app03 Thu, 30 Jul 2026 18:36:40 +0000 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) AwesomeCast: Tech and Gadget Talk - Episodes Tagged with “Awesomechat” https://awesomecast.fireside.fm/tags/awesomechat Thu, 30 Jul 2026 12:00:00 -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 Awesome Chat: Spotter Global https://awesomecast.fireside.fm/941 97637566-9270-4e4b-bae1-50c8e7ee7513 Thu, 30 Jul 2026 12:00:00 -0400 Sorgatron Media full Sorgatron Media In this AwesomeChat, Sorg talks with **Logan Harris, CEO of Spotter Global**, about the technology being developed to detect drones, track their operators, protect critical infrastructure, and give security teams a better picture of what is happening across large areas. 31:27 no <p>What happens when drones go somewhere they’re not supposed to go?</p> <p>In this AwesomeChat, Sorg talks with <strong>Logan Harris, CEO of Spotter Global</strong>, about the technology being developed to detect drones, track their operators, protect critical infrastructure, and give security teams a better picture of what is happening across large areas.</p> <p>Spotter Global began by shrinking ground-surveillance radar technology that once required large equipment, significant power, and multiple operators into compact systems designed to provide situational awareness in the field. Today, that technology has expanded into critical infrastructure, public safety, drone detection, and some surprisingly unexpected applications.</p> <p>Logan demonstrates how radar, cameras, GPS tracking information, video analytics, and Remote ID can work together to help operators identify what is actually moving instead of simply generating another security-camera alert.</p> <p>The conversation also explores a rapidly changing drone landscape: public-event incursions, Remote ID regulations, DJI’s changes to its geofencing system, DIY aircraft, fiber-optic drones that cannot be detected or jammed through conventional radio-frequency methods, and the growing challenge of defending against inexpensive drones without using dramatically more expensive countermeasures.</p> <p>Learn more about Logan Harris and Spotter Global at <strong><a href="http://www.spotterglobal.com/" rel="nofollow noopener">www.spotterglobal.com</a></strong>.</p> <h2>Topics, News Stories &amp; Technology Discussed</h2> <ul> <li><p><strong>How Spotter Global started with military radar technology</strong><br> Logan explains how the company grew out of a need for much smaller ground-surveillance radar systems. Instead of the roughly 100-pound systems that traditionally required several operators, Spotter Global developed compact radar technology for providing situational awareness to small teams operating in remote areas.</p></li> <li><p><strong>A compact radar covering a surprisingly large area</strong><br> Logan demonstrates a radar unit with roughly a 600-meter range that uses about eight watts of power and can monitor approximately 40 acres. Radar provides the wide-area detection layer while cameras and additional analytics help determine what the radar actually found.</p></li> <li><p><strong>SnapTrack brings live targets directly onto the map</strong><br> Spotter Global’s SnapTrack feature combines target location information with live camera imagery. Rather than forcing an operator to monitor a wall of camera feeds, a target can appear on a map with picture-in-picture video once a camera acquires it.</p></li> <li><p><strong>Radar + cameras + video AI to reduce false alarms</strong><br> Sorg compares the technology to conventional security cameras that send an alert without making it clear whether the movement came from a person, vehicle, animal, or even a tree branch. Spotter combines radar tracking, GPS coordinates, metadata, cameras, and video analytics to add multiple levels of verification.</p></li> <li><p><strong>Critical infrastructure and the Metcalf substation attack</strong><br> Logan discusses how the 2013 attack on the Metcalf electrical substation in California highlighted vulnerabilities around major infrastructure. That helped drive demand for security systems capable of monitoring activity well beyond a facility’s fence line.</p></li> <li><p><strong>Drones over a Fourth of July event</strong><br> Logan describes assisting local law enforcement around a fireworks event where four drones flew around or over a stadium containing approximately 50,000 people. Police were able to intercept two of the operators.