Episode 46: Jimmy The Bachelor




Tech Talk Y'all show

Summary: <p>In This Episode:</p> <ul> <li>Apple buys startup focused on lenses for AR glasses (2:14) </li> <li>18% of US Students Now Own Cryptocurrency (4:00) </li> <li>Woman Uses Tinder To Prank Dozens Of Men Into Dating Contest (5:40)</li> <li>Bitcoin Mining Now Accounts for Almost 1% of the World's Energy Consumption (7:58)</li> <li>Trump’s economic adviser: ‘We’re taking a look’ at whether Google searches should be regulated</li> <li>Facebook is rating the trustworthiness of its users (10:02) <ul> <li>Walmart patent filings envision customers strapping on headsets to shop (17:22)</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p>Weird and Wacky Tech: </p> <ul> <li>Robotic sumo wrestling is a thing (19:15) </li> <li>Ghost peppers are saving U.S. grasslands (21:20)</li> <li>Naked Labs introducing body-scanning mirror (24:22) </li> <li>Researchers gave AI curiosity and it played video games all day (26:01) </li> </ul> <p>Tech Recommendations (27:16): </p> <ul> <li>Adam - <a href="https://www.anker.com/" rel="nofollow">Anker battery</a> </li> <li>Sanjay - <a href="http://www.nationalparks.io/?ref=techtalkyall" rel="nofollow">Discover National Parks</a> </li> <li>Shannon - <a href="https://pablo.buffer.com/" rel="nofollow">Pablo </a> </li> </ul> <p>Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes<br> Weird &amp; Wacky theme music is from "Brainwavves" by Strong Sui</p><p>Sponsored By:</p><ul> <li> <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.tenrocket.com/">Ten Rocket</a>: <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.tenrocket.com/">Plan, build, and launch your app with speed and confidence. The ten rocket team works in ten day sprints - because building an app doesn't have to be frustrating. </a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.prototypeprime.com">Prototype Prime</a>: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.prototypeprime.com">Prototype Prime is an incubator focused on early-stage hardware and software startups. We've got a design and development lab where hardware teams can utilize our 3D printers and our electronics manufacturing capabilities. In addition we've got a awesome podcast recording room where great shows like Tech Talk Y'all are recorded! </a> </li> </ul><p>Links:</p><ul> <li><a title="Apple buys startup focused on lenses for AR glasses" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-tech/apple-buys-startup-focused-on-lenses-for-ar-glasses-idUSKCN1LE2VS">Apple buys startup focused on lenses for AR glasses</a></li> <li><a title="Coinbase Survey Shows 18% of US Students Now Own Cryptocurrency" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.coindesk.com/crypto-blockchain-class-universities-coinbase/">Coinbase Survey Shows 18% of US Students Now Own Cryptocurrency</a></li> <li><a title="Woman Uses Tinder To Prank Dozens Of Men Into Dating Contest" rel="nofollow" href="https://blackamericaweb.com/2018/08/21/woman-uses-tinder-to-prank-dozens-of-men-into-dating-contest/">Woman Uses Tinder To Prank Dozens Of Men Into Dating Contest</a></li> <li><a title="BITCOIN MINING NOW ACCOUNTS FOR ALMOST ONE PERCENT OF THE WORLD’S ENERGY CONSUMPTION" rel="nofollow" href="https://theoutline.com/post/6047/bitcoin-mining-accounts-for-almost-one-percent-of-the-worlds-energy-consumption?zd=1&amp;zi=ri4oikke">BITCOIN MINING NOW ACCOUNTS FOR ALMOST ONE PERCENT OF THE WORLD’S ENERGY CONSUMPTION</a></li> <li><a title="Trump’s economic adviser: ‘We’re taking a look’ at whether Google searches should be regulated" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/08/28/trump-wakes-up-googles-himself-and-doesnt-like-what-he-sees-illegal/?noredirect=on&amp;utm_term=.34f1494a0552">Trump’s economic adviser: ‘We’re taking a look’ at whether Google searches should be regulated</a></li> <li><a title="Facebook is rating the trustworthiness of its users on a scale from zero to 1" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/08/21/facebook-is-rating-trustworthiness-its-users-scale-zero-one/?utm_term=.3e43977d6e46">Facebook is rating the trustworthiness of its users on a scale from zero to 1</a></li> <li><a title="Walmart patent filings envision customers strapping on headsets to shop" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/Walmart-patent-filings-envision-customers-13171449.php">Walmart patent filings envision customers strapping on headsets to shop</a></li> <li><a title="Robotic sumo wrestling is a thing and it could be your next favorite sport" rel="nofollow" href="https://mashable.com/2018/04/10/robot-sumo-wrestling/#ttShhOGfXOq9">Robotic sumo wrestling is a thing and it could be your next favorite sport</a></li> <li><a title="Ghost peppers are saving U.S. grasslands—by scaring off hungry mice | Science | AAAS" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/08/ghost-peppers-are-saving-us-grasslands-scaring-hungry-mice">Ghost peppers are saving U.S. grasslands—by scaring off hungry mice | Science | AAAS</a></li> <li><a title="Naked Labs' body-scanning mirror might be the smartest thing in the CNET Smart Home" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.cnet.com/news/naked-labs-body-scanner-smart-mirror-scale-cnet-smart-home/">Naked Labs' body-scanning mirror might be the smartest thing in the CNET Smart Home</a></li> <li><a title="Researchers gave AI curiosity and it played video games all day" rel="nofollow" href="https://thenextweb.com/artificial-intelligence/2018/08/23/researchers-gave-ai-curiosity-and-it-played-video-games-all-day/">Researchers gave AI curiosity and it played video games all day</a></li> </ul>