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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It's a new week - and a new opportunity for some tech talk! Join Chilla, Brian Crawford (of PGH Museums) and Sorg as they highlight the week's headlines including:

• Brian is sharing his Hotec wireless microphone as his Awesome Thing of the Week.
• Sorg is sharing Photoshop on his iPad as his Awesome Thing of the Week.
• Chilla's Awesome Thing of the Week is from Microsoft Ignite 2019 with a new Microsoft Office app on mobile.
• Brian has an agenda for this week's visit. He's sharing some behind-the-scenes on his recent project over at PGH Museums.
• This week we're still talking about Pittsburgh buses - in a different manner. They're equipping some clean diesel buses with phone charging outlets!
• Video may have killed the radio star, but Sony has killed the PlayStation Vue.
• AppleTV + launched, and we're getting some viewer feedback about how great it looks!
• HBO Max is coming, and they're challenging Netflix algorithms with "curated by humans" content.
• Thanks to Chilla, we may finally know what happened to G4TV and Attack of the Show.

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