PGM-11 Redstone: The V-2's Heir That Lifted Alan Shepard and Explorer 1
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!On May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard became the first American in space atop a Mercury-Redstone, a rocke...
21 Okt 21min
Sharp: Hayakawa's Ever-Ready Pencil, the First LCD Calculator and Foxconn
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Tokuji Hayakawa opened a small metal workshop in Tokyo in 1912, invented the Tokubijo snap buckl...
21 Okt 21min
Chipotle: Steve Ells' $85,000 Burrito Shop, Pulled Pork and Taco Bell's CEO
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1993, Culinary Institute of America graduate Steve Ells, a former line cook under Jeremiah To...
21 Okt 25min
Casio: The Yubiwa Pipe Cigarette Ring, the 14-A Calculator and G-Shock
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In April 1946, engineer Tadao Kashio opened a small workshop, Kashio Seisakujo, in Mitaka, Tokyo...
21 Okt 21min
Telecommunications Act of 1996: Section 230, Media Mergers and Shared Lines
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The Telecommunications Act of 1996 was the biggest rewrite of U.S. communications law in more th...
21 Okt 13min
Zeus Trojan: Form-Grabbing Bank Theft, Money Mules and GameOver Zeus
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Zeus surfaced in July 2007 in an attack on the U.S. Department of Transportation. The Windows Tr...
21 Okt 22min
Yahoo Breaches: 3 Billion Accounts, Forged Cookies and FSB-Hired Hackers
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Yahoo suffered the largest data breaches in internet history. An August 2013 attack hit all 3 bi...
21 Okt 25min
White Castle: The Five-Hole Slider, a Paper Hat Factory and Leaving Wichita
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!White Castle was built by two men born in 1880: Walter A. Anderson, a short-order cook who by 19...
21 Okt 24min
