Sinopsis
We are a team of extraordinary people who come together weekly to podcast and make arbitrary decisions about topics on science, technology, and random shit.
Episodios
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CouncilCast #209 - I'll Rev Your Engine...Remotely - 5/10/22
05/01/2025 Duración: 42minScience Don't wear sunscreen: https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/05/corals-convert-sunscreen-chemical-into-a-toxin-that-kills-them/ Space explosion: https://gizmodo.com/russian-motor-spontaneously-explodes-in-orbit-creating-1848880566 Technology How do you get your engine revving: https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/6/23059874/ford-patent-application-remote-engine-revving-system Forget heads up displays: https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/5/23058193/microsoft-hololens-moving-platform-cars-boats-vehicles-volkswagen-driving-hud Other Cool/Weird Shit Canada will put you in moon jail: https://gizmodo.com/canada-crimes-committed-on-the-moon-1848859299 Best gift for anyone: https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/3/23055713/simone-giertz-yetch-inventor-creator-youtube
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CouncilCast #208 - The Salty Episode - 5/3/22
04/01/2025 Duración: 41minScience Shock therapy, now with more flavor: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/04/electric-chopsticks-stimulate-your-food-to-make-it-taste-50-saltier/ How many phases of water are there: https://gizmodo.com/physicists-defy-haters-create-tetragonal-ice-1848682806 Technology We are becoming robots: https://gizmodo.com/electrical-probes-forcibly-steer-your-head-toward-lost-1848867980 Make sure you backup: https://gizmodo.com/university-loses-valuable-supercomputer-research-after-1848286983 Other Cool/Weird Shit Make music anywhere: https://gizmodo.com/these-two-bluetooth-bracelets-put-an-entire-orchestra-o-1848614206 How old is your cell phone: https://gizmodo.com/diy-rotary-cell-phone-kit-with-e-paper-oled-displays-1848843721
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CouncilCast #207 - Would you rather go blind or never have sex again - 4/26/22
03/01/2025 Duración: 52minScience Can you evenly split an oreo: https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/19/us/oreo-filling-study-scn/index.html Being horny will make you blind: https://gizmodo.com/viagra-cialis-erectile-dysfunction-eye-problems-side-ef-1848763074 Technology Who will fix Final Cut Pro: https://gizmodo.com/filmmakers-to-apples-tim-cook-please-make-updates-to-f-1848819033 Ex-Twitter: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/04/twitter-announces-deal-to-sell-company-to-elon-musk-for-44-billion/ Other Cool/Weird Shit How do you set a timer: https://gizmodo.com/anime-style-kitchen-timer-is-wonderfully-over-the-top-1848817008 A Tesla wants to fly: https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/22/23037654/tesla-crash-private-jet-reddit-video-smart-summon
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CouncilCast #206 - Poop Robots Left You an Upper Steam Decker - 4/19/22
02/01/2025 Duración: 39minScience Go to space in style: https://www.space.com/space-perspective-space-tourism-balloon-capsule-interior Slimebot will clean you out: https://www.engadget.com/magnetic-self-healing-slime-170524638.html?src=rss Technology Key an eye on your iOS device tracking: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/04/a-year-after-apple-enforces-app-tracking-policy-covert-ios-tracking-remains/ Does your steam deck need more power: https://gizmodo.com/steam-deck-mod-adds-amd-desktop-gpu-for-4k-gaming-1848787629 Other Cool/Weird Shit Why does everyone want to game from bed: https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/8/23017239/electric-gaming-bed-bauhutte-motorized-desk-station Rubbing one out might do more harm than good: https://gizmodo.com/a-man-tore-his-lung-from-masturbating-doctors-say-1848799773
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CouncilCast #205 - Cat Protein Powder Powers the Space Station - 4/12/22
01/01/2025 Duración: 41minScience Most expensive hotel room with a view: https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/04/the-axiom-1-crew-launches-today-are-these-guys-tourists-astronauts-or-what/ Cats for everyone: https://gizmodo.com/hypoallergenic-cats-crispr-gene-editing-1848713100 Technology Turn on the stabilizers: https://gizmodo.com/staybl-makes-reading-easier-for-ipad-users-with-hand-tr-1848776672 Are they still solar panels if they work at night: https://www.npr.org/2022/04/07/1091320428/solar-panels-that-can-generate-electricity-at-night-have-been-developed-at-stanf Other Cool/Weird Shit But what about for space: https://www.engadget.com/netflix-will-let-you-give-shows-a-two-thumbs-up-160048116.html?src=rss Bring on the nerf war: https://gizmodo.com/adam-savage-built-an-absolutely-maniacal-dart-blasting-1848661369
