Future Tech: Almost Here, Round-the-Corner Future Technology Podcast
1,842 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago -Future Technologies Poised to Transform Our Lives For The Better are the focus of this podcast. Almost here means these technologies are Now Here, or Just Around The Corner. Listen to the latest future tech news & interviews, featuring Artificial Intelligence, 3D printing, stem cells, regenerative medicine, Bitcoin, Blockchain & other cutting-edge stuff.
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Amir Rubin – CEO Sixense & Alejo Fudge – Software Engineering Manager at Vrsim – A Full Presence Platform For Interactive VR/AR Experiences
June 08, 2018 09:47 - 30 minutes - 69.8 MBSixense was created by leaders in the visual stimulation and entertainment industry space. The company provides, what can be referred to as a full presence platform, providing users with everything needed to deliver a full VR/AR experience for applications in the healthcare, training and entertainment industries. CEO, Amir Rubin, together with Alejo Fudge, of VRSim, a company which develops VR training systems for trade and industrial education applications, take us through the early stages a...
Mick Hagen – Founder/CEO Of Mainframe – A Decentralized Network For Censorship-Resistant Message Routing.
June 08, 2018 06:04 - 16 minutes - 11.6 MBMark Hagen, Founder/CEO of Mainframe talks with Future Tech Podcast about the future of messaging and the need for privacy. Mainframe is a communication network resistant to censorship, surveillance, and disruption. With the exception of a catastrophic asteroid event or an aggressive alien invasion, the Mainframe network is simply unstoppable.
Brian Smocovich – Business development at Block Apps – Blockchain Application Provider, Bringing Security, Permission-Based Visibility, And Efficiency To Enterprises Of All Sizes.
June 08, 2018 05:18 - 12 minutes - 9.22 MBBlockApps offers the world's first Blockchain-as-a-service (BaaS) solution, enabling enterprises to build industry-specific Blockchain applications on top of their own customized permissioned ledger, which is a private implementation of the Ethereum client. BlockApps full-stack solution can help you easily build, deploy, and manage all of your smart contracts as well as your accounts and identities, all without having to put your company's private information onto the public net.
Gleb Nesis – COO at Coin Dealer
June 07, 2018 08:18 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MBGleb Nesis – COO of CoinDealer joins future tech podcast to discuss the importance of private keys and how CoinDealer is making trading crypto easier for everyone. CoinDealer allows you to safely trade cryptocurrency and manage your coins & tokens all in one place
Symmetry Blockchain Advisors
June 07, 2018 08:03 - 19 minutes - 43.8 MBDebbie Hoffman, The CEO and Co-Founder at Symmetry Blockchain Advisors joins Future Tech Podcast to speak about the many uses and aspects of Blockchain Technology. Symmetry Blockchain Advisors, Inc. is the leading firm paving the way in collaborating with companies in the establishment, strategy and implementation of blockchain, crypto-currency and initial coin offering (ICO) ecosystems. We are comprised of both both venture capital and legal professionals who have the depth of knowledge and ...
Hyperbridge.org
June 07, 2018 08:03 - 24 minutes - 56.9 MBFounded in 2017, Hyperbridge Technology is a blockchain technology R&D studio based out of Estonia. They formed to solve some of the biggest challenges in blockchain, IoT, and AI. Their mission is to bring great easy-to-use solutions to our users. Long term they seek to take the Internet to the next stage with our decentralized protocols and products.
Chaitanya Shah – Lead Engineer for Emblematic Group – Using VR to Make a Social Difference
June 07, 2018 08:03 - 17 minutes - 40.7 MBOften when we hear VR, it is commonly associated with the world of gaming. A company called Emblematic Group, however, has a bigger picture in mind. They are taking impressive steps forward, using not only VR but AR and mixed reality as well, to create alternate reality worlds that have a real, social impact on human beings. Imagine understanding what an immigrant might experience at the Mexcian border. Have you ever wondered what it might be like to be a professional basketball player? What ...
Boost Insurance, Insurtech Development Platform
June 07, 2018 08:03 - 19 minutes - 45 MBAlex Maffeo – Founder and CEO at Boost Insurance joins Future Tech Podcast. Boost is a B2B insurtech development platform built to solve three critical issues faced by entrepreneurs in the insurance industry — (i) the glacial go-to-market pace for new products, (ii) the integration and data flow issues experienced between high tech startups and low-tech insurance companies, and (iii) the cultural disconnect between incumbents and startups.
