Michael and Michael struggle to remember a game from 1981 named Qix as they discuss robotic lawn mowers from iRobot and Husqvarna, thinking that there could be a way to paint a lawn vs using beacons or wires to set the boundaries of a lawn for the robotic mowers. Moving from robotic mowers, the co-hosts turn to robotic beer pouring, and then quickly turn to the subject of robocallers.
After talking about all things robotic, Michael and Michael discuss the FaceTime bug, some cool album art mashed up with Star Wars characters and close out with a cool open source synthesizer that Michael R discovered.
Selected Links
Gizmodo article: iRobot’s New Robot Lawn Mower Sure Looks Like It’ll Piss Off Your Neighbors — https://gizmodo.com/irobots-new-robot-lawn-mower-sure-looks-like-itll-piss-1832169602
Husqvarna Robotic Lawn Mowers — https://www.husqvarna.com/us/products/robotic-lawn-mowers/
Qix game — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qix
Forbes article: How Artificial Intelligence Is Used To Make Beer — https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2019/02/01/how-artificial-intelligence-is-used-to-make-beer/#202b1a9770cf
The Verge article: Robocallers blasted Americans with 26.3 billion spam calls last year — https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/30/18203413/robocalls-spam-text-calls-2018-analysis-hiya
TechCrunch article: Apple fixes FaceTime eavesdrop bug, with software update incoming — https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/01/apple-facetime-privacy/
TechCrunch article: Cheap Internet of Things gadgets betray you even after you toss them in the trash — https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/30/cheap-internet-of-things-gadgets-betray-you-even-after-you-toss-them-in-the-trash/
Design You Trust post: Famous Classic Album Covers Mashed Up With Star Wars Characters — https://designyoutrust.com/2017/12/famous-classic-album-covers-mashed-star-wars-characters/
Audiokit Synth One — https://audiokitpro.com/synth/
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Such a fun episode, Michael & Andy! Loved your discussion on Life by You.