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CouncilCast #204 - Can you Play GeForce Now From the Space Station? - 4/5/22
31/12/2024 Duración: 43minScience Let's look under the hood: https://gizmodo.com/full-human-genome-finally-mapped-1848732687 No space station for you: https://www.engadget.com/russia-suspends-iss-cooperation-153506829.html?src=rss Technology Is this a free version of Windows: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/03/microsoft-accidentally-reveals-that-it-is-testing-ads-in-windows-explorer/ You'd be a lunatic to have forgotten about luna: https://www.polygon.com/22956365/amazon-luna-release-date-price-games-list Other Cool/Weird Shit Dyson headset will blow you away: https://gizmodo.com/dyson-zone-headphones-come-with-an-air-purifying-face-g-1848582394 This would make me golf more: https://gizmodo.com/someone-made-rodney-dangerfields-club-launching-golf-ba-1848711796
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CouncilCast #203 - Pickle Rick Fried Ice Cream - 3/29/22
30/12/2024 Duración: 48minScience No more crew dragon for you: https://www.engadget.com/spacex-ends-crew-dragon-production-171430309.html?src=rss Time for guys to get on the pill: https://gizmodo.com/a-birth-control-pill-for-men-could-start-human-trials-t-1848685598 Technology Don't plan on updating your Mac Studio SSD: https://www.engadget.com/mac-studio-ssd-software-lock-211410274.html?src=rss Get your next cab...from Uber? https://gizmodo.com/new-york-yellow-cabs-will-finally-run-through-uber-1848699908 Other Cool/Weird Shit How not to use your Apple watch: https://gizmodo.com/an-angry-stalker-used-an-apple-watch-wrapped-around-his-1848714771 What's better than a Shamrock shake?: https://gizmodo.com/rick-and-morty-wendys-pickle-rick-frosty-1848655289
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CouncilCast #202 - Boca Chica the Garbage Scow of Texas - 3/22/22
29/12/2024 Duración: 54minScience We're going to space: https://www.engadget.com/spacex-starship-orbital-test-flight-211052728.html?src=rss Can it cool my beer: https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/03/absolutely-bonkers-experiment-measures-antiproton-orbiting-helium-ion/ Technology Netflix may charge you more to share your password: https://gizmodo.com/netflix-testing-new-guilt-tax-for-password-sharers-1848665352 No algorithms for you: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/03/proposed-law-in-minnesota-would-ban-algorithms-to-protect-the-children/ Other Cool/Weird Shit Would you jump out of a plane if you could land in another: https://www.engadget.com/two-master-skydivers-will-swap-planes-mid-air-in-hulu-livestream-130008949.html?src=rss New tires: https://gizmodo.com/tired-of-waiting-for-airless-tires-just-build-your-own-1848654475
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CouncilCast #201 - Plains, Tranes, and Sexy Mosquitoes - 3/15/22
28/12/2024 Duración: 40minScienceSexy mosquitoes: https://gizmodo.com/2-billion-genetically-modified-mosquitoes-cleared-for-r-1848630797 Drink more water: https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/24/22895124/iceberg-south-georgia-melt-fresh-water-climate TechnologyImprove your road trips: https://www.engadget.com/audi-holoride-summer-2022-154356466.html?src=rss GeForce Now offers more options: https://www.engadget.com/nvidia-geforce-now-rtx-3080-monthly-plan-165932532.html?src=rss Other Cool/Weird ShitWill robots replace horses: https://gizmodo.com/kawasaki-debuts-a-deranged-rideable-goat-robot-1848648443 When your baby is ready to game: https://www.engadget.com/vtech-level-up-baby-gamer-chair-230049094.html?src=rss
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CouncilCast #200 - The Gran Chorizo - 3/8/22
27/12/2024 Duración: 44minScience Let's protect the moon: https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/03/the-us-space-force-plans-to-extend-its-operations-to-the-moon/ How to opt out of tracking: https://gizmodo.com/the-birds-outsmarted-us-magpies-help-each-other-remov-1848575846 Technology Give us open source or we'll hack you: https://pcper.com/2022/03/the-nvidia-cyberattack-drama-continues/ Can it play Fortnight?: https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/9/22925420/sony-ai-gran-turismo-driving-gt-sophy-nature-paper Other Cool/Weird Shit Look mom, no hands: https://gizmodo.com/your-brain-will-have-a-hard-time-processing-this-self-b-1847091454 More than one way to take your internet offline: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/04/cable-chewing-beavers-take-out-towns-internet-in-uniquely-canadian-outage/
