Robot or Not? Podcast
1) 119: Life
How can we call something alive?...
2) 326: Spiders and Other Bugs
Listener Kev needs us to unpack John’s comment about “spiders and other bugs.” Does that mean spiders are bugs? And what are the other bugs? Spooky!...
3) 325: Wire
Listener Matt can’t stand it when someone calls a USB cable a wire. But what does John think?...
4) 324: Landscaper
Who scapes the lands? Who gardens the gardens? Who mows and who blows? Not us!...
5) 323: Pasta Roundup
John fields some important questions about pasta from listeners Connor, Joshua, and Lee, including the definition of Al Dente and noodles versus pasta....
6) 322: Vehicle
Listener Eric asks if vehicles are only motorized, and we ponder how small a thing can be before it’s not a vehicle anymore....
7) 321: Glass
Can a drinking glass be made out of plastic? Or is it just a cup?...
8) 319: Market
Listener Marc ponders the “VR headset market” and wants to know what makes a market a market....
9) 318: Charger
Listener Eric really needs his kids to differentiate between charger blocks and charging cables....
10) 317: AI Hype
Listener Christian, your time has come. Is an AI Lock the same as a Smart Lock? Or a Fuzzy Logic Lock? When bicycle gear shifters are called “AI”, how do we define what any of this means? I know—let’s...Show More