Future Positive
69 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago -Welcome to Future Positive a podcast from XPRIZE that aims to bring you the most future-forward topics, covering everything from AI to avatars, to climate change, and more. We will share conversations from game-changing leaders, tech entrepreneurs and heavyweights from the creative industry - revealing their inspirations, and how and why they will change the world.
If you’re into data-driven optimism, this is the podcast for you.
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Why We Need Alternative Proteins
July 24, 2021 05:11 - 32 minutes - 61.3 MBXPRIZE Founder Peter H. Diamandis is in conversation with His Excellency Faisal Al Bannai, the Secretary-General of the Advanced Technology Research Council at ASPIRE, partner and sponsor of XPRIZE Feed The Next Billion. Tune in to hear these industry leaders discuss the fight against global food insecurity. His Excellency Faisal Al Bannai, Secretary General, Advanced Technology Research Council, sits with XPRIZE to chat about food security in the Middle East and how advanced research and t...
This Podcast Will Extend Your Life
June 27, 2021 05:00 - 46 minutes - 63.3 MBFor this week’s Future Positive Podcast we bring you an exclusive conversation with XPRIZE Founder, Peter H. Diamandis and XPRIZE Innovation Board Member, Sergey Young. In their conversation they dive deep into all aspects of longevity and what the implications of living longer will have on the future of humanity. They also both share their own advice on how to live a longer, healthier, younger and more active existence. Sergey Young is a longevity investor and visionary with a missio...
Algorithms For Equality
June 13, 2021 05:00 - 24 minutes - 22.9 MBContinuing our Pride Month podcast take over we bring you the third in our series of interviews conducted by Journalist Amelia Abraham with leading figures from the LGBTQ+ community who are impacting our world for the better. This week Amelia speaks to Vincent Desmond, a writer and essayist living and working in Lagos, Nigeria. They sit down to discuss the issues facing the queer community in Nigeria, the very real perils of digital catfishing and the power of social media movements. V...
Avatar - A Sense of Presence
May 23, 2021 05:00 - 35 minutes - 49.1 MBHow can avatars allow us to use our senses at a remote location in real time? Will we ever be able to smell and taste remotely? For this week’s Future Positive podcast, Amelia Abraham speaks with Dr. Jacki Morie – Scientist, Artist, Educator and Senior Advisor on the A.N.A Avatar XPRIZE to answer these questions and more. We also hear from four of the semifinalist teams competing in the ANA Avatar XPRIZE who take us through their approaches to creating robotic avatars that convey a sense o...
Future of Fuel
May 16, 2021 05:00 - 31 minutes - 28.9 MBConverting carbon into fuel is the next exciting frontier in the ever changing energy landscape. For this week’s Future Positive podcast, we get the scoop on the future of fuel with two finalists of the NRG COSIA CARBON XPRIZE who are now successfully turning carbon into fuels. First, journalist Amelia Abraham interviews Brooklyn based Staff Sheehan of Air Company, then she catches up with Jason Salfi of Dimensional Energy based in Ithaca, New York. Staff Sheehan is the Chief Technolog...
What Alternative Fish Can Bring To The Table
May 09, 2021 04:30 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MBOur oceans, and specifically fish, have been on our cultural menu recently with the success of the much talked about documentary, Seaspiracy and the academy award success of the film My Octopus Teacher. On this week's episode Journalist Amelia Abraham takes a deep dive into the deep blue with XPRIZE Feed the Next Billion Judge and all round fish guy, Dr Keith Cox. They explore the depths of ocean health and how cultivated and plant-based fish can really help with healing this fragile ecos...
WORK/LIFE - The Perfect Balance
May 02, 2021 04:30 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBThis week we peer into how the work-life balance is playing out during the pandemic. The past year has had an effect on all our working lives; from remote working and home offices to disrupted shifts, furloughs and for many unfortunate people, unemployment. For this episode, we get some insight into the reality of working lives by asking our own colleagues at XPRIZE to weigh in on this global change to work. Journalist and Writer Amelia Abraham interviews our Chief Prize Operations Office...
