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# The Most Insanely Important, Mind-Blowing Tech News of the Week

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_Published 2012-04-06. Important developments concerning flying cars, Star Wars, Google glasses, espresso on the go and more._


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## Transcript

Flying cars, augmented reality, and Star Wars. Strap in for the most insanely important, mind blowing tech news of the week. I'm Doug Aamoth. [ MUSIC ] Flying cars, I know, right? Where are they? Not one but two made their maiden voyages recently, in preparation for the New York Auto Show. The PAL V1. And the transition from [ INAUDIBLE ]. Fugia, Fugia. Can I spread it across more than one credit card? Well i have six actually. Well, I don't know Gary. Do you wanna make a sale today or do you wanna talk about how many credit cards I have? [ MUSIC ] Hey. I'm gonna have to write a check to but you can't cash it until the end of the year probably.

Call me before you cash it though. Hello? [ LAUGH ] I don't know what took longer, flying cars or an espresso machine for your car. But you can finally make espresso in your car with the $ 200 Handpresso Auto. Brew it up, pour it out, drink it down and enjoy! Just like this gentlemen. Is there something wrong with the espresso? Is it a special, [ UNKNOWN ] why is he seeing things, he's like hallucinating. Is that, that bad? The company is French is that what they [ INAUDIBLE ]. [ MUSIC ] [ INAUDIBLE ] I am gonna go to France. And speaking of consumables, the Texas Rangers are now selling a $ 26 hotdog at their ball park.

The hotdog is 2 feet long and it looks delicious. What does this have to do with technology? [ MUSIC ] Huh. Hm. Long time fans of the Star Wars franchise were horrified this week to find out that Star Wars connect, a game for the XBox 360, features several mini games. One of which is a dancing mini game that mimics your moves on screen as Hans Solo. Look [ UNKNOWN ] is it that bad? Is it that bad? [ MUSIC ] Oh, it's. It's good to get. It's good to get the younger generations interested in Star Wars. You gotta. You gotta get them interested somehow. You have to do it. I like that. I feel like I should watch Empire twice in a row just to counterbalance that.

[ MUSIC ] And last but certainly not least Google has confirmed project glass connected augmented reality glasses you wear on your head to let you interact with the world around you using an android style interface. And emails do video chats, look up the weather, that kind of stuff. They look really cool, I can't wait to get my own pair. [ MUSIC ] Check out all those insanely important mind blowing tech news stories and more on tech land. [ MUSIC ] I literally blacked out for about two hours. Did you, did you see that, Oh, man.

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