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The digital world is a place where the fast, the dynamic and the disruptive rule. Would it shock you to find out that same world sits on top of 50 year old software that only a handful of people remember how to code? Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9 Episode Sources: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24833070-800-how-covid-19-has-exposed-a-huge...

Can we save the Internet by breaking it and making the digital world less streamlined and friction free?  Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury  Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9 Episode Sources: https://www.wired.com/story/to-mend-a-broken-internet-create-online-parks/   https://www.wired.com/story/digital-nunchi-virtual-empathy-tips/ More about Mattsplained: www.kulturpop.com https://...

Sky diamonds, life on Venus, facial recognition earphones and artistic drone swarms. It must be the future. Episode Sources: https://scitechdaily.com/what-is-phosphine-and-why-does-it-point-to-extra-terrestrial- life-floating-in-the-clouds-of-venus/ Sky diamonds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/30/ecotricity- founder-to-grow-diamonds-made-entirely-from-the-sky   https://www.newscie...

Last weekused the term endsourcing to describe the phasing out of human workers in a growing number of sectors of the economy. This week, we’re going a step further to ask: are we prepared for a post work world Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury  Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9 Episode Sources: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24833031-000-will-robots-and-ai-take-our-jobs-in-...

Can we engineer our way out of our current climate and health crises? Meet the science that is hacking evolution, and in some cases, turning back time. Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury  Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9 Episode Sources: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24833031-000-will-robots-and-ai-take-our-jobs-in-covid-19s-socially-distanced-era/   More about Mattsplained...

Can we engineer our way out of our current climate and health crises? Meet the science that is hacking evolution, and in some cases, turning back time. Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury  Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9 More about Mattsplained: www.kulturpop.com https://www.instagram.com/kulturpop/   https://twitter.com/kulturmatt

As the CIA announces new revenue sharing models for spies, we take a look at nuclear batteries, touchy-feely cameras and Deep Fakery. Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9 Episode Sources: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2254877-ai-camera-can-tell-what-surfaces-feel-like-with-just-a-glance/   https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/sep/22/elon-...

“How do you wake up from the matrix when you don’t know you’re in the matrix?” That’s pne of the key questions posed in Netflix docudrama The Social Dilemma. Matt Armitage takes the red pill and the blue pill and wakes up in the future. Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9 www.kulturpop.com   https://www.instagram.com/kulturpop/?hl=en https://twitter.c...

We often refer to technology as ‘a step in the right direction’ on the assumption that better things will follow. What happens when those steps themselves become the problem? Walk This Way as MSP’s Matt Armitage takes you into the strange world of step recognition. Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9 www.kulturpop.com   https://www.instagram.com/kultu...

“I am not a human. I am a robot. A thinking robot.” Those words were written by an AI called GPT-3. Should we celebrate the arrival of the thinking machine? Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9 www.kulturpop.com   https://www.instagram.com/kulturpop/?hl=en https://twitter.com/kulturmatt   Episode Sources: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/sep...

Why are bees so much better than us? Are wormholes the best way to travel? Plus, a dollop of brown fat and the glue that lets you drink milk. Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9 Episode Sources: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/01/elon-musk-bionic-pig-publicity-stunt-innovations   https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-neuralink-brain...

Where are the self-driving cars, the robot servants and the cloud-powered smart companions? Have we been oversold on the power and potential of AI? That’s where the trouble starts. Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9 Photo Credit: Eric Krull / Unsplash Episode Sources: https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidteich/2020/02/27/artificial-intelligence-ai-hardw...

Despite the trend for eating healthily and consciously, we know remarkably little about what’s in the food we eat or how it works. Is it time we knew more about the Dark Matter in our diet? Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9 Photo Credit: Hermes Rivera / Unsplash Episode Sources: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24732920-700-hidden-nutrition-we...

Do you remember that time Rey and Chewie bumped into Thor at brunch? No? It’s on Gamora’s Insta. Our feeds are full of omakase, dalgona coffee and selfies. But where are the selfies in sci-fi? Welcome to the Real Housewives of Space.  Hosted by Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury Produced by Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9 EPISODE EXCERPT Do you remember that scene in The Last Jedi where Luke and Re...

As we build ever more complicated games and tasks to challenge AI, should we really be asking them to get the simple stuff right? Like reposing our selfies and helping to prescribe medicines? Science is certainly slick with new smart waterproofing fabrics and bricks that bring Mario to life. Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9 Episode Sources: https:/...

The terrible ‘20s have seen the most radical changes to our society in a generation. As MSP moves into a post-Jeff world, we examine some at home hacks designed to keep us healthy until the world reopens.   Hosted by Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury Produced by Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9 EPISODE SOURCES https://www.wired.com/story/stop-doomscrolling/ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/15/techno...

MSP says a fond farewell to Jeff Sandhu by celebrating the decade that shaped him. Mobile phones, PCs, the Web 1.0 and a sea of plaid, acid washed jeans and boho-chic. Hosts: Matt Armitage & Jeff Sandhu Produced: Jeff Sandhu for BFM89.9 Episode Sources: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/91603cc1-f159-4c89-9462-443a078945ca https://www.history.com/news/1990s-the-good-decade     EPISODE EXC...

Could pencil and paper be the future of medical diagnosis sensors and facial recognition software? Can water filled windows cool your house? And are ultrasonic waves really the next jump in screen technology? Science is slick… Hosts: Matt Armitage & Jeff Sandhu Produced: Jeff Sandhu for BFM89.9 Source Links: https://www.bfm.my   https://www.newscientist.com/article/2244446-ultrasonic-speakers-...

The 80s. A great place to visit, a terrible place to live. Why has our obsession with 80s culture lasted for 20 years? It’s time to throw away the neon tees and create something new. Hosts: Matt Armitage & Jeff Sandhu Produced: Jeff Sandhu for BFM89.9 Episode Sources: https://www.bfm.my   https://www.vulture.com/2016/10/2016-why-are-we-obsessed-with-the-80s.html   EPISODE EXCERPT On last week’...

Mocked for their love of avocado toast and artisan everything, as the first Millennials get ready to embrace middle age and middle management, it’s time for them to settle into comfortable khakis and let Gen Z do the heavy lifting. Hosts: Matt Armitage & Jeff Sandhu Produced: Jeff Sandhu for BFM89.9 Resources: https://www.bfm.my  Excerpt: Millennials. The generation that everyone loves to hate...

Bubbles. Living in them. Working in them. Socialising in them. Travelling in them. Is our future one of hermetically sealed environments? One where the needs of the lucky few are met by an on-demand workforce that never goes home? Hosts: Matt Armitage & Jeff Sandhu Produced: Jeff Sandhu for BFM89.9 EPISODE EXCERPT Usually, when we talk about Bubbles in a business or economic context, there’s u...

It may be emotionally draining, technically challenging and socially isolating, but working from home could turn out to be a secret superpower. One that lowers business costs, boosts productivity and profits and gives employees more freedom, independence and flexibility. Presented by: Matt Armitage & Jeff Sandhu Produced by: Jeff Sandhu

With protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd reverberating across the world, MSP takes a look at how machines and technology learn to discriminate.

As SpaceX becomes the first private company to launch astronauts into space, MSP wonders whether the universe is conscious and whether it’s better to fall into a big or a small black hole. Oh yeah, and zombie fires are burning under the Arctic.

Burger-flipping machines, finger-flipping robots and radiation emitting cleaners. It’s the new normal in the automation nation.