @stephanieYDWN Follow the podcast at @ydwn_podcast Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/youdidwhatnowpodcast RSS subscription links! AppleGoogleStitcherSpotify

Michael and Stephanie chat about the recent experience of a Jet Blue traveler who was a little creeped out when automated facial scans were used in lieu of a boarding pass. How prevalent is it? Who's using it? What are they doing with it? Have you been tracked with facial recognition recently? As always, email us at youdidwhatnowpodcast@gmail.com and let us know if you've seen any interesting science and tech articles recently. Follow Michael on Twitter at @ceetarFollow Stephanie on Twitter at @stephanieYDWN Follow the podcast at @ydwn_podcast Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/youdidwhatnowpodcast RSS subscription links! AppleGoogleStitcherSpotify

Stephanie and Michael discuss a recent NPR article where scientists successfully restored some function to dead pig brain cells. You might be saying, "Isn't George A Romero dead?". The answer is yes, but I'm not sure why that should stop him from funding zombie science or making movies, it just means he can star in them now too. If you see a zombie pig in the wild, or just want to chat about the story, definitely reach out to us on Twitter or by email. Thanks for listening to our first episode! Let us know what you think! Follow Michael on Twitter at @ceetarFollow Stephanie on Twitter at @stephanieYDWN Follow the podcast at @ydwn_podcastEmail us at youdidwhatnowpodcast@gmail.com Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/youdidwhatnowpodcast