Covee Network – The Trusted Platform for Knowledge Workers
June 07, 2018 08:02 - 21 minutes - 49.1 MBCovee helps smart people find teammates and matches them with rewarding projects. They have built a protocol for decentralized teamwork enabling smart people to solve complex, data-driven problems together. Powered by smart contracts, a native token and a unique mechanism design.
Andy Peart – Chief Marketing And Strategy Officer At Artificial Solutions
June 07, 2018 07:55 - 19 minutes - 11.5 MBArtificial Solutions is the leading specialist in Natural Language Interaction (NLI). The company’s patented technology enables people to converse with applications and services running on computers, mobiles, wearables and other electronic devices in a humanlike, intelligent manner. Teneo, it is the first complete platform to enable enterprises to rapidly develop and analyse natural language applications that embrace artificial intelligence though the use of machine learning and implicit pers...
Jennifer Milne – Product Manager At Formlabs
June 07, 2018 07:32 - 21 minutes - 14.3 MBFormlabs is creating powerful, affordable 3D printers for professionals. Formlabs 3D printers have become top-sellers in the SLA category. They offer the software, education, support, materials, and machinery to build the components you need for large and small-scale products.
Cyrus Taghehchian – CEO at Spl.yt – Global Inventory On The Blockchain
June 07, 2018 06:28 - 22 minutes - 15.5 MBSpl.yt is an e-commerce protocol to save buyers, sellers and marketplaces time and money and to incentivize participants to transact fairly and securely. Using Blockchain open-sourced smart contract protocol to decentralize e-commerce.
Andre Wegner, Founder and CEO at Authentise – Building Tools To Empower Additive Manufacturing
June 07, 2018 06:06 - 20 minutes - 13.5 MBAuthentise delivers the backbone for digital manufacturing: Headless, modular process automation for offline and online companies who want to make additive manufacturing core to their business. Authentise’s data-driven Additive Production Accelerator manages the additive manufacturing process from design to part to increase efficiency and repeatability. Generate quotes, renders, material and time estimates, builds, and more on the fly. Connect to dozens of machines for automatic order statu...
Arjun Bhuptani – Founder at Connext
June 07, 2018 05:36 - 21 minutes - 14.7 MBArjun Bhuptani, founder of Connext talks about the future of blockchain scaling, payments and how each of us has a different way of learning. Connext builds technology that helps Ethereum projects enable low-cost, near-instant transactions for their users. Their virtual state channel technology is most useful for companies that utilize micropayments, decentralized exchange, or voting as a part of their product. Their ultimate goal is to help blockchain companies scale to millions of concurren...
Chad Bennett – Founder/CEO/Chief Architect, Heroic.com
June 06, 2018 07:36 - 25 minutes - 59.5 MBHeroic.com specializes in cybersecurity. According to CEO Chad Bennett, most people only think of anti-virus programs when they think of cybersecurity. Chad states that anti-virus programs are only one method of many that are used in a truly effective cybersecurity program. The team at Heroic.com are experts in cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and blockchain. They combine the three into a cybersecurity application that can protect the data of the average person.
Brian Mcclafferty Co-Founder at Evident-Proof.Com – Date Verification and Proof Services.
June 05, 2018 07:33 - 17 minutes - 15.4 MBEvident Proof is a blockchain, Ethereum and token-based service that turns data into immutable proof of evidence chains. They aim to deliver immutable data, provenance and proof services to businesses and enable proof and provenance services to individuals. Many organizations worldwide are increasingly required to justify and verify their data activities. This includes operational data management and data events for compliance, risk verification, business reporting and various other due dilig...
Blockchain Foundry and Syscoin
June 05, 2018 07:09 - 25 minutes - 58.9 MBSyscoin: Syscoin is a revolutionary cryptocurrency that offers near zero-cost financial transactions like Bitcoin and provides businesses with the infrastructure to trade goods, assets, digital certificates and data securely. Syscoin isn’t just about money and trading, it has the ability to attract all business types thanks to its native set of features geared towards the financial sector. From eBay traders and High Street shops to selling that one item that you couldn’t even give away at you...
