122: Bovine Cheese Stomach: the Holy Grail of Genetic Modification

This week on Supercharged we’re talking about Android Nougat, touch disease, and genetic modification! Questions/comments/tips? Visit awkward.email or call/text 509-AWKWARD.

Guests: Darren Herczeg and Liam Broza

This week on Supercharged we’re talking about Android Nougat, touch disease, and genetic modification! Questions/comments/tips? Visit awkward.email or call/text 509-AWKWARD.

Guests: Darren Herczeg and Liam Broza

Links for this episode:

Genetic Engineering Will Change Everything Forever – CRISPR
This is the video we told you to watch before our CRISPR discussion.
Is “Opposites Attract” Just A Myth?
For millennia, the idea that “opposites attract” has existed and been encouraged when looking for a romantic partner. But is it true?
News Feed FYI: Further Reducing Clickbait in Feed
Our goal with News Feed is to show people the stories most relevant to them — ranking stories so that what’s most important to each person shows up highest in their News Feeds. When we rank and make improvements to News Feed, we rely on a set of core values. These values — which we’ve been using for years — guide our thinking, and help us keep the central experience of News Feed intact as it evolves.
Apple Watch 2 With GPS for Improved Navigation, Fitness Tracking Coming This Fall
Apple plans to announce new Apple Watch models this fall with improved health tracking and GPS chips, according to a new Bloomberg report that confirms previous rumors we've heard about the Apple Watch 2.
The Xbox One S won't play games in 4K, but it has a feature that's even better
Microsoft’s new Xbox One S boasts a bunch of new features, like a sleek new design and support for 4K video, both of which sound great.
PlayStation Now, Sony's Game Streaming Service, Is Coming to PC
Sony announced that PlayStation Now, their game streaming service previously limited to a small share of devices like the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and Vita, is on its way to Windows PCs this fall.
Prisma's arty photo filters now work offline
There's a lot going on behind the curtain with Prisma, the app that turns your banal photos into Lichtenstein- or Van Gogh-esque artworks. The app actually sends your cat photo to its servers where a neural network does the complex transformation. Starting soon, that will no longer be necessary, though. "We have managed to implement neural networks to smartphones, which means users will no longer need an internet connection to turn their photos into art pieces," the company says. Only half of Prisma's styles will be available offline at first (16 total), but others will be added in the "near future."
Instapaper is joining Pinterest
Today, we’re excited to announce that Instapaper is joining Pinterest. In the three years since betaworks acquired Instapaper from Marco Arment, we’ve completely rewritten our backend, overhauled our mobile and web clients, improved parsing and search, and introduced tons of great features like highlights, text-to-speech, and speed reading to the product.
Dexmo's Exoskeleton Gloves Let You Touch & Feel Things That Don't Exist
One of the disadvantages of the digital world is that you can't pick it up and touch it. While that can feel like less of a problem in virtual reality, where you're already holding controllers, mixed reality environments—like the one you'd experience in Microsoft's HoloLens—suffer from a lack of physical connection with the digital objects that appear in your real world. Dexmo aims to solve that problem with a relatively intimidating new controller that encompasses your hands.
Windows Holographic Is Coming to Intel's Project Alloy Cord-Cutting Headset
Most popular virtual reality headsets, like the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, require a tethered connection to the computer and that imposes some obvious restrictions on how much we can move in our space. We'd all prefer a simpler, untethered option, and Intel wants to provide just that.
Google's Daydream May Materialize in Just Two Weeks
We've heard a bit about Google Daydream—the new smartphone-based virtual reality platform that is supposed to provide a markedly better experience than Cardboard—but don't really know what it'll look like. Engadget claims we could find out in just a couple of weeks, since Android Nougat is already out, a necessary component of Daydream.
Growing Number of iPhone 6 and 6 Plus Devices Affected by Insidious 'Touch Disease'
As the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus approach their second birthday, a growing number of users are suffering from what appears to be a latent manufacturing issue that presents as a gray flickering bar at the top of the screen and a display that's unresponsive or less responsive to touch.
The Coolest Features of Android Nougat You Might Have Missed
Yesterday, Google released Android Nougat for Nexus owners. It comes with some sweet new headlining features like multi-window support and bundled notifications. After digging into the developer preview we found even more treats that you might’ve missed.

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