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. 

Special Report from Bobby Wilder, on the Telomere Frontier of Longevity

Listen Now to Bobby Wilder

Have you ever heard of telomere’s and their role in the aging process?  According to the Genetic Science Learning Center,

“Inside the center or nucleus of a cell, our genes are located on twisted, double-stranded molecules of DNA called chromosomes. At the ends of the chromosomes are stretches of DNA called telomeres, which protect our genetic data, make it possible for cells to divide, and hold some secrets to how we age and get cancer.

Telomeres have been compared with the plastic tips on shoelaces because they prevent chromosome ends from fraying and sticking to each other, which would scramble an organism’s genetic information to cause cancer, other diseases or death.

Yet, each time a cell divides, the telomeres get shorter. When they get too short, the cell no longer can divide and becomes inactive or “senescent” or dies. This process is associated with aging, cancer and a higher risk of death. So telomeres also have been compared with a bomb fuse.”

Is there a reliable way to increase telomere length or even reverse the aging process?  

Investigative Berkeley researcher Bobby Wilder has been exploring this world for some time and shares with us some of his research, insights, and personal experiments.  You may be quite surprised by his findings..

 “Bobby Wilder” <bobbywilder@gmail.com>

Dr. Future News - Curiosity Cooked the Soil, Jumbo Squid Invasion, Look Officer, no Traffic Lights!,Forget Embryonic Stem Cells, just give me Dr. Pei, Your Brain on Stories..

Dr. Future News 12.12.12

Quite an interesting week, with the invasion of an alien species of squid on our Aptosian beaches, the so-called Humboldt Jumbo Squid, a very large species that eats our local calamari population for lunch, much like us!  We awoke to found hundreds of these 2-4 foot long deep sea creatures from the South Pacific stranded on our beaches, apparently tossed there by large waves during the early morning’s high tide.  We even found one alive and saved it’s alien life.  

Meanwhile, our Rover Curiousity started to look for Martian life in the soil of the Red Planet, unearthing some tell-tale signs…or should I say ‘unmartianing’…and on this planet, China’s Dr. Pei has successfully created brain stem cells from urine, a remarkable achievement.. 

Oh yes, and that the human brain on stories suggests that our brains actually activate the same various centers of activity as the person who tells the story.  Not to jump to any conclusions of course, but could reality actually be a simulation, a giant Holodeck? Hmmmmm….