Virginia: Today we’re going to talk about augmented reality, privacy, cell phones, and Google Glass. Andrew: We’re just throwing a bunch of shit in. Virginia: Basically it’s about how we interact with people while using technology. I brought this topic up because I don’t really know anything about Google Glass. Nick: Did you even apply for beta? Virginia: No. I didn’t even try. Did you? Nick: I made it to Read More...
On this episode, we lament that Google Glass doesn’t allow for augmented reality. We discuss what we’d like in real augmented reality, how it would improve our lives, and how augmented reality could improve gaming. Then we digress into debating whether or not we’d allow wires in our brain. Click here to listen!
This week’s episode is super cool. We got David Lankes, a professor of information studies at Syracuse University (also known as the world’s best public speaker), to talk to us about libraries. We thought we’d have a grand debate on the topic of libraries and electronic media, but what we actually had was a wide-ranging discussion about knowledge and access to knowledge. We’re wicked happy that we got such a Read More...
Virginia: Can you tell me about your time in Aggieland? That’s my alma mater. Thom: I initially came to College Station with a buddy who was getting a job there. Later, in 1992, I picked up my first video game industry in College Station. Virginia: I didn’t even know there was a video game industry in College Station. Thom: It’s my experience that basically every college town has one or Read More...
Today on Nerd Absurd we’re talking to Thom Robertson, the indie developer of the game “Artemis: Spaceship Bridge Simulator.” He shares all the details of working in the game industry, his current lifestyle as a game developer and how he thinks of new ideas for games. He spills his top three projects for the next release of Artemis, and he tells us about some of his greatest moments as a Read More...
I’ve always wondered why our electronics industry is limited to 1’s and 0’s. Using biology and chemistry to produce data is an interesting idea: In one experiment, they took a map of Canada, dropped oat flakes (slime-mold food) on the nation’s major cities, and placed the mold on Toronto. It oozed forth to form the most efficient paths to the cities, creating networks of “roads” that almost perfectly mimicked the Read More...
Every now and then this geek makes her way out into the big, wide world for a look at how other people live their lives. A few weeks ago I was in California for a teach conference and ventured out to Palo Alto to see where all of the magic is being made right now. The first stop on the itinerary was the Computer History Museum. We had initially budgeted Read More...