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b'[This show first aired February 25, 2008.]\\n\\nPhil Bowermaster, \\xa0Stephen Gordon, and PJ Manney discuss movies and the future.\\n\\nHow memes, like "Americans are stupid," stick around regardless of their truth.\\n\\nThey were surprised that some Americans object to nanotech for moral reasons. They wondered whether people have confused nanotech with embryonic stem cell research, or whether people are afraid of grey goo.\\n\\nOn the bright side, Americans are less afraid of GM food than Europeans.\\n\\n\\n\\nContact lenses with circuits, lights could be a possible platform for superhuman vision. Animal testing is ongoing. Phil and Stephen agree that the possibilities are wide open for this technology.\\n\\nPhil wondered which comes first, HUD contact lenses or self-driving cars. Stephen thinks that both technologies are imminent and will be complementary.\\n\\n\\n\\nSpeaking of self-driving cars, Stephen enjoyed the new Knight Rider pilot. Good cheesy fun. By the way, that was Val Kilmer playing the voice of the new K.I.T.T.\\n\\nStephen just introduced his kids to ET: The Extra Terrestrial and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Phil got to see 2001: A Space Odyssey on the big screen. Phil\'s daughter\'s response was pretty much "what the heck was that?"\\n\\nVW is coming out with a diesel hybrid. Stephen is especially excited about this development.\\n\\nThey just need to offer a diesel plug-in hybrid.\\n\\nThe picture at the top of this post is the VW Vortex concept that Michael Darling mentioned. It gets 235mpg and has a carbon fiber body.'