Popular Science Radio

Popular Science’s Rebecca Boyle joins Alan and the gang to talk about the futuristic LAPD cruiser, and new fractal eye implants. Other topics covered range from training vultures to find bodies to military recon robots the size of hummingbirds.

Alan and the guys are at the National Hardware show is Las Vegas. This week features special guest Ty Pennington. Also, Stephanie Vallejo of Eton joins the guys to talk safety.

Alan is joined by Cort and Karl at the 2011 National Home Builder show. We all need power, and a back-up generator is a smart idea. John Quast of Generac discusses portable, propane generators. Tony Branham of Dewstop has a smart fan to stop mold in its tracks! Dr. Heater has the answer to your heating woes, and Vincent Ma joins the guys to talk about it. Kevin Perpete from GreenWorks Tools discusses ecological power tools for the DIY market. Kris Malkoski and Larry Costello of Craftsman talk about current contests; America’s Treasures, and Unsung Heroes- Dads Making a Difference. Don't miss the big announcement from Craftsman! Got back pain? Get BackJoy. Steve Bijou tells us how.

Team Gamera will soon be attempting to win the American Helicopter Society’s Famed Sikorsky Prize. Brandon Bush, project manager, joins the guys to discuss what the competition is all about, as well as describe the vehicle that may potentially be able to hover and travel by human power alone. Also, don’t miss stories on the rare rinderpest disease, as well as a successful synthetic blood transfusion. Secret, stealth helicopter technology used in the recent Osama Bin Laden raid? Alan weighs in.

Alan Taylor and Dr. Cort Stoskopf are joined by Mike Railey, CEO of Wavejet, to talk about his new jet propelled surfboard. Jacob Ward, West Coast Bureau Chief of Popular Science, discusses how the human body will limit travel technology in the future. The guys talk about the new Nissan Esflow.

The guys discuss new technology ranging from jet propelled surfboards to GPS guided mortars. Chris Welsh from Virgin calls to talk about ocean exploration seven miles below the surface. Also, Dr. Ziv Haskal discusses his research on vascular interventional radiology.

Today we have learned some disturbing things. You can drink your urine, don’t sit near Alan on a roller coaster, there is a possible replacement of the combustion engine, and a pen that records what you write.

Alan and Cort are joined by Dr. Kate Hutton, a leading seismologist at Cal Tech, to discuss the recent earthquake and tsunami. Also, the guys talk about nuclear reactors and radiation.

Ed Justice Jr. hosts. David Rolf discusses renewable energy and the auto-industry. Kate Sellers talks about how iPass is connecting mobile workers to networks. Also, the iPad 2, bacteria, and the recent earthquake.

Alan, Dr.Cort, and Ed Justice Jr. discuss the Watson Computer Project with Eric Brown of IBM. Also, digital cameras, and a smart phone that can make you more beautiful and more efficient.

This week in Popular Science Radio topics range from catapulting drugs across the border to the many uses of your iPhone.

Alan, Carl, and Kort discuss the dangers of odorless gasses and mold. Advances in prosthetics, and television. Noah Shaneck visits from Stitcher Radio.

Alan, Cort, and Karl are joined by Randy Grubb and John Spar to talk about future cameras, a car made of hemp, and a motorhome you can drive from the roof!

Live from CES Greg Stein Ion, consumer arcade games for the iPad, Bowers & Wilkins Group, is introducing the Zeppelin Mini is the ideal iPod speaker. CES Trends, Tablets are Huge, Iphone will control a robotic aircraft with two cameras called the AR Drone, Network Attached Storage.

Alan and Dr. Cort are joined by Jim Rekoske from Honeywell to talk about creating biofuel from plants and animals, what outer-space smells like, and explosives eating sheep!