Episode 142: Spring Cleaning

This week Dave and Gunnar talk about: power with stomach fluids (and blood), networks with light, and communication networks without people

• AirPods
• The World of Yesterday by Stephan Zweig (The Grand Budapest Hotel)
• Gut juice could power the next generation of health gadgets
• Self-driving potato
• Morbid Battery Uses Blood Electrolyte
• Networking by flickering lights gets some commercial traction
• Malware Lets a Drone Steal Data by Watching a Computer’s Blinking LED
• Malware Uses Router LEDs to Steal Data From Secure Networks
• Meanwhile, near Dave’s house: Macedonia police warn about gas company scam
• D&G This Week in Vendor Abandonment: Google reportedly removing SMS texting from Hangouts on May 22
  • Google currently has at least 11 communications apps
  • Related: XKCD on Chat Systems

Cutting Room Floor

• Meet the Scientists Who Are Making Bread with Cockroach Flour
• ‘Aliens’ Xenomorph Themed Ceramic Tiki Mugs
• Dayalets Hellish Vitamin Mascots: Nightmares From The 1950s Doctor’s Office

We Give Thanks

• The D&G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics!