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Padre's Broadband Rant, Bad USB, and Guardian's of the Galaxy with Bill Meeks

Solar Cooking Birds and Brian Chee

On this episode of Padre's Corner: will you grow your own replacement organs? Will urine be the next big thing in renewable energy? -- Also, Padre rants about the ISPs "astroturfing" the net neutrality debate just before David "Dr. Rodney McKay" Hewlett drops by to geek out with the TWiT crew.

Your pool is probably a toxic hellstew. Your desktop problems can't match NASA's 125 million mile Geek Squad visit. People have forgotten how to talk like people... and Mary Jo Foley drops by to talk about Journalism, Microsoft and the quest for the perfect brew.

We figure out why your gym clothes stink and hack your brain with a slot machine, then Padre gets ranty about a gross violation of your cold, hard, cash. Lance Heiskell drops by to school us in the way of the anime masters.

Might your doctor be using a big box of bees to diagnose your next illness? Is Clean Coal REALLY the future of energy? Does Comcast just not care anymore? Also, Becky Worley drops by to tell us about growing up in the Aloha state, becoming a tech maven, and what it was like to be part of ZDTV/TechTV.

In the future your gadgets and cities will probably be powered by the metal with the funny-sounding name, NVIDIA debunks a conspiracy theory, and we ask: "What's the least you need to live comfortably?" Later, Chase Nunes from GeekGamer.tv drops by to talk about live, video games, and being inspired by Leo Laporte.

How pickpockets hack your brain, FedEx going green to save money, protecting yourself from DNS attacks, and Fr. Jim McDermott, the Pop Culture Priest on Dr. Who, comic books and more!

Bicyclists were right about shaving their legs, an EV bus that charges in 3 minutes, and David "Dr. Rodney McKay" Hewlett talks about the future of content creation with OMGchad Johnson.

The future is about Oxygen-loving crystals, the ARC may help your EV to graze instead of gorge, and Steve Kovach from "Business Insider" drops in to talk about reviewing gadgets.

Powering nanomachines, swallowing needles for your health, and living nuclear all on this week's exciting episode of Padre's Corner.

Is the future of solar in nanoparticles? Will balloon-delivered WiFi be the Internet of the future? Will Tim Stevens tell us the secrets of tech, journalism and the need for speed? Find out on this episode of Padre's Corner!

Google X is working on nano particles to seek out cancer cells in your body, the virtually indestructible ioSafe, and CEO of ioSafe, Robb Moore, this week on Padre's Corner.

If you want people to like you on the internet, be nice... but if you want to be popular, be mean! Lasers cut up the future of nuclear power, Padre preaches about Net Neutrality, and author Andy Weir drops in to talk about publishing, movie making, and "The Martian".

How Geckos work and using science to imitate their wall climbing ability, an awesome camp stove called the BioLite, and a Podcast within a Podcast with The Book Guys.

LEDs and batteries and satellites -oh my! Also, Robb Boyd from TechWiseTV drops by to geek out over enterprise tech.

Highlights and interviews from Padre's Corner in the year of 2014.

A new engineering material that is stronger and safer than steel or fiberglass, a DRM hack for your Keurig, and how to boost the speed of your Windows 7 or 8 computer without changing hardware.

Using magnets to prevent too many bubbles in beer, clean up oil spills, and an interview with Steve Gibson about coding, security, and geekiness.

Lasers on planes, microbes in space, and how Padre met Hippo.

Hawaii is the future of solar, Falcon 9 was a SUCCESS, and Myriam Joire drops by to geek out with Padre. Guest

How do you "unboil" an egg? Microsoft is going holographic, and Lou Maresca and Padre drone on.

Renovating your house is easy... unless your house is an aircraft carrier! Also, Comcast hates you and Cheebert loves 3D printing.

Breaking the ice with icebreaker ships with drones, Leo Copter takes off, catching up with Chase Nunes of Geek Gamer TV, and more!

New Horizons, an awesome space probe on a long term mission and the one and only Scott Johnson drops in to talk about life as the "weird kid".

A clever professor who spent a year living out of a dumpster, a review of the PowerPot which is a cooking pot for camping that has a thermal generator to create electricity, and Brian Chee comes by to talk net neutrality.

A town in Germany fights drunken nuisances with wet feet. Then OhDoctah comes on the show to make you love him!

Sweden rewards you for driving safely, drone enthusiasts reward you for flying safely, and tech journalist Ryan Ozawa asks you to live safely

Scientists who are helping us find a way to take care of wastes from nuclear disasters, how to build an antenna out of a can, and a mini rant on ISPs popping up with new services out of nowhere to compete with Google Fiber. This is the last show before it went on hiatus.