This Is Only a Test #379

This Is Only a Test #379
December 15 2016
Norm, Jeremy, Kishore

0:01:00 Christmas spirit
0:03:08 - Dickens fair
0:09:40 Pop Culture News
0:09:55 - Man vs Snake in VR
0:19:00 - Star Wars: Rogue One
0:26:03 - Other movies: Fast and Furious 8, Transformers, Mummy reboot,
0:29:28 - Spider Man Homecoming trailer
0:31:50 - Alan Thicke RIP
0:32:40 Technology News
0:32:58 - ^^ "The Oa" Netflix show
0:33:52 - Amazon completed first drone delivery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNySOrI2Ny8
0:36:10 - Drone Racing finals on TV
0:42:55 - Apple takes away battery life remaining timer
0:45:27 - Apple releases airpods
0:48:03 - Self-driving Ubers in SF
0:50:40 - Google self-driving car now is a separate company - Waymo
0:52:33 - Microsoft product announcements - x86 on ARM - maybe full PC on phone?
0:54:05 - Coming soon: Microsoft's take on Amazon Echo/Google Home
0:57:25 - Wynn hotel in Las Vegas putting Echos in all its rooms
0:59:16 - Pebble news - interview with inside info
https://backchannel.com/the-real-story-behind-pebbles-demise-303802a7afaa#.v9t9cxmrt
1:00:53 - CES announcements
1:01:23 - - 4K HDR monitors
1:05:14 A Moment of Science
1:05:27 - American Geophysical Union meeting in SF this week
1:05:55 - - Scientists protesting Trump appointees
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/scientists-protest-climate-change-deniers-in-trumps-cabinet/
1:08:00 - - Update from Curiosity - Gale Crater once filled with water
1:10:00 - Pokemon Go paper
1:11:25 - Understanding how birds fly - video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJHe1gV0KX4
1:13:40 - Story on Cahokia is available on ArsTechnica
http://arstechnica.com/features/2016/12/theres-a-1000-year-old-lost-city-beneath-the-st-louis-suburbs/
1:14:00 Indeed Prime advert indeed.com/test
1:14:55 VR Minute
1:15:37 - VR sports bar tested
1:20:07 - Oculus is now restructured - PC VR and mobile VR
1:24:29 - Tell us about multiplayer VR experiences!
1:25:06 What are we testing?
1:25:26 - Google Pixel phone, home, and Daydream
1:25:55 - Jewel sous vide cooker
1:26:08 - Macbook pro? no, Chevy Bolt!!!
1:25:55 - Inspire 2
1:27:07 - Tested videos currently up