Robin Raskin – Former Editor at PC Magazine and Former Editor in Chief at Family PC – Raising Children in a Digital Era
June 05, 2018 07:09 - 23 minutes - 54.5 MBFormer editor of PC Magazine and former Editor in Chief of FamilyPC, veteran tech journalist, Robin Raskin, joins us to offer her expertise on raising kidsin a digital time. Good or bad, computers and phones in all forms are having a huge impact on the youth of today. Infants to children are exposed every day to different forms technology and information from Google research, Facebook, YouTube and artificial intelligence platforms just to call out a few. Kids are now able to become creators, ...
Ardy Arianpour – CEO & Founder at Seqster – Disrupting the Health Industry’s Access to Your own Records
June 05, 2018 07:08 - 34 minutes - 79.2 MBSelf-described Genomics Ninja Jedi, Ardy Arianpour, is now CEO & Co-Founder at Seqster, a consumer driven healthcare technology platform. They are using AI to allow people to aggregate their electronic health, genomics and fitness records so they and family members can view it and use the information as needed. In this interview, Arianpour discusses why this advancement is so important to the healthcare industry and how it is being used. We’ve all been there. You are desperately scrambling to...
Wi-Charge – Wireless Charging Using Invisible Light
June 05, 2018 06:58 - 18 minutes - 42.6 MBWi-Charge delivers freedom from power outlets and battery changes. Using safe invisible light, their products provide enough power to charge a phone across a room. With Wi-Charge, mobile and IoT devices appear to charge autonomously. Power is delivered using safe, focused, beams of invisible infrared light. Transmitters connect to a standard power source and deliver power to nearby receivers. Receivers use a miniature photovoltaic cell to convert transmitted light into electrical power. Recei...
Tom Beno – CEO & Nate D’amico – Chief Product Officer – Tech Bureau
June 05, 2018 06:02 - 29 minutes - 21.5 MBTech Bureau provides cryptographic currency and blockchain technology using exchange API to handle currency encryption. CEO Tom Beno and Chief Product Officer Nate D'amico discuss their COMSA ICO platform. They share the reasons it's needed to streamline the ICO process. They also discuss the Tech Bureau philosophy of being more proactive than reactive when it comes to regulators.
CEO And Founder Janice Taylor – Mazu, Cultivating Family and Community in the Digital World.
June 05, 2018 05:06 - 26 minutes - 18 MBCEO and founder Janice Taylor began her tech career by creating safe, inviting spaces for people to connect online. Mazu is a social media platform with the mission to awaken families with love. By focusing on core values the platform provides a safe, fun environment for children to learn how to navigate the online social media landscape. Sports teams and brands use Mazu as a secure channel, to connect with fans and their kids, celebrating common interests and sharing content. Professional l...
Records Keeper, Open Public Blockchain for Record Keeping & Data Security
June 01, 2018 07:13 - 21 minutes - 48.7 MBRecords Keeper, founder and CEO Toshendra Sharma joins future Tech Podcast to discuss his company. Records Keeper is a decentralized public ledger technology (Blockchain) to add trust, audit-ability, & verifiability to any type of enterprise data & records. Records Keeper works as a decentralized middleware or database between storage layer & service layer to ensure verifiability and integrity of data. The whole solution works on existing enterprise infrastructure through a peer-to-peer netw...
Digits, Paying With Crypto Made Easy
June 01, 2018 07:13 - 24 minutes - 56.3 MBJessica Higgins JD MBA BB and CMO for Digits joins host Juliet Lemar on Future Tech Podcast to share her unique and positive outlook for the crypto world. Digits technology allows the consumer to use their credit or debit card in exactly the same way he or she does today with one critical difference; when the consumer pays with a credit or debit card registered with Digits, payment is made with cryptocurrency instead of fiat currency. Merchants do not need to change any process in order to a...
FinComEco, A Financial And Commodities Ecosystem
June 01, 2018 07:13 - 23 minutes - 52.6 MBHirander Misra, Founder and Co-Chairman of FinComEco joins future tech podcast to discuss the importance of providing financial and technical solutions to Farmers in Africa. FinComEco is a financial and commodities ecosystem – aiming to improve food security and economic diversity by providing the most current business and technological solutions tailored for each country whilst providing economic growth opportunities to all participants, from the local smallholder subsistence farmer upwards ...
