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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Tap It Out – Gene Monterastelli, Founder of Tapping Q&A – Using Tapping to Overcome Anxiety and Stress, Manage Pain, Improve Relationships & So Much More
May 20, 2019 05:45 - 36 minutes - 34.9 MBGene Monterastelli, the founder of Tapping Q&A (tappingqanda.com), provides an overview of tapping as a therapy option to help people overcome obstacles in their lives. Monterastelli earned his degree from the Catholic University of America. His vast experience in various therapeutic techniques includes hypnotism, guided imagery, NLP, parts work, as well as meridian based tapping protocols such as EFT. Monterastelli talks about his background. He discusses how social anxiety led him to dis...
Harnessing the Power of Data to Advance Mineral Exploration—Roman Teslyuk—Earth AI
May 17, 2019 05:46 - 21 minutes - 15.2 MBDuring his work as a doctoral student, Roman Teslyuk noticed that there was something missing in the world of geological research and mineral exploration: objective, big data analytics. In its place were less objective forms of localized analysis that were failing to take advantage of the massive amounts of archived data gathered from past research in the field. With the goal of advancing mineral exploration by leveraging all of the available data, Teslyuk founded Earth AI, a company that’s ...
Streamlining the Routine Negotiation of Contracts—Lane Lillquist—InCloudCounsel
May 16, 2019 06:18 - 23 minutes - 16 MBWhen businesses have high volumes of contracts that need to be negotiated on a regular basis, they usually do one of two things: hire a big law firm to do it for them or use their in-house legal team. However, there are several drawbacks to both of these options. For example, when a company leaves it to a big law firm to handle, they spend more money, lose visibility on the process, and never build long-term relationships with the lawyers who do the work for them. And when these contracts ar...
Rethinking the Thyroid–Meghna Thacker, Thyroid Expert, Author of, Seven Steps to Heal Your Thyroid: A proven plan to Increase Energy, Elevate Mood & Optimize Weight – Investigating the Many Frustrating Thyroid Conditions—Treatment and Recovery
May 15, 2019 09:37 - 29 minutes - 19.6 MBMeghna Thacker is a trusted doctor, thyroid expert, and celebrated author. Her book, Seven Steps to Heal Your Thyroid: A proven plan to Increase Energy, Elevate Mood & Optimize Weight is a must-read for anyone who wants to achieve better health and wellness. In this informative, interesting podcast, Dr. Thacker shares her vast knowledge of thyroid health and wellness. Dr. Thacker has long been a passionate healer, particularly focused on thyroid disease, motivated by her own struggles with...
Getting Emotional – Rana Gujral, Investor, Noted Speaker, and CEO of Behavioral Signals – Using Technology to Gain a Better Understanding of Speech, and the Emotional Context Within
May 15, 2019 06:46 - 40 minutes - 36.2 MBRana Gujral, an investor, noted speaker, and CEO of Behavioral Signals, delivers an interesting overview of the current state of AI regarding communication and user experience. Gujral has a proven track record in enterprise software, business building, and strategy, as well as emerging markets. Gujral’s successful past accomplishments include his tenure as founder and CEO of TiZE Inc., a groundbreaking SaaS platform. Gujral was an essential member of the team for Cricut Inc. where he worke...
Black Hole Space Spectacle – Ethan Siegel, Astrophysicist, Author, Science Communicator and Educator – The Physics of Space, Black Holes, Space Time, and Why Acceleration of Matter Matters
May 15, 2019 04:57 - 54 minutes - 50.5 MBEthan Siegel, astrophysicist, author, science communicator, and educator, as well as a senior contributor for Forbes and other publications, delivers an insightful and thorough overview of space/time, black holes, and the physics that seeks to explain it all. Siegel is an award-winning science writer and founder of the popular blog, Starts With A Bang. And he has two books currently available, Treknology: The Science of Star Trek from Tricorders to Warp Drive, and Beyond the Galaxy: How hu...
Strengthening the Skills that are Fundamental to All Others—Lindsey Biel –Occupational Therapist and Author of Award-Winning Book, Raising a Sensory Smart Child
May 14, 2019 09:13 - 25 minutes - 17.5 MBFine and gross motor skills, visual perceptual skills, and self-regulatory skills all play an important role in a young person’s ability to participate in learning, playing, and socializing, but as an occupational therapist working with children, adolescents, and young adults, Lindsey Biel focuses on what she says underlies all of these skills and serves as the foundation for them: sensory processing. She provides the listener with an image of a paper plate that holds a hot dog, then a handf...
