The Engadget Podcast Ep 11: Everybody Hurts
The world's first cyborg games and generating empathy with VR.
Managing editor Dana Wollman and senior editor Mona Lalwani join host Terrence O'Brien to talk Macbook rumors, Amazon ISP ambitions and Julian Assange. Then they'll talk about all the work that went into Engadget's five part series covering the world's first cyborg games, Superhumans and look at VR's ability generate empathy.[embed=https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/289202221&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false]
The Flame Wars Leaderboard
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Wins |
Loses |
Winning % |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Mona Lalwani | 3 | 1 | .750 |
| Christopher Trout | 2 | 1 | .666 |
| Dana Wollman | 8 | 5 | .615 |
| Devindra Hardawar | 9 | 7 | .563 |
| Chris Velazco | 3 | 3 | .500 |
| Cherlynn Low | 6 | 7 | .461 |
| Nathan Ingraham | 4 | 6 | .400 |
| Michael Gorman | 1 | 2 | .333 |
Relevant links:
- Apple could bring E Ink keyboards to MacBooks in 2018
- Amazon wants to sell internet service in Europe
- Ecuador confirms it cut Assange's internet for US election interference
- Superhumans: Inside the world's first cyborg games – Episode 1
- Superhumans: Inside the world's first cyborg games – Episode 2
- Superhumans: Inside the world's first cyborg games – Episode 3
- Superhumans: Inside the world's first cyborg games – Episode 4
- Superhumans: Inside the world's first cyborg games – Episode 5
- VR helped me grasp the life of a transgender wheelchair user
- The New York Times VR app launches with portraits of refugee children
- The United Nations is turning VR into a tool for social change
- The Godmother of Virtual Reality: Nonny de la Peña
- 'That Dragon, Cancer' forced me to confront my past
You can check out every episode on The Engadget Podcast page in audio, video and text form for the hearing impaired.