Living In The Future with Niall Murphy

Teun is the founder and CEO of Karman+ , an asteroid mining company working to fuel and supply the space economy. Driven by a lifelong passion for exploration and sustainability, he decided to focus on the space industry two years ago after several successful exits in different tech businesses. At Karman+ Teun and his team are well on their way to launch what Teun calls the Regolith Age - an era w...

Dr. Nina Tandon is the co-founder & CEO of Epibone. She and her colleagues are regenerating human bone using stem cells. The technology points toward a future of tissue regeneration where we re-grow parts of our own bodies that need repair or replacement. With 10 years of experience in tissue engineering and more than eight in bioreactor design, she completed two advanced degrees at Columbia Unive...

Tasmanian Daniel Faber is the founder & CEO of OrbitFab, focused on solving a very important problem - how to refuel satellites and other assets in space. Up to now everything put into orbit ultimately becomes space junk. A propellant supply chain in space is a critical enabler to a dynamic space economy. Daniel is an engineer and entrepreneur with over 25 years in space technology. His goal i...

Emil and I met in October during a discussion on longevity in Berlin. In this discussion we explore his work on human cryopreservation and the role the technology might play in helping people time travel to a future where critical ailments might have remedy. Futuristic stuff indeed, but this is actually happening. Emil and his colleagues already have a number of people in cryopreservation, and the...

Mark Kotter is at the forefront of transitioning biology to engineering. He is a doctor, scientist and serial entrepreneur. Mark’s work is addressing many of the most important human needs, including cancer and the consequences of poor health due to ageing. His company Bit.bio made an important announcement earlier this year with the launch of a powerful new toolset for programming STEM cells. It’...

Dani Clode is Head Designer & Senior Technical Specialist at the Plasticity Lab at Cambridge University. She is best known for developing a second thumb that can be added to your hand and that you control with your toes. In this podcast we discuss what body augmentation means, societal acceptance, and the challenges and constraints of progressing it. This is a public episode. If you would like...

Dominik Schiener is co-founder of blockchain distributed ledger IOTA and a man on a mission to automate trust on the internet. In this wide ranging conversation we explore why this trust infrastructure is important, what it might enable, and what some of the issues are in realising this future. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonu...