Tech Talk Radio Podcast

Compressing and sharing PDFs, space elevator revisited (tether extends 60,000 to 200,000 miles), programmable robots for kids (Lego Mindstorm EV3, Makeblock mBot Ranger), Storm Radar (a great weather app), tinyurls (explained, used for phishing), Profiles in IT (Vilhelm Bjerknes, father of modern weather foreasting), first ride on a Bird electric scooter (convenient and fun, a success), physics of hurricanes (powered by warm water, rotation caused by coriolis force,and more), hurricane forecast computer models (ECMWF, GFDL, GFS, UKMET), European model is consistently the most accurate (higher resolution, more detailed modelling), placebo buttons give illusion of control (buttons on traffic signal, elevator close buttons). This show originally aired on Saturday, September 15, 2018, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).