Titan Robotics, Large Scale 3D Printing and Manufacturing
June 01, 2018 07:12 - 19 minutes - 44.9 MBClay and Maddie Guillory, CEO and CMO husband and wife team join Future Tech Podcast to discuss their company Titan Robotics. Titan Robotics is a designer and manufacturer of large scale 3D Printer technology. We specialize in custom 3D Printer machine design as well as rapid prototyping and bionics/prosthetics. Titan Robotics takes a different approach to large-format 3D printing.Titan uses the same principals seen in industrial CNC machinery when fabricating 3D printers, instead of scaling ...
Anita Schjøll Brede – CEO at Iris.AI – Project Aiur, Using AI & Blockchain to Solve Scientific Research Challenges
June 01, 2018 07:12 - 40 minutes - 91.9 MBCEO & Co-Founder of Iris AI, Anita Schjøll Brede, joins us again us for another discussion on their latest exciting developments and also introduces listeners to Project Aiur. Iris AI is certainly doing their part in changing the world of science. Science is, after all one of the most important fields of study, but it can also be dysfunctional in certain ways. Information overload can be an issue when it comes to research and data. There is so much scientific research in the world, it can b...
Aman Tsegai – Founder/CEO – Datazar
June 01, 2018 05:08 - 21 minutes - 15.7 MBScience should be easily accessible to everyone. Founder & CEO Aman Tsegai states this as the driving force behind Datazar. Aman discusses how the platform can be used to build out interactive scientific research. He also shares all the reasons that scientists and researchers should begin to opt for Datazar now versus continuing to use traditional presentation methods.
Henri Pihkala – Co-founder/CEO – Streamr
June 01, 2018 04:42 - 24 minutes - 17.8 MBStreamr is creating an open source platform for the free and fair exchange of the world's real-time data. Their blockchain-backed data marketplace and tools are used to ensure that the data stays with the user only. CEO Henri Pihkala discusses the launch of the Streamr Marketplace recently in New York. He also outlines all the uses and benefits of Streamr for app developers.
Courtney Morris – Co-Founder – Artifacts
May 31, 2018 05:29 - 24 minutes - 16.6 MBCitations are the currency of research. Unfortunately, it can be years before proper attribution is assigned to the researchers. This can affect their reputation, career progression, and tenure. Courtney Morris, co-founder of Artifacts, discusses how their product solves this problem. It accelerates the scholarly attribution process by providing a collaborative platform for researchers, thereby shedding light on all of the research involved in published papers, not just the papers themselves.
Stewie Zhu – CEO – Distributed Credit Chain
May 30, 2018 09:09 - 28 minutes - 18.7 MBDistributed Credit Chain is the world's first distributed banking public blockchain. DCC's goal is to establish a decentralized ecosystem for financial service providers around the world. By empowering credit with blockchain technology and returning ownership of data to individuals, the mission is to transform different financial scenarios and realize true inclusive finance. CEO Stewie Zhu discusses the need for this network due to shadow banking practices. He also shares the new features th...
Matthew Howarth Director Of Business Development At Shoesize.Me – Universal Shoe Sizing
May 30, 2018 07:21 - 17 minutes - 12.8 MBShoeSize.Me helps Footwear Brands and Retailers master the full footwear sizing life cycle; from helping online shoppers order the right size, to helping retailers to offload left-over sizes, and predict next season's size planning. The leading size advisor solution for footwear eCommerce. ShoeSize.Me is the first industry-wide data platform of size & fit data for footwear brands.
Sam Goldberg President and Co-Founder – Lucidity Tech, Digital Advertising Blockchain Protocol.
May 29, 2018 08:20 - 19 minutes - 13.9 MBLucidity is a digital advertising blockchain protocol bringing transparency and trust to digital advertising. The only ad verification company that uses blockchain technology for digital advertisers and publishers to mitigate fraud, transact with trust, and maximize ROI. Built on the Ethereum blockchain, They resolve data discrepancies for faster billing; they enable supply chain payment tracking so advertisers know exactly where their budgets are going, and they prevent fraud by eliminating...
