This week, storing electricity like plants do, we try DuckDuckGo, and no more trans fats. And, find out how Mike trying FlexDelivery has gone so far, and Rob is going to be trying Soylent this week. Links: More Crowdfunded PhD Research Hyperloop Design Contest 3D-printed Rhino Horn Novel Solar Energy Storage In The Grid Nano-robots… Continue reading Future Chat 63 – Maybe I Like Selling Myself

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This week, we talk sexiness in science labs, really old dinosaur blood cells, and so so much space news. Links: Hyperloop Agreements Secured Glimpse at Hyperloop Design More on the Right to Repair Sexism in Science & #DistractinglySexy Saturn’s New HUGE Ring 75 Million Year-Old Dino Blood Cells Wifi-Powered Camera Demonstrated Google’s Sidewalk Labs Philae… Continue reading Future Chat 62 – Can Technology Cure Stupid?

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In this episode, we talk about the newly discovered link between the brain and the immune system, give a look ahead to WWDC this week, and find out about Nick’s secretive Liberal agenda in the aftershow. Links: Rob’s Blue Thing Missing Link Between Brain and Immune System Found! This Gay Marriage Study Is A Fraud… Continue reading Future Chat 61 – Nick’s Liberal Agenda

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In this episode, we discuss our favourite new things from Google I/O, go deeper on bike lanes, and we determine Mike would be a terrible research dictator in a conversation about physical vs. mental attraction. Links: Audi’s New Synthetic Biofuel Alberta’s New Natural Gas Plant NPR: Will Your Job Be Automated Planet Money on NPR… Continue reading Future Chat 60 – Some Sheldon Cooper‑esque Dialogue

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This week, we talk Let’s Talk Science funding, wind turbines with no blades, and look forward to Google I/O later in the week. Links: Humans Suck At Driving Let’s Talk Science Gets New Funding Record-breaking Stone Tools Found Seismic Signals Used To Track Explosions Genetic Engineers Build Kill-Switch Spyware Shows Up In App Stores Bladeless… Continue reading Future Chat 59 – Don Quixote Syndrome Took Over

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This week, are Google cars less safe than human-driven ones, Nick uses his pirate voice several times, and we all lust after $1000 blenders (or do we?). Links: Google’s Driverless Car Report Better beer with Fizzics Windows 10 Changes Stance on Pirates Editorial about perceived slowness using Google Chrome Killing Cancer with the help of… Continue reading Future Chat 58 – Canadian Problems

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In this episode, Tesla goes gangbusters, it’s zeppelins vs. dirigibles, and trucks are driving themselves in Nevada. Get excited, because we’ll be delivering this one to a Canada Post near you! Links: Tesla Powerwall Sold Out Through 2016 Gigafactory Not Big Enough Hawaii Telescope Debate Essay from Slate Made for Apple Watch Program Tesla Model… Continue reading Future Chat 57 – What’s Slow About a Bear

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This week, Rob gets a new job, we discuss Microsoft’s Build conference (much to Nick’s chagrin), Tesla’s big new battery, and how a woolly mammoth burger would taste. Links: Microsoft Continuum HoloLens Update Microsoft Band gets web apps Tesla Batteries Tesla Press Release Fresh water with solar power More on Electrodialysis (Wiki) Renewable Diesel from… Continue reading Future Chat 56 – We Don’t Need A Biologist

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In this episode, we discuss Google’s new mobile network, Google Fi, the possible “cure” for asthma, and decide whether buying a field Roomba (aka a tractor) means you own it. Links: Trek Bike Recall Recall RSS Feed Android Wear Update Lower-calorie rice Tesla Battery Event Canada’s Google Anti-Trust Investigation Google Fi John Deere DMCA Inquiry… Continue reading Future Chat 55 – Playing Chess with a Pigeon

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This week on Future Chat, we were joined by a special guest, Christopher Johnson! We talked about the Apple Watch try-ons and Apple Pay, NASA and SpaceX, and the intersection of politics and new media. Links: Apple Pay and Canada’s Banks Curiosity Hits Blue Gold…aka Water Elon Musk on Twitter NASA will be getting humans… Continue reading Future Chat 54 – A Really, Really Nice Supervillain

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