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S2018 · E1 · Jan 9, 2018

Using Drones for Good with Rhianna Lakin - Humans of the Year Episode 1

Rhianna Lakin is the force behind the leading online community for women interested in drones. She’s proactively carved out a space for women in a male domin ated industry and is challenging drone pilots everywhere to use the technology for good. She’s hoping to use drones as a powerful tool to expose and combat d eforestation, aid in search and rescue missions and humanitarian relief, amplify the voices of protesters and inspire the next generation to do the same.

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S2018 · E2 · Jan 11, 2018

The Pinball Doctors - The Last Arcade Technicians in NYC Episode 2

Pinball was once an American obsession. Now, the arcade classic is making a comeback, but the repair technicians skilled enough to repair these complex machines are limited. In this episode of State of Repair, Motherboard talks to two remaining pinball repair techs in New York to see what goes into keeping these highly specialized games running.

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S2018 · E3 · Jan 24, 2018

Douglas McCauley Protects the Oceans with Big Data - Humans of the Year Episode 3

Douglas McCauley is a Santa Barbara-based marine scientist who is looking to technology for new ways to take on some of the ocean's biggest challenges. Along with his colleagues at the Benioff Ocean Initiative (BOI)—a UCSB-based collaboration between marine biologists, tech innovators, and citizen scientists—McCauley has helped develop numerous platforms to monitor threats to marine ecosystems.

30 min

S2018 · E4 · Feb 1, 2018

Tractor Hacking - The Farmers Breaking Big Tech's Repair Monopoly Episode 4

When it comes to repair, farmers have always been self reliant. But the modernization of tractors and other farm equipment over the past few decades has left most farmers in the dust thanks to diagnostic software that large manufacturers hold a monopoly over. In this episode of State of Repair, Motherboard goes to Nebraska to talk to the farmers and mechanics who are fighting large manufacturers like John Deere for the right to access the diagnostic software they need to repair their tractors.

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S2018 · E5 · Feb 15, 2018

How iFixit Became the World's Best iPhone Teardown Team Episode 5

Every year there’s a race to become the first to tear down the phone, with teams from around the world flying to Australia—where it’s first released—to compete to be the first to look inside the world’s most coveted new phone. Motherboard embedded with iFixit, a California-based company whose primary mission is to make it easier for the average person to disassemble and repair their electronics, for its iPhone X teardown.

30 min

S2018 · E6 · Mar 5, 2018

CryptoHarlem Is Teaching Encryption to the Over-Policed and Heavily Surveilled Episode 6

Every month for the past five years, Harlem residents have gathered to discuss digital privacy and how to best protect themselves from intrusive surveillance. Motherboard joined CryptoHarlem founder Matthew Mitchell at one of his crypto parties to see firsthand how he is empowering people of color, who he says are over-policed and heavily surveilled.

30 min

S2018 · E7 · Apr 3, 2018

Brazil's Disappearing Wild Jaguars Episode 7

Living With Jaguars is a 360° film documenting wild jaguars in Brazil. Part documentary and part immersive game, Living With Jaguars explores historical and current tensions in a rural region where jaguars prey on ranchers' cattle and ranchers kill them in retaliation. Now, ranchers and jaguars must find new ways to co-exist - or risk the future of a species under threat.

30 min

S2018 · E8 · Apr 13, 2018

The City That Banned Bitcoin Mining Episode 8

Plattsburgh, NY is part of a long-standing power agreement that gives the city an allotment of some of the cheapest electricity anywhere in the world, but a recent influx of cryptomining companies and their energy-draining rigs have raised power prices at the expense of the general population.

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S2018 · E9 · May 25, 2009

Ralph Lundsten's Andromeda Galaxy Episode 9

Ralph Lundsten's recording studio is its own country.

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Motherboard is a news web series from Vice that looks at everything technology related for the average Vice fan, full of news on sound technology, internet trends, video game design and more. The show looks in depth into each topic by going to specific newsworthy events and interviewing several relevant subjects to add insight for the viewer. The series is notable for following stories that the mainstream tech media does not, forgoing showcasing the newest consumer technology in favor of niche markets and unknown innovators. Several of the episodes follow musicians who are pushing the limits of technology in music to further their craft, including RJD2 and Brian Gibson of Lightning Bolt. The stories span the entire US and beyond to find the most interesting technology related stories and highlight the men and women who are pioneers doing truly unique things with technology.

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Total runtime 25h 12m · Episode length 18 min · Country United States

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Premiered

May 25, 2009

Final episode

April 13, 2018

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YouTube · VICE TV (US)

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United States

Episode length

18 min

Total runtime

25h 12m

Original language

English

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