Cim Bergdahl – Co-Founder/CEO – BLB Industries
May 29, 2018 07:38 - 19 minutes - 14 MBBLB Industries’ goal is to provide leading-edge 3D printing technology to its customers. Co-Founder/CEO Cim Bergdahl discusses how no machine is built until the company has a concrete sense of all of the customer's needs first. This allows for a complete customization. Cim also shares the process of creating BLB Industries and how a small determined group can accomplish massive client acquisition in just 2.5 years.
Victor Tingler – VP, Digital Transformation Practice – Intervision
May 29, 2018 07:01 - 24 minutes - 17.8 MBIntervision has been around for 25 years because they know how to see the big picture. VP of Digital Transformation Victor Tingler discusses how Intervision's best clients approach problems and new trends in the market. He also shares how the digital transformation process is handled by various industries. In addition, Victor outlines the behaviors that make their best clients the ones that thrive.
Joel Phillips – Co-founder/CEO – Siglo
May 29, 2018 06:55 - 25 minutes - 18.3 MBEveryone should have access to the internet. This is the mission that drives Siglo, a blockchain protocol that is focused on digital and financial inclusion in developing countries around the globe. Co-founder/CEO Joel Phillips discusses how the Siglo token will be used to democratize the monetization of the internet. He also shares how Siglo can be used to build a wide variety of apps, and how it can bridge the connectivity divide in these developing countries.
Guille Wajner – Co-founder – Greeneum
May 29, 2018 06:55 - 21 minutes - 16.2 MBGreeneum wants to make it easy to contribute to the future of green energy. Co-Founder Guille Wajner states that the company does this by focusing on elements that strengthen and secure their users' financial positions. Greeneum issues smart contracts called Green tokens, which are used as the medium of exchange and reward in the Greeneum community. Wajner says that the Green tokens can be used exclusively to buy items from their marketplace, contribute to sustainable solutions, or even purc...
Fennie Wang – Cofounder, Ixo
May 29, 2018 06:54 - 29 minutes - 19.9 MBIXO uses blockchain technology to enable anyone to collect, measure, evaluate, value and tokenize verified impact data. Co-Founder Fennie Wang discusses the value and uses of tokenized impact data. She also explains what impact bonds are and how safe of an investment they are. In addition, she shares updates on the IXO Foundation's various projects and investments and how to get involved.
Alan Robert Mardinly – Postdoctoral Fellow At University California Berkely – Using Holograms To Edit Brain Activity
May 28, 2018 07:48 - 24 minutes - 16.6 MBOptogenetics is big news in neuroscience and could potentially change the lives of millions of humans who have lost sensations in parts of their bodies due to nerve damage or the loss of limbs even. Neurons in the brain work together to harvest thoughts and behaviors. Optogenetics is a technique used in biology using the combination of genetics and light to control events within these precise cells of living tissues. This technique allows scientists to casually manipulate cells and activate t...
Banning Garrett – Faculty At Singularity University – Using Technology To Solve The Global Grand Challenges
May 28, 2018 05:39 - 42 minutes - 30.7 MBBanning Garrett, of Singularity University faculty, is deemed a strategic thinker, author, speaker, and entrepreneur who concentrates on exponential technologies and their intersection with long-term global trends, urbanization, and geopolitics. Garrett has spent a good portion of his career studying the environment, demographic and climates changes, growing populations in urban regions, and political trends, most of which he feels are harmful. In this interview, Garrett details his concern...
Bitbull Capital, Providing Insight and Research into The Crypto Asset Markets
May 25, 2018 10:23 - 26 minutes - 60.5 MBJoe Dispaquale, CEO of Bitbull Capital joins Future Tech Podcast to share his research and knowledge of investing in the crypto asset market place. BitBull’s mission is to provide clarity and insight into the crypto markets and crypto asset investment.
CanYA, A P2P Marketplace Service
May 25, 2018 10:12 - 25 minutes - 58.8 MBCEO of CanYa, JP Thor joins Future Tech Podcast to discuss CanYa; a global marketplace of peer-peer services with a cryptocurrency payment layer. CanYa accelerates the mainstream adoption of cryptocurrencies by providing a fully featured platform, a real-world use case and a seamless experience in finding, booking and paying for services in cryptocurrencies. The CanYaCoin and wallet will be the heart of the platform, allowing for trustless exchange between users, removing fees and currency v...