Employing Advanced Technologies in the Search for Signs of Life on Mars—Hakan Svedhem—European Space Agency
May 14, 2019 08:06 - 29 minutes - 21.6 MBAccording to Hakan Svedhem, the European Space Agency’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter is a beast of a spacecraft, weighing in at 3.7 tons, but on board, you’ll find very sensitive instruments, capable of detecting one molecule of methane out of 10 billion molecules of carbon dioxide in the Martian atmosphere. In addition to these sensitive pieces of technology referred to as spectrometers, you’ll find a camera capable of generating 3D landscape images, and an instrument that can detect the prese...
A Marketplace where Local Makers Collaborate, Learn, and Grow—Karen Rzepecki—Mason Jars Makerplace
May 14, 2019 05:49 - 24 minutes - 20.6 MBIn today’s world, it seems that large marketplaces and corporations dominate. Many people go straight to Amazon when they’re looking for a product, where five million-sellers compete for business. This experience, however, lacks personalization, the benefit of buying local, and the opportunity to support small communities of makers who are creating organic, small-batch products. As a maker herself, Karen Rzepecki wanted to carve out a marketplace for makers of original brands to collaborate,...
Sleep Apnea and the CPAP Machine: Encouraging Awareness, Appreciation, and Empowerment—Stacy Erickson Edwards—CPAPBabes
May 13, 2019 09:43 - 31 minutes - 28.4 MBAs the founder of CPAPBabes, Stacy Erickson Edwards is making it her mission to raise awareness of sleep apnea and the importance of receiving the right diagnosis early on, encourage people to appreciate the CPAP machine, which is the gold standard of treatment for sleep apnea, and empower people to use the machine with confidence and a sense of pride. She discusses the tendency of people to associate sleep apnea and CPAP machines with overweight, unhealthy, older people, so it came as qu...
Delivering a Power System that’s Cheaper, Cleaner, More Convenient, and More Versatile—Canon Bryan—Terrestrial Energy
May 13, 2019 07:40 - 33 minutes - 28 MBAt Terrestrial Energy, the team’s goal is to commercialize an advanced nuclear technology with four leading characteristics: cheap, clean, versatile, and high temperature. According to the company’s CFO, Canon Bryan, these are the ingredients necessary for a nuclear power system to reach beyond electricity and provide power for industry, heating, and transport. He explains that while nuclear energy has been a stable source of power for decades now, high upfront construction costs were too gre...
Empowering People to Make the Most of Their Own Data-Bastian Tzovaras-Open Humans Foundation
May 13, 2019 06:43 - 31 minutes - 28.4 MBData is everywhere these days, and there are more ways than ever to collect it, from having our genomes sequenced for cheaper than ever before, to tracking our level and type of activity at all times of the day. But are we ultimately making the most of all this data, and are we even aware of the amount of data being collected on a daily basis? According to Bastian Tzovaras, head of research at Open Humans Foundation, there’s actually a lot more data being collected than we’re aware of, and w...
Health Management Revolution – Louise Short, MD, MSc, National Clinical Leader for Strategic Benefit Advisors – The Changing Health Landscape, How Innovation Is Improving Healthcare
May 10, 2019 09:29 - 33 minutes - 29.2 MBLouise Short, MD, MSc, National Clinical Leader for Strategic Benefit Advisors (SBA) and Brown & Brown discusses the current state of healthcare and health management and how employers can embrace new innovative ideas to improve health strategies. After earning an undergraduate degree at Harvard and an MD from Tufts University School of Medicine, and completing her residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital, Dr. Short received further training at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York City befo...
Accelerating Microbiome Research for Improved Human Health—Dr. Sandrine Miller-Montgomery—UC San Diego Center for Microbiome Innovation
May 10, 2019 06:56 - 33 minutes - 30.2 MBDr. Sandrine Miller-Montgomery is the executive director of the UC San Diego Center for Microbiome Innovation and professor in the department of bioengineering whose aim is to understand and foster microbiome diversity and develop technologies that leverage the findings in the exploding field of microbiome research. For years, microbes have been generally viewed as bad for health and as things to get rid of, but a growing body of research is showing that the microbiome is actually essential ...
