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Wednesday
Sep302015

Future News - Blood Moon, Tesla Range Increase, Black Holes Clash, Snowden's First Tweet, Panos VR Update, Taylor on Apple Watch, TV, and iPad Pro  

Listen Now to Future News 9.29.15

Did you see the last blood moon lunar eclipse this past Sunday?  Very special, and a little challenging for those in our bioregion.  Though we did finally see the last bit of it peaking out of mostly cloudy skies, we had a pristine perspective via NASA TV on our iPad..Very sweet!

Did you ever wonder what happens when two black holes collide?  Astronomers have discovered what appears to be a pair of supermassive black holes circling toward a collision so powerful it would send a burst of gravitational waves surging through the fabric of space-time itself. The smash-up is expected to happen in 100,000 years or so, a blink of the eye in cosmic time!

We have two live reports this week, the first from VR pioneer Greg Panos, who chaired a session on early VR at Siggraph 2015 and just attended an Occulus Rift convention.  in a nutshell, VR is coning on like a freight train, arriving in stores by this time next year.  Meanwhile, Apple’s shiny new products are out this fall and we have our Apple pundit Taylor Barcroft present his second segment on them, with a focus on Apple Watch, the new Apple TV and the new iPad Pro.  If you’ve been thinking about  these gadgets, you’ll appreciate what Taylor has to say.  Enjoy!

 

Wednesday
Sep232015

Interview - Sally Armstrong, Canadian journalist, documentary filmmaker, and woman's rights activist.

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From Africa to Asia to the Americas, women are the key to progress on ending poverty, violence, and conflict. Award-winning humanitarian and journalist Sally Armstrong tells us why empowering women and girls is the way forward, and in her new book, Uprising, she introduces us to the leading females who are making change happen, from Nobel Prize winners to little girls suing from justice.

In Uprising she documents the very real progress currently underway toward female empowerment in cultures where women must traditionally endure sexual violence, forced childhood marriage and rape, impoverishment from polygamy and related inheritance laws, plus lack of access to education or jobs. On our show we mix it up a little with questions from both Mrs. Future and I, as well as a host of KSCO callers.  A very dynamic show, and will trigger many neurons in your brain.

 Napa Valley Performing Arts Center at Lincoln Theater in conjunction with the Cameo Cinema, will be hosting a talk and book signing by author Sally Armstrong on Friday, September 25th, 2015. More details are here.

Wednesday
Sep232015

Future News - New Low Orbit Internet, Venter to offer low cost $250 Gene Analyses, 3D Printed Cars by Local Motors, MZ on KSCO TV! 

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Oh boy, oh boy, not only will we soon have ubiquitous internet from space, brought to you by our favorite alien, Elon Musk, but also better personalized health care, and once we are really well, we can cruise around in the latest 3D printed electric car, thanks to Local Motors. 

And to top it all off, our fearless leader of KSCO, MZ, came to visit and gave a download on how KSCO is moving into television, an area we know a thing or two about!  Exciting show, enjoy!

Local Motors will sell their 3D printed electric car in 2016

Wednesday
Sep162015

Interview - Historian of the Future Charles Ostman on Telepathy and the Internet

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Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook recently said, ““One day, I believe we’ll be able to send full rich thoughts to each other directly using technology. You’ll just be able to think of something and your friends will immediately be able to experience it too, if you’d like. This would be the ultimate communication technology,” he said

To evaluate this statement, we asked Charles Ostman, Historian of the Future, about the history of telepathy and communications technologies, especially the internet.  The history of this topic is surprisingly rich, from both academic and military research perspectives.  We think you’ll enjoy this engaging conversation.

Wednesday
Sep162015

Future News - Mercedes Enters Home Power Market, Global Life Expectancy Climbs, Report on Toyota's Mirai Hydrogen Car, Taylor Barcroft updates us on the latest and greatest from Apple Computer.  

Listen Now to Future News 9.15.2015

We’ll soon have more options other than selling power back to the grid as first Tesla, now Mercedes-Benz, offer Mercedes-Benz’s Lithium battery-based home power systemus advanced battery storage options for our solar panel arrays.  These Lithium-Ion battery packs will also give us power when the electrical grid is down, during storms and other emergencies, and are a welcome replacement to anyone who has had to deal with the old-fashioned lead acid batteries. 

In case you’ve been wondering about new fuel options for cars, we have a call-in report of a listener who recently test drove the new Toyota Mirai hydrogen car.  One of the cool features of this vehicle is that it provides 110/220V electrical output as a powerful emergency backup generator, should you need it. Oh, I and did I mention the only exhaust from the car is water? 

We think you’ll also appreciate Taylor Barcroft’s report on Apple’s latest new gadgets, an upgraded iPhone 6s and 6s Plus,Apple pundit Taylor Barcroft watch software and fashion updates, and the iPad Pro, a bigger, more powerful tablet with an optional smart stylus, the Apple Pencil.  Enjoy!