High Tech Snake Oil

Published: Feb. 13, 2011, 1 a.m.

Jonathan Strickland will be discussing gadgets and devices that are either based on pseudoscientific claims or are used incorrectly in pseudoscientific ways (like the ghost hunting tech). Jonathan is a senior writer and a blogger at HowStuffWorks.com, co-host of the popular TechStuff podcast and a technology enthusiast since his first computer: an Apple ][e. While fascinated by the technical aspects of computers and electronics, his main interest focuses on the social impact of technology. [ A PDF of Jonathan's slides is available at http://podcasts.abruptmedia.com/AtlantaSkeptics/asitp-0017.pdf ]