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Fascinating Gadgets, Gizmos, and Gear Based Technologies

Daniel J. Glenn

Making your favorite fictional technology a reality

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Ep. 177 Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory

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2024/03/06

For any kid, the prospect of touring a magical chocolate factory is a dream come true, especially one whose secrets have been hidden for decades. If you are one of the lucky few with a Golden Ticket, your life will never be the same. See, Willy Wonka is not a run of the mill chocolatier: […]

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Ep. 176 Granting Wishes (Video)

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2024/02/28

Who among us hasn’t wanted to find a magical lamp complete with a resident Genie to give us three wishes? Heck, I would even take a monkey paw, knowing full well that I have to phrase things exactly right to avoid unintended dire consequences. Well this week, the Brain Trust assembles to discuss wishes, how […]

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Ep. 176 Granting Wishes

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2024/02/28

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Ep. 175 Keeping Your Brain In A Jar (Video)

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2024/02/21

As a species, our main goal is to live forever, whatever that means. We will live for centuries in underground bunkers in a nuclear holocaust, we will freeze our bodies when we die with the hopes that one day we will be brought back to life, and we even store our DNA to make sure […]

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Ep. 175 Keeping Your Brain In A Jar

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2024/02/21

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Ep. 174 The Quantum Power of Love (Video)

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2024/02/14

We have all considered the famous Haddaway quote “What is Love?”, but no one has solved it…until now. Using the tv show Quantum Leap as our inspiration, we will attempt to prove that love is a simple case of macro-level quantum entanglement. But the interesting things about this cult favorite do not stop there. We […]

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Ep. 174 The Quantum Power of Love

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2024/02/14

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Ep. 173 Planning the Perfect Christmas Redemption...

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2023/12/14

At it’s core, “A Christmas Carol” is a story about redemption. How one man’s life (and those around him) was changed for the better, and all it took was a trio of ghosts operating in the middle of the night, showing all of one’s failures to scare Scrooge straight. One would think that this was […]

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Ep. 173 Planning the Perfect Christmas Redemption

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2023/12/14

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Ep. 172 When You Stare At Your Computer, Your...

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2023/12/06

Inspired by the latest Mission Impossible movie, The Brain Trust discusses a worldwide computer virus that can hack into all, cameras, microphones, computers, etc. It could be the ultimate blackmail machine. So how do you stay hidden from an entity like this? We give you advice on how to limit your digital footprint, and if […]

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Ep. 172 When You Stare At Your Computer, Your...

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2023/12/06

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Ep. 171 The Benefits of Genetic Succession (Video)

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2023/11/30

The sci-fi series “The Foundation” is about a mathematician who creates a formula predicting the end of civilization. Normally math is a pretty boring topic to discuss, but you know how much we like our doomsday conversations. Also it is important to note that this world is ruled by an emperor, or more specifically a […]

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Ep. 171 The Benefits of Genetic Succession

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2023/11/30

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Ep. 170 The Perfect Suit of Honor (Video)

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2023/11/22

We talk about superheroes a lot on this show, and separately a lot about AI, BUT what about using them in conjunction? DJG puts his fears of a robocalypse aside and looks at the benefits of working in tandem with computers. Harnessing the power of computer intelligence alongside advanced personal defense systems may be the […]

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Ep. 170 The Perfect Suit of Honor

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2023/11/22

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Ep. 169 The Ultimate Demolition Derby (Video)

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2023/11/15

What do you get if you combine the danger of military-grade weapons with the excitement of 70’s muscle cars? Why the world’s most dangerous demolition derby, that’s what! This week we look at Twisted Metal, the video game/tv show that follows a group of people as they prepare for a winner-take-all battle royale tournament. We […]

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Ep. 169 The Ultimate Demolition Derby

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2023/11/15

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Ep. 168 Living in a Barbie World (Video)

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2023/11/08

From the outside, Barbie seems to have it all: She’s attractive, smart, rich, and made of plastic. Her resume is a little suss, given that she has been everything from a cat burglar, to an astronaut without any sort of job stability, but I digress. Part of that uncertainty may be governed by her world. […]

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Ep. 168 Living in a Barbie World

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2023/11/08

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Ep. 167 Combating Advertisements In Dreams (Video)

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2023/11/01

Dreams are a place where anything can happen, where our fantasies can become realities. The great thing is that these personal mini-movies are free, and happen on a nightly basis. But what if they weren’t entirely pro-bono? What if there was a “Dream Tax” that you had to pay, and the best dreams came at […]

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