Episode 27: (Season 2) Beaming Bitcoin Satellites Running Driverless

This is the start of our second year of podcasting - yay! In this episode we talk about:

• The semi-realization of a real life tractor/levitation beam.


• Lots of talk about Bitcoin from Stripe, Robinhood, and 50 Cent.


• A disco ball satellite revolving around the Earth.


• US soldiers giving away their locations because of their addiction to fitness.


• And driverless cars are going to be careening through the streets of Atlanta!

Plus FIVE (yes FIVE!) great tech recommendations.

Special Guests: Adam Harrell and Kathryn O'Day.

Links:

• Forget the Robot Singularity Apocalypse. Let's Talk About the Multiplicity | WIRED
• Tractor beam breakthrough could lead to levitating humans - CNET
• MIT Scientists Design Artificial Synapse for Brain-Like Computer Chips | Inverse
• Artificial intelligence is going to supercharge surveillance - The Verge
• Ending Bitcoin support
• A disco ball-like satellite is orbiting earth. Here's why. - CNN
• 50 Cent realizes he’s a Bitcoin millionaire thanks to sales of a 2014 album | TechCrunch
• U.S. soldiers are revealing sensitive and dangerous information by jogging - The Washington Post
• Fitness tracking app gives away location of secret US army bases | Technology | The Guardian
• Waymo coming to Atlanta
• 'Jackpotting' hackers steal over $1 million from ATMs across U.S.: Secret Service

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