Future News - Bitcoin Arrests, Jade Lunar Rabbit in Trouble, Mac@30, Radioactive Cows, Dwarf Water Planet Nearby, Spermlike Swimming Biobots, Deep Mind Forms

Listen Now to Dr. Future News 1.29.14

A Jam-packed week of arresting stories, from Bitcoin execs in trouble, to the Jade Rabbit freezing in the two week lunar night.  We particularly like the news that the Dwarf planet Ceres in the Asteroid Belt has more frozen water than all the oceans of the Earth..Hmmmm… We need water, but how would we get it from there to here? So close, and yet so far..well, it is close to Mars, so perhaps dropping some water there would be a good start.. 

Future News - Imbalance of Wealth, Mass-producing Houses with 3D Printers, Man Flying by Flapping Arms, Crowdsourcing Government, New Vision for NASA

Listen now to Future News 1.21.14

Lots to share this week, such as the recent revelations about the massive  planetary imbalance of money, Finland’s experiences in crowdsourcing governmental decisions, the exciting breakthrough of a 3D printer that can squeeze out homes from it’s nozzles, new human powered flight, and NASA’s attempt to answer some of the greatest questions..

UPDATE:  Thanks to one our listeners, we have found out that the flying bird man had staged a hoax that took 8 months of preparation. Here’s the real scoop 

Our Early Video Experiments with Google Glass

Through a series of synchronicities and sheer bouts of luck, Dr. Future now has the fabled Google Glass in his possession.  As part of the “Glass Karass,” he has been experimenting with Glass, to see what it can do.  These early experiments have been checking out it’s video capabilities and are presented here for your viewing pleasure:

Google Glass Day 1

Google Glass Day 2

Google Glass Day 3

Google Glass Drone Flight Experiment

News- Google Nests, Flair for FLIR, Watson Branches Out, Facial Recog App, Asimov Predicts 2014

Listen Now to Future News - 1.14.14

Google buys home automation company Nest for $3.2 billion?  Hmmm…robots, voice recognition, home clouds, AI..where could this be going?  

Then there is the FLIR tech for your iPhone, capable of showing us the heat signature of everything around us. How useful is that?  FLIR is hoping that it’s $349 price tag is worth every penny..everyone from plumbers to rodent hunters to ghostbusters just might agree..

We also have a Consumer Electronic Show roundup of augmented and virtual technologies, thanks to Greg Panos, who was on the scene.

And this year, 2014, is 50 years since the famous scientist and scifi writer Issac Asimov predicted the future at the New York World’s Fair of 1964.  We discuss some of his predictions. We particularly like the long-lasting batteries that run on radioactive isotopes..not..still, others were more accurate.

Gimme that New Time Religion!

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Today’s show explores the mysterious spirituality that has arisen in California, especially on the slopes of Mt. Shasta.   With an occult history whose lineage includes Godfrey Ray King aka Guy Ballard mystic Pearl Dorris, and visionary Rowena Kryder, Mt. Shasta continues to be a spirtual center in the world.  

On this show we chat with Zen Merlyn, a modern mystic Brit who has lived for 25 years in the Mt. Shasta environs.  A map maker of the internal seas,  Zen gives us a very articulate perspective on the evolution of our species spirtuality.