</p></li> <li><p><strong>Remote ID: a “license plate” for drones</strong><br> Remote ID is compared to ADS-B on traditional aircraft. Compatible drones broadcast information including an identifier and location data, allowing detection systems to track the aircraft and, in some cases, identify the location of its operator.</p></li> <li><p><strong>Spotter Global’s Remote ID sensor</strong><br> Logan demonstrates a compact sensor capable of monitoring a large surrounding area for Remote ID broadcasts and plotting drone tracks and operator locations on a map.</p></li> <li><p><strong>The 250-gram threshold and smaller drones</strong><br> The conversation looks at how weight affects Remote ID requirements and why some very small consumer drones operate differently from larger aircraft.</p></li> <li><p><strong>DIY drones, RC aircraft, and external Remote ID beacons</strong><br> Sorg connects the discussion to SAE Aero Design competitions and student-built aircraft. Logan demonstrates a small Remote ID transmitter that can be attached to a DIY aircraft that needs to comply with Remote ID requirements.</p></li> <li><p><strong>DJI and the change from geofencing to warnings</strong><br> Logan discusses DJI’s change from firmware-enforced no-fly restrictions to warnings that alert operators when they are entering certain restricted areas without necessarily preventing the aircraft from flying there.</p></li> <li><p><strong>Drone activity around major sporting events</strong><br> The conversation touches on drone pilots entering restricted areas around stadium events despite warnings, illustrating why detection and enforcement remain necessary even when consumer drones notify pilots of restrictions.</p></li> <li><p><strong>Fiber-optic “FOG” drones</strong><br> Logan identifies fiber-optically guided drones as an important emerging challenge. Instead of communicating with an operator using radio signals, these drones remain physically connected by an extremely thin fiber-optic cable.</p></li> <li><p><strong>Why fiber-optic drones are difficult to stop</strong><br> Because control and video travel through fiber rather than a wireless RF link, conventional RF detection and jamming techniques may not work. That increases the importance of radar and other methods of physically detecting the aircraft.</p></li> <li><p><strong>Long-range attack drones and the economics of defense</strong><br> Logan contrasts smaller fiber-optic drones with much larger long-range fixed-wing attack drones and discusses the challenge of using extremely expensive defensive weapons against comparatively inexpensive aircraft.</p></li> <li><p><strong>Fish farms need radar too</strong><br> One unexpected commercial application is protecting fish farms where millions of dollars of stock could be vulnerable to theft or sabotage. Radar can alert operators to someone approaching a restricted area.</p></li> <li><p><strong>Avalanches, rockfalls, and polar bears</strong><br> Spotter’s radar technology has moved far beyond its original security mission. Logan mentions applications involving avalanche monitoring, rockfall monitoring, and even tracking polar bears.</p></li> <li><p><strong>Entrepreneurship: do it for more than money</strong><br> Logan says entrepreneurship involves too much work and stress for money alone to be the motivation.</p></li> <li><p><strong>The Three Rs: Record, Remind, Report</strong><br> Logan’s productivity philosophy centers on doing small things consistently: record what needs to happen, establish reminders, and make sure progress gets reported. His lesson is that accomplishing large goals depends on consistently handling the little things. </p></li> </ul> Logan Harris, Spotter Global, AwesomeChat, AwesomeCast, Sorgatron Media, drone technology, drone detection, counter drone technology, radar technology, security technology, Remote ID, drone Remote ID, DJI drones, DJI geofencing, drone security, rogue drones, stadium security, event security, critical infrastructure, infrastructure security, ground surveillance radar, SnapTrack, video analytics, video AI, situational awareness, drone tracking, drone pilot tracking, fiber optic drones, FOG drones, fly by wire drones, DIY drones, RC aircraft, SAE Aero Design, military technology, counter UAS, UAS security, fish farm security, avalanche monitoring, r What happens when drones go somewhere they’re not supposed to go?

