Category Archives: Episodes

Homebrew, 3D printed Fisher-Price record-player disc plays “Still Alive”. And a whole bunch of general talk about the maker bot, and the future of this sort of thing. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] – Direct MP3 Download – … Continue reading →

We take a bit of a different tact today, and we get deep and dirty about the SOPA and PIPA bills that are threatening the way the internet works in some very core ways. Dig in! [Audio clip: view full … Continue reading →

Tokyo trains get Star Wars lightsaber handrails. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] – Direct MP3 Download – iTunes Subscription – RSS Feed – The Frogpants Ultra-Feed Tweet Hey! Why not leave us a nice review on iTunes if … Continue reading →

Alan Moore’s signed computer keyboard (may have mystical powers) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] – Direct MP3 Download – iTunes Subscription – RSS Feed – The Frogpants Ultra-Feed Tweet Hey! Why not leave us a nice review on … Continue reading →

Think Geek gets their Portal action on! Great stuff for Christmas! [Audio clip: view full post to listen] – Direct MP3 Download – iTunes Subscription – RSS Feed – The Frogpants Ultra-Feed Tweet Hey! Why not leave us a nice … Continue reading →

If Ghostbusters was a Dr Seuss book DrFaustusAU, whom you’ll remember from this autumn’s Dr Seuss meets Cthulhu mashup, is back at the drawing table, with There Goes A Gozerian, Ghostbuster: a reimagining of Ghostbusters as a Dr Seuss book. … Continue reading →

Lab-grown meat gets closer to reality The little tabs on either end of each piece of meat are Velcro, used to stretch and “exercise” the muscle cells that make up this lab meat. (Some earlier attempts at growing meat in … Continue reading →

ApocaLego: Building end-times with plastic bricks One of my favorite Lego genres — and one for which the Lego Group will never release a set — is that of ApocaLego. Whether it’s a zombocalypse, bioplague, robot insurrection, or nuclear conflagration, … Continue reading →

Every Tree House of Horror Ranked The best to the worst! And everything in-between. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] – Direct MP3 Download – iTunes Subscription – RSS Feed – The Frogpants Ultra-Feed Tweet Hey! Why not leave … Continue reading →

Quantum Levitation This levitation effect is explained by the Meissner effect, which describes how, when a material makes the transition from its normal to its superconducting state, it actively excludes magnetic fields from its interior, leaving only a thin layer … Continue reading →