Summary: <p>This is the start of our second year of podcasting - yay! In this episode we talk about:</p> <ul> <li>The semi-realization of a real life tractor/levitation beam.</li> <li>Lots of talk about Bitcoin from Stripe, Robinhood, and 50 Cent.</li> <li>A disco ball satellite revolving around the Earth.</li> <li>US soldiers giving away their locations because of their addiction to fitness.</li> <li>And driverless cars are going to be careening through the streets of Atlanta!</li> </ul> <p>Plus FIVE (yes FIVE!) great tech recommendations.</p><p>Special Guests: Adam Harrell and Kathryn O'Day.</p><p>Links:</p><ul> <li><a title="Forget the Robot Singularity Apocalypse. Let's Talk About the Multiplicity | WIRED" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.wired.com/story/forget-the-robot-singularity-apocalypse-lets-talk-about-the-multiplicity/">Forget the Robot Singularity Apocalypse. Let's Talk About the Multiplicity | WIRED</a></li> <li><a title="Tractor beam breakthrough could lead to levitating humans - CNET" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.cnet.com/news/tractor-beam-acoustic-levitate-bristol-university-humans/">Tractor beam breakthrough could lead to levitating humans - CNET</a></li> <li><a title="MIT Scientists Design Artificial Synapse for Brain-Like Computer Chips | Inverse" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.inverse.com/article/40402-mit-computer-brain-artificial-synapse">MIT Scientists Design Artificial Synapse for Brain-Like Computer Chips | Inverse</a></li> <li><a title="Artificial intelligence is going to supercharge surveillance - The Verge" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/23/16907238/artificial-intelligence-surveillance-cameras-security">Artificial intelligence is going to supercharge surveillance - The Verge</a></li> <li><a title="Ending Bitcoin support" rel="nofollow" href="https://stripe.com/blog/ending-bitcoin-support">Ending Bitcoin support</a></li> <li><a title="A disco ball-like satellite is orbiting earth. Here's why. - CNN" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/25/world/humanity-star-launch-trnd/index.html">A disco ball-like satellite is orbiting earth. Here's why. - CNN</a></li> <li><a title="50 Cent realizes he’s a Bitcoin millionaire thanks to sales of a 2014 album | TechCrunch" rel="nofollow" href="https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/24/50-cent-bitcoin-millionaire-album-sales/">50 Cent realizes he’s a Bitcoin millionaire thanks to sales of a 2014 album | TechCrunch</a></li> <li><a title="U.S. soldiers are revealing sensitive and dangerous information by jogging - The Washington Post" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/a-map-showing-the-users-of-fitness-devices-lets-the-world-see-where-us-soldiers-are-and-what-they-are-doing/2018/01/28/86915662-0441-11e8-aa61-f3391373867e_story.html?utm_term=.3acf3903900b">U.S. soldiers are revealing sensitive and dangerous information by jogging - The Washington Post</a></li> <li><a title="Fitness tracking app gives away location of secret US army bases | Technology | The Guardian" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/28/fitness-tracking-app-gives-away-location-of-secret-us-army-bases?CMP=share_btn_tw">Fitness tracking app gives away location of secret US army bases | Technology | The Guardian</a></li> <li><a title="Waymo coming to Atlanta" rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/Waymo/status/955492529998241792">Waymo coming to Atlanta</a></li> <li><a title="'Jackpotting' hackers steal over $1 million from ATMs across U.S.: Secret Service" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cyber-atm/jackpotting-hackers-steal-over-1-million-from-atms-across-u-s-secret-service-idUSKBN1FI2QF">'Jackpotting' hackers steal over $1 million from ATMs across U.S.: Secret Service</a></li> </ul>
