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Veronica explores the Tron Ducati Sport 1000. Is this motor tech fact or fictional? Watch and find out!
This week, Veronica drills into Armageddon with scientist Joe Hanson to see if there's even a sliver of real science to be found in Michael Bay's apocalyptic "classic."400
On Today's Fact or Fictional, Veronica scrutinizes S.H.I.E.L.D.'s flying Helicarrier as depicted in Joss Whedon's The Avengers. Is an invisible airborne aircraft carrier physically - or even theoretically - possible? Plus: Veronica responds to your comments from last week's show!
Doctor Who's Sonic Screwdriver can do everything from opening doors to healing wounds to becoming a weapon. Our very own Revision3 Doctor Who experts join us today to talk about everything the device does and try to figure out: could this ever really exist? Or is it totally far-fetched?
Just in time for Halloween, Veronica goes on a paranormal activity hunt with local San Francisco ghost hunters Matthew Martin and Amanda Camarillo. The three stake out the historic and haunted Queen Anne Hotel in downtown San Francisco. Will they find the ghost of Mary Lake in room 410?
Concerned about alternate universes and their effect on real life? This week, we get an inside look at the production of J.J. Abram's hit series, Fringe and we also talk to physics expert, Stephen Granade, to find out if the show is realistic from a scientific POV.
Today on Fact or Fictional, Veronica Belmont talks to Dr. Kiki Sanford about J.A.R.V.I.S from the Iron Man comic books and movies. Do we consider Apple's "Siri" and Tupac's 2012 Coachella cameo the closest thing to J.A.R.V.I.S. in our world today? Find out today on Fact or Fictional.
Today on Fact or Fictional, Veronica talks to Dr. Lisa White Director of Education and Outreach of UC Berkeley's Museum of Paleontology. They discuss Jurassic Park and try to find out if dinosaurs really could come back to life!
Today on Fact or Fictional, Veronica talks to Dr. Ronald Mallett about technology based upon a ring laser's properties within the context of Einstein's Theory of Relativity. What does that mean? TIME TRAVEL! We look at the time travel showcased in the movie Looper and try to figure out if it could ever be real.
Today on Fact or Fictional, Veronica talks to founder and owner of Crealev, one of the world's leading companies in magnetic levitation systems, magnetic design, wireless power transfer, and mechatronic systems.
Today on Fact or Fictional, Veronica chats with Will Smith from Tested.com about the current state of 3-D printing tech. Laci Green, from Sex+, also stops by and discusses the anatomical issues involved with Kelly LeBrock's character in Weird Science.
On Today's Fact or Fictional, Veronica speaks with The Bad Astronomer Phil Plait about the movie CONTACT, and then they talk WORMHOLES! Also, stay tuned to see what she is giving away holiday finale!
On Today's Fact or Fictional, Veronica speaks with Tech Feed's very own Ricahrd Ryan and Rev3 Game's Adam Sessler on the Railgun!
This week on Fact or Fictional, Veronica has Darren Kitchen on the show to discuss Silva's cyber terrorism techniques from the new James Bond movie Skyfall. SPOILER ALERT!
This week on Fact or Fictional, Veronica speaks with theoretical physicist, Sean Carroll about current jetpack propulsion technology and where it's headed. Special thanks to Sean Carroll for being on our show this week.
This week on Fact or Fictional, Veronica speaks with Wired science writer and martian expert Jeffery Marlow. Watch as the two talk about the progress of the Curiosity Rover on Mars. Are we close to finding extraterrestrial life on Mars?
This week Veronica talks to Caleb Kraft from Hackaday about his rendition of the Portal Gun and whether or not a working replica will ever be created. Anthony Carboni also stops by to say hi!
This week, Veronica travels to Chabot Space and Science Center to talk to astronomer, Ben Burress, to get his professional opinion about intelligent life on Earth-like exoplanets.
This week Veronica Belmont chats with ex-Star Trek Ensign Garrett Wang and the founder of Scanadu about a real life medical tricorder.
