show notes: (click the individual note to go to the reference page) This Week in history • The first long-distance telephone call was made, between Boston and New York. March 27 1884 • The Early History of Baseball • Smithsonian Telegraph and Telephone Office • Nathaniel Briggs patented a washing machine (washboard type) March 28 1797 • History of the Washing Machine • Washboards International Photo Page • The cities of Constantinople and Angora changed names to Istanbul and Ankara, Turkey. March 28 1930 • Ankara photos • Ankara from Anitkabir • Istanbul photos • Old Istanbul and Topkapi Palace • Istanbul photo gallery • Nuclear power plant accident at Three Mile Island, near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. March 28 1979 • A Nuclear Nightmare in Pennsylvania • President Carter Tours 3-Mile Island Facility • 3-Mile Island Alert - 25 years later • Mutant photos from three mile island • Supreme Court rules unanimously that an anonymous tip does not justify a stop-and-frisk action against a person. March 28 2000 • Frisk me I’m Muslim • NYPD stop-and-frisk methods to be studied • The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 10,000 for the first time March 29 1999 • Dot-Com Bubble Has Burst • The game show Jeopardy debuted on television. March 30 1964 • JEOPARDY - AN INSIDE LOOK AT AMERICA’S FAVORITE QUIZ SHOW Current Stories • Transformer in Junkyard - YouTube • Real Mermaid video • Baby Mermaid video • Soft splint instantly heat-welds to hold broken limbs - New Scientist • The Shape of Modern Numbers • Why is a minute divided into 60 seconds, an hour into 60 minutes, yet there are only 24 hours in a day? • NANO NEWS - Scientists Create First Non-Carbon Material with Near-Diamond Hardness • Summer break increases achievement gap • Lely robotic dairy cow grazing system • ROBO-ONE 11 - OmniZero.4 Demonstration • Researchers in Switzerland create artificial brain called Blue Brain • Regrowing Nerves with Amino Acid Injections • 10 Important Differences Between Brains and Computers - NeuroBiology and NeuroPsychology • Cassini Images Bizarre Hexagon on Saturn • Geometric whirlpools revealed • Magnetic Dice Rubiks Cube • US astronaut to compete in marathon – in space • Turning Algae into America’s New Energy • New Report Claima Feds manipulate release of climate change research • Smart Sunglasses Change Color on Demand • Segway was predicted in 1900 calendar • Radioactive Money - Iran issues new 50,000 Rial note with Atomic Symbol on it • Why you should cover your mouth when you sneeze • Marines ban big, garish tattoos Featured Artist - Exceeda from Youtube • DRUGS - Just say no Credits • Opening Comment by Adam Curry of Daily Source Code • First ending clip - Addicting Bleach video • Second ending Clip - "Talking babies public service announcement • Music - Derek K Miller - Washing Off Like An Aardvark Shameless begging • Call our viewer voicemail and leave a question for Lucian’s Solutions - US 831-307-6143 • Vote for us at Podcast Alley • Subscribe or Leave a Comment on iTunes - TTFN - Less