The PanFuture Society Podcast

This week I've got a bunch of cool short news bits I've been saving up, it's time to catch up. Cassini, Voyager, Mars, Universal Basic Income, Robot artists, and more

This week is a further examination of Alvin Toffler's writings and ideas. He wrote about the near future, which we are living in today. Also, new cancer treatments, an asteroid flyby, and water on exoplanets. 

This week we talk Alvin Toffler and his 1970 book Future Shock. We look at the present through a future lens from the past... or something. Also, Sean falls down a Wikipedia rabbit hole. 

This week features an interview with Dr. Kevin Folta, professor and chairman of the  horticultural sciences  department at the  University of Florida , and host of the Talking Biotech podcast. Also, I beg for money the 21st century way.

This week we further examine nanotech. How does one actually work at the nanoscale, and what might the far future bring? Also, Carl Sagan's sad prediction coming true. 

This week we enter the tiny world of nanotechnology. An introduction to what it is, and where it's being used in our lives right now.  Also, gene editing breakthrough, and NASA asteroid tracking.  Some links: h ttps://www.universetoday.com/136642/impending-asteroid-flyby-will-chance-test-nasas-planetary-defense-network/ https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/02/science/gene-editing-human-embryos.html htt...

This week, further contemplation about life in the universe, and what would happen if we made contact.  Also, synthetic food and NASA deep space station plans. 

This week I ponder our place in the universe and wonder if there is other life out there somewhere. Part philosophical essay, part science exploration. Also, words and their meanings matter. Inigo says so. 

This week I essay, rant, and ramble about science, politics, civilization, and our long-term needs.  Also, Juno images, New nuclear fuel, and NASA budgets

This week, a look at the principles and ideas of arcology, the melding of architecture and ecology, as a way to shape the city of the future.  Also, holographic phones and artificial intelligence in science research

This week we cover some less well known energy generation methods: Geothermal, biomass, biofuel, flywheel, and space based solar panels.  Also, artificial intelligence in the operating room, and robo-snakes on Mars

This week we examine the more well-known renewables of solar, wind, and hydroelectric energy technology.  Also, Chinese carbon sequestration and Chinese quantum entanglement. 

This week I speak at length with Oregon State University PhD candidate Josh Fishler. We talk all things nuclear including new tech and why it's not the bogeyman. Believe it or not, it will be needed for a carbon neutral future, and for a journey to the stars. And we talk about perspective and context and how humans are bad at it.

This week we look at energy and power production. A snapshot of the past, present and future. How much do we use? Oil, coal, gas, solar, wind, nuclear. What's out there that is better? Also, New instant charge battery, and Artificial Intelligence explains itself.

This week I catch up on a ton of space news. Jupiter images from Juno, 3d printing in space, plasma drive, dark matter, black holes, psyche, and more. Also, I rant at the end of the show so you can skip it if you want. 

This week I ruminate on civilization and long-term thinking, including a segment from Humboldt Redwoods State Park in California. Also, zero-emission natural gas power plant, and 3d printed ovaries. 

This week I geek out about movies with author A.C. Hachem. All about summer movies, Hollywood business choices and how do you avoid getting squashed by the 5 ton Disney movie beast. Strap in, it's a movie length show! Oh, and somehow I've made it to 50 episodes…

This week we continue with longevity research. We examine some critiques against it, and consider what it will mean for society if more and more people live longer. Also, vertical farming in Shanghai, the ISS 200th spacewalk, and wandering black holes.

More on longevity this week, with a peek into the worlds of Aubrey de Grey, Craig Venter, and Google's Calico.  Also, the DNA of neurons, and the growing role of big data in the search for extraterrestrial life. 

This week is part one of a few shows on longevity. The history of living longer, areas of research, and more. Also - Artificial womb, artificial photosynthesis, and asteroid mining

I went to the local March for Science today in Eugene. The starting point was on the U of O campus, and there was a great turnout. There was also a good diversity in the crowd. I took my portable mic for my phone and talked to a few people, from students and teachers, to astronomers and parents. Science is for everyone, not just lab techs. Listen to the show for my interviews, and keep your eyes a...

This week, an all news show to catch up on some quick stories ahead of the March For Science.  Comfy robot suits, Elon Musk (again), Negative Mass, Exoplanets, Water worlds, Accretion Discs, (lions tigers and bears oh my)

This week we examine some of the ways we may be flying through the air in the near future, including drones, hypersonic jets, and (not in the air) the hyperloop. Also, a brick laying robot, and New Horizons takes a nap, and what I'll be doing at next week's March for Science.

This week we look at new manufacturing methods and materials like 3d printing and carbon fiber being used by instrument builders, and new ways that people are interfacing with their instruments to create with sound. Also, drilling to the Earth's mantle, and exoplanet atmospheres

This week we go over a few of the ways people are tackling air pollution and excess carbon. Making ink from soot, making diamonds from CO2, and more. Also, mammal cells turned into computer circuits, and NASA's Cassini probe final mission.