146 Future Now Show - Geopolitical Emergences, Cloud 9 in Outer Space and Interview with Kelly Durkin, from Media Creator to Drone Pilot

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This week we discuss  geopolitical shifts, emerging technologies, and astronomical discoveries. A significant portion focuses on the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela, highlighting how foreign powers and authoritarian regimes have impacted the nation’s resources and democracy.

Our big interview this week is with the inspiring Kelly Durkin, a professional media creator pivoting to becoming a drone specialist.  The conversation explores innovative drone applications, with Kelly explaining their use in 3D mapping, agriculture, search-and-rescue operations, to spotting land mines. We also delve into how drones are affecting our privacy and what is personal air space. 

Additionally, we touch upon Elon Musk’s influence on politics, SpaceX’s satellite reconfigurations, and the potential effects of solar cycles on the atmosphere. The show concludes with the discovery of Cloud 9, an ancient relic hydrogen cloud in deep space from the early Universe. Enjoy!

Kelly Durking - Media Creator / Drone Pilot

Future News - Curiousity and Snowdon on the Move, Glass catches arrest on Jersey Shore, Guest Kelly Durkin on the Fijian Experience

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This week, NASA’s Martian Curiousity rover is on the move, Glass catches it’s first arrest, and we catch up with Kelly Durkin, on her quest to build an eco resort in a very remote area of the planet, the island of Koro in Fiji.  She shares with us her experiences and insights into the local people, who were catapulted very quickly into the 21st century, especially lately with the recent advent of smart phones in just the last few years.  What could our sophisticated minds learn from these recent stone age people of our species?  Kelly clues us in..

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