Archives 2009

Wearable Technology at ITP

Rocketboom Tech correspondent Ellie Rountree talks to Adam Harvey and Anaid Gomez of the Interactive Telecommunications Program at New York University about Wearable Technology.

This episode was created in collaboration with Intel!

Illegal Advertising Replaced With Public Art

Rocketboom interviews Jordan Seiler about his Public Ad Campaign replacing 120 illegal NPA Outdoor billboards with art in New York City. Related Episode: Brand Jacking and Subvertising. (Thanks to Ronen!)

The Marble Cake Drop

Caitlin Attempts Multiple World Records FTW!

Plastic Recycling in Kenya

Rocketboom Field Correspondent Ruud Elmendorp reports on a local, Nairobi, Kenya-based effort to recycle plastic bags into fencing poles.

The Great NASA Shooped Shuttle Conspiracy of 2009

Did NASA shoop an image of the Space Shuttle? Does it really matter? NASA faked Shuttle picture!, Discover Blogs: NASA FAKED A SHUTTLE IMAGE!!!!!

Pirate Attacks

There’s been only one US President to order an attack against pirates? Seriously?

Philip Rosedale of Second Life

Rocketboom Tech correspondent Ellie Rountree talks with Philip Rosedale, founder of Linden Lab and creator of Second Life.

This episode was created in collaboration with Intel!

Know Your Meme: Single Serving Sites

The Latest In WiMax In Depth

Rocketboom Tech correspondent Ellie Rountree visits the Intel WiMax Labs in Hillsboro, Oregon to take a more in-depth look at the next generation of mobile high-speed internet connectivity. Related coverage: What Is WiMax?

This episode was created in collaboration with Intel!

Crisscrossing the Earth with Subterranean Tunnels at Ballistic Missile Speeds

Caitlin and Planet X

Joanne

Thank you, Joanne!

Know Your Meme: Christian Bale Rant

Know Your Meme: Yo Dawg

Distributing Anti-Malaria Bed Nets in the Sudan

Rocketboom Field Correspondent Ruud Elmendorp reports on the distribution of bed nets in order to combat malaria in the Sudan. See also: Fighting Malaria in Kenya

MakerBot: The 3D Printing Robot

Rocketboom Tech correspondent Ellie Rountree talks to Bre Pettis, and Zach Hoeken about their new company, MakerBot Industries, building open source robot kits that allow you to do rapid prototyping and 3D Printing at home. Music: Can Opener by The Discoghosts. Rocketboom Extra: Ellie and the Flaming Bunny. Music from the Extra: Dengue Fever. Related: Ellie visits the NYC Resistor hacker space.

This episode was created in collaboration with Intel!

NYC Resistor Hacker Space

Rocketboom Tech correspondent Ellie Rountree visits NYC Resistor, a hacker collective in Brooklyn, NY. Links: Bre Pettis, DIY Freaks Flock to ‘Hacker Spaces’ Worldwide, Hackerbot Labs, Chaos Computer Club, Hackerspaces.org

This episode was created in collaboration with Intel!

NYC Pillow Fight 2009

The 2009 NYC Pillow Fight held on Wall Street in New York City. Music: Revolve by hisboyelroy. Also see Rocketboom coverage of the 2008, 2007, and 2006 Pillow Fights.

If Time Was Infinite and Space Was Finite

If time was infinite and space was finite everything would repeat.

New York City 1911-Present

New York City 1911-Present, by Adam Quirk of Wreck and Salvage, NYPL Digital Gallery, video of the Empire State Building, music by Dosh

Magibon Bombay

Story Links: Save the world from Magibon, Rocketboom, Felicia Day, Ze Frank, Revision3, Podshow, Bombay.tv

Know Your Meme: Numa Numa

The World Record Appreciation Society

Rocketboom visits a ‘World Record Appreciation Society’ event in New York City, an open, participatory evening of world record setting organized by the creators of the Universal Records Database.

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