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episode 231 (1x231)

Uitzenddatum: Mei 08, 2008

Senior Video Producer Brooks Rowlett joins Robert on set. • Today's Tech Pic of the Week is from Warren of Tulsa, OK. Warren shows of his tech via QTRV. Want to know what QTRV is? Click HERE. • This past weekend Assistant Producer Sam Arbizo and Robert hit the Maker Faire. A quick list of who Robert talked to: Orbswarm,Semi-autonomous robot performance art. Team Jefferson, Competitors in the Darpa Grand Challenge events. Perrone Robotics, Provides robotics technology and software for use in consumer, professional, and military robotics applications. Tech Shop, TechShop is a fully-equipped open-access workshop and creative environment that lets you drop in any time and work on your own projects at your own pace. Western Warship Combat Club, Robotic RC model warship combat in San Jose, California. The Guitar Zeros, Band that uses Guitar Hero Controllers to rock on, for real. Flaming Lotus Girls, Creators of large scale fire art. • Scott is a fight fan and because he is a fight fan he has been in need of some PPV action. Problem is he does not have cable or satellite services. Solution? Yahoo Sports and the UFC join forces to bring MMA to the world. Click HERE to go to the website for the next Ultimate Fighting Championship PPV. • Assistant Producer Sam Arbizo checks out the Green Office. • Senior Video Producer Brooks Rowlett shows off 4 cool websites.MakeUseOf.com, Natuba.com, Twistori and Wigix. • We have 2 viewer questions today. First question is from Jack of Colorado: I was wondering if there is a Linux distro you could recommend for my non-technical parents? Second question is from Devin of Michigan, USA: Why do 720p HDTVs have a screen resolution of 1366x768?