Live from the Hampton Inn in Adrian, Michigan, the AwesomeCast crew brings another jam-packed episode of tech talk and geeky goodness! Michael Sorg, Katie Dudas, and Dave Podnar discuss their latest adventures covering the Formula SAE Electric Vehicle competition, highlighting the gear upgrades and behind-the-scenes prep for video production and livestreaming.
Katie showcases her new favorite budget-friendly sunglasses from Knockaround, with cool licensed designs like Hello Kitty, Ninja Turtles, and Transformers. Dave dives deep into Adobe’s Project Indigo, an experimental mobile camera app offering advanced AI photography features like noise reduction and reflection removal—perfect for iPhone shutterbugs.
Plus, the team reacts to Honda’s e-quad delivery vehicle that skirts regulation by legally qualifying as an e-bike, and shares a spooky tech conspiracy from the Denver International Airport.
📺 Also: The ChachiSays Video Game Minute covers PS5 surpassing PS4 in monthly users, MLB The Show helping a real-life pitcher improve his game, and the reveal of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7!
Find more episodes and tech adventures at AwesomeCast.com and SorgatronMedia.com.
⸻
🧠 Episode Topics & Segment Summary
• Behind the Scenes of Formula SAE EV
• Gear upgrades for livestreaming: new SDI cables, ponchos, wireless units (Hollyland Cosmos), SD cards, and SSDs (Samsung T7s)
• Hotel and Amazon locker logistics for mobile media work
• Challenges with sound capture for electric vehicles
• Katie’s Awesome Thing: Knockaround Sunglasses
• Affordable, stylish, and polarized sunglasses
• Collaborations include Hello Kitty, Transformers, Ninja Turtles, and sports teams
• Prescription options available
• Dave’s Awesome Thing: Adobe Project Indigo
• AI-enhanced iPhone camera app for cleaner, natural-looking photos
• Features: reflection removal, noise reduction, and RAW+JPEG export
• Integrated with Lightroom Mobile
• News: Kraft Heinz x Uber Eats Partnership
• Highlighting restaurants that use Heinz ketchup
• A nod to Pittsburgh pride despite Heinz’s downsizing
• Conspiracy Fun: Denver Airport’s Secret Symbols
• Alien, Freemason, and lizard people-themed construction signage
• Design eerily resembles banned shapes (😳) from aerial view
• Honda’s e-Quad Vehicle
• Battery-powered delivery quad classified as an e-bike to bypass regulations
• Swappable batteries, cargo capacity up to 650 lbs
• Example of regulation-dodging innovation
• ChachiSays Video Game Minute
• PS5 now has more monthly players than PS4 for the first time
• MLB The Show helped pitcher Justin Garza improve performance
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 announced with futuristic weapons and 2035 setting