In this AwesomeChat, Sorg talks with Logan Harris, CEO of Spotter Global, about the technology being developed to detect drones, track their operators, protect critical infrastructure, and give security teams a better picture of what is happening across large areas.

Spotter Global began by shrinking ground-surveillance radar technology that once required large equipment, significant power, and multiple operators into compact systems designed to provide situational awareness in the field. Today, that technology has expanded into critical infrastructure, public safety, drone detection, and some surprisingly unexpected applications.

Logan demonstrates how radar, cameras, GPS tracking information, video analytics, and Remote ID can work together to help operators identify what is actually moving instead of simply generating another security-camera alert.

The conversation also explores a rapidly changing drone landscape: public-event incursions, Remote ID regulations, DJI’s changes to its geofencing system, DIY aircraft, fiber-optic drones that cannot be detected or jammed through conventional radio-frequency methods, and the growing challenge of defending against inexpensive drones without using dramatically more expensive countermeasures.

Learn more about Logan Harris and Spotter Global at www.spotterglobal.com.

Topics, News Stories & Technology Discussed

  • How Spotter Global started with military radar technology
    Logan explains how the company grew out of a need for much smaller ground-surveillance radar systems. Instead of the roughly 100-pound systems that traditionally required several operators, Spotter Global developed compact radar technology for providing situational awareness to small teams operating in remote areas.

  • A compact radar covering a surprisingly large area
    Logan demonstrates a radar unit with roughly a 600-meter range that uses about eight watts of power and can monitor approximately 40 acres. Radar provides the wide-area detection layer while cameras and additional analytics help determine what the radar actually found.

  • SnapTrack brings live targets directly onto the map
    Spotter Global’s SnapTrack feature combines target location information with live camera imagery. Rather than forcing an operator to monitor a wall of camera feeds, a target can appear on a map with picture-in-picture video once a camera acquires it.

  • Radar + cameras + video AI to reduce false alarms
    Sorg compares the technology to conventional security cameras that send an alert without making it clear whether the movement came from a person, vehicle, animal, or even a tree branch. Spotter combines radar tracking, GPS coordinates, metadata, cameras, and video analytics to add multiple levels of verification.

  • Critical infrastructure and the Metcalf substation attack
    Logan discusses how the 2013 attack on the Metcalf electrical substation in California highlighted vulnerabilities around major infrastructure. That helped drive demand for security systems capable of monitoring activity well beyond a facility’s fence line.

  • Drones over a Fourth of July event
    Logan describes assisting local law enforcement around a fireworks event where four drones flew around or over a stadium containing approximately 50,000 people. Police were able to intercept two of the operators.

  • Remote ID: a “license plate” for drones
    Remote ID is compared to ADS-B on traditional aircraft. Compatible drones broadcast information including an identifier and location data, allowing detection systems to track the aircraft and, in some cases, identify the location of its operator.

  • Spotter Global’s Remote ID sensor
    Logan demonstrates a compact sensor capable of monitoring a large surrounding area for Remote ID broadcasts and plotting drone tracks and operator locations on a map.

  • The 250-gram threshold and smaller drones
    The conversation looks at how weight affects Remote ID requirements and why some very small consumer drones operate differently from larger aircraft.

  • DIY drones, RC aircraft, and external Remote ID beacons
    Sorg connects the discussion to SAE Aero Design competitions and student-built aircraft. Logan demonstrates a small Remote ID transmitter that can be attached to a DIY aircraft that needs to comply with Remote ID requirements.

  • DJI and the change from geofencing to warnings
    Logan discusses DJI’s change from firmware-enforced no-fly restrictions to warnings that alert operators when they are entering certain restricted areas without necessarily preventing the aircraft from flying there.

  • Drone activity around major sporting events
    The conversation touches on drone pilots entering restricted areas around stadium events despite warnings, illustrating why detection and enforcement remain necessary even when consumer drones notify pilots of restrictions.

  • Fiber-optic “FOG” drones
    Logan identifies fiber-optically guided drones as an important emerging challenge. Instead of communicating with an operator using radio signals, these drones remain physically connected by an extremely thin fiber-optic cable.

  • Why fiber-optic drones are difficult to stop
    Because control and video travel through fiber rather than a wireless RF link, conventional RF detection and jamming techniques may not work. That increases the importance of radar and other methods of physically detecting the aircraft.