WIRED Brand Lab: Carbon Capture Winners Revealed
April 25, 2021 05:00 - 44 minutes - 40.5 MBDid you miss the live reveal of the NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE hosted by WIRED Brand Labs and moderated by Wired Editor Megan Greenwell? Fear not! We hit the record button and captured it in its full unedited glory for you to listen to now. In 2015, XPRIZE launched the $20M NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE, a competition to jumpstart the carbontech economy and tackle global warming. Last Monday, April 19th the winners were revealed in an online event hosted by the Wired Brand Lab. Megan Greenwell...
Carbon Capture: Past, Present and Future
April 18, 2021 05:00 - 32 minutes - 74.8 MBThis week we take you on a time travelling adventure into the past, present and future of Carbon Capture as journalist Amelia Abraham interviews XPRIZE’s own world leaders of Carbontech. First Mike Leitch, Technical Lead, NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE, takes us on a whistle stop tour of Carbontech history. Before XPRIZE, he served as the Research Manager at RGL Reservoir Management, an oilfield manufacturing company based in Edmonton, Canada. There, he worked with a diverse team of engineers an...
SpaceIL 2 Years On
April 11, 2021 05:00 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBFor this week’s episode we are excited to bring you a conversation between our own CEO Anousheh Ansari and the Co-Founder and Deputy CEO of Space IL Kfir Damari. Three engineers walk into a bar. On this day two years ago their team’s lander ‘Beresheet’ made its descent to the surface of the moon after a 48 day journey. What happened next didn’t exactly follow the playbook.... Established in 2011, Space IL competed in the Google Lunar XPRIZE and won the $1 Million Dollar ‘Moon Shot’ award...
The Future of Food
April 04, 2021 05:00 - 53 minutes - 49 MBFor today’s episode, we’re tuning in to a conversation recorded back in May 2020. This fascinating discussion tackles issues around food insecurity, including but not limited to the impact of COVID-19 on food systems and identifying how AI can help us reach zero hunger and shape the food landscape of tomorrow. Led by Caroline Kolta, Senior Associate here at XPRIZE with contributions from Bernhard Kowatsch, Lorin Fries and Merijn Dols. Bernhard Kowatsch is Head of the Innovation Accelerato...
The Future of Intimacy - Love and Dating in a Post Covid World
March 28, 2021 05:00 - 31 minutes - 28.9 MBThis week we bring you a peek into our intimate futures. We are well over a year into the lockdown caused by this pandemic and our lives have changed inconceivably. Probably the biggest change though is our lack of intimacy with other people. Technology is adapting though, as it always has. The telephone made communication with a distant loved one much easier. Algorithms in dating apps allow our future partner to get automatically shifted from the ghosters, the players and the people with...
Rainforests: People, Climate & Policy
March 21, 2021 06:00 - 54 minutes - 100 MBThe world of rainforest conservation is quickly changing. Technology’s exponential development is enabling a wide range of advances in conservation, while simultaneously showing the limitations of humanity’s knowledge. We know now more than ever about earth’s most diverse ecosystem, yet there is so much left to be understood. On today’s podcast we bring you a discussion between two incredible conservationists, and two members of the XPRIZE Rainforest Advisory Board: Hindou Oumarou Ibr...
Here’s How Avatar’s Will Blow Travel Wide Open
March 14, 2021 15:01 - 9 minutes - 8.47 MBFor this week’s podcast we are bringing you another Radical Idea written by journalist Amelia Abraham and read by our host Sofia Tapia. What if we could make travel more accessible, more affordable, and more sustainable for everyone? In the future, avatar technology has the powerful potential to allow more people to see the untouched corners of the earth, while actually leaving them untouched. Introducing this week’s Radical Read: Here’s How Avatars Will Blow Travel Wide Open. Links:...
