{"id":2820,"date":"2011-05-11T01:57:04","date_gmt":"2011-05-11T06:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?p=2820"},"modified":"2020-05-18T13:25:05","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T18:25:05","slug":"technorama-ep-308-were-all-out-of-duct-tape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2011\/05\/11\/technorama-ep-308-were-all-out-of-duct-tape\/","title":{"rendered":"Technorama Ep 308 \u2013 We&#8217;re all out of Duct Tape"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Coming up in this episode&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>All computers don\u2019t speak binary<\/li>\n<li><span>Some killer tunes<\/li>\n<li><span>Tweet it from the highest mountain<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span> <strong>Listen below with the audio player or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?p=2820\">Click Here<\/a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!--more--><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span><br \/>\n<object id=\"utv552717\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"480\" height=\"296\" name=\"utv_n_774377\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"loc=%2F&amp;autoplay=false&amp;vid=14582758&amp;locale=en_US&amp;hasticket=false&amp;id=14582758&amp;v3=1\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.ustream.tv\/flash\/viewer.swf\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Introducing the team&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shout out to the chat room<\/p>\n<p>Happy Birthday to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>12 &#8211; Amanda Huggenkiss<\/li>\n<li><span>14 &#8211; JPCJ<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our <span>Wiki<span>.<br \/>\n<span>Listen to the audio stream if you happen to be around. If you cannot make it, you can find us on <span>ustream.tv<span>. Search for Technorama.<\/p>\n<p><span> <\/p>\n<p><strong><span>On this day in history for May 11, 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>It was on this date in <\/li>\n<p><span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1502\">1502<\/a><span> that <span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christopher_Columbus\">Christopher Columbus<\/a><span> leaves for his <span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christopher_Columbus#Fourth_voyage\">fourth and final voyage<\/a><span> to the <span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/West_Indies\">West Indies<\/a><span>.<\/p>\n<li><span>The launch of <span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HMS_Beagle\">HMS <\/a><span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HMS_Beagle\">Beagle<\/a><span>, the ship that took <span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Darwin\">Charles Darwin<\/a><span> on his scientific voyage took place today in 1820<\/li>\n<li><span>87 years ago <span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mercedes-Benz\">Mercedes-Benz<\/a><span> is formed by <span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gottlieb_Daimler\">Gottlieb Daimler<\/a><span> and <span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Karl_Benz\">Karl Benz<\/a><span> <span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mergers_and_acquisitions\">merging<\/a><span> their two companies.<\/li>\n<li><span>It was just 24 years ago in <span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baltimore,_Maryland\">Baltimore, Maryland<\/a><span>, that the first <span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Heart\">heart<\/a><span>&#8211;<span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lung\">lung<\/a><span> <span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Organ_transplant\">transplant<\/a><span> takes place. The surgery is performed by Dr. <span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bruce_Reitz\">Bruce Reitz<\/a><span> of the <span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stanford_University_School_of_Medicine\">Stanford University School of Medicine<\/a><span>.<\/li>\n<li><span>In New York City in 1995 more than 170 countries decide to extend the <span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_Nonproliferation_Treaty\">Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty<\/a><span> indefinitely and without conditions.<\/li>\n<li><span>The <span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1996_Everest_disaster\">1996 Everest disaster<\/a><span> happened. Eight people die during summit attempts in a single day on <span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mount_Everest\">Mount Everest<\/a><span>.<\/li>\n<li><span>And exactly one year later in <span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1997\">1997<\/a><span>, <span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/IBM_Deep_Blue\">IBM Deep Blue<\/a><span>, a <span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chess\">chess<\/a><span>-playing <span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Supercomputer\">supercomputer<\/a><span>, defeats <span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Garry_Kasparov\">Garry Kasparov<\/a><span> in the <span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Deep_Blue_%E2%80%93_Kasparov,_1997,_Game_6\">last game<\/a><span> of the rematch, becoming the first <span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Computer\">computer<\/a><span> to beat a world-champion chess player in a classic match format.