Futureneering

Mic Black is an inspiring human who can’t be defined by any one thing. His experience and skills span a variety of areas and domains, such as being a technical founder and entrepreneur, to deep tech inventor, to community and maker space builder and much more.  Currently, he is the Co-founder of Rainstick , a startup that is combining indigenous knowledge systems and emerging bioelectric technolog...

David is a powerhouse within the Australian innovation and commercialisation ecosystem. He holds a PhD in both biotechnology and business form the university of queensland. He started his career as a scientist and researcher in biotechnology and drug discovery before realising his real passion was in the business side of science. He has since held roles in commercialisation through Uniquest, the t...

On todays episode of Futureneering I am joined by Michael Smart. Michael has spent his life dedicated to furthering research in hypersonics and scramjet technology. He spent 10 years as a research scientist in NASA Langley, and 15 years as a professor and chair of hypersonic propulsion at the University of Queensland. Michael has recently started a company called Hypersonix Launch Systems to comme...

Tom is a theoretical quantum physicist, professor at the University of Queensland and cofounder of Analog Quantum Circuits. Tom has been a researcher in the field of quantum technology for over 20 years, and his research involves looking at device physics for solid state quantum computing, quantum error correction and quantum measurement and precision sensing. Recently, he has started a spin-off c...

On todays episode of Futureneering I am joined by Dr. Pauline Pounds. Pauline is an Associate Professor in Mechatronics at UQ and a Senior academic at the Robotics Design Lab, which she cofounded in 2012. Pauline has previously contributed to some of the foundational work in developing multirotor drones. Now, she spends a lot of time working on various robotics and mechatronics research topics whi...

Billy Jeremijenko is the CEO and Co-Founder of Aquila. Aquila is a wildly ambitious startup attempting to develop the internet of energy. They are proposing to create a global energy transmission system using ground-based lasers attached to renewable generators, a constellation of highly reflective space-based mirrors with adaptable optical components, and specialised solar panels able to efficien...

Dr. Larry Marshall is the former CEO of CSIRO, Australia's national science organisation. As part of CSIRO, he has spent the last 5 years championing the role of science and research organisations to not just invent new solutions, but to truly innovate, by taking their inventions from the lab into the marketplace. With this vision in mind, he helped to create two key initiatives within CSIRO...

Steve Baxter is an iconic and outspoken Queensland based entrepreneur, investor and overall champion of the startup ecosystem in Australia. Steve is currently the Founder and Lead Investor at Beaten Zone Venture Partners, a Venture Capital (VC) firm with a focus on early stage defence technology startups that include both lethality and survivability systems. His mission here is to 'lionise&ap...

Subscribe to Futureneering Substack: Filip Saric | Substack Join the Futureneering Discord: https://discord.gg/ApPHcKm9 Dr. Joni Sytsma is a multidisciplinary aerospace engineer, who received her degree and PhD at the University of Florida. Joni is an exceptionally skilled and talented engineer, with her career spanning many roles within the defence and aerospace industry, including research into...

Hon Weng Chong is the CEO and Founder of Cortical Labs, a startup based in Melbourne that has created a "Brain on a chip" technology that ushers in a new paradigm of computing and ability to study the intricacies of the brain and how it functions. Cortical Labs is combining biological neurons with traditional silicon electronics to create a fundamentally new form of computing, known as B...

Phil Morle is a Partner at Main Sequence Ventures, a deep-tech venture capital firm that was founded by the CSIRO, Australia's leading science research organisation. Phil also previously founded Pollenizer, Australia's first startup incubator, and was instrumental in building the innovation and startup ecosystem in Australia.  In this episode, we discuss his role as Partner at Main Seque...

Iain McIntyre is an incredible human who's had a wild journey over the past few years.  While studying Law and Astrophysics at the University of Western Australia, he decided to make the jump into the startup world by building a visionary neurotech company called Humm.  After 5 long years of building and running that business, which included raising millions of dollars, partaking in the Berke...

 Dr. Nigel Greenwood is a mathematician with a PhD in applied mathematics from the University of Queensland, specialising in differential game theory. He has expertise in new forms of evolutionary machine learning and artificial intelligence algorithms and has authored multiple patents in the field. He was the team leader of Team MachineGenes in the IBM Watson AI XPRIZE, and CEO/founder of the Mac...

 Cameron Higgins is the Founder and CEO of Resonait Medical Technologies, a startup that is developing medical technologies to treat depression and mental health issues. Cameron initially completed a Bachelor of Electrical engineering and advanced mathematics at the university of sydney and has spent 8 years working in neuroscience research at Oxford university while completing his pHD. He is now...

In this episode of the Futureneering Podcast, I am joined by Viraj Agnihotri. Viraj studied bioengineering in India before moving to Australia to complete a Master's in Innovation Management and Mechatronics Engineering at The University of Queensland.  While studying at UQ, Viraj decided to start his own startup company, Augmented Bionics, which aimed to solve hearing problems and hearing lo...

In this episode I chat with Sam Banister, the Chief Science Officer at Psylo. Psylo is an Australian biotechnology startup that is developing novel, psychedelic inspired molecules to treat various brain issues. We discuss all things psychedelics, biotech, drug development, building companies, mental health issues, the new TGA reform to reschedule MDMA and Psilocybin in Australia and much more.

Professor Allan Paull is the DSTG Chair of Future Hypersonic Technologies at the University of Queensland. Allan completed his Bachelor of Science in Applied physics and PhD in Applied Mathematics at the University of Queensland in 1987. He is now a world leading expert in hypersonics and scramjet technology which has applications for access to space, defence and potentially international travel i...

 Stephen Bornstein is the CEO of Athena AI and Managing Director of Cyborg Dynamics Engineering. He was formally trained as an aerospace engineer at Monash University, and has held several engineering positions in prominent companies including BAE systems, Rocket lab and Airbus. Stephen is now at the helm of 2 high tech startups where he works on developing cutting edge AI, robotics and autonomous...

Welcome to the first episode of The Futureneering Podcast. In this episode, I sit down with my best friend and co-founder, Daniel Stone. We discuss all things nootropics, building Neuratech, biohacking and health hacks, startups and entrepreneurship, the future of brain enhancement and our journey so far as friends and founder's.