Critical Impacts

Critical Impacts

By Steve SpaldingComedyTechnology
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Critical Impacts episodes

  • SUDDEN IMPACTS - Citizen Surveillance

    On this mini-episode Steve and Mike look at an app that lets you track down crime, and find out what you might be getting an extra photo taken at the airport.

    https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/alexkantrowitz/fast-growing-citizen-app-will-alert-you-to-danger-and-send

    18 min
  • Reality Chauvinists (Virtual Reality)

    Steve and Mike talk about Virtual Reality, the changing meaning of "real," and how likely it is that we all eventually retreat behind our VR goggles.

    Music

    EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c Elexive - Sheriff: youtu.be/Dup6CzMzY2w

    1 hr 23 min
  • Moonizens (Colonizing The Moon)

    Steve and Mike talk about what it might be like to build a life out in space, they discuss the ins and outs of moon colonies, and how to avoid boredom when you're tens of thousands of miles away from terra firma.

    Music

    EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c Elexive - Sheriff: youtu.be/Dup6CzMzY2w

    1 hr 26 min
  • SUDDEN IMPACTS - AI Cancer Fighters and Magic Leaves

    On this mini-episode Steve and Mike look at an AI that has managed to outperform doctors in Cancer diagnosis and magical leaves that might help is battle climate change.

    https://www.usnews.com/news/health-care-news/articles/2018-05-28/artificial-intelligence-beats-dermatologists-at-diagnosing-skin-cancer

    https://www.technologyreview.com/s/610177/the-race-to-invent-the-artificial-leaf/

    13 min
  • Artisanal Bird Feeders (The Future of Jobs)

    Steve and Mike take a look at the future of jobs, what it might be like to be gainfully unemployed, and the fine line between work and recreation.

    Music

    EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c Elexive - Sheriff: youtu.be/Dup6CzMzY2w

    1 hr 12 min
  • Mr. Robot Goes To Washington (The Singularity)

    Steve and Mike talk about the possibility of a technological Singularity, what that might look like down here on the ground, and whether or not we would all be happier being ruled over by a robot.

    Music

    EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c Elexive - Sheriff: youtu.be/Dup6CzMzY2w

    1 hr 18 min

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Engineers Steve Spalding and Mike Barbieri pull out their crystal balls and have fun, informal conversations about some of the scientific, technological, and cultural shifts that will impact all of…