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On today's show, we check out a new competitor in the "upgradable phone" market, tell you how you can watch the first Game Awards and discover if the OSHbot (a hardware store customer service robot) is actually helpful in real-world use.

Hosts:Patrick Norton Guest:Robert Heron The best HDTVs currently on the market, Samsung H6400 review, Panasonic AX900U, LG 65EC9700 4K OLED, Sharp's UD27 line of 4K UHD Smart TVs, Sony VPL HW40ES Projector, Far Cry 4 performance mayhem, TechReport's SSD torture test, MSI GTX 970 4GB review, ASUS GeForce GTX 970 and more on all this episode of This Week in Computer Hardware. Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/twich. Send your computer hardware questions to twich@twit.tv. We invite you to read, add to, and amend our show notes. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. Running time: 48:20

For the first time ever, the entire 404 alumni is on the show to celebrate 1,589 episodes, officially making The 404 CNET's longest-running podcast ever. Jeff, Iyaz and Ariel are joined by Justin Yu, Jill Schlesinger, Wilson Tang and Randall Bennett to discuss the past, present and future of the show.

The online giant launches two new services, Google sets its focus on kids, and Disney launches learning apps that report back to parents.

1965 - Richard Wexelblat was the first candidate to complete his doctoral dissertation, hence giving him a degree in “Computer Science“. It was presented at the University of Pennsylvania – Moore School of Electrical Engineering. Richard went on to write the “History of Programming Languages” (ISBN:0-12-745040-8) This Day in Tech History podcast show notes for December 5 Today is the official birth of the Transistor Amazon Crashes HD Support for YouTube

Hosts: Dick DeBartolo with Chad "OMGchad" Johnson Bluebee Pals, treVolo electrostatic Bluetooth speaker, Ozobots, Breville One-Touch Tea Maker, and more! Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/giz. We invite you to read, add to, and amend the show notes. For more details and a chance to win the Mad Magazine "What The Heck Is It?" contest, visit GizWiz.Biz. Bandwidth for The Giz Wiz is provided by Cachefly.

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Host: Scott Wilkinson Scott Wilkinson and Gregg Loewen of Lion Audio Video Consultants and THX discuss video calibration from color saturation, color space, SMPTE color bars and more in this episode of Home Theater Geeks. Guests: Gregg Loewen Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/htg233. We invite you to create, add to, and amend our show notes. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. Running time: 01:08:20

Anchor: Sarah Lane How the NSA hacked cellphones all over the world, Uber's record $41 billion valuation, Amazon Elements launches a diaper line, startup Loup to target the public transit market, iPhone 6 sales could see a "record quarter", Apple says it was necessary to delete rivals' music from iPods, Square launches food delivery service, and thousands of girls help program the White House Christmas Tree lights. Guest: Doug MacMillian Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/tn2. For detailed show notes, visit twit.tv/tn2/228. Bandwidth for Tech News 2Night is provided by Cachefly. Running time: 19:05

We're going to Mars! Well... eventually, choosing the right Electronic Speed Controller for your quadcopter, Adobe Premier Garbage Matting, and find the best transmitter for your RC adventures. Get to MAAAARS! This morning, NASA SCRUBBED a test flight of the Orion Space vehicle * Orion can carry 4 people * It more closely resembles the Apollo era vehicles than the space shuttle * It was originally designed to take humans back to the moon as part of NASA's "Constellation program" that was cancelled in 2010 * The first test flight with HUMANS aboard is scheduled for 2021 * The cost is projected to reach $19-$22 billion The Test Flight -- On top of a Delta IV Heavy Launch Vehicle -- 1.63 million lbs of spacecraft and fuel. -- It's a 4-1/2 hour flight -- Orion will do 2 laps around the planet before splashing in the Pacific Ocean -- It will do eliptical orbits: The first will be as high as the ISS (270 miles), but the second will be 3,600 miles. ** The primary purpose of this test flight is to see how the heat shield performs -- The shield will reach temps of 4,000 degrees as it speeds into Earth's atmosphere at 20,000 mph -- First launch of a US deep-space spacecraft since the Apollo missions in the 60's and 70's -- First US vehicle capable of launching humans into space since the shuttle was retired in 2011 -- No one born after 1935 has been to the Moon #SadFact Choosing a Electronic Speed Controller Thanks Padre & Bryan for your episodes on quadcopters. I like to know about the tech rather than just assembling it. I've got all of my components except the electronic speed controllers and I'm stuck. I've seen dozens of models on Amazon & I don't know which is the right one to get. I'm using Emax 2213 980kv motors. I'm considering a "Hobbypower 30 Amp" for $17.95. Will this work for me? Is there a better one that I should be looking at? Is there really a difference between electronic speed controllers? -- Garret J. (Milwaukee, WI) 1. Amperage 2. SimonK Firmware (Talk about Response Time) ** Most "normal" ESCs will receive information from the controller 400 times a second (400Hz) ** The max is 500 times a second. (The pulse-width of the PWM signal is 2ms, so there can only be 500 per second. ** SimonK firmware max out at 500Hz refresh AND removes a bunch of background junk that works on planes and helicopters, but not on multi-rotor craft. -- FOR EXAMPLE: In "normal" ESCs, there is an averaging function that allows the ESC to approximate throttle response to reduce wear and tear on gearboxes and airframes. -- That's great for planes and helicopters, but can be horrible for multi-rotor craft. Padre's Favorite ESCs -- F-30A Fire Red Series "SimonK" (RapidESC) -- F-20A Fire Red Series "SimonK" (RapidESC) Shane Walsh - Premise Networking "I was thinking of putting wire in every room of the house with a patch panel. I was wondering how the patch panel works. Must all the ports in the front of the patch panel be connect to the router? Are am i just better of get a switch?" -- Episode 79 of "Know How" Premise Wiring Radios The FlySky T6 Transmitter + Receiver * Inexpensive * Realtively feature-filled * No diversity. No Satellite The Futaba 6J Transmitter + Receiver * Diversity antenna * Failsafe features * Flight time is built into the transmitter * Bare Bones, but cleaner signal than the FlySky T6 Connect with us! Don't forget to check out our large library of projects at www.twit.tv/kh. - Google+ Community at gplus.to/twitkh - Tweet at us at @padresj, @Cranky_Hippo and @Anelf3

Host: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ Guest: Lou Maresca Using APIs to scrape product information from websites. The Code for today's show is available below: Santa's Little Helper 2/3 Computing into Human Territory Software has advanced to the point at which event predicting & brute-force recall is better than humans IN THE SMALL SCALE -- Deep Blue in 1997 beating Garry Kasparov Now a team has developed a machine that can out-duel humans in the extraction and cataloging of data IN THE LARGE SCALE. * A team of researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, led by Christopher Re, a professor at the University, have created a computer that can extract data from scientific publications and place it in a database with tens of thousands of studies. * This has been VERY difficult for conventional computers to do, because while they can parse data more quickly than the human mind, the categorization of so many studies, all of which their own style of organization, has been borderline impossible. Example: * The human mind just understands the connection between the space program and the manufacturing of liquified gasses. -- For a computer, unless there has been an existing correlation made to connect the two, that connection will not be made. The New machine is called "PaleoDeepDive" * It is looking at all the data that has been manually entered into the Paleobilogy Database -- That repository is the destination of data from the NSF (National Science Foundation) and many international organizations. ** Ultimately, this is a boon for "Big Data Mining" of disparate scientific sources. Ivory Tower Remember our 4 steps for developing an app: 1. Break down the functions of the app. 2. Gather resources: What services/APIs are availible for my app? 3. Create the Logic Tree: What are the decisions that need to be made for a functional app? 4. Code each part of the logic tree possible: Code Warrior If you want to play with Xamarin. Visit their site and get the free version of their tool suite. As long as you're not compiling HUGE apps, it should be absolutely free. If you want a tool to help you convert JSON to C#, try JSON2CSharp. Code Warrior Lets build a provider against one of the Retailer API's! 1) Construct a common base class that designates exactly what you want it to do. (e.g. GetPriceById, GetPriceFromUrl) 2) Review the API Documentation and provide a REST Query to create the search. - This will be using a base class we created called "UrlEncodingParser" that will all us to construct a URL Query String for each REST search and strongly type it. 3) Build a simpe query and test it out. You get a large JSON blob back and it is easier to use if it is strongly typed. - Using tools like Fiddler, Visual Studio Debugger, we can extract the JSON blob and build a strongly typed version of it in .Net using www.JsonUtils.com You can find the Best Buy AP here The JSON Utility we demonstrated on the show is here Get in Touch With Us! * Subscribe and get Coding 101 automatically at TWiT.tv! * Follow PadreSJ on Twitter. * Watch the show live and join the chatroom every Thursday at 1:30pm PST. * Email us at Padre@twit.tv . * Join our Google+ Community! Bandwidth for Coding 101 is provided by Cachefly.

Lead Anchor: Mike Elgan and Co-Anchor: Christina Warren More stunning revelations in the big Sony Pictures hack, how Starbucks is enabling your caffeine addiction and social phobia all in the same app, Apple is called out in court for deleting music from users iPods, and more. Guests: Kevin Roose, Jordan Novet, and Samantha Bakall Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/tnt. Submit and vote on story coverage at technewstoday.reddit.com. Check out the full show notes for today's episode. We invite you to read, add to, and amend the wiki entry for this episode at wiki.twit.tv. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. Running time: 44:44

Host: Tonya Hall We talk all about the collaborative economy, why sharing is the new buying, how big companies are adapting, and more Guest: Jeremiah Owyang Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/mm. Read our show notes at twit.tv/mm/33. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. Running time: 54:21

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