No audio this week, because of a bad phone connection, but that didn’t stop Drex and I from talking about Bill Gates’ blog, and the VR video of his conversation with author Neal Stephenson.

We spent a good chunk of time talking about NOVA’s short video series, The Secret Life of Scientists & Engineers, which begins a new season next week.

Google Daydream, and its potential impact on the virtual reality space, was also discussed.

And while talking about the new Dyson V8 vacuum, we learned that the measure of a vacuum’s “suckiness” is called an airwatt. I’ve tried the new V8. I don’t know how Dyson engineers keep making these things better.