  • Long-range attack drones and the economics of defense
    Logan contrasts smaller fiber-optic drones with much larger long-range fixed-wing attack drones and discusses the challenge of using extremely expensive defensive weapons against comparatively inexpensive aircraft.

  • Fish farms need radar too
    One unexpected commercial application is protecting fish farms where millions of dollars of stock could be vulnerable to theft or sabotage. Radar can alert operators to someone approaching a restricted area.

  • Avalanches, rockfalls, and polar bears
    Spotter’s radar technology has moved far beyond its original security mission. Logan mentions applications involving avalanche monitoring, rockfall monitoring, and even tracking polar bears.

  • Entrepreneurship: do it for more than money
    Logan says entrepreneurship involves too much work and stress for money alone to be the motivation.

  • The Three Rs: Record, Remind, Report
    Logan’s productivity philosophy centers on doing small things consistently: record what needs to happen, establish reminders, and make sure progress gets reported. His lesson is that accomplishing large goals depends on consistently handling the little things.

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]]> What happens when drones go somewhere they’re not supposed to go?

In this AwesomeChat, Sorg talks with Logan Harris, CEO of Spotter Global, about the technology being developed to detect drones, track their operators, protect critical infrastructure, and give security teams a better picture of what is happening across large areas.

Spotter Global began by shrinking ground-surveillance radar technology that once required large equipment, significant power, and multiple operators into compact systems designed to provide situational awareness in the field. Today, that technology has expanded into critical infrastructure, public safety, drone detection, and some surprisingly unexpected applications.

Logan demonstrates how radar, cameras, GPS tracking information, video analytics, and Remote ID can work together to help operators identify what is actually moving instead of simply generating another security-camera alert.

The conversation also explores a rapidly changing drone landscape: public-event incursions, Remote ID regulations, DJI’s changes to its geofencing system, DIY aircraft, fiber-optic drones that cannot be detected or jammed through conventional radio-frequency methods, and the growing challenge of defending against inexpensive drones without using dramatically more expensive countermeasures.

Learn more about Logan Harris and Spotter Global at www.spotterglobal.com.

Topics, News Stories & Technology Discussed

  • How Spotter Global started with military radar technology
    Logan explains how the company grew out of a need for much smaller ground-surveillance radar systems. Instead of the roughly 100-pound systems that traditionally required several operators, Spotter Global developed compact radar technology for providing situational awareness to small teams operating in remote areas.

  • A compact radar covering a surprisingly large area
    Logan demonstrates a radar unit with roughly a 600-meter range that uses about eight watts of power and can monitor approximately 40 acres. Radar provides the wide-area detection layer while cameras and additional analytics help determine what the radar actually found.

  • SnapTrack brings live targets directly onto the map
    Spotter Global’s SnapTrack feature combines target location information with live camera imagery. Rather than forcing an operator to monitor a wall of camera feeds, a target can appear on a map with picture-in-picture video once a camera acquires it.

  • Radar + cameras + video AI to reduce false alarms
    Sorg compares the technology to conventional security cameras that send an alert without making it clear whether the movement came from a person, vehicle, animal, or even a tree branch. Spotter combines radar tracking, GPS coordinates, metadata, cameras, and video analytics to add multiple levels of verification.

  • Critical infrastructure and the Metcalf substation attack
    Logan discusses how the 2013 attack on the Metcalf electrical substation in California highlighted vulnerabilities around major infrastructure. That helped drive demand for security systems capable of monitoring activity well beyond a facility’s fence line.

  • Drones over a Fourth of July event
    Logan describes assisting local law enforcement around a fireworks event where four drones flew around or over a stadium containing approximately 50,000 people. Police were able to intercept two of the operators.

  • Remote ID: a “license plate” for drones
    Remote ID is compared to ADS-B on traditional aircraft. Compatible drones broadcast information including an identifier and location data, allowing detection systems to track the aircraft and, in some cases, identify the location of its operator.

  • Spotter Global’s Remote ID sensor
    Logan demonstrates a compact sensor capable of monitoring a large surrounding area for Remote ID broadcasts and plotting drone tracks and operator locations on a map.

