Popular Science Radio

Are you trying to be more active? Alan Taylor brings on Jeff Holove of Basis to talk about their product, the Basis Band. What’s a Basis Band? Similar to a watch, it has sensors to determine how active you are, what your heart rate is, how many calories you’ve burned and more! It keeps track of this data so you can see how you’re doing and you can improve your health.

Today we’re bringing you an exciting hour of Popular Science Radio! To start it off, we have Jeff Holove of Basis on the line to talk about the Basis Band. This band does more than your standard fitness tracking device and can help improve your health. Bettina Bush, the host of Parenting Magazine Live, stops in to say hello and tell us about her show. Have you heard of the bionic eye receiving FDA approval? We bring on Brian Mech of Second Sight to talk about how the eye works. The end of the hour includes a chat with Daniel Cohen who brought us the 3Doodler. What’s a 3Doodler? Well you’ll just have to listen in to find out...

Editor-in-Chief Jacob Ward joins us once again in this hour of Popular Science Radio! Today we cover some of the best prototypes for the year, including a boxtail aircraft, a robot, the Quadski and concentrated beer. David Nabhan, author of "Earthquake Prediction: Answers in Plain Sight", also joins us to talk about his book.

We’re kicking off this hour of Popular Science Radio by talking with the Editor-in-Chief of the magazine: Jacob Ward. Today we’re talking about the 10 best prototypes of the year! One very popular prototype includes the boxtail Synergy Aircraft - a whole new type of plane.

How would you like to build your own robot? Animatronics Engineer Brian Roe has developed Roy the robot; who is controlled by animatronics software. Brian’s intention is to create a low cost kit for teaching people to build their own robots. In the near future, you might be able to build your own Roy!

Necessity is the mother of invention! Today we’re talking about the 10 best prototypes of the year. In this segment, we take some time to talk about the article ‘Apex Predator’. The article assesses whether scientists and volunteers with homemade trackers save sharks from extinction.

Wouldn't it be interesting if we could predict earthquakes? Today we have David Nabhan, the author of "Earthquake Prediction: Answers in Plain Sight--Times and Dates When the Next Great Tremor Might Strike" on the show. David gives us the details on his book and explains the science behind it.

A jet ski and quad in one? You bet! The Quadski has been invented, and we’re talking about it in this month’s issue of Popular Science. Host Alan Taylor and co-host Dr. Cort Stoskopf discuss the price, value and impressiveness of the new vehicle.

To wrap up the hour, we take a look at the Popular Science article "BeerSci: Anywhere Beer". The article covers a new beer concentrate that, when combined with seltzer water, tastes just like a regular beer. Whether or not this is useful, we don’t know! But we definitely thought it was intriguing.

We’ve got one action packed episode of Popular Science for you today! To start us off, we bring on Popular Science Magazine’s Editor-in-Chief Jacob Ward to talk about the article "Warp Factor" and how a NASA scientist is on the verge of time travel. We then shift gears and talk health for the rest of the show! Nutritionist Doug Ingoldsby joins the show to talk about what the ingredients in your microwave dinner actually mean. To wrap it up, Dr. Pam Peeke joins the show talk to us about her book "The Hunger Fix" and how you can change your habits to healthier ones.

Welcome to an all new hour of Popular Science Radio with host Alan Taylor! Last week we brought on Popular Science Magazine’s Editor-in-Chief Jacob Ward and found him so great to talk to that we brought him on again this week! To kick off this hour, Jacob talks about the article "Warp Factor" where a NASA scientist claims to be on the verge of faster-than-light travel.

Are we really getting closer to time travel? Today we’re talking about a NASA scientist claims to be on the verge of faster-than-light travel. Editor-in-Chief of Popular Science Magazine Jacob Ward is on the show talking about the article "Warp Factor" and whether he believes it’s possible.

Now is the time to get healthy! We’ve brought on Nutrionist Doug Ingoldsby to give us some insight on eating healthy and paying attention to pre-packaged foods.

When you eat a microwave dinner, what are you actually consuming? Today we’re talking with Nutritionist Doug Ingoldsby about hidden words in ingredients and what they mean. Doug gives us the details on why it’s important to pay attention to what you’re actually consuming and why eating raw foods is better for you.

Today we’re talking about "re-wiring the brain". We’ve brought on Dr. Pam Peeke, the author of "The Hunger Fix", to talk about her book. Dr. Pam also discusses how you can change your habits so you can become a healthier you.