Neama Dadkhahnikoo sits down with A.I. entrepreneur Anita Schjøll Brede
March 06, 2021 16:28 - 33 minutes - 31 MBIn this week's Future Positive podcats, XPRIZE’s own Neama Dadkhahnikoo sits down with A.I. entrepreneur Anita Schjøll Brede to ask her all about her experience as a thought leader and woman in A.I., her tenacity to identify problems and her incredible ability to solve them. She also shares with us which women have inspired her along the way. Anita is the CEO and Co-Founder of Iris.ai; an AI science assistant, able to read and connect scientific knowledge, that will grow up to be the world’...
Mars Your Ultimate Travel Guide
March 01, 2021 09:08 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MBThis week’s podcast we are bringing you another radical idea written by journalist Amelia Abraham and read by our host Sofie Tapia. Mars Your Ulitmate Travel Guide. NASA’s Perseverance Rover made history earlier this month when it touched down on Mars, so it looks like we have liftoff! Or at least we will soon… if the Mars colonizers have their way. Are you going with them? Our Travel Guide to Mars will help you decide, or at the very least give you a whistle-stop tour of the 7 wonders of t...
Why The World Needs Incentive Prizes
February 20, 2021 17:02 - 8 minutes - 7.57 MBFor this week’s podcast we are bringing you another Radical Read written by journalist Amelia Abraham and read by our host Sofie Tapia. From the invention of a device to measure longitude at sea back in the 18th Century to our newest and biggest Prize ever, XPRIZE Carbon Removal, incentive prizes make the impossible possible. Find out Why We Need Incentive Prizes to truly foster genius. The XPRIZE Carbon Removal is aimed at tackling the biggest threat facing humanity — fighting clima...
The World Reacts: XPRIZE Carbon Removal
February 13, 2021 17:14 - 18 minutes - 42.2 MBIn this special news round-up of the Future Positive podcast we’re talking all things XPRIZE Carbon Removal – our new $100M Prize for a technology that removes carbon from the atmosphere, halting climate change in the process. First, XPRIZE’s Chief Impact Officer Zenia Tata, one of the primary designers of XPRIZE Carbon Removal, runs through one of the most common reactions to the Prize announcement – “But what about trees!” – explaining why trees are no longer enough when it comes to offs...
Radical Read - A Lot Can (Climate) Change in a Week
February 10, 2021 12:58 - 7 minutes - 7.12 MBIn this bonus podcast we are bringing you a Radical Idea written by journalist Amelia Abraham and read by our host Sofie Tapia. The article was written in response to President Joe Biden rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement and just a few days later Elon Musk teasing the largest prize in human history, the $100M XPRIZE CARBON REMOVAL. These two events alone have seriously changed the future of our planet by shifting our agenda towards climate change. Released to coincide with the launc...
The Future of Us
February 07, 2021 15:22 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MBOn this week's Future Positive our host Neama Dadkhahnikoo, Technical Lead of the AI XPRIZE chairs a virtual roundtable with a panel of female innovators in the field of AI. Andy Coravos is the CEO and founder of Elektra Labs, a company that advances healthcare by enabling safe, effective, and personalized use of connected products (wearables and other connected sensors) at home. Kishau Rogers is a Computer Scientist, Systems Thinker, Entrepreneur and CEO of Time Study Inc. A venture-bac...
Working Towards Tomorrow
January 30, 2021 13:01 - 52 minutes - 48.6 MBWelcome to a special edition of The Future Positive podcast. For this week's pod our host Shlomy Kattan, Chief Advancement Officer at XPRIZE virtually sits down with two thought leaders, Desmond Dickerson and Dwayne Matthews to discuss the future of work and education whilst also giving some priceless advice on the best ways to work remotely. Desmond Dickerson is a Manager and Innovation Consultant for the Cognizant Center for the Future of Work. He’s a passionate advocate and leader for t...