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CouncilCast #199 - GeForce Now Powered by Hydraulics - 3/1/22
26/12/2024 Duración: 55minScience Why didn't the dinosaurs live: https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/02/fish-fossils-show-asteroid-that-wiped-out-the-dinosaurs-struck-in-the-spring/ Did he see a white light: https://gizmodo.com/doctors-were-able-to-study-a-mans-brain-activity-as-he-1848590805 Technology New DP tech to fix your speeds: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/02/displayport-2-0-labels-specify-bandwidth-to-avoid-hdmi-2-1-like-confusion/ Who needs electric powered drones: https://gizmodo.com/worlds-first-hydraulic-drone-can-fly-500-miles-1848587714 Other Cool/Weird Shit What would you like your shutter sound to be: https://gizmodo.com/nikon-might-make-a-shutter-button-that-meows-for-z9-1848603845 When your kid just won't stop watching youtube: https://gizmodo.com/man-shut-down-his-towns-internet-while-trying-to-limit-1848556704
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CouncilCast #196 - Windshield Bidet - 2/8/22
23/12/2024 Duración: 35minScienceThe race to mine the moon: https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/01/machine-to-melt-moon-rocks-and-derive-metals-may-launch-in-2024/ These bubbles last forever: https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/01/physicists-have-created-everlasting-bubbles/ TechnologynVidia/arm deal is dead: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/02/nvidia-abandons-66-billion-arm-purchase/ IRS no longer needs your selfie: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/02/irs-stops-requiring-selfies-after-facial-recognition-system-is-widely-panned/ Other Cool/Weird ShitIs your yacht too big: https://www.engadget.com/jeff-bezos-superyacht-rotterdam-bridge-171035670.html?src=rss Who needs a penis anyways: https://gizmodo.com/man-chopped-off-penis-cannabis-induced-psychosis-1848462592
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CouncilCast #195 - Airplane lasers perform colon surgery on pigs - 2/1/22
22/12/2024 Duración: 51minScienceRobots will fix you in the future: https://www.engadget.com/robot-surgeon-laparoscopic-surgery-pig-intestine-102038885.html?src=rss Volcanos are just big nukes: https://www.npr.org/2022/01/21/1074438703/nuclear-test-monitor-calls-tonga-volcano-blast-biggest-thing-that-weve-ever-seen TechnologyHow nutritious is your internet: https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/27/22904705/broadband-nutrition-labels-internet-service-rosenworcel-biden-competition Everything will now track your sleep: https://gizmodo.com/these-new-smart-bulbs-can-track-your-sleep-1848301395 Other Cool/Weird ShitDo you sing in your car: https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/31/22910462/tesla-karaoke-microphones-teslamic-distraction-merchandise-roundup FedEx will laser you your package: https://gizmodo.com/fedex-asks-faa-to-let-it-install-anti-missile-lasers-on-1848361044
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CouncilCast #194 - The Virtual Reality Experience - 1/25/22
21/12/2024 Duración: 50minScienceJames Webb is home: https://gizmodo.com/webb-space-telescope-completes-its-million-mile-journey-1848410686 Time to hit the moon: https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/01/an-old-falcon-9-rocket-may-strike-the-moon-within-weeks/ Technology5G kills: https://www.engadget.com/5-g-rollout-faa-airlines-carriers-c-band-143026349.html?src=rss G suite is no longer free: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/01/google-tells-free-g-suite-users-pay-up-or-lose-your-account/ Other Cool/Weird ShitHow much for your face: https://gizmodo.com/robot-company-will-pay-200k-for-your-face-if-it-s-frie-1848110723 DIDon't: https://gizmodo.com/mans-penis-fills-with-foam-after-diy-erectile-dysfuncti-1848376444
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CouncilCast #193 - There it is - 1/18/22
20/12/2024 Duración: 52minScienceWho needs human hearts anymore: https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/01/pig-heart-transplanted-to-human-for-the-first-time/ What happened to all the stars: https://www.livescience.com/earth-trapped-in-local-bubble TechnologyYou can now get ray tracing on your phone: https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/17/22888966/samsung-exynos-2200-soc-chip-announced-amd-gpu-rdna-2 Why go to the theater when you can just go to your car: https://gizmodo.com/bmw-created-an-absurd-in-car-theater-with-a-31-inch-8k-1848297547 Other Cool/Weird ShitBuy your new tesla shit: https://www.engadget.com/tesla-begins-letting-customers-buy-some-of-its-merch-using-dogecoin-110819070.html?src=rss Go to a concert without going to a concert: https://gizmodo.com/steinways-self-playing-pianos-can-now-sync-with-live-pe-1847944812
