Summary: <br> Listen below with the audio player or <a href="https://wp.me/pe53l-1xM">Click Here</a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<br> <br> <br> Feedback<br> <br> QOTW: What element from the periodic table represents you?<br> <br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/technoramapodcast">Technorama</a><br> <br> <br> <br> On This Day In History for October 6, 2021<br> This is the 279th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 86 days remaining in 2021.<br> <br> It was on this date in 1927, that saw the Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent “talkie” movie<br> 44 years ago today, The first prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-29, designated 9 -01, made its maiden flight<br> It was on this date in 1995, that The first planet orbiting another sun, 51 Pegasi b, was discovered<br> On October 6, 2007, Jason Lewis completed the first human-powered circumnavigation of the Earth<br> That same date in 2010, Instagram, a mainstream photo-sharing application, was founded<br> <br> Happy birthday goes out on this date to:<br> <br> German navigator and geographer, Martin Behaim, born on this date in 1459.<br> Born October 6, 1846, American engineer and businessman, founded the Westinghouse Air Brake Company George Westinghouse.<br> Canadian engineer and academic, invented radiotelephony, Reginald Fessenden was born 155 years ago today.<br> Meghnad Saha, the Indian astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic was born 128 years ago today.<br> Irish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Ernest Walton, born on this date in 1903.<br> Sergei Sobolev, Russian mathematician and academic was born on that same date in 1908.<br> Italian automobile designer, Orazio Satta Puliga was born 111 years ago today.<br> Riccardo Giacconi, the Italian-American astrophysicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate was born 90 years ago today.<br> Nikolai Chernykh, Russian astronomer was born on that same date in 1931.<br> American computer scientist and academic, Sheila Greibach is 82 today.<br> American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer, Kevin Cronin, born on this date in 1951.<br> Also born on that same date in 1978, Chinese astronaut, Liu Yang.<br> <br> Listener Birthdays<br> <br> 6 – John Deurholt (Jo Dho)<br> 9 – Itsuko Rumpke (sounds like IT SUE-Koe)<br> 9 – Mario (New Jersey)<br> 10 – Victor Cajiao<br> 10 – Garrett Riffal<br> 11 – Bruce Barr<br> <br> And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for February 17, 2021<br> <br> If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSenNyl8MEsC_eVDvCerLe8wNvhgtjg2d7F0Yj0IFYl4dOU2uA/viewform">Birthday Calendar</a> link.<br> <br> News<br> <br> <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-58748934">AI can predict if it will rain in two hours’ time – BBC News</a><br> <a href="https://nypost.com/2021/10/02/comet-as-large-as-small-planet-barreling-toward-solar-system/">Comet as large as small planet barreling toward solar system</a><br> <a href="https://scitechdaily.com/astronomers-may-have-discovered-the-first-known-planet-to-orbit-3-stars/">Astronomers May Have Discovered the First Known Planet to Orbit 3 Stars</a><br> <br> Shout out to the chat room<br> Watch us live every Sunday night at 9:30PM ET on Facebook. Go to Join our page and get notified automatically. Join us on the live chat!<br> Remember When<br> <br> <a href="https://www.livescience.com/ways-einstein-changed-the-world">7 ways Einstein changed the world | Live Science</a><br> <br> Thank you Patrons!<br> This show is brought to you by… YOU! Thank you to our Patrons who enable us to keep the show running and bring you special episodes.<br> <br> <br> <br> Alexis Duran<br> Amber Elstad<br> Amy Bowen<br> Avner Braverman<br> <br>