Smartphones In Healthcare And The Current Pandemic
January 25, 2021 12:15 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBMuch of the fundamental research in computer science has been driven by the needs of those attempting to utilize computing for various applications, including healthcare. Today’s guest, Shwetak Patel describes a collection of research projects that leverage mobile phone technology in new ways to enable the screening, self-management and studying of diseases. By using mobile phones as healthcare devices, we can enable access and scale, helping advance health and clinical science through ...
AI in Contact Tracing and Data Privacy
January 16, 2021 13:53 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MBWhen it comes to fighting infectious disease outbreaks, contact tracing is a key public health response. Mobile technologies including GPS, Bluetooth, cellphone masts and AI-powered big data analytics, can help collect data that helps decision-makers understand and manage the spread of pandemics like COVID-19 within their own communities. But when using this kind of technology, it’s critical to preserve personal privacy to not only maintain public trust but especially to protect vulnerab...
Digital Futures with Cosmo-Ubuntu
January 10, 2021 11:59 - 1 hour - 60.3 MBAI for Good, a global summit hosted by XPRIZE and ITU, about machine translation and cognitive code switching. Today’s episode explores the concept of Cosmo-uBuntu, an approach to technological innovation that addresses issues of global justice and helps us better understand personhood in AI praxis. Hosted by S. Ama Wray, an associate professor at UC Irvine and co-founder of AI for Africa, with guests Vukosi Marivate, Jose Cossa and Jackie Berry, highlight the cultural and individual differe...
Mastering Chess with AI – 1/3
January 03, 2021 05:00 - 48 minutes - 44.8 MBChess-playing computers have been better than human World Chess Champions for more than 20 years now. But when DeepMind published a preprint in December 2017 about AlphaZero, a computer program based on neural networks and mastering the games of chess, Shogi and Go, the entire world paid attention. Today’s episode, moderated by Kenneth Cukier of The Economist, explores recent AI developments in chess and how these developments have impacted chess played by humans. Join Peter Heine Nielsen, ...
Mastering Chess with AI
January 03, 2021 05:00 - 48 minutes - 44.8 MBChess-playing computers have been better than human World Chess Champions for more than 20 years now. But when DeepMind published a preprint in December 2017 about AlphaZero, a computer program based on neural networks and mastering the games of chess, Shogi and Go, the entire world paid attention. Today’s episode, moderated by Kenneth Cukier of The Economist at AI for Good, a global summit hosted by ITU and XPRIZE, explores recent AI developments in chess and how these developments have im...
Revisit - The Future of Conservation with Harrison Ford & Wes Bush
December 28, 2020 12:06 - 32 minutes - 74.2 MBA chance to listen again to one of our most inspiring podcasts of 2020. Captured during Visioneering at Paramount Studios, Peter H. Diamandis is joined by Harrison Ford and Wes Bush from Conservation International. In a thrilling discussion, they discuss the urgency to change the economics, behaviors and political will in order to save the planet. It requires the support of everyone, and will rely on technological innovation and new economic incentives to move in the right direction, quickly...
Revisit: The Future of Conservation with Harrison Ford & Wes Bush
December 28, 2020 12:06 - 32 minutes - 74.2 MBA chance to listen again to one of our most inspiring podcasts of 2020. Captured during Visioneering at Paramount Studios, Peter H. Diamandis is joined by Harrison Ford and Wes Bush from Conservation International. In a thrilling discussion, they discuss the urgency to change the economics, behaviors and political will in order to save the planet. It requires the support of everyone, and will rely on technological innovation and new economic incentives to move in the right direction, quickly...
Using AI to Protect the Planet
December 20, 2020 14:10 - 49 minutes - 67.9 MBIn this modern age of technology, artificial intelligence has the unique ability to shed light on environmentally destructive practices while providing solutions to help protect our world. In today’s episode recorded at AI for Good, a global summit hosted by ITU and XPRIZE, Marcius Extavour, Executive Director of Prize Operations on Energy and Resources here at XPRIZE, chats with Andrew Zolli, Vice President of Global Impact at Planet, and Sasha Luccioni, a Postdoctoral Researcher at Mila La...
