#60 - Some Sheldon Cooper-esque Dialogue

In this episode, we discuss our favourite new things from Google I/O, go deeper on bike lanes, and we determine Mike would be a terrible research dictator in a conversation about physical vs. mental attraction.

Links:

• Audi's New Synthetic Biofuel
• Alberta's New Natural Gas Plant
• NPR: Will Your Job Be Automated
• Planet Money on NPR
• Why We Should Have More Bike Lanes
• Bus vs. Bikes vs. Cars
• Chocolate ≠ Weight Loss
• Men Value Intelligence and Symmetry Over Boobs and Legs
• Cortana on Android and iOS
• Apple's New "Proactive" Search
• Why Swiss Cheese Has Holes
• Montreal Is Becoming A Smart City
• Don't Wash Clothes In Warm Water

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#59 - Don Quixote Syndrome Took Over

This week, we talk Let's Talk Science funding, wind turbines with no blades, and look forward to Google I/O later in the week.

Links:

• Humans Suck At Driving
• Let's Talk Science Gets New Funding
• Record-breaking Stone Tools Found
• Seismic Signals Used To Track Explosions
• Genetic Engineers Build Kill-Switch
• Spyware Shows Up In App Stores
• Bladeless Wind Turbines
• Google IoT Platform 'Brillo'
• XKCD - Competing Standards
• Google Tone Extension
• Recent Update to Google Hangouts
• Get Google Hangouts
• The 'Food Babe' Is Totally Wack
• Bigger Roads Mean More Cars
• CBC's The Irrelevant Show - Calgary Biking

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#58 - Canadian Problems

This week, are Google cars less safe than human-driven ones, Nick uses his pirate voice several times, and we all lust after $1000 blenders (or do we?).

Links:

• Google's Driverless Car Report
• Better beer with Fizzics
• Windows 10 Changes Stance on Pirates
• Editorial about perceived slowness using Google Chrome
• Killing Cancer with the help of femtolasers
• Futuristic skateboard - OneWheel
• Weird antimatter discovery in thunderstorm
• We should all be Zipper Merging
• High-End Blenders and the new must-have
• The New Best Buy Marketplace

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#57 - What's Slow About a Bear

In this episode, Tesla goes gangbusters, it's zeppelins vs. dirigibles, and trucks are driving themselves in Nevada. Get excited, because we'll be delivering this one to a Canada Post near you!

Links:

• Tesla Powerwall Sold Out Through 2016
• Gigafactory Not Big Enough
• Hawaii Telescope Debate Essay from Slate
• Made for Apple Watch Program
• Tesla Model 3 Timeline
• UK Airships Study
• Canada Post New FlexDelivery
• Nanotube-infused Spider Webs
• Self-driving Trucks on Nevada Highways

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#56 - We Don't Need A Biologist

This week, Rob gets a new job, we discuss Microsoft's Build conference (much to Nick's chagrin), Tesla's big new battery, and how a woolly mammoth burger would taste.

Links:

• Microsoft Continuum
• HoloLens Update
• Microsoft Band gets web apps
• Tesla Batteries
• Tesla Press Release
• Fresh water with solar power
• More on Electrodialysis (Wiki)
• Renewable Diesel from Audi
• Woolly Mammoth DNA Research
• YouTube making original TV
• Walking vs. sitting at work - Study

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