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Space Suit Evolution Aug 16, 2021

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A lack of new space suits is going to push back the Artemis Program. Where did space suits come from? What were the early ones like? We look at flight suits up through the early days of Apollo in this episode.

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TechStuff Classic: The Full Motion Video Era - The Arcade Aug 13, 2021

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What is FMV and how did it change video games? From the brilliant to the brilliantly awful, we take a look at FMV.

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Tech News: Netflix Wages War Against VPNs Aug 12, 2021

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Netflix tries to stop people from using VPNs to view region-locked material. Facebook faces new anticompetitive investigations in the UK. A report shows the New York Police Department spent more than 150 million dollars on surveillance tech without public oversight. And more.

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Rerun: The Artemis Program Aug 11, 2021

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NASA is soliciting applications for its astronaut program in anticipation of sending men and women to the Moon. Learn all about the Artemis program, its goals and what comes next!

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Tech News: The US Infrastructure Bill Introduces Some Tech Problems Aug 10, 2021

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The US Senate has approved a 1.2 trillion dollar infrastructure bill, but contained within that bill are some amendments that could cause problems down the road. Also, Twitter uses a competition to root out problems with its photo cropping algorithm.

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The 2014 Sony Hack Revisited Aug 09, 2021

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In late 2014, hackers stole an enormous amount of information from Sony Pictures, then wiped out thousands of computers and hundreds of servers. A group calling itself Guardians of Peace claimed responsibility. But what was really going on?

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TechStuff Classic: TechStuff Camps Out Aug 06, 2021

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From the good old days of roughing it to the high tech campsite of the future, we look at the tech of camping.

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Tech News: Time Crystals Aug 05, 2021

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Google researchers claim they can use quantum computers to study time crystals, and we figure out what that sentence means. We also cover stories about Facebook, Apple, and how the US is using artificial intelligence to predict the enemy.

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Rerun: Tron- He Fights For the Users Aug 04, 2021

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Steven Lisberger, writer and director of the 1982 film Tron, joins the show to talk about the tech of making the film and the mythology of Tron itself.

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Tech News: Tesla - The Good, The Bad, and the On Fire Aug 03, 2021

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Tesla Autopilot may have averted tragedy in Norway, but it also thought the moon was a traffic light. And a massive Tesla battery caught fire, requiring four days of firefighting to extinguish it. In other news, the space station did some unplanned flips last week.

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