The Inspiration Behind $15m XPRIZE Feed the Next Billion
December 07, 2020 13:00 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MBFor over 25 years, XPRIZE has convened the brightest minds from around the globe to tackle the world’s greatest challenges. One of the most pressing problems facing humanity today is food insecurity, and the need for nutritious, affordable, and sustainably-sourced food has reached critical status. In this exciting episode hosted by XPRIZE Founder and Executive Chairman, Peter H. Diamandis, we’re talking to world-renowned author, philanthropist and business strategist, Tony Robbins, as he dis...
What Is AI For Good Anyways?
December 05, 2020 15:49 - 26 minutes - 61.8 MBIn recent years, a large number of AI for Good projects have been deployed all over the world, using AI to solve critical issues such as poverty, hunger and climate change. While certainly well-intentioned, these projects often miss crucial elements in their design and deployment, which can result in a large amount of fanfare but very little impact. In today’s episode which was recorded at AI for Good, a global summit hosted by ITU and XPRIZE, we’re joined by Sasha Luccioni, a Postdoctoral...
Collaboration. The Superpower of the 21st Century
November 29, 2020 13:52 - 1 hour - 84.4 MBCollaboration. The Superpower of the 21st Century XPRIZE convenes the world’s brightest minds to help solve some of the most pressing challenges, and for this special Giving Tuesday episode, we’re taking a look back at 2020 with avid entrepreneur, philanthropist and XPRIZE Trustee Paresh Ghelani; physician-scientist, inventor, entrepreneur, and Chair of the XPRIZE Pandemic Alliance Task Force Daniel Kraft; and Sonny Kohli, co-founder and Chief Medical Officer at CloudDX, a co-winner of the...
How to Develop Accountable AI Solutions
November 21, 2020 19:56 - 36 minutes - 82.8 MBWelcome back to another edition of Future Positive, a podcast from XPRIZE. We convene the world’s brightest minds, across a kaleidoscope of cultures and points of view, revealing their inspirations, and how and why they will change the world. Since the foundation of the AI for Good movement, there have been many great examples of how AI can help solve the world’s problems to address the UN’s Sustainability Development Goals. But, AI technology is being developed in such a manner that its go...
Collective Problem Solving with AI
November 14, 2020 18:18 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBFor today’s episode, we’ll hear from AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio who is a Turing-award winning computer scientist, AI XPRIZE advisory board member, and one of the “godfathers of machine learning”. In a special recording from AI for Good, a global summit hosted by ITU and XPRIZE, Yoshua takes us on a deep dive into how machine learning is helping us in the fight against Covid-19. Yoshua pulls the curtains back on two AI projects, one around prediction of contagiousness, and a second on antiviral...
DEFCON 2020 Part 2: A Crazy Idea from Bret Weinstein
November 07, 2020 20:42 - 1 hour - 141 MBWelcome to “Future Positive,” a podcast from XPRIZE. We convene the world’s brightest minds, across a kaleidoscope of cultures and points of view, revealing their inspirations, and how and why they will change the world. The views on this podcast are those expressed by guests as their own personal views and their appearance on the podcast does not imply an endorsement of the guests or their views by XPRIZE.” The gloves are off. The end of the 20th century saw the implosion of communist dict...
DEFCON 2020 Part 1: The Democracy We Deserve feat. ACLU’s Susan Herman, Joe Trippi
October 30, 2020 13:56 - 58 minutes - 135 MBWelcome to “Future Positive,” a podcast from XPRIZE. We convene the world’s brightest minds, across a kaleidoscope of cultures and points of view, revealing their inspirations, and how and why they will change the world. The views on this podcast are not those of XPRIZE. Democracy’s obituary? Part 1: The Dark Side of Technology The end of the 20th century saw the implosion of communist dictatorships across the globe. In 1989 with the fall of the Berlin wall, we saw democracy greatly exp...
