Future Now

A big week for Humanoids, Cryptoterrestrials, Robotaxis, StarShip 5 Launch, and deep space explorations to Europa 

Hacking AI's for fun, U-2 Explores Nuclear Thunderstorms, Dynamic 3D Navigation of Milky Way, Exciting Fruit Fly Brain Map, Michael Mercury Astrology, Andrew B and Connie BM on their new Australian film, First signs of Apple Intelligence, 6th Sense discovered in Geckos

Exploring NotebookLM AI, Virtual Show Hosts, Exploring Negative Time, Brain-Gut Connection Insights, Treating Anxiety and Depression with RNA editing and Psychedelics

When AI starts to mimic what we do as podcast hosts, we listen…and have some fun with it.  In this episode, meet “Larry and Mary,” virtual talk show hosts who offer you information in a dynamic 2 person, male/femaile show host format,  based on documents we feed them, in this case, our last week’s podcast, and articles from this week’s show.  What they do is nothing short of amazing, making great virtual guests!

We take a deep dive into a new AI tool called NotebookLM, developed by Google. NotebookLM is a tool that takes information from various sources, like articles, emails, or PDFs, and generates different kinds of content, including summaries and a simulated talk show dialogue. We also use NotebookLM to analyze an article about negative time in quantum physics, finding that the AI did provide some  insight into this complex topic. The show also delves into the debate around the impact of AI on human jobs and consciousness, with Al  as an agent to enhance human capabilities, while we express concerns about AI’s potential to mimic human creativity and personality. Later in the conversation, we explore the brain-gut connection and the potential of RNA editing and psychedelics as a new treatment for anxiety and cognitive decline. We end with Bobby’s insights into the use of Xylotol as a substitute for refined sugar. Enjoy!

Megalithic Equinox in Ireland with Sun, Bobby W on laser light for brain health, zapping asteroids with X-rays, Solar power from Space, Report on Danny Sheehan's Intergalactic Gathering and Alien Disclosures

Happy Autumn everyone, my favorite time of year!  I may be a little biased, as my birthday is coming up, but hey, the cooler weather sparks me, what can I say?  My wifey poo, Sun, aka Mrs. Future reports in from Ireland and the Equinox she celebrated there at an ancient megalithic site, Newgrange and Knowth. Bobby Wilder has exciting news about the therapeutic powers of laser light, space news this week suggests x-ray blasts for moving asteroids away from Earth impacts, and solar power from space via large low earth orbit mirrors focused on earth-based solar farms on Earth. 

And this week also features our takeaways, including audio clips from Danny Sheehan and the New Paradigm Institute on their work in bringing to light secret government info on alien presences on Earth and a pragmatic path forward in providing full disclosure to the public at large.  Plus, the Paradigm Institute featured a great schmooze and dance party afterwards.  Enjoy!

Sun walks the ancient pilgrimage trail known as Camino Portugues Coastal to Santiago de Compostela in Spain, Electric Glass, Europa Mission, Super Blood Eclipse Moon, Robot ties shoes!, AI replaces talk show hosts, Interview with hypnotist/ghost hunter, Michael Mezmer

Sun in Portugal, Taylor on iPhone 16/Watch 10, Monterey Bay Anchovy Frenzy, Bruce McHenry on FediForum for free, open, decentralized social networks.

This week we hear from my dear wife and co-partner of this podcast, Sun (aka Mrs. Future) from Portugal, where she is traveling with her sister on a family adventure.  Taylor Barcroft then brings us up-to-date on all the latest and greatest offerings from Apple Computer, particularly the iPhone 16 models and the Series 10 Watch. (hint - if you are into photography, the Pro and Pro Max are your best options).

If you are curious about the recent feeding frenzy in the Montery Bay, it’s the large anchovy schools of fish feeding the other critters, from dolphins and whales to birds, otters, and sea lions. Sounds good for the creatures, but there is this little thing (that has happened before) called an anchovy die-off that has ecological consequences.

MIT educated Bruce McHenry checks in, not so much for discussing his speciality, transportation, but to inform us of the Fediverse and their latest forum on breaking walled gardens open and connecting them into a free, open and decentralized social network. This could change the way you relate (or likely not relate) to social media. Meet the people that want to do this..Enjoy!

Episode 78 Show Links September 10, 2024

Live from Maui with Richard Cray, Man of la Mancha, Greg Panos with the latest in AI music and Avatars, Ed Ellsworth and the Maui Fires, Jerry Isdale on Island tech and the arts 

This week we broadcast from Maui with a wonderful selection of friends who clue us in to what’s happening in this Hawaiian paradise.  It’s been a year since the horrible Lahaina fires and recovery has been slow and agonizing to many.  Ed Ellsworth gives us an update on that situation.  To help recover the Aloha spirit of the island, the Maui Arts and Cultural Center in partnership with The Makana Aloha Foundation and County of Maui Office of Economic Development, sponsored a professional production of the famous Broadway play, Man of la Mancha, starring former Broadway actor/singer Richard Cray, and  Hawaii music legend,  Amy Hānaialiʻi Gilliom.  Richard is a big fan of our podcast and we interview him about his epic role of Don Quixote, and the play’s ability to lift the spirits of all who see it.  His partner, Greg Panos, shares with us some of the innovations he sees in the use of virtual and augmented reality and AI music and visuals in enhancing a production’s impact.  

