Evolution, analogue, tattoos and Pong!
Covering technology old and new, the podcast this week takes a look into the future as well as the past.
If we mentioned a place that you would like to visit online, then you can find all the links right here:
- The end of TV as we know it? The analogue switch off is on the way in the states. Technology forecaster Paul Saffo tells us why he will be attending its funeral.
- Geek ink? These guys do. Ed Morita of Baker's Hours and Drew Olanoff have chosen tech tattoos for quite different reasons. Drew's tattoo fundraising was finally called at $2112USD.
- Science lovers may have noticed that this year marks Darwin's 200th birthday. Michael D Barton joined us to talk about why he blogs about Darwin.
- A familiar blip - blip sound returns to our ears. The curator of the Pong Museum tells us about when the ball was square.
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In 1931 Erich Gaichen invented and drove from Altenburg to Berlin a 1/2 horsepower electric car containing features later incorporated into hybrid cars. Its maximum speed was 25 miles per hour (40 km/h), but it was licensed by the Motor Transport Office, taxed by the German Revenue Department and patented by the German Reichs-Patent Amt. The car battery was re-charged by the motor when the car went downhill. Additional power to charge the battery was provided by a cylinder of compressed air which was re-charged by small air pumps activated by vibrations of the chassis and the brakes and by igniting oxyhydrogen gas. An account of the car and his characterization as a "crank inventor" can be found in Arthur Koestler's autobiography, Arrow in the Blue, pages 269-271, which summarize a contemporaneous newspaper account written by Koestler. No production beyond the prototype was reported.
Forefathers of current technology Hybrid.
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Best tech tattoos I found so far at PCWorld. I think they are great as wrist tattoos or foot tattoos.
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The most ridiculous example of geek ink out there: Zune guy
-Scott
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