Mark Jeffrey – Co-Founder/CEO – Guardian Circle
May 25, 2018 09:55 - 32 minutes - 74.4 MBMark Jeffrey is the award-winning co-founder and CEO of Guardian Circle, a service tackling an extremely critical industry most of us take for granted… emergency response. He's also a serial entrepreneur with five exits, a published author, named one of '50 to Watch' by Variety, and worked closely with some of the biggest names in tech including Jason Calacanis and Travis Kalanick. Guardian Circle will support the six BILLION people worldwide and in developing countries, who have no emergen...
Sarcos – Creating the Industrial Work Force of the Future
May 25, 2018 09:17 - 23 minutes - 54.4 MBSarcos robotics is combining human intelligence, instinct and judgment with robotic strength, endurance and precision to augment worker performance and keep humans out of harm’s way. Reducing Occupational Injuries is a major issue, In the United States alone, the economic impact of on-the-job back injuries is estimated to exceed $100 billion annually, with the average cost of back injury-related workers’ compensation claims falling between $40,000-$80,000 per incident. Sarcos products are re...
eHarvestHub is Making Food Affordable and Accessible To Everyone
May 25, 2018 09:17 - 27 minutes - 63.3 MBAlvaro Ramirez Founder and CEO of eHarvestHub joins Future Tech Podcast to share how his company is using blockchain technologies and cryptocurrency to change the way fresh food is distributed. Small farmers grow between 60 and 70% of the food that we eat, and independent owner/operator truckers move 90% of that production, yet, they make the least profits. food is expensive and inaccessible because it zig-zags 7 to 10 times before it makes it to the grocery store increasing in price each ti...
Mark Katakowski, Phd – Co-Founder, President & Chief Science Officer At Forever Labs – Using Stem Cells To Live A Longer, Healthier Life
May 25, 2018 07:48 - 41 minutes - 30.3 MBStem cells are quite literally the life line to everything we, as humans, are. They restore blood, bone, immune systems and other vital tissues and body systems. As we age the number and quality of our stem cells decreases. When we could most benefit from the use of stem cells, they are generally at their worst state within our bodies. Forever labs are the first company to bank young adult stem cells when they are in their best shape, to be used later in life when you need them to live a heal...
Andy Zhang – CTO – Foldercrate
May 25, 2018 05:14 - 21 minutes - 10.8 MBWhat if you could manage all your services at once? Andy Zhang, CEO of Foldercrate, is on a mission to answer this question. Foldercrate allows the user to manage email, files, calendar, notes, tasks, contacts and chat in one central place. It started as a single service offering for students and expanded from there. Andy shares what can be done with Foldercrate today, as well as the features that are coming in the near future.
Derreck Stratton – Founder/CEO – Startup Syndicate
May 25, 2018 04:39 - 29 minutes - 22.2 MBFounder/CEO Derreck Stratton is an experienced entrepreneur who wants to pass on his hard-earned knowledge. Startup Syndicate is a tool for entrepreneurs in any stage that allows them to gain Ivy League level training while earning cryptocurrency in the process. Entrepreneurs are actually paid to learn. In addition, the tool offers 24/7/365 coaching and information in the form of AIMIE, an artificial intelligence developed specifically to fill the role of mentor.
Max Friefeld CEO at Voodoo Manufacturing 3D Printing For All!
May 25, 2018 04:25 - 27 minutes - 20.2 MBVoodoo Manufacturing is giving everyone on Earth the power to manufacture. Founded in 2015 and based in Brooklyn, NY, Voodoo operates a robotic 3D printing factory with over 200 3D printers, capable of making thousands of parts faster than traditionally possible. Voodoo has worked with thousands of customers to date, from engineers and entrepreneurs to companies such as Microsoft, NBCUniversal, Mattel, and Intel.
David Riudor CEO & Co-Founder at Goin A New Way Of Investing.
May 24, 2018 05:34 - 23 minutes - 22.7 MBGoin is an investing app that allows you to save automatically and invest without investment knowledge. Currently, this app uses Euro but the company is expanding quickly and will soon be available in many different countries.