Future News - Favorite Stories of the Year, NSA Christmas revelations, Comparing Plane Crashes, Hedy Lamarr and Spread Spectrum, 2015 is Back to the Future II!

Listen Now to Future News 12.30.14

Our last show of the year, commenting on what we thought was hot about 2014, as well as newly revealed info of the week.  We have a bit of fun looking at the 2015 future as predicted by the film Back to the Future II in 1989.  Enjoy and Happy New Year!!

Store Window from 2015 in “Back to the Future Part II”

Interview - Dr. Stephen Sideroff on The Path -The Nine Pillars of Resiliency

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Dr. Stephen Sideroff is an internationally recognized expert in behavioral medicine, optimal performance, resilience, neurofeedback and alternative approaches to stress and mental health. On today’s show heintroduces us to the basics of his new book, “The Path -The Nine Pillars of Resiliency.” Reflecting a lifetime of work, the concepts he outlines our designed to get us back in balance with ourselves, so that we can live a more fuller life and see a brighter future.  Dr. Sideroff is also an expert in addiction and is currently assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA’s School of Medicine.  And a more personal note, he was one of Dr. Future’s professors at McGill University.

Interview - Marc Canter on The Internet of Things

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Being the Holiday Season, we thought it would be apropos to look at our desire for stuff from the perspective of the emerging “Internet of Things,” a term bantered about by many these days as the next big thing in Tech.  

To help understand this topic we bring you Silicon Valley legendary toolmaker, Marc Canter, who recently wrote a critical article on the Internet of Things, recently published in the journal TechCrunch. 

With a more humanized approach, Marc  is CEO of Interface, a new company focused on creating a set of authoring tools for more easily constructing  personalized apps and experiences for the Internet of Things.

Future News - Skype Translator Released, Affordable 360 HD Cam, Prototype Google AutoCar, 4D Printing, Top 10 Google Searches for 2014

Listen Now to Future News 12.23.14

Lots of amazing stories this week!  Can’t wait to try out the new Skype realtime translator.  Right out of SciFi,  the new Skype translator will instantly translate English speech to Spanish speech, and soon to many more human languages.  And maybe someday, dolphin, or at least dog. :-)   3D Printing has now evolved into 4D printing, taking time into the equation..How exactly is what we begin to explore.  And it’s quite a hoot to look at the Google top ten US searches for 2014..I understand “Ukraine,” but who would have thunk that “Flappy Bird” would make the list! Enjoy the show!

Martian Gas Flume, Pirate Bay Cloned, Robot given Worm Brain, Report on Emerald Cup 2014

Listen Now to Dr. Future News 12.16.2014

Fun show this week, with tantalizing clues of Martian microbes, how information wants to be free, a new form of biomimicry, plus a focus in the second hour on the Emerald Cup, and the fast emerging Cannabis business culture, as we hurtle to full legality in 2016.  

Dr. Future checks out a display of the organic entries for Emerald Cup 2014