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Podcast: How It Works Updated: 2009-03-27 19:48:00 Description: From the world's tallest mobile crane to NASA's new escape system for the Orion crew capsule, from the meanest drill to the Army's new Blackhawk upgrades, Sr. Associate Editor Seth Fletcher walks host Chuck Cage through How It Works....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Podcast: Who Protects The Internet? Updated: 2009-03-18 15:52:00 Description: While we may connect to the 'net wirelessly and painlessly, maintaining the thousands of miles of undersea and buried cable -- and the rest of the net's physical infrastructure -- is a huge task. Host Chuck Cage sits down with Deputy Editor Jake Ward...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Power From the People: Human Powered Transport Updated: 2009-03-09 20:49:00 Description: Riding your bike to work? That's old school. Human powered transport options are expanding dramatically! Host Chuck Cage sits down with Bruce Grierson, author of "Power to the People," from this month's issue of Popular Science, taking on t...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Extreme Engineering Updated: 2009-03-04 22:01:00 Description: Inside the biggest cruise ship, the tallest skyscraper, the longest tunnel, and more amazing, massive-scale projects...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Human Jet Updated: 2009-02-11 20:51:00 Description: How to bring a flying machine to the masses. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Podcast: Explaining the Personal Tilt-Rotor Updated: 2008-11-25 20:18:00 Description: The writers and editors behind the story of one of year's most exciting aircraft concepts reveal how it came to fruition...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Making of the Biggest Prank Updated: 2008-10-31 17:30:00 Description: What does it take to get on the inside of a prank? Writer Bob Parks and PopSci Deputy Editor Jake Ward sit down with host Chuck Cage to discover the story behind the story of one of the biggest college pranks in history. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Audacious Ideas to Save the Planet Updated: 2008-06-23 20:29:00 Description: To rescue the Earth, we need bold engineering ideas that go beyond simple recycling...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Visting the Green Megalopolis Updated: 2008-06-30 17:03:00 Description: Visting the Green Megalopolis...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cocktail Party Science: Carbon Discredit Updated: 2008-07-08 22:31:00 Description: Russ George knew how to fight global warming: Grow rainforests' worth of plantlife in the open ocean, plantlife that would suck carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. He had the boat, the money and the team to make it happen. Everything was going accord...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD iPod Hat Trick Updated: 2008-09-08 21:41:00 Description: Trick out your iPod three easy ways ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science of YouTube: Uncanny Valley Updated: 2008-09-29 22:56:00 Description: In the premier episode, we dive into that space between the robots and humans and find some very creepy things. Follow the series at popsci.com/scitube. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cocktail Party Science: Inventions of the Year Updated: 2008-06-09 21:19:00 Description: A homebuilt tumor killer, one-wheeled motorcycle and more...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cocktail Party Science: The Space Archaeologists Updated: 2008-05-22 22:02:00 Description: Archaeologists are using satellites and high-tech radar to unearth ancient civilizationsâand avoid landmines along the way ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cocktail Party Science: Inside Speed Racer Updated: 2008-05-14 19:23:00 Description: The science of the summer blockbuster....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cocktail Party Science: The Real Iron Man Updated: 2008-04-25 19:31:00 Description: Super powerful exoskeletons aren't just the stuff of science fiction...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cocktail Party Science: How it Works Updated: 2008-03-24 20:03:00 Description: Rip open a Pleo, get the run down on hybrids, and learn about the military's futuristic flying laser gun as Chuck Cage and the editors of PopSci take you inside some of the world's most sophisticated machines. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cocktail Party Science: Science Confirms the Obvious Updated: 2008-03-31 17:19:00 Description: Caffeine wakes you up, rock stars die young and long ambulance rides aren't ideal. The writers and editors of PopSci's "Science Confirms the Obvious," talk to Chuck Cage about the studies that make you say "duh." ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cocktail Party Science: All About DIY Updated: 2008-04-07 22:31:00 Description: How the motorized skateboard for the urban jungle came about. Staff photographer John Carnett relays the story of his latest DIY exploits. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cocktail Party Science: RC Jets Updated: 2008-04-15 21:03:00 Description: It's not kids stuff. The high-stakes hobby of R/C jets on this week's podcast as host Chuck Cage sits down with the writer and photographer behind "Wing Men". ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cocktail Party Science: The Anonymity Experiment Updated: 2008-03-03 20:33:00 Description: The editors of PopSci and host Chuck Cage learn just how hard it is to make themselves disappear from writer Catherine Price. Also the impressive creation of space kimchi and more ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cocktail Party Science: Jonathan Coulton, Live at SXSW Updated: 2008-03-11 19:36:00 Description: Listen to JoCo, review the origins of the Internet and learn how tech can change the world in this week's podcast...