Unprecedented Advances in Mattress Design—James J Abodeely—Level Sleep
May 10, 2019 05:46 - 36 minutes - 24.5 MBLevel Sleep is a company that was founded just over three years ago with the goal of doing something no other company in the world of sleep was doing: designing and distributing mattresses that accommodate the natural curves of the human body. Founder of Level Sleep, James J Abodeely, explains the two primary goals of product development at Level Sleep: spinal alignment and uniform low pressure. He explains that until now, these two features have essentially been at odds with one another, fo...
Back to the Future Past – David Sax, Author of The Revenge of Analog Real Things and Why They Matter – Our Growing Cultural Desire for Analog Things of the Past
May 10, 2019 05:08 - 32 minutes - 21.9 MBDavid Sax, author of The Revenge of Analog: Real Things and Why They Matter, provides a fascinating overview of the technology and how we yearn for the physical products of days recently gone by. David’s book considers the new analog revival. In a world of digital technology, people are now craving much of what we’ve been told was obsolete. In a sort of reverse revolution, more and more independent bookstores are popping up in spite of e-books’ supposed decimation of all things ‘print,’ re...
Voice-Activated Access to Your Data in Real Time, 24/7—Adrien Schmidt—Aristotle by Bouquet.ai
May 09, 2019 08:43 - 31 minutes - 26.1 MBNeed answers that are buried in pages of data reports or countless spreadsheets and dashboards, but don’t have the time to sift through it all? Do you need to know how a particular sales employee is doing, how a particular consumer uses a product, or how many versions of a particular product were sold last month? These are just a couple of examples of the pieces of information that can now be delivered to you within seconds; all you have to do is ask. The name of the product that’s making th...
Bringing to Light the ‘Dark Matter’ of the Genome: Understanding Noncoding RNA—Dr. Andreas Werner—Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences at Newcastle University
May 09, 2019 07:08 - 33 minutes - 28.5 MBAlthough we know a lot more about the human genome now than we did prior to the start of the Human Genome Project almost two decades ago, countless questions remain, as do research opportunities. At the Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences at Newcastle University in the UK, Dr. Andreas Werner is carrying out research on noncoding RNA molecules, which comprise a significant percentage of the genome and have long been regarded as “junk” or “dark matter” elements of the genome. According...
The Hypothyroidism Struggle – Rachel Hill, Author, and Founder of The Invisible Hypothyroidism – Hypothyroidism, Thyroid Issues, Symptoms, Treatments, and Finding Your Way Back to Health
May 09, 2019 06:08 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MBRachel Hill, the founder of The Invisible Hypothyroidism (<a href="http://theinvisiblehypothyroidism.com">theinvisiblehypothyroidism.com</a>), delivers an interesting overview of hypothyroidism and her personal journey back to good health. Hill is an award-winning thyroid patient advocate. She is a noted writer and author on the subject and has received a staggering six 2018 WEGO Health Award Nominations as well as many other accolades for her writing and her popular website. Speaking of th...
You’ve Got Data! – Erik Rind, Founder and CEO of ImagineBC – Blockchain, Data, Consumerism & Profits
May 08, 2019 08:27 - 39 minutes - 27.2 MBErik Rind, the founder and CEO of ImagineBC, delivers an informative overview of blockchain and the new technology that is helping users control their data. As an experienced technology executive, Erik is passionate about the digital community and the technology tools that enhance it. Erik talks about the ImagineBC experience. In the ImagineBC community, users are able to have control over their personal information in ways they may not have imagined possible. The ImagineBC platform is buil...
Humanizing the Human-Machine Interaction—Adria Recasens—MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab
May 08, 2019 06:28 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MBVirtual assistants have come a long way in recent years, but they’re still limited in the ability to interpret the spoken word and match objects with their corresponding descriptions with speed and accuracy. On today’s episode, Adria Recasens from the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab discusses the research they’re doing to create a system that can outperform Siri and Alexa in terms of correctly and quickly identifying objects based on spoken descriptions, allowing for our...
