Episode 287 — COVID Cars

car rear view mirror

Travel in 2020 as impacted by #COVID, from real automobiles to virtual planes. Blended mixed reality experiences such as the new Mario Kart, books like Reconfigure & Cont3xt, virtual fashion models and of course, LEGO. Continue reading

Episode 286 — Tiny Tech

Boggle board

Mini (Raspberry Pi) iMac, working LEGO NES, transcription services, Boggle-esque randomized security key generation system, a “galbum” release in Carrboro and WoW animated series Afterlives. Continue reading

Episode 283 — Virtual Cloaks

fashion models

A whirlwind tour of virtual real estate, virtual clothes on real people, faking out facial recognition AI with Fawkes, mmhmm, cat TV and board games. Something for everyone! Continue reading

Episode 282 — Machine in the Machine

juxtaposition of real and virtual world

All about the OS — Win95 and MacOS 8 embedded in games & browsers, iOS 14 alerts, bots in (manufacturing) plants, Lollapalooza 2020 virtual concert & the Ren and Stimpy documentary Continue reading