Technorama Chuck Tomasi and Kreg Steppe
-
- News
-
Take a light hearted look at the world of tech, science, and sci-fi. Special interviews with industry notables. Feed Your Inner Geek!
-
Episode 736: Neutrons Cannot Drive Electric Cars
Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show.
Feedback
QOTW: If humans discovered a way to teleport anywhere on Earth instantaneously, how would this change daily life and global society?
On This Day In History for March 13, 2024
This is the 73rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 293 days remaining in 2024.
It was on this date in 1639, that Harvard College was named after clergyman John Harvard.
It was 243 years ago today that William Herschel discovered Uranus.
162 years ago today, The Act Prohibiting the Return of Slaves was passed by the United States Congress, effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation.
Also on March 13, 1930, The news of the discovery of Pluto was announced by Lowell Observatory.
It was 55 years ago today that Apollo 9 returned safely to Earth after testing the Lunar Module.
The Seikan Tunnel, the longest tunnel in the world with an undersea segment, opened between Aomori and Hakodate, Japan. on this date in 1988
It was also this date in 2020 that President Donald Trump declared the COVID-19 pandemic to be a national emergency in the United States.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
American astronomer and mathematician, Percival Lowell, born on this date in 1855.
John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, American physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate was born on that same date in 1899.
American chemist and Women’s Army Corps officer, Myrtle Bachelder was born 116 years ago today.
L. Ron Hubbard, American author was born on that same date in 1911.
Born March 13, 1916, American engineer and academic Jacque Fresco.
Ralph J. Roberts, the American businessman, co-founded Comcast was born 104 years ago today.
Al Jaffee, American cartoonist was born on that same date in 1921.
American singer-songwriter and pianist, Neil Sedaka is 85 today.
Also born on that same date in 1942, American computer scientist and engineer, Dave Cutler.
Also turning 79 today is Russian mathematician and academic Anatoly Fomenko.
Listener Birthdays
13 – Johanna Gonzalez a.k.a. MightyJo
14 – Pi Day (3/14)
16 – Michelle Lopez a.k.a. CntrySigns
18 – Gregory Lemon @ GregoryLemon.com
19 – JT Shea of The Gigcast and JT Ukes at 40
19 – Michael R. Mennenga
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for March 13, 2024
If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link.
News
NASA Launches Astronauts After Finding Crack in Spacecraft During Countdown
Archimedes’ death ray might have worked, teen science project suggests | CNN
Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos-backed fusion energy pioneer claims ‘pivotal moment’ | Recharge
Quantum Computing Takes a Giant Leap With Light-Based Processors
Shout out to the chat room -
Episode 735: Going on a Voyage
Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show.
Feedback
QOTW:
If time travel was possible and you could send a modern smartphone back to a scientist from the past, who would you choose and how do you think it would change history?
On This Day In History for February 21, 2024
This is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 314 days remaining in 2024.
It was on this date in 1804, that The first self-propelling steam locomotive made its outing at the Pen-y-Darren Ironworks in Wales
That same date in 1842, John Greenough was granted the first U.S. patent for the sewing machine
It was on this date in 1878, that The first telephone directory was issued in New Haven, Connecticut
That same date in 1925, The New Yorker published its first issue
In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrated the first “instant camera”, the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America on this date in 1947
On February 21, 1948, NASCAR was incorporated
It was also this date in 1972 that The Soviet uncrewed spaceship Luna 20 landed on the Moon
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
German astronomer, composer, and theorist, Sethus Calvisius, born on this date in 1556.
Francis Ronalds, the British scientist, inventor and engineer who was knighted for developing the first working electric telegraph was born 236 years ago today.
Danish biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate, Henrik Dam was born 129 years ago today.
Born February 21, 1921, American aeronautical engineer Richard T. Whitcomb.
American computer scientist and engineer, Thelma Estrin was born 100 years ago today.
Also born on that same date in 1943, American businessman, co-founded DreamWorks and Geffen Records, David Geffen.
United States Senator, American captain, pilot, and astronaut, Mark Kelly is 60 today.