  • The 250-gram threshold and smaller drones
    The conversation looks at how weight affects Remote ID requirements and why some very small consumer drones operate differently from larger aircraft.

  • DIY drones, RC aircraft, and external Remote ID beacons
    Sorg connects the discussion to SAE Aero Design competitions and student-built aircraft. Logan demonstrates a small Remote ID transmitter that can be attached to a DIY aircraft that needs to comply with Remote ID requirements.

  • DJI and the change from geofencing to warnings
    Logan discusses DJI’s change from firmware-enforced no-fly restrictions to warnings that alert operators when they are entering certain restricted areas without necessarily preventing the aircraft from flying there.

  • Drone activity around major sporting events
    The conversation touches on drone pilots entering restricted areas around stadium events despite warnings, illustrating why detection and enforcement remain necessary even when consumer drones notify pilots of restrictions.

  • Fiber-optic “FOG” drones
    Logan identifies fiber-optically guided drones as an important emerging challenge. Instead of communicating with an operator using radio signals, these drones remain physically connected by an extremely thin fiber-optic cable.

  • Why fiber-optic drones are difficult to stop
    Because control and video travel through fiber rather than a wireless RF link, conventional RF detection and jamming techniques may not work. That increases the importance of radar and other methods of physically detecting the aircraft.

  • Long-range attack drones and the economics of defense
    Logan contrasts smaller fiber-optic drones with much larger long-range fixed-wing attack drones and discusses the challenge of using extremely expensive defensive weapons against comparatively inexpensive aircraft.

  • Fish farms need radar too
    One unexpected commercial application is protecting fish farms where millions of dollars of stock could be vulnerable to theft or sabotage. Radar can alert operators to someone approaching a restricted area.

  • Avalanches, rockfalls, and polar bears
    Spotter’s radar technology has moved far beyond its original security mission. Logan mentions applications involving avalanche monitoring, rockfall monitoring, and even tracking polar bears.

  • Entrepreneurship: do it for more than money
    Logan says entrepreneurship involves too much work and stress for money alone to be the motivation.

  • The Three Rs: Record, Remind, Report
    Logan’s productivity philosophy centers on doing small things consistently: record what needs to happen, establish reminders, and make sure progress gets reported. His lesson is that accomplishing large goals depends on consistently handling the little things.

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]]> Awesome Chat: iTargetGolf https://awesomecast.fireside.fm/937 76526677-7e05-4804-a357-43671c50a8e3 Thu, 09 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0400 Sorgatron Media full Sorgatron Media AwesomeChat welcomes **Frédéric Guitton of iTargetGolf** to talk about the future of interactive golf technology and how driving ranges are becoming more social, competitive, and game-like. 27:16 no <p>AwesomeChat welcomes <strong>Frédéric Guitton of iTargetGolf</strong> to talk about the future of interactive golf technology and how driving ranges are becoming more social, competitive, and game-like.</p> <p>Frédéric explains how iTargetGolf uses interactive targets, animated lights, in-bay feedback, and integrations with systems like Toptracer, TrackMan, and Inrange to make golf practice feel more like a real-life video game. We also discuss Cash Cup Golf, a new hole-in-one skills game using RFID-enabled balls and video validation to create prize-based golf challenges.</p> <p>This episode explores gamified sports, golf entertainment, customer engagement, worldwide virtual competitions, and the business of building technology for outdoor venues.</p> <p>Learn more about iTargetGolf at <a href="http://www.ITargetGolf.com" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>www.ITargetGolf.com</strong></a> </p> iTargetGolf, Frédéric Guitton, AwesomeChat, AwesomeCast, golf technology, sports tech, interactive golf, driving range technology, gamified golf, golf entertainment, Toptracer, TrackMan, Inrange, Cash Cup Golf, RFID golf balls, hole in one challenge, golf startup, interactive targets, in bay lights, golf innovation, golf business, sports entertainment, Sorgatron Media, technology podcast, Pittsburgh podcast, entrepreneur advice, startup interview, golf range, virtual golf, real life video game AwesomeChat welcomes Frédéric Guitton of iTargetGolf to talk about the future of interactive golf technology and how driving ranges are becoming more social, competitive, and game-like.