Energy Explosion – Dr. Daniel Kammen, Director, Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL) – Climate Change and Renewable Energy
May 07, 2019 09:45 - 33 minutes - 32.7 MBDr. Daniel Kammen, Professor of Energy & Society, Energy and Resources Group (ERG) and the Director, Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL), provides an overview of the current state of energy around the globe and the changes that are happening rapidly. After completing his undergraduate studies at Cornell and then graduate studies at Harvard, where he received his Ph.D. in 1988, Dr. Kammen embarked on his long career in the energy field. His postdoctoral work at Caltech and Har...
Using the Body's Largest Organ as a Diagnostic Guide—Dr. Trevor Cates—The Spa Doctor
May 07, 2019 07:17 - 34 minutes - 23.2 MB<strong>Bio:</strong> Dr. Trevor Cates is founder and owner of The Spa Dr. and author of the bestselling book Clean Skin From Within. She was the first woman licensed as a naturopathic doctor in California and currently lives in Park City, Utah where she helps patients from around the world achieve graceful aging and glowing skin. Dr. Cates is the host of The Spa Dr. weekly podcast and has her own PBS special, Younger Skin From Within. She believes the key to healthy skin is inner and outer ...
Healthy Lives – Katelyn Parsons, Holistic Health Coach and Founder of Katelyn Parsons Modern Girl Holistics – Transformational Changes to Improve Overall Health, Make Smarter Choices & Focus On Achieving Our Goals
May 07, 2019 05:26 - 32 minutes - 21.7 MBKatelyn Parsons, holistic health coach and founder of Katelyn Parsons Modern Girl Holistics (<a href="http://katelynparsons.com">katelynparsons.com</a>), talks about lifestyle and nutrition choices that can help us all to feel better and live healthier lives. As a certified Holistic Health Coach and Yoga Teacher in San Diego, California, Katelyn specializes in helping career women let go of weight while feeling more empowered when around food, which provides the confidence, and powerful ene...
Harnessing the Antimicrobial Properties of Komodo Dragon Blood—Monique van Hoek & Barney Bishop—Antimicrobial Discovery Research
May 07, 2019 05:03 - 31 minutes - 27.3 MBAntibiotic resistance and multi-drug resistant pathogens pose a serious danger to the health of humans and the ability to treat life-threatening infections. Since 2009, a bacteriologist and peptide chemist, Monique van Hoek and Barney Bishop respectively, have been joining forces to address this growing threat by attempting to identify natural sources of peptides millions of years of evolution in the making—peptides that provide reptiles with robust, innate immunity that allows them to survi...
Sleep Strategies – Teresa Rebelo Pinto, CENC, Center of Sleep Medicine, Portugal – The Science and Psychology of Sleep
May 06, 2019 11:56 - 35 minutes - 31.4 MBTeresa Rebelo Pinto, CENC, Center of Sleep Medicine, Portugal, delivers an overview of her work in the areas of psychology and sleep. Teresa Rebelo Pinto has an extensive background in sleep science and psychology. She holds an integrated master’s degree in educational psychology and did her post-graduate work in sleep sciences at the Lisbon University, Faculty of Medicine. She has been working with the CENC, Lisbon Sleep Medicine Center since 2007 and currently holds the positions of psyc...
The Role of Object Permanence in Sleep—Dr. Carey Chronis—Dr. Carey’s Baby Care
May 06, 2019 10:42 - 23 minutes - 22.2 MBThe host of Dr. Carey’s Baby Care and well-regarded practicing pediatrician, Dr. Carey Chronis, joins the podcast today to discuss infants, sleep, and how to make sure they—and their parents—get enough of it. “A lot of it stems from how the parents sleep,” says Dr. Chronis, as he goes on to explain that most parents make the mistake of tending to an infant every time they cry or wake in the night. The question comes down to determining at what point it’s okay, and actually beneficial, to sto...
Understanding the Mechanism of Stroke and Recovery in the Chronic Stages—Dr. Svetlana Pundik—Cleveland FES Center
May 06, 2019 09:27 - 32 minutes - 27.9 MBDr. Svetlana Pundik’s interest in neurology was sparked when she was just an undergraduate student working in a lab where the research was being conducted on post-stroke mechanisms of injury in the brain. When she got to medical school, her interest in neurology only grew, compelling her to enter a neurology residency and complete additional training in vascular neurology. In her work as a clinician, Dr. Pundik sees patients ideally within minutes of the onset of stroke in order to treat the...
