Episode 82: Brain Computers? That's a Nope From Us - a podcast by Sanjay Parekh & Adam Walker

from 2019-05-06T10:00

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In this Episode:

Southwest and FAA officials never knew Boeing turned off a safety feature on its 737 Max jets (1:38)

United Airlines says it’s now covering those surprise seatback webcam (3:15)

Tobii uses PC cameras to keep people from peeking at your screen (updated) (4:44)

Speeding tickets by mail? New cameras could soon catch speeders in metro Atlanta (7:19)

Surgeons Just Sent a Tiny, Autonomous Bot Into a Heart Valve (11:54)

Adidas is making a recyclable shoe (14:28)

Blue Origin tweeted a cryptic photo of explorer Shackleton’s ship – here’s what it likely means (17:21)

SpaceX’s test of its Crew Dragon Capsule has ended in smoke (19:44)

Elon Musk and SEC reach an agreement over tweeting (20:19)

Elon Musk Was Right: Cheap Cameras Could Replace Lidar on Self-Driving Cars (24:10)

Weird & Wacky:

Elon Musk Says an Update on His Brain-Computer Interface Is "Coming Soon" (28:09)

Virginia man uses flamethrower to clear driveway of snow (30:00)

Tech Recommendations:

Sanjay - TabloTV

Adam - SuperHuman

Shannon - QuickBooks

Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes

Weird & Wacky theme music is from "Brainwavves" by Strong Suit

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