Look around the next time you're at a restaurant. How many kids are quietly watching videos on a phone or tablet? Give a crying toddler a phone, and he or she is entertained for hours. But does that screen impact the way his or her brain develops? It does — much more than you might realize.

Sure, chips are delicious, but no one would consider them healthy. Zack Schreier and Nick Hamburger changed all that with their guilt-free take on the classic snack. After two years of development, hundreds of ingredients and countless tests, they ended up with protein-packed chips made from an unlikely ingredient. Kim chats with Nick about how they’ve secured more than $1 million in funding and the future of the Quevos brand.

Oh, Thanksgiving. It’s the holiday where we get together with our families and friends, then proceed to stuff our faces until we feel like bloated whales. Good times. Well, this couple has found a way to make this gluttonous holiday even more excessive. They answer the question of what would happen if they deep fried the entire Thanksgiving meal — and they mean EVERYTHING.

Nothing is certain in life but death and taxes. This idiom was made famous by founding father Benjamin Franklin, and who can really argue? Taxes are a part of our daily lives. Virtually every transaction we make means there will be some sort of tax involved. But how did they collect taxes back when there were kings and we didn’t have the internet or calculators? Well, it turns out it was a curiously simple, yet complicated process.

Peri from Kentwood, Michigan called in to The Kim Komando Show looking to Kim for help to find a middle school friend named Norma. Peri wanted to find Norma to thank her for saving her life all those years ago, and to tell her how much their friendship meant to her. If you've had a person impact your life, this story will tug at your heartstrings. Kim gives Peri advice on how to reconnect with her long-lost friend, Norma.

Want to watch a video of a robot jumping over things? The Boston Dynamics robot is jumping over and climbing things, and while it may not seem that impressive, this robot is the future of dynamic robots. Why? Well, if you look closely, you can see that it’s able to shift its weight to appropriately overcome obstacles. The robot uses computer vision to locate itself with respect to visual markers and hit the terrain accurately. It’s come a long way from not being able to walk in a straight line.

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Your Amazon Echo can do so much more than answer your questions. In my eBook, "How to Use Your Amazon Echo: Tips and Tricks," you'll learn everything you need to know to become a pro. I'll show you how to set it up all the way to how it can endlessly entertain you in your living room, your kitchen and your bedroom. You will also learn the necessary tools to have your Amazon Echo help you in an emergency.

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