Summary

Another week, and another podcast, episode 110 is here and are we hard people to buy for? We talk about our secret santa gift that hasn’t appeared yet at the warehouse. Chris got more qualified this week after getting his forklift license, he only stuffed up a few questions in the test.

Are you clever? Then you might be the person NASA is after to solve their space poop challenge, find out what the requirements are for this interesting question.

A while back we talked about the Etherium company that is using blockchain’s to make contracts between people, turns out someone decided to take a bunch of money and there is no way they can trace it.

A multi level marketing/pyramid scheme thinly touted as a spiritual thing has been ripping of Kiwi woman lately, find out about this bizarre group people were wanting to give money to, we think it’s crazy, but if anyone knows about multi level marketing, it’s Chris.

Local Hamilton man is upset over the display made with boxes of coke at the entrance of the Pak N Save supermarket that is just up the road from our house.
Rotorua has a new tourism venture, which involves a large helium filled balloon with a basket below it, we discuss that and the extreme version if that isn’t enough for you.

A guy in Wellington has come up with the quake desk, a piece of office furniture designed to keep people safe in the event of an earthquake, a great sounding product and an awesome person, find out why we think he deserves a round of applause.

Another inventor story Sam came across, this time a NZ company whose claim to fame is a solar powered cap with lights, is gearing up to supply solar generating material to the rest of the world.
Google and other big companies investment into renewable energy resources is great for the environment, but also the companies providing this technology by keeping costs down.

We learnt about the sleeping giants twitter account this week, which is helping businesses realise if advertisements featuring them are appearing on unwelcome websites.

NASA Space Poop Challenge
Money Stolen from Etherium
Rotorua Helium Baloon Attraction
Wellington Man Invents Quake Desk
Sleeping Giant Twitter Account
Solar Powered Cap NZ Invention