Frédéric explains how iTargetGolf uses interactive targets, animated lights, in-bay feedback, and integrations with systems like Toptracer, TrackMan, and Inrange to make golf practice feel more like a real-life video game. We also discuss Cash Cup Golf, a new hole-in-one skills game using RFID-enabled balls and video validation to create prize-based golf challenges.

This episode explores gamified sports, golf entertainment, customer engagement, worldwide virtual competitions, and the business of building technology for outdoor venues.

Learn more about iTargetGolf at www.ITargetGolf.com

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]]> AwesomeChat welcomes Frédéric Guitton of iTargetGolf to talk about the future of interactive golf technology and how driving ranges are becoming more social, competitive, and game-like.

Frédéric explains how iTargetGolf uses interactive targets, animated lights, in-bay feedback, and integrations with systems like Toptracer, TrackMan, and Inrange to make golf practice feel more like a real-life video game. We also discuss Cash Cup Golf, a new hole-in-one skills game using RFID-enabled balls and video validation to create prize-based golf challenges.

This episode explores gamified sports, golf entertainment, customer engagement, worldwide virtual competitions, and the business of building technology for outdoor venues.

Learn more about iTargetGolf at www.ITargetGolf.com

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]]> 2018 Flashback: Jack Morgan of Duolingo​ | Awesome Chat https://awesomecast.fireside.fm/424 6e400318-76e5-4768-8c14-5c895837cbb2 Thu, 27 Dec 2018 01:00:00 -0500 Sorgatron Media full Sorgatron Media When your resume pretty much starts with Google and you’re currently employed at a growing startup, chances are there’s a fun story on how you got there. This week we sit down with Jack Morgan as he shares some insight into his path across the pond from England right here to Pittsburgh, what he’s working on over at Duolingo, and what he’s learned about Pittsburgh (and Pittsburghers) thanks to rideshare encounters and work friends. 1:24 no <p><strong>Originally released February 15, 2018</strong></p> <p>When your resume pretty much starts with Google and you’re currently employed at a growing startup, chances are there’s a fun story on how you got there. This week we sit down with Jack Morgan as he shares some insight into his path across the pond from England right here to Pittsburgh, what he’s working on over at Duolingo, and what he’s learned about Pittsburgh (and Pittsburghers) thanks to rideshare encounters and work friends.</p> <p>Also, check out sorgatronmedia.com and awesomecast.com for more entertainment. Follow Michael Sorg (@sorgatron) and @AwesomeCast for updates and live streams of our interviews! Subscribe on Facebook,Stitcher, Spreaker, iTunes, and Youtube! </p> awesomecast, awesomechat, duolingo, google, jack morgan, london, lyft, pittsburgh, social media, startup, technology, uber Originally released February 15, 2018

When your resume pretty much starts with Google and you’re currently employed at a growing startup, chances are there’s a fun story on how you got there. This week we sit down with Jack Morgan as he shares some insight into his path across the pond from England right here to Pittsburgh, what he’s working on over at Duolingo, and what he’s learned about Pittsburgh (and Pittsburghers) thanks to rideshare encounters and work friends.

Also, check out sorgatronmedia.com and awesomecast.com for more entertainment. Follow Michael Sorg (@sorgatron) and @AwesomeCast for updates and live streams of our interviews! Subscribe on Facebook,Stitcher, Spreaker, iTunes, and Youtube!

Support AwesomeCast: Tech and Gadget Talk

]]> Originally released February 15, 2018

When your resume pretty much starts with Google and you’re currently employed at a growing startup, chances are there’s a fun story on how you got there. This week we sit down with Jack Morgan as he shares some insight into his path across the pond from England right here to Pittsburgh, what he’s working on over at Duolingo, and what he’s learned about Pittsburgh (and Pittsburghers) thanks to rideshare encounters and work friends.

