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RIP Douglas Engelbart

I was just reading Robert Scoble’s G+ profile and saw that Douglas Englebart passed away yesterday on July 2nd. He was 88. He is responsible for bringing forward much of what we know about modern computing such as the mouse, Hypertext, … Continue reading

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Meteor Crater AZ

Chuck and Julie visited Meteor Crater Arizona last week and wanted to share what they learned with all you wonderful Technorama fans!

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5 Milion Piece LEGO X-Wing Fighter

Built in only 4 months by 32 master LEGO builders. You know that Kickstarter project about building a Death Star. Maybe they should consider doing a full scale LEGO mock up first. You know, as a proof of concept to … Continue reading

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A true Space Oddity and We need more like him

Recently within the last few months I have been following Chris Hadfield, a Canadian Astronaut, through his YouTube Videos and on the Canadian Space Agency’s You Tube Channel as well, where he takes questions and demonstrates how things are in space. They are excellent … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday to Technorama! 8 years and counting

Wow…it seems like only yesterday we started, but Chuck Tomasi and myself have been doing Technorama for 8 years. Starting back in 2005 Chuck had produced the first few episodes himself. He quickly realized that he needed help so I (Kreg) came … Continue reading

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LittleDog Robot at USC

You know what strikes me as the most creepy part of this video? It’s the last scene where the robot is walking directly towards the camera. It looks like a Cylon on frog legs. And the kicker is this line … Continue reading

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Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome

If you were left wanting a little more Galactica in your life, maybe you should check this out. This is the web series that was born out of the pilot that was shot for the Syfy channel that they ultimately passed on. … Continue reading

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The Gift

Saw this short sci-fi film pimped on the Film Riot podcast. It’s so amazing, that I could only hope that this director gets to make big budget films someday. The visual effects and production quality are indistinguishable from a Hollywood … Continue reading

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To Hail and Back

Long time friend of the Technorama podcast Mike Hall is trying to put together a storm chasing expedition. To do this he launched a kickstarter drive to raise funds so he can storm chase for an entire month next spring. … Continue reading

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The Geek Zodiac

Found this on Kreg’s Google+ stream. It turns out he was born in the year of the Astronaut, and I am a Superhero. What sign are you?

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