Maui maker faire creator Jerry Isdale joins us to share info on Maui arts and tech projects currently underway, his latest works involving dancers, and an update on the formidable looking high tech installations at the top of the local volcano, Haleakalā.  Enjoy!

Episode 77 Show Links August 27, 2024

Molecule Reverses Alzheimer's, Guardrail Free Grok-2 AI Imagery, Psyche Rust, Analyst Ryan Sarnataro on RFK Jr. impact on Presidential Election, PLUS VACAY Bonus Mix Show

Listen Now to The Best of the Futures - Interview Excerpts 1.0

For this podcast we are excited to share with you some of our favorite people we have met over the 15 years of our show, audio clips from our Media Time Machine - Serendipitous choices for this podcast include Pharmacist Ben Fuchs, Psychic story maven Penny Kelly, Physicist Nick Herbert, Visionary Humorist Carolyn Casey, Talk Show stimulator Colonel Terry Maxwell, Amanita shamaness Avi Esther, Cosmic Story Editor Nancy Griffith, Life Origins Scientist Bruce Damer, Doc Tom Yarema, Accidental psychic Richard Marriot

 Instead of replaying full live shows, we are taking clips of our various guests and combining them with outtakes of others to create a dynamic interplay of thoughts and ideas that are quite engaging and relevant to what’s happening now.  Enjoy and you’ll hear from us in the future!

Episode 76 Show Links August 20, 2024

Our Guest is Dr. Jonathan Trent - on Extremophile Lifeforms, his deep NASA research, and the magic of Bioreactors and Fuel Cells in solving Earth Issues. Other news includes Cheap Fakes & Politics, Bobby & Kamila, Beyond Opioids, MRI study of Psilocybin

Interestingly Dr. Trent had his start in oceanography and the study of small water-based lifeforms at UCSC back in the 1970’s as an undergraduate. Later at Scripps Institution of Oceanography and a post doc in Germany at the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry he became one of the world’s experts in how biology was able to adapt to the most extreme conditions on Earth imaginable. He was brought back home to NASA Ames, where he, as an astrobiologist delved deeply into how such life might exist elsewhere in the solar system. NASA did an extensive interview of his career, posted here.

Now, semi-retired in the Santa Cruz area, he brings home his knowledge of extreme forms of life in creating solutions to some of our biggest issues of today, namely the escalating food, water, and energy crisis. His latest project is called “UpCycle Systems,” and its goal is to create a cohesive green life support system for our growing need of Data Centers, places that are needed for  cloud computing, AI, Crypto, memory storage, etc. 

In Dr. Trent’s vision, data centers will not simply use massive amounts of water and power, they will generate such resources by turning our organic waste  into clean power and water, with excess energy to share. This works through the combination of several innovative technologies, including bioreactors and fuel cells. I think you’ll enjoy hearing Dr. Trent’s story, we sure did! Enjoy..

UpCycle Data Centers that will contribute clean water and energy to the community instead of taking it.

Now that US national politics is heating up, so are the cheap fakes being made of the candidates, making them heroic, silly, smart, stupid, you name it.  Just for cheap fakes and poltitics and off you go.  We discuss this a bit and look at what can be done.  And since are politics up, Bobby reveals to us his encounters with Kamila Harris, when she was Attorney General in Californa. 

Opiods have been a serious issue for some time and there is some relief in the form of alternative pain drugs soon to hit the market.  And in a study of psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, researchers have disovered more detail and how they may work, with the help of MRI imaging of the subject’s brains as they are tripping.  Enjoy! 

Episode 75 Show Links July 23, 2024

Space X Grounded, 2K mile batteries, Fast Cheap Home Solar Tech Report, Miss AI Crowned, Personal Dark Webb Report, Internet Scam Download with Luigi Obido 

This is the weeked following former president Trump’s assassination attempt, so we start with a few comments on that scene.  It was also sad that Space X lost a full payload of Starlink satellites. On a lighter front, we look at how in the ever loving world we could have, and who won an AI beauty contest.  Bobby and Taylor check in with a report on their brand X (Solix F3800) Tesla type Powerwall project (for a third the price), Bobby shares his excitement about a new 2K mile car battery.  

The second hour was dedicated to what our local computer repair genius, Luigi Oppido, has discovered about Internet Scams and what you can do about them if you have been engaged by them. Much to look out for, such as gift card scams, the fine art of social engineering, and the crazy scam world of ‘pig butchering.’  Watch out, and..enjoy the show!

Episode 74 Show Links July 16, 2024