Also, check out sorgatronmedia.com and awesomecast.com for more entertainment. Follow Michael Sorg (@sorgatron) and @AwesomeCast for updates and live streams of our interviews! Subscribe on Facebook,Stitcher, Spreaker, iTunes, and Youtube!

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]]> The TiVo Big D Button | AwesomeCast 397 https://awesomecast.fireside.fm/389 09ca74d2-f03e-412f-bda2-90b5888148c8 Tue, 15 May 2018 23:00:00 -0400 Sorgatron Media full Sorgatron Media Krause returns to the big purple couch this week to show off some of his new toys. He is, of course, joined by our in-house gadget hounds Chilla, Katie, and Sorg. 1:01:53 no <p>This week’s episode brought to you by Slice on Broadway, Alex Kahrs Design &amp; Media, and Sparkledragon’s Magical Emporium!</p> <p>Krause returns to the big purple couch this week to show off some of his new toys. He is, of course, joined by our in-house gadget hounds Chilla, Katie, and Sorg. This week’s topics include:</p> <p>Katie is fresh off the Millvale Music Festival and sharing some quick thoughts about the weekend.<br> Thanks to PCTV for picking up Awesome Chat as part of their programming!<br> Krause has an Awesome Thing of the Week – LIVE from McKees Rocks with his Nest doorbell.<br> Katie is sharing the Nintendo Labo mash-up with Jimmy Fallon and Ariana Grande as her Awesome Thing of the Week.<br> Microsoft released some information about Surface Hub 2, and it made Chilla’s Awesome Thing of the Week.<br> Sorg’s Awesome Thing of the Week is just down the block from the studio. He got a sweet tour of the Tolin FX space when he stopped by.<br> Speaking of local, Sorg is sharing Honeycomb Credit as an option for crowdsource funding for businesses.<br> Pittsburgh has an eSports team, and we’re learning more about the gaming space because of it.<br> Boston Dynamics’ creepy robot dog is getting creepier – and smarter.<br> Ryan Reynolds dressed as a unicorn is almost as amazing as him as Deadpool.<br> Snapchat is getting started with ads that you can’t skip.<br> Smellavision is a step closer – with the Sensor Wake alarm clock.<br> Krause is on the verge of cordcutting – and we’re going to talk him over the ledge!<br> To DVR, or not to DVR, that is the true question on this week’s podcast.<br> The show may have turned into an intervention to address Katie’s VHS lifestyle.<br> After the show remember to:</p> <p>Eat at Slice on Broadway (@Pgh_Slice) if you are in the Pittsburgh area! It is Awesome! (sliceonbroadway.com)</p> <p>Want to be part of our studio audience? Hit us up at <a href="mailto:awesomecast@sorgatronmedia.com" rel="nofollow noopener">awesomecast@sorgatronmedia.com</a> and we’ll save you a seat!</p> <p>Join our AwesomeCast Facebook Group to see what we’re sharing and to join the discussion!</p> <p>Follow these awesome people on Twitter: Krause (@KrazyKrause), Katie Dudas (@Kdudders), John Chichilla (@chilla), and Sorg (@Sorgatron)</p> <p>June 5th is a big day for us! It’s our 8-year anniversary PLUS our 400th episode! (We’ll be doing something fun for the occasion. You should join us.)</p> <p>Have you seen our AwesomeTips videos?</p> <p>You can support the show at Patreon.com/awesomecast!</p> <p>Remember to check out our friends at the River’s Edge (@RiversEdgePGH) and The 405 Media (@The405Radio) who replay the show on their stream throughout the week!</p> <p>Also, check out sorgatronmedia.com and awesomecast.com for more entertainment; and view us livestreaming Tuesdays around 7:00 PM EST!</p> This week’s episode brought to you by Slice on Broadway, Alex Kahrs Design & Media, and Sparkledragon’s Magical Emporium!

