A family in Australia has recreated an entire 15-hour flight in their living room! Also the inventor of N-95 masks (used by front-line medical workers) has come out of retirement to help. Also, the story of Violet Jessup and how she survived three separate shipwrecks! Plus we read your mail from [email protected] See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Another episode from our socially distant bunkers - Matt tells Amberly about the Irish Prime Minister's hobby and how Lin-Manuel Miranda is making dreams come true in John Krasinski's Some Good News internet show. Amberly tells Matt about some goats taking over a town and the legacy of an amazing astronaut: Ronald McNair 👨🚀 ALSO! Bucket sandwiches. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Recorded from social isolation, using a direct link from Matt's home office to Amberly's blanket fort - we're back doing what we always do: telling each other "Something Amazing" from quarantine. In this episode: the competition from 1920's New York that has everyone laughing except "Sober Sue", viking's weapons, Graham Merfield - who ran a marathon by doing laps of his garden and the astrophysicist Dr Daniel Reardon who got magnets stuck up his nose while inventing a device to protect against C...
In this episode we spend a lot of time discussing rollercoasters. Also Amberly has some quirky facts from an international zoo visit as well as recapping the impossible-to-guess birthday surprise she took Matt on. As promised here's the video of the Rollercoaster catch: youtube.com/watch?v=d6KNEe_2qDw And the video of Atlantis in WA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzD4LEQ289E See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
To celebrate 50 years since man first walked on the moon, Matt has pulled together some amazing facts about the moon landing. Also, Amberly tells Matt about a hero you should know about and also sprinkles in some moon facts of her own! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In this episode Amberly tells Matt about a spicy high, as well as a bunch of "banger facts" (basically, a lot of fact in a row). Matt tells Amberly about a very strange home invasion and a new way to dispose of yourself once you die has just become legal in California. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
It's 2019 and we're back baby! New facts, new stories, same old Matt and Amberly as hosts. For the first week back Matt shares a mystery he's been saving up since New Years Eve as well as a sport that was invented by an AI after being fed the rules of 400 existing sports. Amberly tells Matt about another weird sport "extreme ironing" as well as why space walkers may not have fingernails. You can email us: [email protected] See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Amberly tells Matt about how a car you know almost had a terrible name and why the Ancient Greek statues had little willys! Matt tells Amberly about why people are emailing trees and gives an update on lab-grown meat. Also listener Matt sends us an email with a video about a robot in space. You can watch the video yourself, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HE0LQ2y_-Pk See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
It's Christmas!! So we have a special Something Amazing chock-full of Christmas cheer, egg-nog and presents. This Podcast is chocked fuller than a Christmas cracker with great Christmas themed facts you can whip out at family gatherings. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This week Amberly tells Matt about 🤖butts and 🤖birthdays. Matt tells Amberly about the new job of Esports coaching and 🤖CEOs. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This week, Matt tells Amberly about Art that sold at an auction for an incredible amount drawn by AI. Also Brain to Brain networks exist now! Amberly tells Matt about the cutest little Dik Dik and a weird fact about M. Night Shyamalan‘s past. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Amberly tells Matt about "Kevinism" and gives some prime examples of when your name is an insult in Germany. Also, she gives the back story of how Wrigley's came to become famous for making gum. Matt tells Amberly about how robots are learning to do a backflip by watching YouTube videos and which porn site is now letting you search by emoji! 🍆 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Amberly tells Matt about someone who literally died of politeness and how some squirrels got arrested for spying. Matt tells Amberly about the world's first Space Mining university course and how Google has invented killer robots (of the good kind!) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Matt's amazing facts for Amberly this week include Google Translate spitting out weird religious prophecies and a world record domino toppling attempt that ended in disaster! Amberly tells Matt about the naming of a town and the naming of an old carny trick. Plus, we open up the mailbag! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Matt shares the greatest something amazing he's ever found. There's other stuff but really this episode is mainly about how good Matt's first fact is. PS - Matt wrote this. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This week Amberly tells Matt about a mayor that's a dog and the story of the inventor of a strange bit of clothing. Matt tells Amberly about a guy who successfully managed to sue Google for search results and how WiFi can be used to see through walls! Also why does Facebook want you to send them your nudes? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In this week's episode: Matt tells Amberly about IBM's Watson taking on a pair of human debaters for the first time. Also an AI that can see into your future! Amberly tells Matt about what a cuckold is and where the word comes from. Also, she has another weird movie that you'll probably never see... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In this weeks episode Matt tells Amberly about a bio-hacker who won a court case after he inserted a train ticket into his arm. Also, a robot soccer team and a 19 year olds award winning window washer drone. Amberly tells Matt about a strange Japanese bank-heist with a murderous twist. Finally, a lying competition that you won't believe! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In this episode, Matt tells Amberly about a competition designed to find the best fake videos on the internet. Also, why are Swedish bank robbers finding it so hard to "work"? Amberly tells Matt about NASA's chief sniffer (it's a real job!) and the movie starring John Malkovich that you'll never get to see. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Matt's sitting in the King Chair and is very relaxed! In this episode - Matt tells Amberly about FIT - a new AI built for the fashion industry and how a serial killer was caught using a website you use to search your family history. Amberly tells Matt about the science of a favourite smell and how some bees were used to catch a big illegal pot farm. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
What an episode! We have facts from Japan, Instagram and a billionaire's mega factory. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In this weeks episode: IBM has built the world's smallest computer and it only costs 10c! A man has a stroke and loses the ability to feel negative emotions, Google has a new bathroom mirror that can analyse your health and a woman's butt causes a plane to be grounded. How embarrassing! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Matt tells Amberly a couple of a breakthrough in VR technology and how doctors are using the tech to practise surgery. Also, there's $1.5m up for grab in a Science competition to solve one of the world's biggest problems. Amberly tells Matt about a Scottish entrepeneur who tricked a major empire. Also, a country has turned off their entire internet for 5 hours for a very strange reason. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
It only took us until March to get to episode 2 of 2018 but we bloody made it! Matt tells Amberly about a startup that is pitching a mind-uploading service that is “100 percent fatal”. Also, Winograd Schema questions are things that humans find easy to answers but computers find them really hard. Test if you're a human! Amberly tells Matt the surprising artist behind Chupa Chups and reveals a corporate fraud that everybody can get behind! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
We're back for 2018! Amberly reports LIVE from NASA in a pre-recorded field trip. Matt tells Amberly about the worst inventions from the world's largest consumer electronics show. Also a lifesaving drone saved some kids from drowning over the holidays! Here's the videos of the inventions we talk about: https://futurism.com/ces-2018-most-absurd-technologies-to-come/ Here's the lifesaving drone video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gzs-4yNyL58 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Every single fact is about Christmas and is AMAZING! Merry Christmas, Love from Matt and Amberly. See you in 2018! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
It's our penultimate episode for 2017! Matt gives Amberly an update on the world of Biotech: meat free meat, cow free milk and a lamp made of mushrooms. Amberly is all doom and gloom this week - Facebooks emotional experiment, Rios decaying Olympic village and a really bad nights sleep. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In this episode Amberly has a theme - and it's DOGS. There's even bonus dog facts! Matt tells Amberly about simulation theory, and how some Scientists believe they have disproved it. Also, police have invented a Pokemon Go style app to help find stolen cars. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A new species of great ape has been discovered! Amberly tells Matt the amazing story of how reading some old Dutch papers lead to the discovery of a new species of Orangutan. Also, Amberly has a robot fact! It's all about the underdog helping clean up nuclear waste. Matt tells Amberly an animal fact about how cocktaoos are destroying the NBN. Finally, somone has built an AI to mess with scammers and it is brilliant. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
In this Cephalopodcast we are joined by comedian, writer and octopus "expert" Luke Ryan. It's all about Octopuses. Octopussy? Octopodes! Who knew we could fill 30 minutes with AMAZING facts about the weird 8 legged creatures of the deep? Well, now you will know - because you're going to listen to it. Enjoy! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