Listener Birthdays
23 – Zhadum
23 – Keith Hughes(a.k.a. EdGizmo)
25 – Norbert
25 – Sandi Sheppard (Mark’s lovely wife)
28 – Wayne “Your Ad Here” Pittenger – Bethlehem PA
29 – Paul Dove a.k.a Eilmer From Malmesbury UK
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for February 21, 2024
If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link.
News
Water molecules found on asteroids thought to be ‘completely dry’ | CNN
Private Odysseus moon lander beams home 1st photos from space | Space
Hacks & Strange Stories
‘Rat Dck’ Among Gibberish AI Images Published in Science Journal
You’ve tried plant-based meat, but here come meat-based plants
AI falsely fines Dutch man 380 euro for using phone while driving – The Jerusalem Post
Shout out to the chat room
Watch us live every Sunday night at 8:30PM ET on Facebook. -
Episode 734: Heart Flush
Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show.
Feedback
QOTW: Take your favorite Superhero and give them a D&D Class
On This Day In History for February 14, 2024
This is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 321 days remaining in 2024.
It was on this date in 1778, that The United States flag was formally recognized by a foreign naval vessel for the first time, when French Admiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte rendered a nine gun salute to USS Ranger, commanded by John Paul Jones
Also today in 1849, In New York City, James Knox Polk became the first serving President of the United States to have his photograph taken
That same date in 1855, Texas was linked by telegraph to the rest of the United States, with the completion of a connection between New Orleans and Marshall, Texas
It was 148 years ago today, that Alexander Graham Bell applied for a patent for the telephone, as did Elisha Gray
It was also this date in 1899 that Voting machines were approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections
It was on this date in 1912, that The U.S. Navy commissioned its first class of diesel-powered submarines
It was 106 years ago today that Russia adopted the Gregorian calendar.
It was also this date in 1924 that The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changed its name to International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)
February 14, 1961, Discovery of the chemical element 103, Lawrencium, was first synthesized at the University of California
That same date in 1990, The Voyager 1 spacecraft took the photograph of planet Earth that later became famous as Pale Blue Dot
On February 14, 2000, The spacecraft NEAR Shoemaker entered orbit around asteroid 433 Eros, the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid
It was also this date in 2005 that YouTube was launched by a group of college students, eventually becoming the largest video sharing website in the world and a main source for viral videos
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
German priest and mathematician, Johannes Werner, born on this date in 1468.
Born February 14, 1819, American journalist and politician, invented the typewriter Christopher Latham Sholes.
French astronomer and academic, Benjamin Baillaud, born on this date in 1848.
George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., the American engineer, inventor of the Ferris wheel was born 165 years ago today.
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, Scottish physicist and meteorologist, Nobel Prize laureate was born on that same date in 1869.
American actor and producer, Jack Benny was born 130 years ago today.
Fritz Zwicky, Swiss-American physicist and astronomer was born on that same date in 1898.
American mathematician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Herbert A. Hauptman was born 107 years ago today.
Born February 14, 1934, American actress and singer Florence Henderson.
Also turning 57 today is Greek-English businessman, founded easyJet Stelios Haji-Ioannou.
English actor, director, and producer, Simon Pegg is 54 today.
Estonian computer programmer, co-developed Skype, Jaan Tallinn, born on this date in 1972.
Listener Birthdays
14 – Douglas E. Welch of Career Opportunities Podcast
14 – Andrew from Illinois
15 – Philip from Australia
17 – Bob Trate of MegaPodTastic and Action Figure Junkies
18 – Hot John Miller of MegaPodTastic
18 – Ray Insalaco – Central Village, CT
19 – Scooter in Connecticut
19 – Steve in Sumter
19 – Steve Cody(Columbia, -
Episode 734: Heart Flush
Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show.
Feedback
QOTW: Take your favorite Superhero and give them a D&D Class
On This Day In History for February 14, 2024
This is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 321 days remaining in 2024.
It was on this date in 1778, that The United States flag was formally recognized by a foreign naval vessel for the first time, when French Admiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte rendered a nine gun salute to USS Ranger, commanded by John Paul Jones
Also today in 1849, In New York City, James Knox Polk became the first serving President of the United States to have his photograph taken
That same date in 1855, Texas was linked by telegraph to the rest of the United States, with the completion of a connection between New Orleans and Marshall, Texas
It was 148 years ago today, that Alexander Graham Bell applied for a patent for the telephone, as did Elisha Gray
It was also this date in 1899 that Voting machines were approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections
It was on this date in 1912, that The U.S. Navy commissioned its first class of diesel-powered submarines
It was 106 years ago today that Russia adopted the Gregorian calendar.