Krause returns to the big purple couch this week to show off some of his new toys. He is, of course, joined by our in-house gadget hounds Chilla, Katie, and Sorg. This week’s topics include:

Katie is fresh off the Millvale Music Festival and sharing some quick thoughts about the weekend.
Thanks to PCTV for picking up Awesome Chat as part of their programming!
Krause has an Awesome Thing of the Week – LIVE from McKees Rocks with his Nest doorbell.
Katie is sharing the Nintendo Labo mash-up with Jimmy Fallon and Ariana Grande as her Awesome Thing of the Week.
Microsoft released some information about Surface Hub 2, and it made Chilla’s Awesome Thing of the Week.
Sorg’s Awesome Thing of the Week is just down the block from the studio. He got a sweet tour of the Tolin FX space when he stopped by.
Speaking of local, Sorg is sharing Honeycomb Credit as an option for crowdsource funding for businesses.
Pittsburgh has an eSports team, and we’re learning more about the gaming space because of it.
Boston Dynamics’ creepy robot dog is getting creepier – and smarter.
Ryan Reynolds dressed as a unicorn is almost as amazing as him as Deadpool.
Snapchat is getting started with ads that you can’t skip.
Smellavision is a step closer – with the Sensor Wake alarm clock.
Krause is on the verge of cordcutting – and we’re going to talk him over the ledge!
To DVR, or not to DVR, that is the true question on this week’s podcast.
The show may have turned into an intervention to address Katie’s VHS lifestyle.
After the show remember to:

Eat at Slice on Broadway (@Pgh_Slice) if you are in the Pittsburgh area! It is Awesome! (sliceonbroadway.com)

Want to be part of our studio audience? Hit us up at awesomecast@sorgatronmedia.com and we’ll save you a seat!

Join our AwesomeCast Facebook Group to see what we’re sharing and to join the discussion!

Follow these awesome people on Twitter: Krause (@KrazyKrause), Katie Dudas (@Kdudders), John Chichilla (@chilla), and Sorg (@Sorgatron)

June 5th is a big day for us! It’s our 8-year anniversary PLUS our 400th episode! (We’ll be doing something fun for the occasion. You should join us.)

Have you seen our AwesomeTips videos?

You can support the show at Patreon.com/awesomecast!

Remember to check out our friends at the River’s Edge (@RiversEdgePGH) and The 405 Media (@The405Radio) who replay the show on their stream throughout the week!

Also, check out sorgatronmedia.com and awesomecast.com for more entertainment; and view us livestreaming Tuesdays around 7:00 PM EST!

Support AwesomeCast: Tech and Gadget Talk

]]> This week’s episode brought to you by Slice on Broadway, Alex Kahrs Design & Media, and Sparkledragon’s Magical Emporium!

Krause returns to the big purple couch this week to show off some of his new toys. He is, of course, joined by our in-house gadget hounds Chilla, Katie, and Sorg. This week’s topics include:

Katie is fresh off the Millvale Music Festival and sharing some quick thoughts about the weekend.
Thanks to PCTV for picking up Awesome Chat as part of their programming!
Krause has an Awesome Thing of the Week – LIVE from McKees Rocks with his Nest doorbell.
Katie is sharing the Nintendo Labo mash-up with Jimmy Fallon and Ariana Grande as her Awesome Thing of the Week.
Microsoft released some information about Surface Hub 2, and it made Chilla’s Awesome Thing of the Week.
Sorg’s Awesome Thing of the Week is just down the block from the studio. He got a sweet tour of the Tolin FX space when he stopped by.
Speaking of local, Sorg is sharing Honeycomb Credit as an option for crowdsource funding for businesses.
Pittsburgh has an eSports team, and we’re learning more about the gaming space because of it.
Boston Dynamics’ creepy robot dog is getting creepier – and smarter.
Ryan Reynolds dressed as a unicorn is almost as amazing as him as Deadpool.
Snapchat is getting started with ads that you can’t skip.
Smellavision is a step closer – with the Sensor Wake alarm clock.
Krause is on the verge of cordcutting – and we’re going to talk him over the ledge!
To DVR, or not to DVR, that is the true question on this week’s podcast.
The show may have turned into an intervention to address Katie’s VHS lifestyle.
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