Episode 204 - #GAAD, Google IO, and Walrus Penis Bone

About this episode

The episode discusses various topics including accessibility, technology news, and a humorous story about a missing walrus penis bone.

It's an all new That Real Blind Tech Show and since we have a new intro for our show we got the entire gang here of Allison, Brian, David, Ed, and Jeanine. We kick the show off discussing a Little Rock and roll and Billy Idol of all things. Which then leads to our first That Real Blind Tech show firing in quite awhile. Brian discusses seeing Bruce Springsteen at Madison Square Garden. And the talk of the Boss then leads to us discussing our new theme song. Eventually we get in to the news with a story for the ages as a beloved Walrus Penis Bone has gone missing from a bar in South Jersey. And we finally have an answer to the age old question, is it safe to use a laptop on your lap? Will Privacy workers ruin Smart Glasses for people with disabilities? Boston Logan Airport is launching a pilot program of people getting to the airport 25 miles away and going through TSA there, what could go wrong with this? We then discuss #GAAD and what has it accomplished over the past 15 years. Ed discusses the #GAAD event he participated in with Meta Labs. In recognition of #GAAD Apple unveiled the new accessibility features coming in the next operating system. We then touch on all the sink…

People in this episode

Hosts: Brian Fischler, Ed Plumacher, Allison Meloy

Topics covered

• accessibility
• technology news
• Google IO
• music
• comedy
• disability rights
• privacy

Keywords

• GAAD
• Google IO
• walrus penis bone
• Bruce Springsteen
• accessibility features
• Project Aura Glasses
• privacy
• smart glasses
• New York City
• Billy Idol

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Meta Labs, Apple, Google

Products: Project Aura Glasses

Books & works: Billy Idol

Places: South Jersey, Boston Logan Airport, New York City

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