Future News - Toyota invests $25 Million in Robot Cars, Apple hiring 86 AI Experts, Old Message in Bottle Found, Mysteries of the Human Biome, Is Tech Unnatural?, Tenets of the Metaverse

Listen Now to Future News 9.08.2015

Lots of news in the Robotic world this week, with Toyota investing $25 million into a new R&D facility, Apple hiring 86 AI oriented employees.  We also have a report on the use of smart phones by Syrian refugees on their way to Bottle launched in England in 1905 as part of study on deep ocean currents discovered on island off of Germany’s North Sea Coast in 2015Germany, mysteries of the human biome, re-imagining the ultimate limo ride while talking to our favorite limo driver, John Monahan, about personal encounters with sci fi authors Issac Asimov and Ray Bradbury.  We also begin a very big conversation on the rules of cyberspace and the newly forming metaverse, as we enter the next phase of VR evolution.  Enjoy!

Interview - Scientist Entrepreneur John Furber on Asteroid Impacts, Tsunami Prevention, and the latest in Longevity Research

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John D. Furber is the CEO and founder of Legendary Pharmaceuticals. He is an entrepreneur and scientist who has been studying the biology of aging and regeneration for more than 20 years. In our interview he brings us up to date on some of the more promising approaches to senescence of late, including studies suggesting that the blood plasma serum of younger individuals can improve the health of older persons.  

Scientist Entrepreneur John FurberJohn also discusses with us his interest with asteroids and looks at the various ways in which we could avert a potential disaster. Nukes in space? An interesting thought.  We also discuss a tsunami prevention scheme that could save the East coast of North America  from potential disaster.  John is a very articulate and stimulating guest. 

Future News- Uber Aggressively invests in Autonomous Vehicles and Automotive Security, New Solution to Black Hole Mystery, SCUBA like Tricorder Developed, Microbes Implicated in Mass Planetary Extinction Event, Joe Firmage's Radical Plan to Simplify the Internet

Listen Now to Future News 9.01.2015

Welcome to September and more Future News now! What’s happening? The autonomous vehicle world heats up, Hawking offers new insights into how Black Holes may handle information, a hot new medical ‘tricorder’ makes it debut, Joe Firmage gets ready to debut a revolutionary way to evolve the internet, artifical leaves create biofuel for our machines…the unusual but expected future for the likes of us, and that is a great thing!

In our history of the future department, the story of the week revolves around the largest of this planet’s five mass planteary extinctions, the end-Permian extinction, 252 million years ago.  Three independent sets of evidence suggest that microbes were the culprit in completely changing the nature of the climate and ocean chemistry of this planet, with a little help from volcanoes. A fascinating story which we delve into in this report. Enjoy!

Interview with Dr. Bruce Damer on Space Project Shepherd and Origins of Biological Life

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Dr. Bruce Damer, a Canadian-American multi-disciplinary scientist researching the question of origin of life, the incapsulation, capture, and analysis of icy asteroids along with other  solar system ‘planetesimals’, shares his latest projects, research, and speculations with us.

Did life originate on Earth?  Is Asteroid exploration more our future than colonizing Mars? Should we spread our seed, and not just our species, throughout our solar system? Can life be created from scratch?  

Dr. Bruce takes us from the inner realms of early life on Earth to the outer boundaries of spreading life of all kinds throughout the solar system. 

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Dr. Bruce Damer explores the ancient origins of biological life in Australia.

Future News - Blue Origin Entering Space Club, $100 Million E.T. Search, Hyperloop Gains Progress, Tanning Drug Leads to Pink Pill, Video Search Easily Confused

Listen Now to Future News 8.25.2015

As the summer reaches it’s completion and Burning Man is well underway, we are back home in KSCO’s studio with the Future News! I particularly enjoyed  the Pink Pill discussion and looking for intelligent life in the Universe conversation! Though the Starship Enterprise being confused for a waffle iron was pretty hilarious.. Enjoy the show!