Future News - Google co-founders to reveal many thoughts, Bioprinting Vascualar Networks, Red Blood Cell 'Fedex', Cheap Organic Flow Battery Breakthrough, Yeti DNA Analyzed, New Foxconn Robots, Shower Bus on the Road

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Lots of great news this week, as we do the show live from Montreal, Quebec, Canada!

Bioprinting is reaching new heights, with methods of creating viable vascular networks, red blood cells can soon carry more molecules than oxygen, Flow Batteries for big electrical utilities make a lot of sense, Foxconn brings online thousands of new robots for making the new iPhone 6, Mercedes-Benz demos their protoype autonomous truck, Star Wars takes over a German airport, and more.. Enjoy!

Future News - New Snowden Releases imminent, Project Tango, Solar SuperFactory, Older Sperm , Limb Regeneration, DNA Data Storage, Lost Internet of the 1930's, New secure BlackPhone now available, Weaponized Drones for Sale

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This week we broadcasted live from Maui, Hawaii with our slate of Future focused topics, including a tantalizing piece on a new forthcoming Snowden release that will prevent a war.  We’ll see.. Also, Google had their annual I/O conference for their developers, with curious new projects like Tango and Ara. This week we also discuss a new space ride to the upper atmosphere in the planning, and Elon Musk’s new solar superfactory. Looking for secure smart phone communications?  We discuss a review of the new Blackphone, that just might answer your needs.  Hello? Is anyone out there? Do you feel secure yet?

Guest - Dr. Bruce Damer on Asteroid Capture and Origin of Life

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One of our favorite regular guests, Dr. Bruce brings us up-to-date on his NASA project to capture an Asteroid and bring it into lunar orbit.  We also discuss possible life on Mars, what Earth life might survive on Mars, and what’s the latest in Origin of Life research.

Future News - Fed Regs for Maps Apps, WildLeaks for Wildlife, Neuroscience Breakthrough on Love and Aggression, Facebook's App Ecosystem, Human Gecko Tech,

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Can we truly learn to control our impulses of aggression or are these behaviors forever endemic to our species?  New insights into this issue from the world of neuroscience and optogenetics shed a bit more light on this profound topic.  

Love wildlife? Consider participating with WildLeaks, which seeks to protect endangered species through anonymous whistle blowing.   And Facebook, oh Facebook, what are you creating now for us?  

And let us not forget ZMan, the latest in Gecko tech from DARPA research!

Much to share this week in Future News!

Interview - Steve Wagner on "All You Need is Myth - The Beatles and the Gods of Rock"

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 Our guest this week get us thinking about the influence of the Beatles on us all, their deep mythic impact, showing how their legendary story contains archetypes, symbols and narratives of the past while offering a new mythic visionj for today.   Steve also makes the case that the hero and heroines of classic rock and roll are like the Greek or Roman Gods, bigger than life, and constitutes a new religion, a living belief system that continues to evolve to this day and beyond.  A fascinating interview, if we don’t say so ourselves!

He will be presenting an immersive multimedia experience and dialogue on the topic June 22, 2014 3:00 p.m. at the Carmel Woman’s Club, 9th Ave & San Carlos, Carmel, CA., and June 28th, 2014 7:00 p.m. at The Art Bar and Cafe, 1060 River St., Santa Cruz, CA.