It was also this date in 1924 that The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changed its name to International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)
February 14, 1961, Discovery of the chemical element 103, Lawrencium, was first synthesized at the University of California
That same date in 1990, The Voyager 1 spacecraft took the photograph of planet Earth that later became famous as Pale Blue Dot
On February 14, 2000, The spacecraft NEAR Shoemaker entered orbit around asteroid 433 Eros, the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid
It was also this date in 2005 that YouTube was launched by a group of college students, eventually becoming the largest video sharing website in the world and a main source for viral videos
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
German priest and mathematician, Johannes Werner, born on this date in 1468.
Born February 14, 1819, American journalist and politician, invented the typewriter Christopher Latham Sholes.
French astronomer and academic, Benjamin Baillaud, born on this date in 1848.
George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., the American engineer, inventor of the Ferris wheel was born 165 years ago today.
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, Scottish physicist and meteorologist, Nobel Prize laureate was born on that same date in 1869.
American actor and producer, Jack Benny was born 130 years ago today.
Fritz Zwicky, Swiss-American physicist and astronomer was born on that same date in 1898.
American mathematician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Herbert A. Hauptman was born 107 years ago today.
Born February 14, 1934, American actress and singer Florence Henderson.
Also turning 57 today is Greek-English businessman, founded easyJet Stelios Haji-Ioannou.
English actor, director, and producer, Simon Pegg is 54 today.
Estonian computer programmer, co-developed Skype, Jaan Tallinn, born on this date in 1972.
Listener Birthdays
14 – Douglas E. Welch of Career Opportunities Podcast
14 – Andrew from Illinois
15 – Philip from Australia
17 – Bob Trate of MegaPodTastic and Action Figure Junkies
18 – Hot John Miller of MegaPodTastic
18 – Ray Insalaco – Central Village, CT
19 – Scooter in Connecticut
19 – Steve in Sumter
19 – Steve Cody(Columbia, -
Episode 733: Playing with the Speed of Light
Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show.
Feedback
QOTW:
Fill in the blank: The reason I run or play Dungeon and Dragon’s is _______ (Wrong answers only)
Email from Tom Posz
Remember our old text discussion from long ago?
Well, I have a new phrase, from a church sign:
“Honk if you love Jesus, Text if you want to meet him!”
On This Day In History for January 17, 2024
This is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 349 days remaining in 2024.
It was on this date in 1524, that Giovanni da Verrazzano set sail westward from Madeira to find a sea route to the Pacific Ocean.
It was also this date in 1773 that Captain James Cook led the first expedition to sail south of the Antarctic Circle.
It was on this date in 1912, that British polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott reached the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen
74 years ago today, Eleven thieves stole more than $2 million from an armored car company’s offices in Boston as part of The Great Brink’s Robbery:.
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivered a televised farewell address to the nation three days before leaving office, in which he warned against the accumulation of power by the “military-industrial complex” as well as the dangers of massive spending, especially deficit spending on this date in 1961
Also on January 17, 2007, The Doomsday Clock was set to five minutes to midnight in response to North Korea’s nuclear testing
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
German physician and botanist, Leonhart Fuchs, born on this date in 1501.
English physician, astrologer, and mathematician, Robert Fludd was born 450 years ago today.
American publisher, inventor, and politician, 6th President of Pennsylvania, Benjamin Franklin, born on this date in 1706.
Born January 17, 1834, German biologist, zoologist, and geneticist August Weismann.
Carl Laemmle, German-born American film producer, co-founded Universal Studios was born on that same date in 1867.
Antoni Łomnicki, the Polish mathematician and academic was born 143 years ago today.
American pilot and businessman, founded the Glenn L. Martin Company, Glenn L. Martin, born on this date in 1886.
American mob boss, Al Capone was born 125 years ago today.
Jewel Plummer Cobb, American biologist, cancer researcher, and academic was born on that same date in 1924.
English-American hairdresser and businessman, Vidal Sassoon, born on this date in 1928.
