app01 Tue, 18 Aug 2026 11:06:13 +0000 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) AwesomeCast: Tech and Gadget Talk - Episodes Tagged with “Autobot Blaster” https://awesomecast.fireside.fm/tags/autobot%20blaster Tue, 28 Jul 2026 20:00:00 -0400 Everything awesome in the world of technology, social media, and entertainment! Join us as we discuss the latest gadgets, web sites, and talk with people doing awesome things in tech! www.AwesomeCast.net en-us episodic Sorgatron Media Everything awesome in the world of technology, social media, and entertainment! Join us as we discuss the latest gadgets, web sites, and talk with people doing awesome things in tech! www.AwesomeCast.net no Sorgatron Media awesomecast@sorgatronmedia.com AI Graphics Get Smarter + Xbox Classics on PC & LEGO Star Trek | AwesomeCast 789 https://awesomecast.fireside.fm/940 125169ea-8d34-4ed1-b94a-fb92200cbfaf Tue, 28 Jul 2026 20:00:00 -0400 Sorgatron Media full Sorgatron Media 54:51 no <p>Can AI make you better at Photoshop instead of replacing Photoshop? Sorg, Katie Dudas, and Dave Podnar explore that question on AwesomeCast 789 as Sorg shares a workflow for turning AI-generated concepts into editable graphics while keeping control of the final design.</p> <p>The crew also gets into Pittsburgh technology history with plans to preserve Westinghouse’s Atom Smasher, the impressive Commercial Street Bridge replacement, and the accessibility origins of the modern audiobook.</p> <p>Then the geekery kicks into high gear: Xbox expands its classic-game preservation efforts to PC, Hasbro combines Transformers with Jem and the Holograms, LEGO brings Smart Play to Star Trek, Robosen releases an Optimus Prime robot designed to reopen childhood wounds, and Universal plans movies based on ten Atari properties.</p> <p>Plus, Chachi has gaming headlines involving Hasbro, Steam Deck and Atari, and the crew discusses the backlash surrounding a $58,000 humanoid robot proposed for use in a New York school district.</p> <p>It’s Pittsburgh technology, AI creativity, retro gaming, accessibility, robots and pop-culture nostalgia on AwesomeCast 789. </p> Michael Sorg, Sorg, Katie Dudas, Dave Podnar, Pittsburgh technology, Pittsburgh tech podcast, technology podcast, tech news, AI, artificial intelligence, ChatGPT, ChatGPT images, Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop, AI image editing, generative AI, graphic design, Westinghouse, Atom Smasher, Pittsburgh history, technology history, Commercial Street Bridge, Squirrel Hill Tunnel, audiobook, audiobook history, accessibility technology, Audible, Dungeon Crawler Carl, ChachiSays Video Game Minute, video game news, Hasbro, Steam Deck, Xbox, Xbox backward compatibility, Xbox PC, retro gaming, game preservation, Atari, Universal Pictures, Pong, Centipede, Jem and the Holograms, Transformers, Autobot Blaster, LEGO, LEGO Smart Play, Star Trek, USS Enterprise, Robosen, Optimus Prime, Peter Cullen, humanoid robot, AI education, education technology, robotics Can AI make you better at Photoshop instead of replacing Photoshop? Sorg, Katie Dudas, and Dave Podnar explore that question on AwesomeCast 789 as Sorg shares a workflow for turning AI-generated concepts into editable graphics while keeping control of the final design.

The crew also gets into Pittsburgh technology history with plans to preserve Westinghouse’s Atom Smasher, the impressive Commercial Street Bridge replacement, and the accessibility origins of the modern audiobook.

Then the geekery kicks into high gear: Xbox expands its classic-game preservation efforts to PC, Hasbro combines Transformers with Jem and the Holograms, LEGO brings Smart Play to Star Trek, Robosen releases an Optimus Prime robot designed to reopen childhood wounds, and Universal plans movies based on ten Atari properties.

Plus, Chachi has gaming headlines involving Hasbro, Steam Deck and Atari, and the crew discusses the backlash surrounding a $58,000 humanoid robot proposed for use in a New York school district.

It’s Pittsburgh technology, AI creativity, retro gaming, accessibility, robots and pop-culture nostalgia on AwesomeCast 789.

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The crew also gets into Pittsburgh technology history with plans to preserve Westinghouse’s Atom Smasher, the impressive Commercial Street Bridge replacement, and the accessibility origins of the modern audiobook.

Then the geekery kicks into high gear: Xbox expands its classic-game preservation efforts to PC, Hasbro combines Transformers with Jem and the Holograms, LEGO brings Smart Play to Star Trek, Robosen releases an Optimus Prime robot designed to reopen childhood wounds, and Universal plans movies based on ten Atari properties.

Plus, Chachi has gaming headlines involving Hasbro, Steam Deck and Atari, and the crew discusses the backlash surrounding a $58,000 humanoid robot proposed for use in a New York school district.

It’s Pittsburgh technology, AI creativity, retro gaming, accessibility, robots and pop-culture nostalgia on AwesomeCast 789.

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