Fascinating Gadgets, Gizmos, and Gear Based Technologies

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Ep. 103 What Is Your Ideal Timeline?

Fascinating Gadgets, Gizmos, and Gear Based Technologies ·

2021/10/21

The Marvel TV series “What If…?” is about alternate timelines where your favorite superheroes choose a different path which completely alters their world. Some have devastating consequences. Others, like Peggy Carter taking Super Soldier Serum and becoming Captain Carter, represent an ideal timeline. We are going to discuss the advantages of the butterfly effect in […]

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Ep. 102 Spending Eternity in a Digital Afterlife

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2021/10/14

Every human on this planet has two things in common: We are all going to die one day. This goes hand in hand with our other common trait: We don’t want to. Surviving as long as possible is built right into our DNA. Billionaires all over the world are pouring money into life extension technologies, […]

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Ep. 101 A Child’s Laugh: The Ultimate Power Source

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2021/10/07

When it comes to the perfect form of renewable energy, I think the good creatures at Monsters, Inc. have cracked the code. Originally harnessing the power of children’s screams, they quickly found out that laughter is a much more efficient way to power a city. There is the obvious exploitation of children angle, but we […]

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Ep. 100 The Future of Technology

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2021/09/02

In celebration of our 100th episode, The Brain Trust looks forward and makes some bold predictions about the future, and the technology that will get us there. We cover some of the big topics we have hinted at in other episodes, including the energy revolution, living in space, and even a guess at how humanity […]

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Ep. 99 Travelers

Fascinating Gadgets, Gizmos, and Gear Based Technologies ·

2021/08/25

Imagine a future so bleak, where humanity is on the verge of collapse, and their only course of action is to send people back in time to change the future. The first part of that is pretty easy to imagine, but what about that second part? This is where Travelers is truly innovative. Instead of […]

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Ep. 98 M.O.D.O.K.

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2021/08/18

M.O.D.O.K. is an evil scientist who is running a tech company with aspirations to take over the world. He also has a wife, two kids, and is going through a midlife crisis. That is the basic story-line of this completely unique Marvel series. It does boast the strangest assortment of obscure villains, as well as […]

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Ep. 97 Black Widow

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2021/08/11

Since the Cold War, the American public has been obsessed with espionage. From James Bond, to Ethan Hunt, and now Natasha Romanoff, spies have become heroes to a lot of people. While typically known for crazy gadgets, Black Widow takes a more forceful approach. She relies on martial arts to get the job done, but […]

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Ep. 96 Loki

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2021/08/04

Loki, the god of mischief is the misguided brother of Thor, the god of thunder. Considering how much cooler thunder is than mischief, I can see where Loki believes he got the short end of the stick. But what if there was an alternate universe where Loki was the god of thunder instead of Thor? […]

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Ep. 95 Sweet Tooth

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2021/07/29

A civilization ending virus, animal hybrid children, and a weird purple flower are all strangely connected in this comic book adaptation about a boy with deer antlers who is on a quest to find his mother who is a scientist that may hold the key to the entire story. We try to connect the dots […]

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Ep. 94 The Mitchell’s VS The Machines

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2021/07/22

What would you do if the robot apocalypse happened to coincide with your first day at college, and your family was humanity’s only hope? That is the quandary that The Mitchell family finds themselves in. The real question is: Who is responsible for bringing about the robacalypse? Was it a malicious computer programmer? Was it […]

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Ep. 93 The One I Love

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2021/07/15

What do you think you would do if you went on a retreat with your partner, and while investigating the grounds by yourself, you came across another version of your partner stuck in a house? Would you think you were hallucinating? In another dimension? The center of an elaborate prank? Well this is exactly what […]

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Ep. 92 Love, Death + Robots

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2021/07/08

Love, Death + Robots is an anthology series in the vein of Dark Mirror and The Twilight Zone, except animated. Every episode takes you on a sci-fi ride through new planets, advanced technologies, and cutting edge science. Since that is exactly how I would describe our show, analyzing this one was the perfect choice! This […]

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Ep. 91 Resident Evil

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2021/06/09

2021 marks the 25th anniversary of the Resident Evil franchise which spans movies, television, and obviously video games. Few properties have had this level of influence across all forms of media. If you mention the Umbrella Corporation to most people, they will cringe and look over their shoulder, half expecting to see the Nemesis chasing […]

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Ep. 90 The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

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2021/06/03

The mantle of Captain America is arguably the most important role in the Marvel universe. Cap stands for the ideals of America, and his shield is a crucial symbol for the fight against injustice. When it is vacated, the question becomes: Who will wield the shield? That is the important question in this series. But […]

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Ep. 89 The One

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2021/05/27

What would happen if we were able to find your perfect match, someone you were guaranteed to fall in love with, simply by analyzing your DNA? This is the premise of the Netflix series The One. This technology raises a lot of fundamental questions: What is love? What is happiness? Is that encoded into our […]

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Ep. 88 Godzilla VS Kong

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2021/05/20

When people think of dream matches throughout history, a couple of thoughts immediately spring to mind: Muhammad Ali VS Mike Tyson, Hulk Hogan VS Ric Flair, the 72 Dolphins VS the 85 Bears. This week we tackle the obvious omission from that list: Godzilla VS King Kong. Kong was introduced in 1933, but these two […]

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Ep. 87 Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

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2021/05/13

On its surface, the world of cartoon physics is extraordinarily complex. Gravity seems to have an on/off switch, animals can move at impossible speeds, and some items seem to have a mind of their own. Now try taking those laws and overlaying them on the live action world, the one governed by Newtonian physics. That […]

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Ep. 86 Jurassic Park

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2021/05/06

Everybody, at some point or another, has had an interest in dinosaurs. They are gigantic, fascinating creatures, that are unlike anything alive today. I makes sense that as we learn more about DNA and how it works, it will become inevitable that someone will try to bring back a T-Rex. This week we discuss how […]

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Ep. 85 Gremlins

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2021/04/29

From the first time you lay eyes on the Mogwai Gizmo, it is hard to imagine that something that adorable has the potential to unleash a horde of evil gremlins simply by disregarding a few rules. I mean, how do you exist as an animal if you can’t get wet? Everything has to drink water […]

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Ep. 84 Raiders of the Lost Ark

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2021/04/22

Indiana Jones is the man credited with making archeology cool. A professor by day and a bullwhip toting, fedora wearing, idol snatching adventurer by night, he has more in common with a superhero than an academic. He also gets himself in a lot of danger, and this movie is no exception. Listen as we explain […]

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