Coming up on this show…
- The great Star Wars Collection
- The Canadians have an electric car for sale
- Kreg wants to take a deeper look at caffeine
On This Day in Tech History
- 1700 – The island of New Britain is discovered.
- 1879 – Announcement of the discovery of artificial sweetener saccharin.
- 1940 – Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discovered carbon-14
- 1964 – The government of Italy asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over.
- 1996 – Satoshi Tajiri creates the hit media franchise Pokémon.
- 1999 – While trying to circumnavigate the world in a hot air
balloon, Colin Prescot and Andy Elson set a new endurance record after
being in a hot air balloon for 233 hours and 55 minutes.
Births
- 1904 – Yulii Borisovich Khariton, Russian physicist (d. 1996)
- 1910 – Clarence “Kelly” Johnson, American aircraft engineer (Lockheed Skunk Works; d. 1990)
- 1926 – David H. Hubel, Canadian neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1930 – Paul von Ragué Schleyer, American chemist
- 1942 – Robert H. Grubbs, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
Follow Up
- Interview with Dr. Kaku has been recorded and is in final production. Look for it March 11.
- Does anyone have suggestions for good science shows he can listen to?
- I was thinking of Astronomy Cast, perhaps Dr. Karl on Triple J., Hubble Cast
- We’re the 7th most downloaded interview over at Podcast 411
- Shout out to the chat room
- Happy Birthday to:
- Feb 29 – Paul Dove a.k.a Eilmer From Malmesbury
- If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our Wiki.
- Listen to the audio stream if you happen to be around.
News
- Canadian Electric Car – Jeremy
- it’s built in Quebec, Canada
- seats 2
- electricity costs approximately $0.02 per mile to drive
- charges on basic 120Volt 15Amp 60Hertz power also known as a standard house plug
- unfortunately it only goes 50 miles on a full charge(with the deluxe battery) and is limited to max speed of 25mph
- Commodore 64 Titles to be available on the Wii
Hacks & Strange Stories
Media Corner
- Music using all Windows 98/XP sounds – Lingo
- Star Trek, Twilight Zone, et al available for online viewing
- Star Trek New Voyages changes Name…to..Phase II
- UnAuthorized Firefly Novel
- The ultimate cubicle prank – Lingo
What the Kreg!
- Let’s talk Caffeine
- Define Caffeine
- Benefits
Geek Library
- This week in Sci-Fi TV – Bruce
- 40 Unusual Websites – Bruce
- Mego Museum
- Biggest Star Wars Collection – Lingo
End of Show Stuff
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