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cocktail Party Science: Solving the Gas Problem Updated: 2008-03-17 18:38:00 Description: The editors and writers of <i>PopSci</i> sit down with host Chuck Cage to discuss genetically-modified fuel, the Vatican and whether the Internet is, indeed, for porn (not voters). ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cocktail Party Science: Your Sewer on Drugs Updated: 2008-02-25 22:05:00 Description: Host Chuck Cage and the editors of PopSci sit down with writer Eric Hagerman to discuss how exactly those drugs get down there, and how scientists are using sewer epidemiology to get better numbers on drug users. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Naked Flash Drive Updated: 2007-11-02 19:50:00 Description: Trick out your flash drive by stripping it down to its bare essentials....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 1: MyLifeBits Updated: 2006-05-12 17:19:00 Description: In the future, we'll all have photographic memories. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 2: The Return of 3-D Updated: 2006-05-23 04:01:00 Description: Why Hollywood may never work in two dimensions again...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 3: Iraq Tech Updated: 2006-05-30 04:01:00 Description: How wired are U.S. forces on the frontlines, really?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 4: Blood Rains Updated: 2006-06-06 04:01:00 Description: Could India's red rains have been caused by...aliens?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 5: The LAPD's Spy Toys Updated: 2006-06-13 19:59:00 Description: Ace reporter Coulton sleuths out secrets about the Los Angeles police departmentâs high-tech crime fighting devicesâand discovers that they also use grappling hooks....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 6: Web Toll Updated: 2006-06-20 04:05:00 Description: Is there an end in sight to free Internet as we know it? Yes, if Big Telecomm has its way....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 7: Poo Power Updated: 2006-06-27 04:05:00 Description: An inside look at San Francisco's plan to turn waste methane from dog droppings into a viable source of energy....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 8: DIY Projector Updated: 2006-07-04 04:05:00 Description: PopSci photographer and DIY madman John Carnett explains how he built a rolling LCD projector for his backyard. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 9: Patenting the Body Updated: 2006-07-11 20:05:00 Description: In this episode of the PopSci podcast, Jonathan Coulton talks to writer Rebecca Skloot about a curious aspect of intellectual-property law: patents that could make it illegal to talk about medical conditions you already have....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 10: The Smell of War Updated: 2006-07-18 07:00:00 Description: Hear how the U.S. military is prepping soldiers for war with simulations of the noxious odors of combat....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 11: The Roach Whisperer Updated: 2006-07-25 07:00:00 Description: Meet the Belgian brainiac behind the world's first robot roaches, designed to lead pesky bugs out of hidingâand your apartment building....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 12: Grow Your Own Organs Updated: 2006-08-01 16:40:00 Description: Jonathan Coulton talks to Dr. Anthony Atala of Wake Forest University about man-made internal organs, and something called "skin pockets"...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 13: Green Cars Updated: 2006-08-08 15:52:00 Description: Writer Billy Baker discusses the X Prize race for the 100-MPG car ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 14: Are We Getting Safer? Updated: 2006-08-16 20:01:00 Description: Jonathan Coulton finds out just how much homeland security tech has improved since 9-11....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 15: The Future of Robots Updated: 2006-08-22 17:02:00 Description: Will robots have human intelligence by 2029? Coulton talks with big-thinking futurist Ray Kurzweil about his surprising prediction...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 16: Coulton Gets a Second Life Updated: 2006-08-29 20:40:00 Description: Jonathan Coulton enters a virtual world and learns what it's like to be schizophrenic....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 17: The Worm Whisperer Updated: 2006-09-06 21:27:00 Description: A brilliant zoologist + marine worms + Jell-O = a new understanding of the underground world...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 18: The Invisibility Cloak Updated: 2006-09-12 21:32:00 Description: Can high-tech metamaterials make one of science's most far-flung fantasies a reality?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 19: Catching the Cybercrooks Updated: 2006-09-19 23:20:00 Description: ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 20: Studying Language with Birds Updated: 2006-09-28 17:18:00 Description: Erich Jarvis is breaking new ground in the study of human language. His learning tool of choice? Zebra finches....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 21: Floating Chernobyl Updated: 2006-10-03 22:51:00 Description: A nuclear reactor at sea: Worst idea ever? ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 22: John Hodgman and the Furry Lobster Updated: 2006-10-11 22:20:00 Description: Funnyman John Hodgman (of "Daily Show" fame) visits Lunar Base One and talks...lobsters....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 23: Giant Yellow Jacket Nests Updated: 2006-10-23 18:29:00 Description: What made a swarm of yellow jackets in Alabama build an enormous nest inside a '55 Chevy pickup truck?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 24: Meet Ed Sutt, Creator of PopSci's Innovation of the Year Updated: 2006-11-13 15:47:00 Description: Jonathan's back after conquering a bout of space madness to chat with the man behind the HurriQuake Nail...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 25: An Elemental Fascination Updated: 2006-11-29 21:29:00 Description: Mr. Coulton finds a kindred spirit in Theo Gray, PopSci's science-whiz columnist and the man behind the Periodic Table Table. For more, see popsci.com/periodictable...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 26: MIT's Disco Dance Floor Updated: 2006-11-29 21:32:00 Description: Jonathan gets down with Mike Anderson, one of the MIT students behind the LED-powered homemade disco floor...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 27: Can Tech Solve the World's Water Woes? Updated: 2006-12-18 20:49:00 Description: Coulton talks to water-conflict expert Peter Glick about worldwide disputes over shared water resources, and how technology might come to the rescue....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 28: Cellphones and Sperm Updated: 2007-01-02 15:53:00 Description: Is your phone making you sterile?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 29: Internet Addiction Updated: 2007-01-12 18:04:00 Description: Maybe it's time to admit you have a problem....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 30: Deep Brain Stimulation Updated: 2007-01-23 20:53:00 Description: Coulton talks to neurologist Michele Tagliati about this radical new procedure that's changing our understanding of the human brain. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 31: Homemade Zamboni Updated: 2007-01-30 17:59:00 Description: What do you get when you cross a lawnmower with a snowblower with a 4-wheel-drive utility vehicle? Hint #1: it's awesome. Hint #2: it's a Zamboni....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 32: Plasma Converter Updated: 2007-02-06 19:32:00 Description: Coulton talks to garbage guru Joseph Longo about his company's plasma converter - garbage in, energy out....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 33: Into the Escape Pod Updated: 2007-02-16 18:00:00 Description: Coulton talks to NASA about emergency escape strategies for the new generation of post-shuttle spacecraft. Astronauts on a roller coaster: whee!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 34: Spore Updated: 2007-02-27 15:54:00 Description: Game designer Chaim Gingold talks about his work on the creature editors in Will Wright's highly anticipated game Spore....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 35: Electric Cars Updated: 2007-03-07 21:39:00 Description: ZAP CEO Steve Schneider would like to sell you an electric car that's actually practical. What would it take for him to put you in a zebra-striped car today?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 36: Fly Fights Updated: 2007-03-22 16:46:00 Description: Edward Kravitz, the Don King of fruit fly fights, talks about how the modification of a single gene can make fruit flies fight like the opposite sex....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 37: Super Paint Updated: 2007-05-21 16:07:00 Description: Popsci editor Nicole Dyer won't shut up about this new paint that has no need for primer, dries quickly and doesn't stink....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Bottlecap Tripod Updated: 2007-08-28 19:02:00 Description: Utilize a few nuts and bolts, a soda or water bottle and the often-overlooked tripod mount on the bottom of your digital point-and-shoot to take beautiful, rock-solid shots in low light. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Coffee Can Cellphone Antenna Updated: 2007-08-28 20:13:00 Description: Boost your cell reception at home by hooking your phone's hidden antenna-out to a coffee can antenna...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Old Hard Drive = New Fridge Magnets Updated: 2007-08-28 20:16:00 Description: Find powerful rare-earth magnets inside of a dead hard drive...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD RFID Snooper-Proof Wallet Updated: 2007-08-28 20:18:00 Description: Protect your RFID-equipped credit cards from potential information theft...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Musical Stash For Your Cash Updated: 2007-09-19 20:24:00 Description: Jake demonstrates how to keep prying coworkers out of your secret stuff with this Altoids-tin storage box, complete with an "alarm" fashioned out of the guts of one of those musical greeting cards. Ah, the "sound of punishment." E...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Disposable Cam-Belt Updated: 2007-09-28 20:17:00 Description: Doug explains how to build perhaps the world's most fashionable high-tech belt using only leather straps, a disposable camera and some elbow grease. Oh, and a belt, of course. Far more complex than it soundsâlaunch the video for in-depth instruction ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Parabolic Cookware Wi-Fi Antenna Updated: 2007-10-12 20:22:00 Description: See how to boost your computer's Wi-Fi reception with any piece of parabola-shaped metal cookware...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD |
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