Using AI to Preserve Indigenous Knowledge
October 23, 2020 17:18 - 46 minutes - 106 MBFor many indigenous communities, passing down knowledge to the next generation is critical to cultural survival. The preservation of these cultures have traditionally been done through the study and documentation of languages, traditions and rituals. In today’s episode, we’ll start by hearing from Burr Settles, Head of Research and AI at Duolingo, and go into a discussion between Davar Ardalan from IVOW AI, AI writer Chamisa Edmo, Alva Lim from Agora Food Studio, AI Researcher Victor Yarlott...
Where are all the self-driving cars?
October 17, 2020 12:24 - 1 hour - 147 MBThe future of mobility is electric, connected, autonomous and shared. With an estimated $100B invested in autonomous driving globally, autonomous driving technology was pitched as the biggest change in mobility since we stopped using horses. Yet in the midst of the COVID-19 global pandemic, where is this autonomous driving (AD) future we were promised? This episode features a radically open conversation between World Economic Forum’s Head of Automotive and Autonomous Mobility Michelle Av...
Where Are All the Self-Driving Cars?
October 17, 2020 12:24 - 1 hour - 147 MBThe future of mobility is electric, connected, autonomous and shared. With an estimated $100B invested in autonomous driving globally, autonomous driving technology was pitched as the biggest change in mobility since we stopped using horses. Yet in the midst of the COVID-19 global pandemic, where is this autonomous driving (AD) future we were promised? This episode features a radically open conversation between World Economic Forum’s Head of Automotive and Autonomous Mobility Michelle Av...
Esports and Game-based Learning with Gordon Bellamy
October 10, 2020 14:46 - 39 minutes - 89.7 MBIn today’s episode, educator, developer, and game industry leader Gordon Bellamy talks about the rise of esports and how it has influenced the future of learning. As a catalyst to learn, create and experience the future, video games and virtual reality give us new creative outlets to realize our full potential. Gordon explores his career trajectory, from Tencent, MTV and Electronic Arts (as a designer on Madden NFL Football), ultimately leading him to a career dedicated to championing inclus...
Work: A Radically Optimistic Future
September 04, 2020 17:37 - 45 minutes - 82.8 MBIn this Labor Day special a racy conversation takes place around labor, race, and equity - it’s an important one. This week, XPRIZE’s own Shlomy Kattan sits down with New Profit Partner, Dr. Angela Jackson, and attorney / activist, Karen Fleshman to discuss the future of work. Over the course of this conversation we take a deep dive into capitalism’s historic inequality, how Gen Z will save us all and the tools and procedures necessary to make meaningful careers accessible to ALL. Dr. Ange...
Realizing a World of Infinite Possibilities feat. Ali Velshi and Dave Asprey
August 15, 2020 19:01 - 14 minutes - 13 MBIn this episode, Ali Velshi, TV journalist, NBC News correspondent and co-anchor of Velshi & Ruhle on MSNBC, sits down to talk with entrepreneur, author, lifestyle guru, and Founder of Bulletproof 360 and Bulletproof Nutrition, Dave Asprey. Ali and Dave met at XPRIZE Visioneering, to talk about how their experience gave them a necessary escape from the cynicism of today’s world and opened their eyes to infinite possibilities. Ali and Dave argue that innovation should be fun, and how surpri...
The Future Needs Creativity feat. Brent Bushnell + Chris Copeland
August 08, 2020 19:51 - 17 minutes - 32.1 MBIn this week’s episode, Dr. Emily Church, Executive Director of Equity & Education at XPRIZE, will be dropping in on a conversation between Brent Bushnell, entrepreneur, engineer and CEO/co-founder of Two Bit Circus and Chris Copeland, professional athlete who has played for the New York Knicks, Indiana Pacers, Milwaukee Bucks, ultimately earning the nickname "The X-Factor". In this candid conversation, Brent and Chris come together to talk about creativity, their experience at XPRIZE Vision...