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CouncilCast #192 - Bezos 3D Printed His Summer House on the Moon - 1/11/22
19/12/2024 Duración: 33minScienceWho lives in the hut on the moon: https://gizmodo.com/mysterious-hut-spotted-on-far-side-of-the-moon-is-a-h-1848321899 Learning to drive: https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/01/goldfish-can-learn-to-drive-and-navigate-terrestrial-environments/ Technology3D print your next tv: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/01/3d-printing-could-make-oled-laptops-phones-cheaper/ Forget self-driving cars: https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/4/22866699/john-deere-autonomous-farming-ai-machine-vision-kit Other Cool/Weird ShitLook what now comes on a stick: https://gizmodo.com/lg-thinks-the-future-of-tvs-is-just-a-tablet-on-a-stick-1848212090 Parfume de fart: https://gizmodo.com/tiktok-star-who-sells-her-farts-in-jars-starts-selling-1848305521
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CouncilCast #191 - We're Basically Congress - 1/4/22
18/12/2024 Duración: 42minScienceRobots that replicate: https://www.engadget.com/living-robots-self-reproduce-174540921.html?src=rss It gets harder for Neutrinos: https://gizmodo.com/physicists-detect-neutrinos-for-first-time-ever-using-l-1848131886 TechnologyWhere we're going you don't need batteries: https://gizmodo.com/samsungs-new-tv-remote-uses-your-routers-radio-waves-to-1848295844 No more gas engines for you: https://www.engadget.com/hyundai-gas-engine-development-shutdown-174556919.html?src=rss Other Cool/Weird ShitDon't do any challenge that Alexa gives you: https://gizmodo.com/amazon-alexa-told-a-10-year-old-girl-to-play-with-a-liv-1848275928 It's like a sail...but it's a kite: https://gizmodo.com/giant-kite-will-pull-a-ship-across-the-ocean-next-month-1848233992
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CouncilCast #190 - Moon Zombies That You Can Taste - 12/28/21
11/03/2024 Duración: 38minScienceSpace rocks revealed: https://gizmodo.com/vacuum-sealed-container-from-1972-moon-landing-will-fin-1848234198 The James Webb Space Telescope launches: https://www.cnet.com/news-live/watch-live-nasas-james-webb-space-telescope-launch/ TechnologyIf you're a pirate, you can get software for...free: https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-offers-pirates-a-discount-to-get-them-to-use-1848186178 When can you get a usb-c iphone: https://gizmodo.com/usb-c-iphone-sells-for-86-001-proving-apple-is-leavin-1848042351 Other Cool/Weird ShitForget smell-o-vision: https://www.engadget.com/taste-the-tv-lickable-screen-173805499.html?src=rss Car repair is too expensive: https://gizmodo.com/finnish-man-passes-on-paying-22-600-to-replace-his-tes-1848268874
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CouncilCast #189 - NASA's Suck Off Machine is Out of This World - 12/21/21
10/03/2024 Duración: 38minScienceHave you ever seen a millipede: https://www.npr.org/2021/12/20/1066017155/finally-scientists-have-found-a-true-millipede Improve your eyesight in space: https://www.engadget.com/nasa-sleeping-bag-prevent-eyeball-squashing-083937316.html?src=rss TechnologySomeone's been naughty: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/12/the-hdmi-forum-follows-the-usb-if-in-using-new-version-numbers-to-refer-to-old-ports/ Pay to unlock your car: https://www.engadget.com/toyota-key-fob-remote-start-function-requires-subscription-111606852.html?src=rss Other Cool/Weird ShitProtect yourself from 5G radiation: https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/12/anti-5g-quantum-pendants-are-radioactive/ Serve your baby on a robot: https://gizmodo.com/hyundai-made-a-highly-maneuverable-drink-serving-baby-1848226282
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CouncilCast #188 - Space Wings for Algernon - 12/14/21
08/03/2024 Duración: 40minScienceNo more space wings: https://www.engadget.com/bezos-branson-faa-astronaut-wings-215538360.html?src=rss Using lasers to cook: https://gizmodo.com/engineers-cook-3d-printed-chicken-with-lasers-1847709113 TechnologyMercedes beats Tesla: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2021/12/mercedes-benz-gets-worlds-first-approval-for-automated-driving-system/ Finally you can be free: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/11/smart-devices-that-wirelessly-charge-upon-entering-a-room-coming-in-2022/ Other Cool/Weird ShitHow to be a better biker: https://gizmodo.com/this-backpack-turns-into-an-airbag-for-your-head-1847643676 Real rocket league: https://www.engadget.com/bmw-das-race-goal-rocket-league-real-life-161508734.html?src=rss