Special guest Alonso Martinez joins us again for more LEGO building, this time with some fun 3-in-1 sets for a robot and dinosaur. We talk about some of our favorite benevolent robots in film and television and learn more about Alonso’s next robot builds!
All We Have Left is Magic – Still Untitled: The Adam Savage Project – 3/13/18
LEGO with Friends: Blade Runner Spinner with Alonso Martinez!
We welcome Alonso Martinez, a character rigger and modeler for animated films and hobbyist robot builder to our studio to build this beautiful Blade Runner-inspired LEGO set! We pick Alonso’s brain about designing and 3D printing his robots, as well as some of his work at Pixar.
Episode 439 – No Escape Room Spoilers – 3/8/18
Hands-On with Nintendo Labo Cardboard Kits!
We go hands-on with the Nintendo Labo cardboard maker kits for the Switch console! Jeremy, Kishore, and Norm spend the day testing out the Variety and Robot kits, assembling a few of the accessories and playtesting their corresponding games. We share our impressions on Labo and our hopes for the platform.
PREMIUM – Science in Progress: Of Oysters and Climate Change
Climate change has wide-reaching effects, from wildlife in their natural habitats to the foods you eat in your home. Kishore and Indre explore the ways oyster farmers and scientists are measuring ocean acidification, using custom-built water analyzers at places like Hog Island oyster farm to analyze the subtle and not-so subtle ways organisms are affected by higher-than-normal carbon dioxide conditions.
Black Panther SPOILERCAST – Still Untitled: The Adam Savage Project – 3/6/18
Inside Adam Savage’s Cave: New Machined Spacesuit Parts!
Adam shows off new spacesuit parts he machined for his A7L NASA replica! These parts are also the first he’s had anodized, and Adam can barely contain his excitement as he inspects their new brilliant finish and attaches them to his spacesuit!
PROJECTIONS, Episode 40: Brass Tactics Review
Norm and Jeremy review Brass Tactics, a real-time strategy game made specifically for virtual reality. What can VR add to the RTS genre? Plus, we talk about the physics of ping pong in VR with Eleven: Table Tennis!
