Technorama Ep367: What happens on Alpha Centauri…




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Summary: Coming up in this episode... * Fuel * Heat * and some Oxygen Listen below with the audio player or Click Here (http://wp.me/pe53l-115) for complete show notes and video from the show. http://youtu.be/0Bqat8SJYi0 Introducing the team... * Shout out to the chat room * Happy Birthday to: * 07 - Chad W. Smith from Chattanooga, TN * 07 - Bryon the Big BS in PA, Williamsport PA * 08 - Jan Scott from Yorkshire, UK * 08 - Blake Noble * 09 - "Podcast" Mike Wills (http://podcastmike.com/) from Minnesota * 10 - Zach Akgulian - Appleton, WI * 10 - Drace (Shari from ND) * If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our Wiki. * Join us on the Google+ hangout every Sunday night at 9:30PM ET to see and hear the show raw and unedited. Just circle Technorama Podcast, Kreg, or me and you’ll see the announcement when we join the hangout. On This Day In History for February 6, 2013 This is February 6 is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 328 days remaining in 2013. * It was on this date in 1815 that New Jersey grants the first American railroad charter to John Stevens. * 95 years ago today British women over the age of 30 get the right to vote. * Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments files the first patent for an integrated circuit today in 1959. * That same date at Cape Canaveral, Florida, the first successful test firing of a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile is accomplished. * Washington National Airport is renamed Ronald Reagan National Airport 15 years ago today. Happy Birthday goes out on this day to * Mario Bettinus, Italian philosopher, mathematician and astronomer born on this date in 1582. * Also born on this date in 1695, Swiss mathematician Nicolaus Bernoulli * Swiss bridge engineer Robert Maillart was born today in 1872 * Dmitry Pavlovich Grigorovich, the Russian aircraft designer was born 130 years ago today * The 40th President of the United States - Ronald Reagan was born Feb 6, 1911 * One year younger than Ronald Reagan was Adolf Hitler's girlfriend, Eva Braun * British anthropologist Mary Leakey was born today in 1913 * Jun Kondo, Japanese theoretical physicist, turns 83 * And finally, our list has been "Rick Rolled" - happy 47th birthday to British singer Rick Astley And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for February 6, 2013 News * New Antarctic station is mobile (http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/03/new-antarctic-research-lab/) Hacks & Strange Stories * The Kitchen Thing (http://arbroath.blogspot.com/2013/01/this-is-thing.html) * Home made bag pipes (http://www.geekologie.com/2013/01/bagpipes-made-out-of-pvc-duct-tape-shopp.php) * An infrared TV that uses remotes as pixels (http://gizmodo.com/5980449/an-infrared-tv-which-uses-remote-controls-as-pixels) Remember When * The Sony mini-disc is finally dead (http://gizmodo.com/5980785/sony-minidisc-is-finally-dead) * How Dialup Handshaking works (http://7.asset.soup.io/asset/4049/7559_e892.jpeg) Media Corner * Joss wants Serenity 2 (http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2013/01/31/joss-still-wants-serenity-sequel/) - So do we! * Lost TNG Espisode (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Esv07yUMSU) Geek Library * Chuck’s new app: Brew Gene (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/brewgene/id403047077?mt=8) * Also trying out: Evernote Hello (http://evernote.com/hello/) (available in Apple App Store (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/evernote-hello/id484359282?mt=8) or for Android (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.evernote.hello&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDMsImNvbS5ldmVybm90ZS5oZWxsbyJd)) End of Show Stuff We appreciate your support. If you like the show, there are many ways to show your love: * Call the Listener Line: 206-222-CHAT (2428) * Email at technorama@chuckchat.com * We are also on... * Twitter at @Ctomasi (http://twitter.com/ctomasi),