In the spirit of Valentine's Day and the recent airing of The Walking Dead and Warm Bodies, Veronica discusses the possibilities of zombies ever roaming the Earth with Dr. Steven Schlozman of Harvard! She also gets Laci Green's advice on how to deal with a zombie lover!
Veronica talks to Dr. Tomas Cizmar from the University of St. Andrews about tractor beam technology.Dr Cizmar is currently developing a miniature version of a tractor beam together with his colleagues from the Institute of Scientific Instruments in the Czech Republic. Don't worry, you won't be beamed by aliens anytime soon... well, we hope not!
This week Veronica visits the Academy of Sciences in San Francisco to learn about gigantic cephalopods. How big is the squid?! Special thanks to Richard and the guys over at the Academy for letting us come play with the sea creatures!
Are humans close to evolving into X-Men characters with mutant superpowers? This week Veronica Belmont discusses what it would take to join the mutant force of the X-Men. Special thanks to Caleb Garling from Wired/SF Chronicle for dropping some knowledge!
This week Veronica wonders why vampires aren't flying around in bat form, sucking peoples blood. Dr. Steven Schlozman has answers. Kristina Anapau from True Blood also chats about her role on the show and her theory on vampire existence!
This week Veronica has a special guest: Michael Stevens from Vsauce! Michael gives us the down low on reading minds and moving objects with our brain!
Could virtual reality be the next big thing in gaming? What would it look and feel like anyway? Veronica headed to the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco to find out and try out the Oculus Rift. The virtual reality helmet is getting a lot of buzz for what it will bring to the gaming experience. Watch Veronica try it out and chat with Oculus founder Palmer Luckey on Fact or Fictional. You might notice the show's new look. What do you think? Let us know!
This week, Veronica get's a lesson in lightsabers from Rob Petkau of Genesis Custom Sabers and also a training session from Revision3's very own Jedi, Frank Knight. Will lightsabers ever exist? Watch the show to find out. Also, watch out for Veronica now that she's a trained Jedi. She's dangerous.
Veronica chats with dragon expert, Professor Peter Hogarth from the University of York, UK, about the possibility of dragons ever existing and how dragons have been incorporated into culture, from creation myths to HBO's hit series, Game of Thrones. I mean, Komodo Dragons are a thing... but will they ever fly and breathe fire? Find out!
This week, Veronica brings back her buddy Phil Plait, the Bad Astronomer, to discuss what it would take for us to create a cloud civilization like seen in the new Tom Cruise flick, Oblivion. I guess there's also a cloud city in BioShock Infinite... held by balloons.
This week, Veronica explores the rise of cybernetic organisms in society. Joe Hanson from It's Okay To Be Smart gives us the low down on all the cool, up and coming technology that is taking us one step closer to becoming real life CYBORGS.
Veronica chats with Anne Holden, a genetic anthropologist, to figure out if we will ever be able to genetically modify our children and make the "perfect" baby.
Fans of HBO's hit show Game of Thrones will quickly tell you that "Winter is coming." It's a mantra used on the show to predict extremely long, Ice Age-style winter seasons, sometimes lasting over 20 years. Could we ever see these kinds of extreme, extended winters in real life? Veronica visited the Exploratorium in San Francisco and chatted with planetary physicist Paul Doherty to figure out if our own planet could endure such bitter seasons. Is winter coming for us? You may be surprised.
This week Veronica picks the brain of Jonathan Strickland from How Stuff Works about the possibilities of plasma weaponry. Is this something we actually need to be worried about? Watch to find out.
Animal Planet has announced a sequel to their hugely popular mermaid documentary, The Body Found, releasing THIS Sunday, May 26th at 10pm. We figured it'd be a good idea to investigate the matter ourselves on this weeks edition of Fact or Fictional.
This week, we jump out of the studio and into a post apocalyptic, San Francisco and learn how to forage and cook healthy meals with limited resources. Dr. Darya Pino Rose (http://summertomato.com/) has all the tips and tricks you'll need when the apocalypse happens!
