And Now for Something Completely Different - Introducing the Runcible, and the long history of circular pocket devices.

Listen Now to Aubrey Anderson and Mark Buchanan on the Runcible

You may have noticed that your smartphones and tablets are very rectangular with rectangular screens.  Well, the future may not be so square if the circular Runcible becomes popular. As a device it brings back the circle, much like the old fashioned pocket watch, but with most of the capabilities of a modern smart phone.  Why circular? Because it feels and looks right, and has a timeless quality to it that make it feel like you are carrying something of an heirloom.  We were curious about his radical departure from the current form factors of mobile tech, so we invited the inventor of the Runcible, Aubrey Anderson in the studio, with Mark Buchanan, another circular tech designer, to investigate this approach more deeply.  Enjoy!

Future News - Sick NASA Burn, Martian Colony Food Options, World Economic Forum Breakthrough Tech

Listen Now to Future News 6.28.2016

A fun news session today, not just because of our scintillating personalities, but also because we had our second guests participate in commenting on the news. That would be Aubrey Anderson and Mark Buchanan, tech entrepreneurs creating the first round computer for your pocket. (More on that in their interview).  They added quite a bit to this news segment, enjoy!

Future News - New Drone Rules, Autonomous Bus Debuts, China Builds New Supercomputer without US chips Wearable Dialysis Unit, Taylor Barcroft reports on What's new from Apple's WWDC, and Gregory Panos reports on E3 in LA

Listen Now to Future News 6.21.2016

Happy Summer to you!  We begin the new season with two reports from our trusted agents in the field, the first by Taylor Barcroft on the latest from Apple Computer at their World Wide Developer’s Conference in San Francisco.  Get ready to update your thinking about texting!  Our second report is from our VR expert, Gregory Panos, who just attended the E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) in LA.  Keep an eye on Sony and their new VR system, to be debuted by Q4 2016..

We also have new rules for drones, a very cool new use for IBM’s Watson AI, a Chinese supercomputer with all processors made in China, a wearable portable kidney dialysis machine, a study on the neural density of birds brains, a floating Tesla, and more to keep you informed and entertained by the likes of us. Enjoy!

An Electric Autonomous Bus driven by Watson, IBM’s AI

Future News -Initial WWDC and E3 Report, Lots of Space News, including UAE/NASA Mars alliance, Fires in Space. Update from Director Brett Leonard on latest projects including Virtual Reality Open Source Metaverse

Listen Now to Future News 6.14.2016

This week we are on the road to LA, with many events on the agenda, including VR at E3.  Most fun so far was a big party sponsorted by Upload VR at the old stock exchange building in LA, replete with demos from over a dozen companies creating Virtual Reality Content. It was quite crowded and it paid to be there early.  We were.. Also, lots of space news this week, from discovering new planets so close to the their suns that they are losing their atmosphere to the United Arab Emirates teaming up with NASA for Space Exploration.  We also found the remote watery graveyard for space junki on earth to be quite fascinating. 

Film Director and media pioneer Brett Leonard gives us an update on his media projects, including a 360 video project in the royal palace of Denmark, and the latest in open source VR.

Very exciting and we look forward to sharing it all with you!

giant planet PTFO8-8695b, which is believed to orbit a star in the constellation Orion every 11 hours. Gravity from the young star appears to be pulling away the outer layers of the Jupiter-like planet.

Future News and Discussion - Election Issues, The Candidates Views on Science and Technology, Space News

Listen Now to Future News 6.8.2016

A big primary day for us in California, and the main topic of our conversation today.  Mrs. Future had some issues at her polling station which we discuss, and we delve more deeply into the views of the candidates when it comes to Science and Technology.  There is also some Space News, including the deploying of an inflatable module on the Space Station, the beginning of hotels in space!  Enjoy..