Summary: Coming up in this episode... (http://www.chuckchat.com/technorama/files/2015/01/IkeaDaboTable-300x225.jpg) * Snaketrooper * Another sign of the singularity * Circular stuff Listen below with the audio player or Click Here (http://wp.me/pe53l-19o) for complete show notes. Feedback * Will the Computer Guy On This Day In History for January 21, 2015 This is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 344 days remaining in 2015. It was on this date in 1789 that the first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth, is printed in Boston, Massachusetts. * January 21, 1899, Opel manufactures its first automobile. * It was 61 years ago today that The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States. * That same date in 1960, Little Joe 1B, a Mercury spacecraft, lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia with Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey on board. * It was 44 years ago today that The current Emley Moor transmitting station, the tallest free-standing structure in the United Kingdom, begins transmitting UHF broadcasts. * January 21, 1976, Commercial service of Concorde begins with the London-Bahrain and Paris-Rio routes. * Production of the iconic DeLorean DMC-12 sports car begins in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland in 1981. * It was 11 years ago today that NASA's MER-A (the Mars Rover Spirit) ceases communication with mission control. The problem lies in the management of its flash memory and is fixed remotely from Earth on February 6. Happy birthday goes out on this date to: * Russian mathematician Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin, born on this date in 1827. * Also born on this date in 1882, Pavel Florensky, another Russian mathematician. * Actor Telly Savalas was born today in 1922. * English actor, singer, and screenwriter, Benny Hill would have been 91 today. * Radio host and actor Wolfman Jack was born today in 1938. * Co-founder of Microsoft, Paul Allen, is 62. * and finally actress Geena Davis is 59. and don't forget today is National Hug Day in the US. * In the dust bowl days, you could get electrocuted (http://io9.com/the-dangers-of-the-dust-bowl-included-electrocution-by-1678668802) And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for January 21, 2015 News * There is real robotics company called Cyberdyne (http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/theres-a-real-robotics-company-called-cyberdyne-and-now-1679979930) * Prominent scientists sign letter of warning about AI risks (http://io9.com/prominent-scientists-sign-letter-of-warning-about-ai-ri-1679487924) * Storm trooper armor beats snake (http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-15/star-wars-stormtrooper-scott-loxley-saved-from-snake-bite/6018338) Listener Birthday Calendar * 21 - Michael Rabalais - Stingray42 * 22 - TAW012294 * 22 - Jason Tucker * 23 - Kathie Luke, IL * 23 - Chris Moody from PodioMedia Chat * 25 - Kreg Steppe * 26 - Will The Computer Guy * 27 - Mark in Memphis If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our Wiki. Hacks & Strange Stories * (from MadMarv) - Man writes program to find ISBN numbers in Pi (http://artificialphilosophy.blogspot.co.uk/2010/11/pisbn-project.html) Shout out to the chat room Join us on the live feed next Sunday night at 9:30PM ET to see and hear the show raw and unedited. Just circle Technorama Podcast, Kreg, or me and you’ll see the announcement when we join the hangout. Remember When * Circular runways? (http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/these-circular-runways-were-designed-to-catapult-planes-1679960133)What could possibly go wrong? * Remember CEDs (http://www.amoeba.com/blog/2014/03/eric-s-blog/videodisc-day-an-introduction-to-the-capacitance-electronic-disc-ced-.html) (capacitance electronic discs)? Media Corner * Real life flying TARDIS!
