106 Future Now Show Podcast - Sun64 Celebration, Huge Black Hole Solar Corona, The ABC's of UV A's, B's, & C's, Fairy Flatulence, Home Humanoids Rising, Sun on Gaming, Quantum Nvidia, Robotaxi's Save Tesla

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We begin this week celebrating Mrs. Future on her birthday, including some choice moments from the celebration.  And our solar sun is in the news this week, sporting a huge black corona, unreal!  What could it mean or do? We take a closer look, and soon we are chatting about the various kinds of UV light, especially from the Sun! Flatulence comes out when reviewing some new research on how to make such gases smell like a rose, or at least like a piece of chocolate..I kid you not, this can be done, not simply by disguising the smell, but by swallowing a pill that changes your digestive process!  Why do this? That’s another question; now lets look at the current SOLAR wind..

Earth enters a stream of fast-moving solar wind flowing from a giant hole in the sun’s atmosphere.

Meanwhile, robots cleverly disguised at humans will soon be entering our homes en mass, but like anything new, there will be issues. We think they’ll be a bit like a bull in a china shop at first, and will require special care of their host humans.  Sadly, breaking things will be normal for awhile.. Mrs. Future plans to take them up on cooking and cleaning, and her favorite pastime, game playing.  Al wonders about the bedroom.. and you if are worried about your Tesla stock, worry no more, as soon, all new Tesla cars, with the flip of a software switch, can upgrade into a fully autonomous robo-taxis, ready to make you $$$ with your car! And if your budget is not quite up to owning a robo car, there is the dog robot on a skateboard to consider.. Enjoy!

Quadruped ‘Dog’ robots enjoying their new mobility

Future News - Sad about Carrie Fisher, Solar and Wind Reach Grid Parity, Stoned in Space, A.I. Hacker, Solar Roadway

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Indeed, it’s a sad day when we lose a princess, especially one we grew up with, who has been an inspiration to many across the galaxy. Carrie Fisher we miss you, not for just the great roles you have played, but also bringing awareness to big issues like mental health and drug abuse in our current culture.

First Solar Roadway in Normandy, FranceIt’s also a time when Solar and Wind are finally reaching a price point where they can compete directly with oil as an energy source as the cost of these renewables continues to precipitously drop. So not only will we see solar roof tiles, as espoused by Solar City and Elon Musk, but we’ll see innovations like solar roadways that generate their own power for lighting.  The first prototype is now operational in Normandy, France and is a kilometer long!

And sadly, it appears that space radiation may interfere with our endo cannabinoid system, affecting our ability to experience being high in space. <sigh>

And then there are the Google A.I.’s that are sending encrypted messages to each other that we cannot crack.  So naturally Google has tasked another A.I. to crack the messages of the two communicating, so far unsuccessfully. What does it all mean? Join us as we explore these profound issues..

Have a very healthy happy New Year!