SpaceX Hovers, SXSW, Infrared Solar power, Why Data Caps Suck, and HearPlanet - A new direction for audio infotainment

Listen now to Dr. Future Show 3.12.13

Many pundits have wondered about the direction radio will take, as the internet takes over AM/FM, and audio becomes more dynamic and interactive. Most of you have heard of music on demand services, like Pandora, or internet radio, like TuneIn (KSCO is on that app).  But have you heard of HearPlanet? Particulary useful while traveling, HearPlanet lets you hear about what’s happening around you, be it national monuments, small towns, or roadside attractions.  Several car media companies are looking at in dashboard incorporation of Hear Planet, describing it as a ‘professional tour guide’ at your fingertips.  

HearPlanet’s mission is to deliver audio content for all the world’s locations. More comprehensive than any museum audio-guide, HearPlanet covers the entire globe with audio, helping people discover, share and connect around places.”  

We interview Steve Echtman, founder of HearPlanet, during the second hour of today’s show, and who knows, perhaps some of you will be inspired enough to become professional virtual tour guides as a result of hearing this show.  Hear, hear, Planet!

Future Report - Yahoo Bans Telecommuting, Android sats, animal cyropreservation, Mars comet collision, 4D printed objects,Neanderthal Interbreeding. Special report on Privacy and Google Glass

Listen Now to Dr. Future Show 3.05.13 

We begin this week’s show on The Ethan Bearman show, discussing Yahoo’s controversial banning of telecommuting in their organization..

As the revolutionary Google Glass going public this month, with 1500 pair going out to the first batch of early adopters, we may have some new rules regarding use, particularly with regard to their ability to record everything the wearer sees and hears.   We discuss this controversial issue of privacy with Mark Buchanon, a local programmer who is developing related technologies, and Greg Panos, an augmented reality expert who has just attended the TED and BIL conferences in Long Beach, CA, where the new Google Glass was very much in evidence… An ill-fated yet hilarious dating  attempt demonstating the capabilities and potential pitfalls of the technology can be seen here.

Future Report NOW - Citizen senators, UAV Drone Home, New Mars Mission, Personal Mobile Cloud, The King and Me, Dave Blackburn

Listen Now Dr. Future Show 2.26.13

We really enjoyed hosting the show today, it had a nice flow to it. AP’s Liz Sidtodi’s suggestion of citizen congressmen and Senators entering politics for one term only, for the intention of crafting and passing solid legisation, and then leaving, is as she said, a “radically reaonable idea.”  

And Drones, should we let them free to roam American skies?  Not trivial, as basically, drones are airplanes, and as such can do most things airplanes do well - fast and easy transpo of people and goods, exploration and pleasure flying, and defensive/offensive immune system type roles in facing/creating threats.

And beyond the usual piloted airplane roles, drones, or more accurately UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles), can be very very small, as diminuative as hummingbirds and dragonflys.  What should the regs be for such craft?  Not exactly in the exising purvue of the Federal Aviation Administration….:oh no, Mr. Bill!  We did not drone on about UAVs, however,  <groan>  as there were other amazing stories this week  worthy of our attention :-)

One geek topic we explored is the creation of a personal mobile cloud and a home cloud.  What’s the main thing people run back into their burning houses to save, besides loved ones?  Often old photographs and family archives…our personal cherished memories. From a nerd pov, of course, these deeply emotional moments and milestones..i.e. weddings, birthdays, graduations, award ceremonies, the things we like to reflect on later, are basically, data.  Photographs have given way to computer files.

To discuss this we brought on one of our fav geeks, Mark Buchanon, a programmer working on such issues, and looked at Seagate’s breakthrough award-winning new gadget, the Wireless Plus, a small portable wifi hard drive!

We also spoke quite extensively about crowd-sourcing projects, and that how this year, 10% of Sundance films (17 movies), were crowd-funded by sites like Kickstarter and IndieGoGo.  And just this week, a Kickstarter-financed film won an Academy Award!  (‘Inocent,’ in the Short Documentary category).

We then spoke with tech visionary Dave Blackburn, who started a new IndieGogo project today, a documentary on a topic dear to his heart and that has figured prominently in his life, fast-pitched softball.  Dave had a rather special relationship with the sport, as you will hear.. 

Enjoy the show, and we’d love your comments and feedback!

We are Back! Meteoric Airburst, 3D Printer acceleration, What is Erotic? update

Listen Now to Dr.Future Show Feb 19, 2013

 After a couple of months pursuing other projects, such as our ground-breaking iPad app (to be discussed on today’s show), we are back at KSCO to share with you the future of sex, politics, religion, arts and science!  Lots to cover on today’s show and we look forward to hearing from you, our dear fans!

This week, Mr. Past calls in regarding the meteor events of late, we play the live sound of the Russian meteor airburst, MZ weighs in on Obama issues, 3D printer update, Dr. Joe shares in excitement about new medical breakthroughs, we chat about the future of AI, and Laura Bishop shares “What is Erotic?”.  At the very end of the show, we play a tune from this year’s WIE show, “Polyamory.”

Dr. Future News - Last Show of the Year - End of Time report, Internet Status update, Terence McKenna Time Wave, Dr. Bruce Damer, Dr. Stephen Sideroff, Mr. Past all check in!

Dr. Future News End of Time Report

Oboy, it’s our last show of the year!  We of course, are covering the “End Times” festivities, which in retrospect, helped usher in the new world that you all live in now..The funny thing about memory, is that the pains of the past of been replaced by the joys of the present, thanks in large part to the contributions of so many to our current world view .

Thanks to Dr. Stephen Sideroff, who shows us how to confront the inevitable fears that always crop up in one’s awareness, Dr. Bruce Damer, who reminds us of the power of our imaginations, Mr. Past who sees the perfection of what’s unfolding in realtime, and Mrs. Future who grounds us all with a feminine grounding of love and logic.