Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In Episode 2 of the Happy Tech Podcast, we aim to talk about all of the fun, exciting, and uplifting news in tech - because it's easy to forget, with all the doom and gloom out there, that there is still some cool stuff happening in the tech world!
We also guess the prices of old IBM computers and keyboards, and try out a really unique new game! (Denshattack).
For Show and Tell Stac brought a Solar Power science experiment kit from the 1970s, and Dan brought a vintage Hot Wheels Radar!
0:00:00 TRS 80 Manual Intro
0:00:22 What's on Today's Show
0:00:55 What we did this week
0:05:05 Name That Price
0:13:29 Graded Wolfenstein 3D
0:15:47 AI Spots Brain Bleeds
0:17:43 PS5 Emulation is Here!
0:20:36 Turning Steam Games Into SSD Cartridges
0:23:43 A Laptop GPU Tops the Steam Hardware Survey
0"27:32 Dad Fixes an RTX 3070 With a Radio Capacitor
0:30:19 Nvidia, Sega, and 30 Years of Virtua Fighter
0:35:00 AMD 9070 Price Cut (and Bing's Worst AI Summary)
0:37:17 Hannah Montana Linux Returns
0:38:38 Aerospace Treasure at the Recycling Depot
0:41:50 Real 3D Minecraft on a Game Boy Color
0:43:27 Xbox Finally Extends Gamertags
0:44:57 Let's Play: Denshattack!
0:57:11 Show and Tell: The Mattel Hot Wheels Radar Gun
0:59:04 A 1977 Radio Shack Solar Lab Kit
1:04:44 Clocking Real Cars With a Toy Radar Gun
1:05:46 Outro
Links:
AI spots hemorrhages: crescendo.ai/news/latest-ai-news-and-updates
AI improves work-life balance in Doctors: healthitanswers.net/ai-in-healthcare-news-and-updates-071526
Tech Recycler gets Aerospace History: msn.com/en-us/news/technology/recycler-rescues-mysterious-trove-of-rare-aerospace-hardware-and-sets-out-to-discover-its-past/ar-AA283w1m
PS5 Emulation is here: youtube.com/watch?v=j8UtATA2oMc
PC Gamers makes Steam Cartridges using SSDs: msn.com/en-us/news/technology/pc-gamer-turns-steam-games-into-cartridges-with-ingenious-2-5-inch-ssd-system/ar-AA27YLfm
Dad fixes RTX 3070 with Radio Capacitor: tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/ingenious-father-fixes-dead-rtx-3070-with-a-jerry-rigged-capacitor-from-an-old-radio-saves-worried-son-usd120-in-repair-costs-gpu-works-better-than-before-now
3D Minecraft running on Gameboy: tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/minecraft-shown-running-on-game-boy-color-and-game-boy-in-3d-with-textures-developer-coaxed-3d-look-out-of-old-hardware
Steam Hardware Survey hits fun Milestone: thefpsreview.com/2026/07/06/steam-hardware-survey-june-2026-a-laptop-gpu-just-topped-the-chart-for-the-first-time
Hannah Montana linux gets update: tomshardware.com/software/linux/hannah-montana-linux-gets-modern-remaster-after-nearly-two-decades-sweet-niblets-new-v26-is-built-on-debian-with-a-re-skin-of-kde-plasma
Nvidai and Sega celebrate milestone: tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/segas-usd5m-investment-saved-nvidia-in-1996-now-jensen-huang-is-heading-to-tokyo-to-mark-30-years-of-partnership-akihabara-event-will-include-a-geforce-rtx-5090-fe-lottery-an-rtx-spark-presentation-and-more
Xbox allows longer gamer tags: purexbox.com/guides/xbox-game-pass-all-games-coming-soon-in-july-2026
In Episode 2 of the Happy Tech Podcast, we aim to talk about all of the fun, exciting, and uplifting news in tech - because it's easy to forget, with all the doom and gloom out there, that there is still some cool stuff happening in the tech world!
We also guess the prices of old IBM computers and keyboards, and try out a really unique new game! (Denshattack).
For Show and Tell Stac brought a Solar Power science experiment kit from the 1970s, and Dan brought a vintage Hot Wheels Radar!
0:00:00 TRS 80 Manual Intro
0:00:22 What's on Today's Show
0:00:55 What we did this week
0:05:05 Name That Price
0:13:29 Graded Wolfenstein 3D
0:15:47 AI Spots Brain Bleeds
0:17:43 PS5 Emulation is Here!
0:20:36 Turning Steam Games Into SSD Cartridges
0:23:43 A Laptop GPU Tops the Steam Hardware Survey
0"27:32 Dad Fixes an RTX 3070 With a Radio Capacitor
0:30:19 Nvidia, Sega, and 30 Years of Virtua Fighter
0:35:00 AMD 9070 Price Cut (and Bing's Worst AI Summary)
0:37:17 Hannah Montana Linux Returns
0:38:38 Aerospace Treasure at the Recycling Depot
0:41:50 Real 3D Minecraft on a Game Boy Color
0:43:27 Xbox Finally Extends Gamertags
0:44:57 Let's Play: Denshattack!
0:57:11 Show and Tell: The Mattel Hot Wheels Radar Gun
0:59:04 A 1977 Radio Shack Solar Lab Kit
1:04:44 Clocking Real Cars With a Toy Radar Gun
1:05:46 Outro
Links:
AI spots hemorrhages: crescendo.ai/news/latest-ai-news-and-updates
AI improves work-life balance in Doctors: healthitanswers.net/ai-in-healthcare-news-and-updates-071526
Tech Recycler gets Aerospace History: msn.com/en-us/news/technology/recycler-rescues-mysterious-trove-of-rare-aerospace-hardware-and-sets-out-to-discover-its-past/ar-AA283w1m
PS5 Emulation is here: youtube.com/watch?v=j8UtATA2oMc
PC Gamers makes Steam Cartridges using SSDs: msn.com/en-us/news/technology/pc-gamer-turns-steam-games-into-cartridges-with-ingenious-2-5-inch-ssd-system/ar-AA27YLfm
Dad fixes RTX 3070 with Radio Capacitor: tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/ingenious-father-fixes-dead-rtx-3070-with-a-jerry-rigged-capacitor-from-an-old-radio-saves-worried-son-usd120-in-repair-costs-gpu-works-better-than-before-now
3D Minecraft running on Gameboy: tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/minecraft-shown-running-on-game-boy-color-and-game-boy-in-3d-with-textures-developer-coaxed-3d-look-out-of-old-hardware
Steam Hardware Survey hits fun Milestone: thefpsreview.com/2026/07/06/steam-hardware-survey-june-2026-a-laptop-gpu-just-topped-the-chart-for-the-first-time
Hannah Montana linux gets update: tomshardware.com/software/linux/hannah-montana-linux-gets-modern-remaster-after-nearly-two-decades-sweet-niblets-new-v26-is-built-on-debian-with-a-re-skin-of-kde-plasma
Nvidai and Sega celebrate milestone: tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/segas-usd5m-investment-saved-nvidia-in-1996-now-jensen-huang-is-heading-to-tokyo-to-mark-30-years-of-partnership-akihabara-event-will-include-a-geforce-rtx-5090-fe-lottery-an-rtx-spark-presentation-and-more
Xbox allows longer gamer tags: purexbox.com/guides/xbox-game-pass-all-games-coming-soon-in-july-2026
