If a company from Puerto Rico gets its way, we could be seeing iris scan technology in a lot more machines, including your cell phone.  But as one of the nerds points out, the chances of Minority Report becoming reality are not quite as close as some may think.  What is close however is using your cell phone as your wallet.  And if you doubt it, just ask the folks in New York and San Francisco who will be able to pay for goods using only their cell phone starting this summer.  The nerds do have one question however…. How?

Long time fans of LN will be familiar with the dulcet tones of Wired.com’s geek dad, Ken Denmead.  After all, he dropped by the studio last season for a chat about his new book.  Well, it’s deja vu all over again, as Ken joins the nerds for a chat about his follow up book, and his refreshingly candid answer to the question of why exactly he wrote it.

All that plus, the sandwich in a can, why Microsoft kinda likes Android, and an Ask Art that will have you wondering “How safe is my porn?”

Would you want Yoda telling you where to go?  Turns out you can, now that his voice is being used by Tom Tom.  Yes, it’ll come in handy on Degobah, but still….  Last week, Crashboy told us Prince hates the internet so this week, we have a look and try to figure out why. (answer- he’s weird)  Generation Y doesn’t hate the internet though.  In fact, a new study says social networking will be a permanent part of their lives. This will have a ripple effect it seems, as Twitter will eventually make all your friends hate you.

All that plus, turning a page was patented by Microsoft?, iPhone vs Android redux, and Art’s nomination for headline of the year!

Yeah, so did we…. So let’s just begin this week with the fine folks at Yahoo.  Seems they want to revamp their site, so they’ve hitched their trailer onto the Facebook wagon.  Will it work?  It probably has the same chance of success as The Gore’s marriage.  (Perhaps Al finally figured out that he was married to someone named “Tipper”)  Hey, speaking of Al, how about that electric car thingy.  Seems you might have a few more places to charge your new Chevy Volt now that charging stations are finally arriving.

Not that the folks over at the Mars project will care… they’re now locked in with each other for the next 520 days.  Let’s hope someone brought a good mix tape.  When they finally get around to going to Mars, perhaps the man behind PayPal will be the one taking them there, now that he has his own pet rocket.

This week we also look to the future, much as unheralded genius Robert Boyle did 200 years ago.  Although we probably won’t be quite as accurate as he was.  Good thing we have tech guru Cory Doctrow around to sit down for a chat, and tell us his opinions of the 12 events that will change everything.

All that, plus Apple vs Android, the psychology of fanboyism, and what exactly an intrepid reporter found in a SoCal junkyard. (hint… “You’re gonna need a bigger tow truck.”)

Oh yeah, and there was some sort of iPhone thing this week…?

We also revisit a few salient topics this week.  Art tries desperately to put his profanity laden tirade from last week’s show into some sort of meaningful perspective, while Crashboy speculates on the possibility that our poll might very well have been hijacked by the good folks at the Parents’ Television Council.  And if that wasn’t enough, Mark Ryder of vajazzleville.com drops by the Flimm Building to drop off a few DIY kits for our listeners.

Plus, the switch to Google Chrome, the story behind Saddam’s sex tape, and what you can tell your spouse when the term “wild Asian ass” comes up in your search history.  All that and more on British Petroleum’s favorite podcast, Lesser Nerds.

Speaking of greasy salesmen, it turns out companies are bidding on advertising to YOU,.. in real time on the interweb!  Welcome to the brave new world of instant ads…  not quite like it was back in Mad Men times.  Good thing you can now get yourself a genuine limited edition Mad Men doll (Christina Hendricks actual measurements not included)

The Nerds wonder what Google thinks of Apple’s 120,000 iPad preorders. And remember a few weeks back when the nerds had a good chuckle at Amazon’s expense for suggesting Astro Glide lube to shoppers buying bulk communion wafers?  Turns out, that was just the tip of the iceberg!

Plus, Ask Art this week poses the age old question,… what’s better – real Star Wars, or Family Guy Star Wars?  The answer might surprise you.  And we give full props to the fine folks at edgypodcastreviews.com, who apparently thought we were kinda keen.  Plus why James Brown’s body is missing… all on the special St. Swithun’s Day edition of Lesser Nerds.

Meanwhile, Crashboy continues to prove himself the brains of the operation by filling us in of what exactly gerontology is, while Art waxes poetic about the new German study declaring staring at breasts is good for you!  Too bad he’s too clueless to know what vaporware is.  The nerds bid adieu to Duke Nukem, who finally bit the dust this year, but declare 2010 the year of the tablet!  We preen at the rather unusual fact that if you google “C3PO fleshlight“, Lessernerds will figure prominently, and in discussing the potential dangers of sex toys, we learn the difference between a “doo doo” and a “hoo haw”.

Finally, the nerds go into the etymological differences between the words “geek” and “nerd”, and in doing so, discover why a psych professor at Bennington is probably both.

Crash Boy explains to a very bewildered Art how Apple will use it’s upcoming Tablet to bring back the 70s – vinyl album art and all.

Future humans: we discuss four ways we may – or may not evolve – or devolve: and continue to take potshots at Japanese culture by examining the marriage of a Japanese nerd to his virtual girlfriend.

Crash Boy fills us in on why his Call Of Duty disc is now making a lovely coaster.  And, in an early Christmas act of kindness, we show you why this podcast is your first source for new internet sex fads.

Plus: we find out if driving around with a cuppa joe on your roof is a chick magnet. Roof coffee cup guy pulls over during his morning commute to talk to The Nerds.

Plus, this week’s Ask Art discovers that “tromboner” isn’t actually a word you would want to use in the orchestra pit.

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