Imagining the Future of Human Longevity feat. Mariya Filipova and Aubrey de Grey
July 25, 2020 19:44 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MBEpisode 6: Imagining the Future of Human Longevity feat. Mariya Filipova and Aubrey de Grey In this week’s episode, Dr. Emily Church, Executive Director of Equity & Education at XPRIZE, drops in on a conversation between two leaders in the healthcare and human longevity space -- author and biomedical gerontologist Aubrey de Grey and Mariya Filipova, VP of Innovation at Anthem -- as they share their thoughts on the keys to improving quality of life for everyone, everywhere. Mariya Filipo...
Science Fiction Becomes Science Fact with Kim Stanley Robinson
July 18, 2020 11:53 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBIn this episode, XPRIZE founder Peter H. Diamandis discusses AI and how it is often portrayed in science fiction with world renowned sci-fi author Kim Stanley Robinson, at XPRIZE Visioneering recorded at Paramount Studios. Robinson questions our relationship with AI and the important future of synthetic medicine. Although he is inspired by space exploration, he argues that the race to Mars is not an urgent problem, but rather a reward for fixing the problems on planet Earth. Recently named...
Innovating for Human Longevity with Dean Kamen and Martine Rothblatt
July 18, 2020 11:52 - 29 minutes - 27 MBIn this episode, our podcast host Dr. Emily Church looks at how technology is innovating modern medicine at an exponential rate to be smarter and proactive. In a special recording from Visioneering, XPRIZE founder Peter H. Diamandis is joined by two of the world’s greatest entrepreneurs: iBOT & Segway inventor engineer Dean Kamen, and science innovator and founder of United Therapeutics, Martine Rothblatt. They discuss the future of health and medicine where biology IS technology. Drawing fr...
The Future of Space Exploration with SpaceX COO, Gwynne Shotwell
July 03, 2020 14:59 - 21 minutes - 19.3 MBIn this episode, XPRIZE CEO and astronaut Anousheh Ansari, talks to SpaceX COO and President, Gwynne Shotwell, about working with interstellar innovator Elon Musk, and the company's plans for the future of space travel and exploration including its plans to build communities on the moon, Mars and beyond. Recorded at Paramount Studios during XPRIZE Visioneering, Anousheh invites guests to question Gwynne about her predictions for commercial space travel. Anousheh Ansari is CEO of the XPRIZE ...
Visions of the Future with the cast from Star Trek: The Next Generation
June 27, 2020 14:48 - 30 minutes - 28.4 MBEpisode 2: In this episode, join XPRIZE founder and Star Trek superfan, Peter H. Diamandis for a special recording at Visioneering with LeVar Burton, Marina Sirtis and Rod Roddenberry from Star Trek: The Next Generation live from Paramount Studios. XPRIZE’s vision of a future of abundance is inspired by Star Trek’s IDIC (Infinite Diversity Infinite Combinations) and this incredible line-up discusses their inspiration from the franchise including female empowerment, living in a post-scarcit...
Visions of the Future
June 27, 2020 14:48 - 30 minutes - 28.4 MBEpisode 2: In this episode, join XPRIZE founder and Star Trek superfan, Peter H. Diamandis for a special recording at Visioneering with LeVar Burton, Marina Sirtis and Rod Roddenbury from Star Trek: The Next Generation live from Paramount Studios. XPRIZE’s vision of a future of abundance is inspired by Star Trek’s IDIC (Infinite Diversity Infinite Combinations) and this incredible line-up discusses their inspiration from the franchise including female empowerment, living in a post-scarcity...
The Future of Conservation with Harrison Ford & Wes Bush
June 22, 2020 12:58 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MBNEW SEASON Welcome to Future Positive from XPRIZE. This season we aim to bring you the most future-forward topics, covering everything from AI to avatars, to climate change, and more. We will share conversations from game-changing leaders, tech entrepreneurs and heavyweights from the creative industry - revealing their inspirations, and how and why they will change the world. Captured during Visioneering at Paramount Studios, Peter H. Diamandis is joined by Harrison Ford and Wes Bush from ...