American actor, James Earl Jones is 93 today.
Born January 17, 1933, American actress, puppeteer/ventriloquist, and television host Shari Lewis.
American computer scientist and academic, Anita Borg was born 75 years ago today.
Born January 17, 1949, American actor and comedian Andy Kaufman.
Canadian-American actor and producer, Jim Carrey, born on this date in 1962.
Also turning 54 today is Russian-American animator, director, and producer of Dexter’s Laboratory, Samurai Jack, Star Wars: Clone Wars, Sym-Bionic Titan, Hotel Transylvania, Primal, Unicorn: Warriors Eternal, Genndy Tartakovsky.
Listener Birthdays
Jan
17 – fuffy_frog (aka Kristina) originally from Canada but now from Thailand
21 – Michael Rabalais
22 – TAW012294
23 – Kathie Luke, IL
23 – Chris Moody from PodioMedia Chat
23 – Keith Lane from TGGeeks
24 – Cynthia Fry
25 – Kreg Steppe
26 – Will The Computer Guy
27 – Mark in Memphis -
Episode 732: Quantum Whiplash
Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show.
Feedback
QOTW: What are you looking forward to in the new year?
On This Day In History for January 10, 2024
This is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 356 days remaining in 2024.
It was on this date in 1776, that Thomas Paine published his pamphlet Common Sense.
The first steamboat on the Ohio River or the Mississippi River arrived in New Orleans, 82 days after departing from Pittsburgh on this date in 1812
January 10, 1863, The Metropolitan Railway, the world’s oldest underground railway, opened between Paddington and Farringdon, marking the beginning of the London Underground.
It was 154 years ago today, that John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
Also today in 1927, Fritz Lang’s futuristic film Metropolis was released in Germany.
The United States Army Signal Corps successfully conducted Project Diana, bouncing radio waves off the Moon and receiving the reflected signals on this date in 1946
It was 34 years ago today, that Time Warner was formed by the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
German physician and explorer, Martin Lichtenstein, born on this date in 1780.
Carl Ritter von Ghega, the Italian-Austrian engineer, designed the Semmering railway was born 222 years ago today.
Italian paleontologist, archaeologist, and ethnographer, Luigi Pigorini, born on this date in 1842.
Issai Schur, the German mathematician and academic was born 149 years ago today.
German mathematician and academic, Heinrich Behmann was born 133 years ago today.
American physicist and engineer, Katharine Burr Blodgett, born on this date in 1898.
Ray Bolger, American actor and dancer was born on that same date in 1904.
Gordon Kidd Teal, the American engineer and inventor was born 117 years ago today.
Roy E. Disney, American businessman was born on that same date in 1930.
Also born on that same date in 1936, American physicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate, Robert Woodrow Wilson.
American computer scientist and mathematician, Donald Knuth, born on this date in 1938.
Also born on that same date in 1953, American singer-songwriter, Pat Benatar.
American computer scientist and academic, Kathryn S. McKinley is 62 today.
Listener Birthdays
15 – Ralph Whitfield (aka GoofyRalph)
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for January 10, 2024
If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link.
News
NASA is headed for the moon next week, and it’s bringing lots of weird stuff | Popular Science
‘Star Trek technology made real’: Scientists teleport images using light – Study Finds
Hacks & Strange Stories
Neptune and Uranus seen in true colours for first time
Shout out to the chat room
Watch us live every Sunday night at 8:30PM ET on Facebook. Go to Join our page and get notified automatically. Join us on the live chat!
Thank you Patrons!
This show is brought to you by… YOU! Thank you to our Patrons who enable us to keep the show running and bring you special episodes...
Customer Reviews
One of the best
Chuck and Craig do a terrific show. It’s fun and informative. I don’t always get all the jokes. I’m still Trying to figure out why ‘Rays and things’ is funny
But that said, I like it!
Tech, science, sci fi and all that geeky goodness
For those of us who grew up with the tech revolution this is the show for you. Younger listers may not have heard of older tech items discussed but there is always something fun and interesting in every episode. Great show notes so you can look up items you heard on the podcast. 101 :)
This podcast rocks, flat out.
A laid back look at tech that includes a ton of fun and hilarity. This is one podcast you will not want to miss.