About this season
The New Screen Savers is a variety show for tech. The show stars Leo Laporte and is co-hosted by Megan Morrone, Jason Howell, Fr. Robert Ballecer, and Bryan Burnett. Viewers get live tech help, interesting guests, insights into the latest innovations, products and trends, plus lots of fun things thrown in, too. There will also be special guest co-host appearances from Patrick Norton, Kate Botello, Kevin Rose, Martin Sargent, and more.
Episodes (24)
1. CES 2016
Aired 9 January 2016 • 107 min
The best of CES 2016, Car Tech, El Nino, 32nd Chaos Communications Congress and Tiny Hardware Firewall Review
2. Editing DNA and Electric Motorbikes
Aired 16 January 2016 • 94 min
Curing disease with genetic engineering, electric motorbikes, and the technology in future cars.
3. Augmented Reality Sandbox
Aired 23 January 2016 • 85 min
Film cameras, Google Photo, and the AR Sandbox.
4. Game of Geeks
Aired 30 January 2016 • 80 min
Looking for the ninth planet from the Sun, an electric vehicle for the rest of us, and The Game of Geeks!
5. Cap'n Crunch
Aired 6 February 2016 • 89 min
Cap'n Crunch, Anonabox, Looplabs, big data and politics
6. Gravitational Waves Discovered
Aired 13 February 2016 • 85 min
Gravitational waves, 3D scanned ears, the Ultimate VR Gaming Machine, and the godfather of controllerism.
7. Apple vs. FBI
Aired 20 February 2016 • 84 min
Apple vs. FBI, a robot to take on telemarketers and the ultimate virtual reality gaming machine.
8. I Like Big Maps and I Cannot Lie
Aired 27 February 2016 • 86 min
Making maps from big data, week three as we build the Ultimate VR Gaming Machine, and Padre reports from Mobile World Congress.
9. Raspberry Pi 3
Aired 5 March 2016 • 77 min
Raspberry Pi 3, Samsung Galaxy S7, and the pros and cons of encryption
10. Obama Talks Encryption at #SXSW
Aired 12 March 2016 • 102 min
Machine beats man again, Obama talks encryption, and inside the mind of a Blindfold Chess master.
11. That Dragon, Cancer
Aired 19 March 2016 • 88 min
Live from Silicon Valley Comic Con, video game based on a cancer patient,and our UVRGM gets sound.
12. Microsoft's Nazi Sex ChatBot
Aired 26 March 2016 • 71 min
Microsoft's Tay AI experiment, the latest Med Tech, and the best SSDs.
13. Oculus Rift and VR Extravaganza
Aired 2 April 2016 • 87 min
360 degree view with the Ozo, a look through Oculus Rift, Leo flips the switch to the UVRGM.
14. Maker, Maker, Maker
Aired 9 April 2016 • 76 min
Raspberry PI vs. Odroid, how to set up a Makerspace, and a super-wide monitor for our UVRGM.
15. From Russia with Code
Aired 16 April 2016 • 94 min
The Creator of Tetris, Alexey Pajitnov, the animator who brings life to vintage photos, Alexey Zakharov, Leo and Padre answer your tech questions.
16. DIY Minecraft Server
Aired 23 April 2016 • 74 min
Build your own Minecraft Server, School Grown Aquaponics, Med Tech
17. Leo Explains Linux
Aired 30 April 2016 • 77 min
Looking for other earth-like planets, the latest in tech for your dog, and Leo explains Linux on the big chalkboard.
18. Kate Botello Returns!
Aired 7 May 2016 • 83 min
A quadriplegic moves his hand thanks to a chip in his brain, two teams from the TBS show "America's Greatest Makers", and Kate Botello returns then tries out VR for the first time.
19. Raspberry Pi Arcade Cabinet
Aired 14 May 2016 • 90 min
Raspberry Pi MAME Cabinet, San Andreas / San Jacinto Fault Earthquake, adding Linux to a Chromebook
20. Google I/O and All About SSDs
Aired 21 May 2016 • 92 min
The ultimate SSD guide, print with your Raspberry Pi, and Google I/O 2016.
21. Saving Humanity from Asteroids
Aired 28 May 2016 • 83 min
Using lasers to save the planet from meteorite impacts, the best picks for low-cost Android phones, a truly hands-free car phone mount, and Leo reviews the new HP Spectre.
22. Junk in the Tronc
Aired 3 June 2016 • 99 min
Replacing HDD with SSD, the ultimate SSD guide part 2, Leo's new System76 Linux laptop, and more!
33. Movin' to the Eastside
Aired 20 August 2016 • 90 min
Eastside Studio tour, cooking with Keni López-Alt, Rancho Obi-Wan's amazing Star Wars collection.
48. Microsoft Surface Studio
Aired 3 December 2016 • 71 min
LED Bike Wheel Lights, Microsoft Surface Studio, Money Apps, WiFi Media Player