Future News - Space Accidents Update, Running Robots, Portable Nuke Fusion Reactor Revealed, Electromagnetics for Autism, Captain Crunch Calls in

Listen Now to Future News 11.04.14

Last week was quite hard for two private space companies, Orbital Sciences Corporation, with the loss of their Antares rocket, and the crash of Virgin Galactic’s Space Ship Two.  Unfortunately, one of the pilots on Space Ship Two lost his life, a local son, Michael Alsbury, from Scott’s Valley, California.  Very sad.  

It’s looks like we are learning lots about teaching our robots how to run from studying running birds, especially turkeys.. As long as I’m not being chased by a velociraptor!  You’ll enjoy this segment, based on research found in this article.

Nuclear fusion had entered the headlines this week, because of an announcement from Lockheed’s famous Skunkworks, promising a working prototype within five years. We’ll see…

Meanwhile, Captain Crunch (aka John Draper) called in and gave us an update about what went on at Defcon, a major hacker gathering in Las Vegas.  He confirmed that fake cell phone towers are out there and working, cast doubt about electronic voting, and asked you all for help.  He is recovering from a serious back operation, an attempt to repair damage done by the mafia to him for refusing to give them the correct codes of his magical blue box, a 70’s device that allowed free long distance phone calls.  He’s been suffering a long time, and finally he is finding some relief.  Click here to read about his effort to raise the money for his operation and recovery expenses.

Dr. Future News - Emergency Google Tools for Phillipines, Electric Grid Test, FAA Drone Rules, 3D Printed Metal Gun, Wearable Tech, Captain Crunch on Homebrew Reunion, Teens Deserting Facebook, Top 100 Trending Links

Dr Future News 11.12.13

The emergency in the Phillipines, caused by the largest storm in history, certainly got our attention this week. We’d thought we pass on the some links that would help, should you have relatives or friends embroiled in this disaster.

As 3D printing matures, more and more complex things are being made, including object of metal, such as hand guns. We have an update (and an info-laden phone call) on this topic. 

We also hear from John Draper (aka Captain Crunch) on the Hombrew Computer Club reunion at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View this week.  It sounded like quite the gala geek event!

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