Episode 750: A Beginner’s Guide to Bending the Space-Time Continuum

Technorama

Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show.

Feedback

• QOTW: What is the funniest inconvenient curse to put on someone?

On This Day In History for August 14, 2024

This is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 139 days remaining in 2024.

• It was on this date in 1592, that the first sighting of the Falkland Islands was made by John Davis.
• On August 14, 1885, Japan’s first patent was issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
• It was 131 years ago today that France became the first country to introduce motor vehicle registration.
• Also on August 14, 1901, the first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
• Also today in 1920, the 1920 Summer Olympics, having started four months earlier, officially opened in Antwerp, Belgium, with the newly-adopted Olympic flag and the Olympic oath being raised and taken at the Opening Ceremony for the first time in Olympic history.
• On August 14, 1935, Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act, creating a government pension system for the retired.
• 76 years ago today, there was the Beaver drop. This was an Idaho Department of Fish and Game program to relocate beavers from Northwestern Idaho to the Chamberlain Basin in Central Idaho. The program involved parachuting beavers into the Chamberlain Basin.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

• Italian mathematician and physicist, Giambattista Benedetti, born on this date in 1530.
• Born August 14, 1777, Danish physicist and chemist Hans Christian Ørsted.
• Doc Holliday, American dentist and gambler was born on that same date in 1851.
• Italian mathematician and academic, Guido Castelnuovo was born 159 years ago today.
• Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin, the Belgian mathematician and academic was born 158 years ago today.
• Canadian-American physicist and academic, Arthur Jeffrey Dempster was born 138 years ago today.
• Turkish astronomer and mathematician, Nüzhet Gökdoğan, born on this date in 1910.
• Frank Oppenheimer, the American physicist and academic was born 112 years ago today.
• Born August 14, 1914, American physicist, chemist, and academic Herman Branson.
• Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Richard R. Ernst, born on this date in 1933.
• Also turning 79 today is American actor, comedian, musician, producer, and screenwriter Steve Martin.
• American cartoonist, Gary Larson, born on this date in 1950.
• American chemist and astronaut, Tracy Caldwell Dyson is 55 today.

Listener Birthdays

• 17 – Clive Jevons, Baeumenheim German, Kevin (SusietheGeek’s son and Geek in Training)
• 19 – Brian Litecky (blitecky)
• 19 – Matt Rider (The Eagle Scout Geek )
• 20 – Jedi_Kez (aka Brian From Winnipeg)

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for August 14, 2024

• If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link.

News

• First rocks recovered from Earth’s mantle | Popular Science
• The robo-dentist will see you now: AI bot operates on a live human without supervision for the first time – and it’s 8 times faster than a normal specialist | Daily Mail Online

Hacks & Strange Stories

• New fossils could reveal origin of ancient ‘hobbit’ humans | CNN

Shout out to the chat room

Watch us live every Sunday night at 8:30PM ET on Facebook. Go to Join our page and get notified automatically. Join us on the live chat!

Remember When

• World’s oldest calendar discovered in ancient temple may rewrite birth of civilization

Thank you Patrons!

This show is brought to you by… YOU! Thank you to our Patrons who enable us to keep the show running and bring you special episodes.

Alexis Duran	Amber Elstad	Amy Bowen	Avner Braverman
Ben Vaughan	Brian Brown	Chris Martinez	Chris Mc
DanDMan Coyer	Dean Jensen	Denise Inglis	Gary Lindros
John Clifford	John Noble	Jorge Schrauwen	Krazy Joe
Kyle Nishioka	Leon	Mark Kilfoil	Brad Miller
Mike Wills	Saturday Morning Media	Stephen Wesche	Steve Cody
Steve Therrien	Steve Webb	Stewe Lundin	Tim Cook

If you want to become a patron, visit our Patreon Page. We’ve got various levels of donations and in return we have various patron packages including a special “after show” we record just for the patrons! patreon.com/technoramapodcast

Pass me the remote

• Chuck
  • Foundation (Apple TV+)
  • The Umbrella Academy Season 3 (Netflix)

Geek Library

• Why Star Trek’s Graphic Design Makes Sense
• Words we’ve ruined.
• The Lost Map That Changed American Travel Forever
• What’s poopy about a poop deck? | NAUTICAL ETYMOLOGY

Question of the week

• Which fictional universe would you feel at home in?

End of Show Stuff

We appreciate your support. If you like the show, there are many ways to show your love:

• Visit our Amazon page for recommended books, toys, and other fun stuff!
• Call the Listener Line: 707-530-CHAT(2428)

• Email at [e-mail]
• We are on the Social Interwebs…
• Search for Technorama Podcast on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, etc

• You can also find us on Spotify and Radio Public, Google Podcast, etc.

• You can help support us:
• How about a donation to the tip jar: one time or monthly micropayment on Patreon!
• Links to the articles and items referenced in the show can be found on our website
• www.chuckchat.com

Also Thanks to

• Everyone who sent us links during the week
• Those who joined us to watch live on Facebook!
• You, for downloading and listening

Tell a friend about Technorama and…

binary high five