Sleep & Circadian Rhythms – Catia Reis, PhD Student, Faculty of Medicine at Lisbon University – Understanding How We Sleep and Its Impact on Health & Safety
May 02, 2019 09:17 - 43 minutes - 30.5 MBCatia Reis is a Ph.D. student at the Faculty of Medicine at Lisbon University. Lisbon University is a public research university, one of the largest in Portugal. And the Faculty of Medicine is a top medical school with an established history dating back to the 19th century. Catia Reis discusses her interest, and background, in the area of sleep and circadian rhythms. She recounts how her earlier work in marine biology stimulated her interest in sleep deprivation and fatigue, and ultimately...
Insights from an Expert in Nutrition, Health, and Exercise Physiology—Beran Parry
May 01, 2019 09:40 - 30 minutes - 21.3 MBWhen Beran Parry was 40 years old, she discovered a lump in her throat; at first, she didn’t know what it was, and she also didn’t know that its existence would change her life forever—in many ways, for the better. Parry had a five-centimeter polycystic tumor that would require the removal of her thyroid gland. Although she’d almost always had an interest in health, nutrition, and exercise, this event compelled her to learn more about the thyroid gland specifically, how the thyroid hormone i...
Finding and Maintaining Happiness in Life—Elisha Goldstein—The Center for Mindful Living
May 01, 2019 07:32 - 34 minutes - 22.5 MBElisha Goldstein, Ph.D., is the co-founder of the Los Angeles-based Center for Mindful Living, author of Uncovering Happiness: Overcoming Depression with Mindfulness and Self-Compassion and The Now Effect: How a Mindful Moment Can Change the Rest of Your Life, and creator of a six-month program called A Course in Mindful living, whereby he helps people understand and learn how to live mindfully, happily, and healthfully. On today’s episode, he explains the personal background that compelle...
Mutation & Change – Kunwoo Lee, PhD, CEO and Co-founder of GenEdit – Gene Editing That Can Help Combat Disease
May 01, 2019 05:12 - 32 minutes - 30.6 MBKunwoo Lee, Ph.D., CEO, and co-founder of GenEdit delivers an interesting overview of his company’s groundbreaking work in gene editing. GenEdit is a future-forward company that has a primary focus on genome editing, developing advanced technologies for CRISPR/Cas9 based therapeutics. Their proprietary technology supports the delivery of unique gene editors to an array of tissues utilizing nanoparticles that are non-viral and also polymer-based delivery vehicles. Lee talks about the origin...
Where Psychology and Medicine Meet Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia—Lynelle Schneeberg, Psy.D—Yale School of Medicine
April 30, 2019 07:31 - 38 minutes - 34.6 MBDr. Lynelle Schneeberg has always had an interest in the area where psychology and medicine intersect, finding it fascinating how correcting a psychological issue can translate to the correction of a physical problem. She found sleep medicine at the center of this intersection and has devoted her life to helping people improve their lives by improving their sleep. She works as a sleep psychologist and assistant professor of clinical psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine and centers her focus...
Anti-Ageing Gene Therapies—Elizabeth Parrish—BioViva Science
April 30, 2019 06:16 - 41 minutes - 35.9 MB“The first thing to do is to break down those basic myths of… ‘At some point I will be happy to die’…It’s not in line with an organism's survival to think that way, so we project it off into the future, and that’s how we create this illusion of strength and being satisfied with that…what I would rather be satisfied with is…people testing technologies and deciding to take a risk today to make the world a better place tomorrow,” says Elizabeth Parrish, and testing technologies and taking risks...
Revolutionizing Medical Imaging with GPU-Enabled Instruments—Abdul Hamid Halabi—NVIDIA
April 30, 2019 05:41 - 26 minutes - 18.5 MBNVIDIA Clara is a platform that’s changing diagnostic imaging for the better by capturing higher-quality images and automatically identifying critical pieces of information, such as by identifying evidence of hemorrhage, measuring the anatomical parts relating to a patient’s clinical signs, or calculating the amount of blood being pumped by a patient’s heart. This is made possible by graphics processing unit (GPU) circuits and AI, which together are becoming extremely useful tools for radiol...
