NickNackNerd

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TECHNOLOGY

Join Greg Burlet and Anthony Keelan as they navigate the world of technology, hobbies, and DIY projects. Robots, 3D printing, raspberry pis, cryptocurrency, AI, peer-to-peer, and more. Learn their history, how they work, and how they impact society.

09/06/2021

EP 12 - Neuralink Smoothies

Greg and Anto talk about latest developments at Neuralink, Elon's brain-machine interface company. It's come a long way since the sniffing pigs demo and now there's a monkey that can move a cursor and play pong with its brain. We speculate and talk about the future of this technology and some of the positive and negative societal implications. Anto blows Greg's mind with a crazy thought about the purpose of sleep.

1h 1m
02/02/2021

EP 11 - Can't Stop, Won't Stop, Gamestop

Greg and Anto bring in their pal Terry, a seasoned retail investor, to talk about what the heck is happening with GME Gamestop in the stock market right now. He brings us up to speed with the history of Gamestop, what happened with the hedge fund Melvin Capital, and how certain Redditors played a part in this all to form a global movement that puts the stock market on its heels.

1h 0m
12/01/2021

EP 10 - Start a Podcast For 10 Bucks

Greg and Anto talk about how to start a podcast on the cheap. Like, real cheap. Equipment, mic setups, editing software, hosting, websites, and domains. See how we did it for basically nothing and maybe start your own.

59 min
07/11/2020

EP 9 - The Birth of MOBAs

Greg and Anto talk about the birth of the MOBA video game genre. Where did popular games like League of Legends, DOTA 2, Heroes of the Storm and Smite come from? What other games spun off in this way? We go back to Warcraft III and relive the good ol' days.

42 min
03/10/2020

EP 8 - Mini Me Computers

Greg and Anto talk about the tiny world of Arduinos, Raspberry Pis, sensors, and mishaps with low-voltage electricity as they relive their hack day building an Arduino theremin. Learn about breadboards, prototyping your own project, and tools you need to get started.

51 min
12/09/2020

EP 7 - Instant Messaging

Greg and Anto (both 14/f/cali) talk about the early days of the internet and the advent of instant messaging from IRC and chat rooms all the way to the modern messaging apps we take for granted today for instant communication. What a time it was to grow up in the 90s.

60 min
28/07/2020

EP 6 - How AI Works

Greg and Anto talk about AI: what it is, how it's trained by software engineers, how you can use it for your personal or company projects, some interesting modern uses of AI, and societal and ethical implications of the technology.

1h 4m
29/06/2020

EP 5 - 3D Printing

Anto teaches Greg the ins and outs of 3D printing: how they work, how much they cost, what you can print, programs to design models, and tips for success.

1h 2m
30/05/2020

EP 4 - Unsolved Ciphers

Anto and Greg talk about unsolved ciphers: the Zodiac killer, the Beale papers, the Dorabella ciphers, Kryptos, the Voynich manuscript, and the Somerton man.

1h 8m
19/04/2020

EP 3 - Cryptography

History of code making and code breaking, languages, pen and paper cyphers, WWII enigma, modern cryptography, RSA, PGP, passwords

1h 5m
14/02/2020

EP 2 - Build Your Own Computer

Learn what the important parts of a computer are, how they work, and how to put one together. It's like adult LEGO!

57 min
30/01/2020

EP 1 - Robots

Disneyland animatronics, Battlestar Galactica, Alan Turing, Boston Dynamics, AI, machine learning, robot taxes, universal basic income, chat and twitter bots

54 min

12 Episodes

Creator

nicknacknerd
Years Active

2020 - 2021
Episodes

12
Rating

Explicit
Show Website

NickNackNerd

NickNackNerd

Episodes

EP 12 - Neuralink Smoothies

EP 11 - Can't Stop, Won't Stop, Gamestop

EP 10 - Start a Podcast For 10 Bucks

EP 9 - The Birth of MOBAs

EP 8 - Mini Me Computers

EP 7 - Instant Messaging

EP 6 - How AI Works

EP 5 - 3D Printing

EP 4 - Unsolved Ciphers

EP 3 - Cryptography

EP 2 - Build Your Own Computer

EP 1 - Robots

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