This week on Fact or Fictional, Veronica speaks with Tech Feed's very own car expert, Jon Rettinger to find out if there is anything real about the new Fast and Furious 6, including Vin Diesel's acting abilities...
This week, Veronica talks to historical researcher, Ghost Hunter, and Game of Thrones-lover, Kris Williams from Ancestry.com to decide if Robert Baratheon really was Joffrey's father. There are some spoilers so consider yourself warned! Happy Father's Day!
How realistic is Iron Man's suit? This week is very exciting to finally have the one and only, master of mods and tech builder Ben Heck, on the show. Ben and Veronica discuss all the crazy features of Tony Stark's superhero suit as well as similar suits of armor being tested by the US military. Could we soon see an army of soldiers in Iron Man suits? What will the Iron Man suit look like in upcoming movies? All that and more
It's a bird! It's a plane! No... It's Dr. James Kakalios! This week we talk to Dr. Kakalios, a professor who's written a whole book on superheroes and their powers existing in real life. Find out if Superman could be stronger than a locomotive, or actually leap tall buildings in a single bound.
This week we ask the Blind Film Critic, Tommy Edison, about the echolocation used by the zombies in the new video game, The Last of Us. Find out if the fungus ridden undead could really learn to hunt us down by sound alone!
This week, Veronica gets a chance to talk with author and robotics engineer, Daniel Wilson about the new movie Pacific Rim. Will we someday be able to create giant skyscraper robots? Watch and find out!
Can learning kung fu with be as simple as a brain download away like in the popular movie The Matrix? Neo sure made it look simple as he seemingly defied gravity battling Morpheus mid air. Is there any truth to the technology? Will we ever be able to download a skill directly into our brain without breaking a sweat? You may be shocked at the answer. Watch and find out!
On this episode of Fact or Fiction...what was I talking about again? Veronica gets a chance to sit down with Anthony Carboni to discuss the possibility of amnesia in movies like Memento, Finding Nemo, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Can we completely forget who we are? Watch and find out!
With Discovery Channel's Shark Week approaching, Veronica talks with a marine biologist, and a meteorologist about the forecast for a Sharknado. Is it possible for a ferocious tornado to rip through Southern California, raining man eating sharks upon us? Maybe. Watch and find out!
It's 2154, the world is in ruins, and the privileged live in...space? This is the case in the new Neill Blomkamp film, Elysium. Today Veronica talks with Space Habitat designer Kristian Von Bengtson about Elysium, and the Stanford Torus design it is based on. Find out if a Stanford Torus is in our future!
Is the chemistry genius Walter White really all he is cracked up to be? Veronica Belmont gets a chance to sit down with chemistry PhD Jovana Grbic and find the truth behind Breaking Bad's chemistry! Is Walter's RV jump starting trick actually possible? What's the deal behind exploding fulminated mercury? Watch and find out!
With growing numbers of Closed Circuit Surveillance cameras, do you know who's watching you? This week Veronica speaks with security consultant Aditya Sood about CCTV technology, as seen in the upcoming conspiracy thriller, Closed Circuit. Find out if CCTV is as widespread as it appears, and who is actually watching!
This week, Veronica talk with Revision3's own Roger Chang about the possibility of Spider-Man's mechanical web shooters! Could they be built? What kind of material would they shoot? Could they hold Peter Parker's weight? Find out on this week's episode of Fact or Fictional!
Is it possible for all male mammals to go extinct? What's threatening the Y chromosome? This week Veronica speaks with science author Sam Kean about this concept from the graphic novel, Y: The Last Man. Find out if something could really rid the earth of all male mammals...except for one man and his monkey!
Have you ever wondered how someone's mind could be controlled? This week Veronica talks with Hypnotherapist Andrew Gentile about how popular culture depicts mind control. Can thoughts implanted in someone's mind? Can you control your own dreams? Find out on this week's episode of Fact or Fictional!
