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impossible things podcast

Summary: Can Bigfoot ride a unicorn and travel at light speed through the vacuum of space?!?!?!?! Well we don't know either :) tune in to hear us figure it out!!

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 2.3 Personal Jetpacks | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 39:17

Jesse says this is possible! Jimmy shows it for $599.95! Buy yours today! What is considered a jet pack anyway? And that Bernoulli guy and his principle? It was Disneyland, 1966… FAA Investigating journalist using drone at fatal car crash. Go Fast Jetpack! Yves Rossy Commercially available Jetpack from Martin Jet Pack Troy Hartman  

 2.2 Invisibility Cloaks | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 44:48

SPOILER ALERT: Jesse didn’t say it was entirely impossible! Camouflage Solutions How Stuff Works Phys.org Article Gizmodo Article Michigan Tech Story First Demonstrations    

 2.1 Shields Up! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 40:13

In this first episode of season 2, we discuss the possibility of personal force fields! Mission to Mars Plasma Shield for Cancer Protection Star Trek Shields Force Field Armor For the Military      

 1.15.2 US Breakup, Part 2 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 29:21

This week, we end our first season with the second half of our discussion about the US Breakup. See you in a few weeks with a new season!

 1.15.1 Us Breakup, Part 1 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 33:10

Hey listeners, This week (in the first of two parts), we have a guest, Joey Huddleston, on the show to discuss whether or not certain states could succeed from the USA.

 1.14 Jurassic Park | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 43:04

In this week’s episode, we discussed the possibilities of John Hammond’s dream (via Michael Crichton) of a theme park where dinosaurs and humans interact. Is this possible?  

 1.13 Iron Man | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 43:27

Hey Friends! This week, we discussed the possibility of Iron Man or moreso the generality of exoskeletons. Enjoy!

 1.12 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 39:00

” How happy is the blameless vestal’s lot! The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each pray’r accepted, and each wish resign’d;” -Alexander Pope, “Eloisa to Abelard”   MIT Mice Tet1 http://news.ninemsn.com.au/technology/2013/09/24/14/30/memory-erasing-gene-found-in-mice Time Magazine Article http://science.time.com/2013/09/11/memories-can-now-be-created-and-erased-in-a-lab/ Creating and Erasing Memories http://frenchtribune.com/teneur/1319867-creating-and-erasing-memories-lab-possible-now  

 1.11 Holodecks | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 41:49

  Touchscreen that morphs itself: http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/onepercent/2012/06/morphing-touchscreen-lets-you.html Projection technology: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystic_Manor Prototype this episode: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1310479/ Real-life holodeck: http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-real-life-holodeck-in-10-years Holography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holography Astral Projection: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astral_projection Pepper’s Ghost: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepper’s_ghost  

 1.10 Zombies | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 37:54

The Zombie Ant! http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/09/absurd-creature-of-the-week-zombie-ant-fungus/   Krokodil http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/09/zombie-apocalypse-drug-reaches-us-not-joke  

 1.9 The Evolution of Man | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 46:38

 This week, we discussed the evolution of man from here on out. The title is truly deceiving. Enjoy!

 1.8 Who Wants To Live Forever? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 56:54

This week, we discuss immortality…do you want to live forever?

 1.7 Downloading A Human Brain | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 57:00

Hey friends! This week, we discuss the process and possibility of downloading and operating a human brain within a computer. Enjoy!

 1.6 Flying Cars | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 55:07

This week, we discussed Flying Cars and the possibility and IM-possibility of that technology. Spoiler Alert: Jesse is a nay-sayer.

 1.5 Hyperloop | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 57:07

This week the team discusses Elon Musk’s Hyperloop high-speed rail system.

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