Reducing the Stigma of Addiction and Dramatically Increasing the Success Rate of Treatment—Dr. Indra Cidambi—Center for Network Therapy
April 29, 2019 05:38 - 36 minutes - 30.6 MB“Not everyone with the disease of addiction is able to access treatment…being a physician, that was very hard for me to digest, and the result is that we see so many preventable overdose deaths…I would like that to change, and I think reducing the stigma associated with the disease of addiction and moving more treatment to an outpatient setting will greatly increase access to care,” says Dr. Indra Cidambi. With this vision, she founded the Center for Network Therapy, New Jersey’s first state...
On the Latest in Sleep Medicine from a Sleep Telemedicine Physician—Dr. Barry Fields—Atlanta VA Medical Center and Emory University
April 29, 2019 05:20 - 47 minutes - 31.4 MBEver since he was a medical school student, Dr. Barry Fields knew where his interests rested: in improving and extending people’s quality of life and caring for them on a long-term basis. He quickly realized that sleep medicine would allow him to do just that, and just as quickly realized that the patient to provider ratio was high, with many patients being geographically limited in their ability to seek help from sleep center-based specialists. This is what led him to become a leader in sle...
Approaching Wellness – Dr. Thaddeus Gala, Founder and CEO of Complete Care – A Fascinating Look at How We Can Help Heal Ourselves With Lifestyle Changes and Nutritional Improvement
April 29, 2019 04:09 - 37 minutes - 32.9 MBDr. Thaddeus Gala, Founder, and CEO of Complete Care delivers a riveting overview of his work in integrative medicine. Dr. Gala is a skilled chiropractor who has given many of his career years to the goal of improving health and wellness for all. He is a sought-after lecturer on multiple topics related to wellness, including general nutrition, weight loss, management of diabetes, and more. Dr. Gala’s research has been published nationally and he is the successful author of notable publicati...
Sleep as the Foundation of Health—Terry Cralle—Registered Nurse and Certified Clinical Sleep Educator
April 26, 2019 10:15 - 27 minutes - 24.2 MBEarly on in Terry Cralle’s career as a registered nurse, she found herself working in clinical research on insomnia, but it wasn’t until one of the sleep doctors she was working with invited her to his sleep lab to gain a deeper understanding of what it’s like to test people for a variety of sleep disorders that she made a realization which prompted an abrupt change of direction into a career in sleep medicine. “I’ve been in sleep medicine for 22 years now, and we used to say that sleep was ...
Increasing Access to Genomic Data and Driving Data-Driven Medicine—Kevin Puylaert—SOPHiA GENETICS
April 26, 2019 07:26 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MBKevin Puylaert is general manager of North American operations and VP of business development at SOPHiA GENETICS, a company that’s offering software as a service platform for the democratization of data-driven medicine. They have already connected nearly 1,000 institutions that are sharing genomic profiles across the platform, which means any given institution that’s analyzing a genetic profile can easily determine how it compares to another institution’s analysis of that profile somewhere e...
Preparing the Workforce for the Future of Automation—Mike Bartlett—Economic Opportunity Division of the National Governors Association
April 26, 2019 07:08 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MBThe rate of technological advancement seems ever-increasing; not long ago, we didn’t even have cell phones, but now everyone has the equivalent of a tiny computer in their pocket with artificial intelligence-powered apps and the ability to complete transactions in a completely digital and automated fashion—transactions that used to require the work of a human. We’re entering an age where driverless cars, robotic surgery, and automation in a number of fields no longer belong in the category o...
The New Nuclear – Jessica Lovering, Director of Energy at The Breakthrough Institute – How Efficient Nuclear Power Might Help To Mitigate Climate Change
April 25, 2019 10:22 - 28 minutes - 19 MBJessica Lovering, Director of Energy at The Breakthrough Institute, delivers an interesting overview of the current state of energy production, considering the advantages of nuclear power. As Director of Breakthrough’s Energy program, Lovering has contributed to significant research considering new innovative avenues in nuclear energy that could reduce costs and increase efficiency, while helping to alleviate climate change. For over a year, the groundbreaking, peer-reviewed paper entitled,...
Quality Issuers with Quality Investors on a Global Scale Syed Hussain Liquidity Digital
April 25, 2019 05:18 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MBIf you’re an entrepreneur in today’s world looking to raise capital for a blockchain-based startup, your options are going to be limited by the traditional capital formation process. This traditional system is structured in such a way as to capitalize on technology that’s being leveraged on legacy systems—systems that existed prior to the rise of blockchain and distributed ledger technology. “With where technology is today and with the market demands that are needed, we need to be more creat...
