Future News - This week Dr.Mrs. Future and Bobby W take on Dishwashing Robots, Energy-generating plants, Covid Ultrasonic Scanners, Fake 5G, a satellite slinging Space Centrifuge, and Fast Radio Bursts packing the power of 100 Suns.

Listen Now to Future News 6.09.2020

Lots of cool news this week, including some deep and curious mysteries of the cosmos itself. Our science correspondent, Bobby Wilder, joins us and covers the latest Covid-19 research as Dr. Future takes us on a romp through the universe, such as Fast Radio Bursts, emitting as much energy as a 100 Suns in a few microseconds. Now thats power!

Future News and Views - Congrats to Space-X, Starship Explosion, New Solar Activity, Monica on City Council Meeting, Greg Panos on AWE 2020 XR Expo,Beyond Zoom tools, HP VR, Dan Dan on Dr. Zacks on the Microbiome

Listen Now to Future News 6.2.20

A full show today, with news, both local and global.  A big congrats to Space-X and their successful ferrying of humans to the ISS, just wow! Too bad about the Starship explosion, though it was half expected. Thanks to Monica McGuire for her report on our Santa Cruz City Council meeting, including plans for our slow re-opening of businesses locally.  

And a special report from Greg Panos on Augmented World Expo 2020, covering such topics as new VR/AR hardware, social spaces like Alt Space, spatial io, and Alt Space. And good to hear from Shane, an Australian listener who loves our show and bringing our attention to Dr. Douglas Gentile, a renowned media psychologist at Iowa State University.

Dr. Dan Beilin checks in with an update on Covid, with some good conversations between him, us and Bobby Wilder, our science journalist co-host. We all got so engaged with our discussion about Dr. Zack’s work with the microbiome, we forgot it was the end of the show! Enjoy..

Interviews - Committee to Re-open Santa Cruz and their controversial agenda

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The Natives are getting quite restless in our little California beach town, evidenced by beach demonstrations.

Ellie Black

Our beach protests are very Santa Cruz.  No tear gas or rocks being thrown, just beach towels and sun seekers on the sand absorbing a few rays with placards on sticks protesting the beach closures.   We speak with three members of the Committee to Re-open Santa Cruz to see what gives, and if you watch the video on our links page, we also speak with the police tasked with watching these known ‘trouble makers.’Etienne de la Bootie2

There are many call-ins for today’s show from our ecletic listeners, as we grapple with Covid-19 fever of being cooped up, theories of a PLANdemic, Intergenerational Organized Crime at the highest levels of civilization, medical emergencies vs. constitutional rights, Wall St. vs Main St bailouts, and the vaccine strategy.  Our guests are David Rodriguez, Etienne de la Bootie2, and Ellie Black.

Dave Rodrigeuz at the protest at Cowell Beach

Future News - Big Week for Crew Dragon, See AWE 2020 from Home,New Sims of Dino Extinction Asteroid, Inside a Fly's Brain, Lickable Screens, Virus Update

Listen Now to Future News 5.26.2020

Naturally we talk about Crew Dragon, the return of launching human carrying spaceships from U.S. soil. A big week for America and Space-X! But did you know that the newly minted Space Force is also involved with these week’s launch?  We have Greg Panos tell us about this week’s big VR/AR conference, AWE2020, with hundreds of speakers, all speaking from their homes. Usually at a big convention center in Silicon Valley, this year’s event is being organized from homes around the world.

Plus new detailed simulations of the dinosaur extinction asteroid, inside the brain of a fly, lickable screens, and a virus update from Bobby Wilder. Enjoy!

Interview - Filmmaker Brett Leonard on the Covid Virtualization of Hollywood

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Our guest is Brett Leonard, Hollywood film director, producer and music video director specializing in the science fiction and horror genres. A few of his films such as The Lawnmower Man (1992) and Virtuosity (1995) feature groundbreaking computer animation and visual effects. The Lawnmower Man is considered the first, seminal film to feature “virtual reality” as a cautionary tale becoming the number one commercially successful independent film of 1992

Brett Leonard tells us how the entertainment industry is being impacted by Covid-19, and his work in creating a safe secure alternative film-making environments. There is an inflection point of change right now, of what human work and intimacy means as we go more and more into cyberspace.

We have an opportunity to redefine who we are, of how we can create a more perfect union, and define the next chapter of the story of America, freedom and the world.  Brett speaks of world building, creating a virtual uptopia rather than a Skynet dystopia with our technology, and it is a great time for personal contemplation, with media  as a reflection to us of our own consciousness. Enjoy!