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span> <\/p>\n<p><em><strong><span>Happy Birthday goes out on this day to<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>American astronomer <span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frank_Schlesinger\">Frank Schlesinger<\/a><span> born today in 1871<\/li>\n<li><span>Also born today in <span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1875\">1875<\/a><span>, American aviator <span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harriet_Quimby\">Harriet Quimby<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>May 11 <span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1914\">1914<\/a><span> is also the birthday of French volcanologist <span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Haroun_Tazieff\">Haroun Tazieff<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>English radio astronomer and Nobel laureat <span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antony_Hewish\">Antony Hewish<\/a><span> turns 87 today<\/li>\n<li><span>Famous Dutch computer scientist <span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edsger_Dijkstra\">Edsger Dijkstra<\/a><span> was born today in <span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F1930&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNEugNwYy6rt0hOuq7HsjhT77SZzDA\">1930<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>and our final birthday goes out to Dr. Robert Jarvik, the American Physician and inventor of the Jarvik artificial heart. He turns 65 today.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>This also happens to be National Technology Day in India in memory of five nuclear tests that took place on May 11 and May 13th 1998. Various awards are given on May 11 to celebrate individuals in the areas of science and technology.<\/p>\n<p><em>And that\u2019s the way it was, on this day in history for May 11, 2011<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>News<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>WSJ &#8211; Thailand becomes hotbed of UFO sightings and encounters<\/li>\n<li><span> <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/#!5799541\/scientists-build-worlds-first-schizophrenic-computer\">Scientists Build World&#8217;s First Schizophrenic Computer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/#!5799541\/scientists-build-worlds-first-schizophrenic-computer\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/#!5799209\/the-making-of-a-chimpanzee-dictionary\">The making of a chimpanzee dictionary<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span> <strong>Hacks &amp; Strange Stories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.designboom.com\/weblog\/cat\/8\/view\/14477\/mike-bouchet-shopping-cart-lounger.html\">Shopping cart lounger<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span><a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/#!5799171\/watch-how-astronauts-use-the-toilet-in-space\">Find out how astronauts go to the bathroom in space<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span> <strong><span>Remember When<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/jalopnik.com\/5798871\/after-100-years-goodyear-ditches-blimps-for-zeppelins\">After 100 years, Goodyear abandons blimps for zeppelins<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span> <\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Media Corner<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/#!5799591\/who-wants-to-hear-the-1979-disco-version-of-the-alien-theme\">1979 disco remix of the Alien theme<\/a> &#8211; scarier than the movie?<\/li>\n<li><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bite.ca\/bitedaily\/2011\/05\/want-to-buy-the-home-alone-house\/\">Want To Buy The Home Alone house?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geekologie.com\/2011\/05\/wicked-lasers-releases-first-dualended-s.php\">Wicked lasers comes out with sith (double) light saber<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Geek Thoughts<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/#!5799353\/twitter-scales-mount-everest-is-nowhere-sacred\">Twitter Scales Mount Everest. Is Nowhere Sacred?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span> <\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Geek Library<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/#!5798730\/the-cost-of-keeping-setis-radio-telescopes-going-+-a-price-comparison-chart\">The cost of keeping SETI going for one year (visual chart)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geeksaresexy.net\/2011\/05\/05\/hilarious-voice-recognition-elevator-video\/\">Bad idea: Voice recognition in an elevator (video)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>(mention) <span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geeksaresexy.net\/2011\/05\/04\/like-a-g6-parody-roll-a-d6-roll-a-d6-video\/\">Like a G6 Parody: Roll a D6, Roll a D6<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>(mention) <span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geeksaresexy.net\/2011\/05\/07\/bsgs-all-along-the-watchtower-the-a-capella-edition\/\">BSG\u2019s All Along the Watchtower \u2013 The A Capella Edition<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bite.ca\/bitedaily\/2011\/04\/marvel-whales\/\">Bite.ca | Marvel Whales<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span> <\/p>\n<p><strong>End of Show Stuff<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>We appreciate your support. 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