Healthy Dentistry – Mark A. Cruz, D.D.S, Innovative Dentist and Lecturer – Considering Oral Health from a Holistic Perspective
April 24, 2019 07:18 - 44 minutes - 42.6 MBMark A. Cruz, D.D.S, innovative dentist and lecturer, delivers an insightful overview of his holistic approach to modern dentistry. Dr. Cruz is an experienced family dentist who believes in approaching all dental issues from a big picture perspective, not simply treating problems as they occur. His successful methods are evidenced by the scores of people who remain his patients for life, as well as the new patients that are coming to visit his practice regularly. Dr. Cruz received his forma...
Lessons Learned from Hosting over 1,800 Podcasts—Richard Jacobs—Future Tech Podcast
April 24, 2019 04:57 - 9 minutes - 7.45 MBIn October of 2016, Richard Jacobs created and began hosting Future Tech Podcast, which has since become the source of over 1,800 episodes featuring some of the most highly regarded experts in some of the newest and most exciting fields in technology and science. On today’s mini-episode, Richard Jacobs answers the questions everyone seems to ask of him: why do you do this, and what do you get out of it? Tune in to hear about the lessons he’s learned, the newfound enlightenment he’s gained fr...
Invisible Force Driving the Sickness of Technologically Advanced Societies-Dr. Martin Pall-Washington State University
April 23, 2019 11:07 - 44 minutesWi-Fi, smart meters, cell phones, cell phone towers, and cordless phones are just a few of the many items in our environment with electromagnetic fields (EMFs)—invisible forces that interact with our body every day. To date, at least eight different effects of EMFs have been identified, each demonstrated and reviewed by 12-35 articles. These effects impact neurological and neuropsychiatric function in a cumulative fashion—the higher the number of exposures, the more severe the effects; event...
The Power of the People’s Data—James Turner—Personal Genome Project, Open Humans Foundation
April 23, 2019 09:48 - 41 minutes - 33.8 MBAs a participant of the Personal Genome Project (PGP), which was initiated in 2005 at Harvard Medical School, James Turner has donated a significant amount of information to the project, including an extensive personal health survey, 20 years’ worth of notes pertaining to doctor visits, lab tests, treatments, etc., and MRI images. Once submitted to the PGP, a participant’s information becomes available to any all researchers for the purposes of driving genetic research. The program has two m...
The Good, The Bad, and The Nutrients – Dr. Jake Kushner, Medical Director for McNair Interests – A Fascinating Discussion of How the Body Processes Foods and a Closer Look at Diabetes from a Preeminent Pediatric Endocrinologist
April 23, 2019 06:41 - 58 minutes - 54.1 MBJake A. Kushner M.D., Medical Director, McNair Interests, provides a thorough overview of his research and study of diabetes. Currently, Dr. Kushner serves as the Medical Director for McNair Interests. He is a renowned diabetes researcher as well as a pediatric endocrinologist with a particular expertise in biotechnology, biomedical research, type 1 diabetes and other specific endocrine disorders. Dr. Kushner is the former Chief of Pediatric Diabetes and Endocrinology and McNair Medical Ins...
The Breath of Life – Joan E. Nichols, PhD, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston – Bioengineering Tissue For Life
April 22, 2019 07:59 - 1 hour - 45.5 MBIn this informative podcast, Joan E. Nichols, Ph.D., professor, and a lead researcher, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, provides an overview of the lung, and her lab’s important work developing bioengineered tissue. The celebrated Ph.D. discusses how she settled into bioengineering for her life’s work, and her motivation to study organs. She explains the incredible need for lungs and other organs, and how so many people are waiting for transplants to save their lives. Her la...
The View of Earth from Space Observing, Learning, Applying—Benjamin Koetz—European Space Agency
April 22, 2019 06:34 - 30 minutes - 20.5 MBAs an Earth observation application engineer at the European Space Agency, Benjamin Koetz spends his time trying to figure out how Earth functions by tracking patterns from space that can’t be seen from the ground, monitoring different environmental processes, collecting data regarding human activities, and making sure that information gathered from satellites is conflated into something that’s useful for the management of natural resources. He joins the podcast today to discuss all the de...