Jack To The Future

The Future of Deep Space Communications 📡🛰 

This week, 9 year old Jack interviews Ed Chester, a systems engineer at Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station.

 The pair talk about how satellites work, what deep space communication might look like in the future, whether we could live on other planets and what meeting Tim Peake was like! Satellites, the internet in space, lasers, time travel, ice moons, natural phenomenon, sols, alien life forms and beyond - they talk about it all! 

Listen in at the link in the description or download from all major platforms from Monday 18th July.

 📸 Credit to Jack To The Future - Astronaut calling his mum ❤️

 #astronaut #space #deepspace #deepspacecommunication #spacecommunication #satellite #goonhilly #marsexpress #stem #newepisode #jacktothefuture #podcastforfamilies #engineering #radiowaves #cosmos #spacetravel

Mentions/links

Goonhilly Earth Station

NASA - How Do We Communicate with Faraway Spacecraft? 

Europa Clipper

The Guardian - Jupiter’s moon Europa may have water where life could exist, say scientists

Insider-Hyped up 'moon cube' discovered by Chinese rover turns out to be a rabbit-shaped rock

In this week's episode, Jack talks to Doug Millard, Curator of the Space Exhibit at the London Science Museum. 

The pair talk about Doug's job, his favourite 'out of this world' object in the collection, as well as the future of spacecraft and how they could be greener; whether we will eventually holiday in space and the wackiest of activities that have taken place on the International Space Station to date. 

They talk about the International Space Station coming down and what it will be replaced with, whether Doug will have a chance of salvaging any of the existing one currently in orbit and the two ponder ideas for cleaning up floating rubbish in space and what do astronauts actually do if they have an itchy nose whilst having a walk on the moon!

A fun episode not to be missed!

 #future #space #spacetravel #stem #themoon #mars #sciencemuseum #internationalspacestation #spacecraft #astronaut

Mentions/links

NASA Sounds of Space

Research sheds some light on hyperspace travel 

Visions of the future by NASA

Great Scott rock 

The Black Arrow Rocket

First drawing in space

Exploring Space Exhibition at the London Science Museum

A beautiful planet trailer

On holiday on Mars 

Jack is a proud member of Kids Listen, a not for profit organisation committed to providing high quality audio for children. 

He was delighted to be part of a 'mashup' episode where he and another podcaster got to collaborate.

On this episode of Mashups, you will meet two podcasts that are passionate about our children's futures. Join Kids Pod's Aimee Chan and Jack To The Future's Jack as we play a game of scattegories. We start off with a highlight they each share showcasing their mash-up partner's pod and end with a personal contribution created just for you listeners. 

Enjoy!

#mashup #kidslisten #podcastcollab #podfriend #podcastcommunity #podcastfamily #podcastbloopers #funny #laugh #listen #kidspodcast #familyfriendly

This week’s episode is about the future of road vehicles!

We're not just talking about cars- anything that drives on the road!

Jack talks to Joe Hacker, an Electrical, Controls and Instrumentation Engineer who works for a company  in the green power sector, specifically Hydrogen storage, distribution and dispensing! Talk about the future of energy!

They talk about the company Joe works for, Nanosun and their Hydrogen refuelling stations. The pair discuss the future of road vehicles and how hydrogen has the potential for other uses in transport and everyday life in the future as well.

Links/mentions

NanoSUN

Fuel cells for kids

Facts about hydrogen

National Grid: What is Hydrogen?

TECO 2030 Gigawatt factory

European Commission- Emissions

Hydrogen fuelled vehicles

This week’s episode is about The Future of Computers 💻, specifically data storage 🗃 and The Cloud ☁️.

Jack talks to a Cloud Architect Engineer, Dulcie Herreros who works for Microsoft about what her job involves and what The Cloud actually is. Thank you for taking part 🙏

They talk about keeping your information safe, what data storage may look like in the future and why it needs to change  and Dulcie fills us in on some very cool and different ways that it could be stored ❄️🌊🧬🪟🪨…

👩🏽‍🔬Oh and if you’re into Chemistry- there’s a side convo about their joint interest in  explosives and reactive elements 🧨 💥 Not to be missed!

Download from link in bio ⬆️ or wherever you usually listen to your pods 🎧

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📍@microsoft @github

📌#thefutureof #thefutureofcomputing #thefutureofdatastorage #thecloud #cloudcomputing #datastorage #jacktothefuture #childpodcaster #datacentres #projectsilica #periodictable #cloud #technology #cybersecurity #datacenter  #cloudstorage   #cloudeducation #tech #cloudservices  #cloudsecurity #informationtechnology #business  #microsoft #data #computer #podcasthost #techpodcast #familypodcast #spotify #computerscience

Mentions/links

Teen Titans Go! Binary code song

Cloud computing video (Frank The Dog)

Data Centre image example

Cloud architecture diagram

Enigma machine for kids

Encryption for kids

Example of encrypted data

KidPid- data storage in DNA

Underwater data centres

Project Silica

GitHub Arctic Code Vault

Mythbusters episode

Alkaline metals in water (adult supervision recommended when viewing)

This is Episode 2 of Jack To The Future's new season, STEM To The Future. Bringing you the first part of two episodes on The Future of Energy, 9 year old podcast host, Jack, talks with electrical engineer Gavin Rham about the problem solving skills needed in the job; how rollercoasters work; why electricity can be dangerous and the pair discuss the possibilities of electricity in the future. Any Back To The Future fans out there... Jack even manages to ask a good few questions about Doc Brown and the time travelling Delorean in the context of engineering!

 #stem #electricity #energy #power #future #bttf #engineering

 Mentions/links

 Greenhouse gases

 BBC Teach 

The IET 

Winchester Science Centre

 CERN 

The future is electric

 The UK's future energy mix

For those of you not on social media, here's Jack to explain what this season has in store for you!

Welcome to the 2nd season of Jack To The Future!🌍

Jack is here with another series of interesting interviews, but this time with a focus on his favourite subjects, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) ....introducing  STEM To The Future!

In this introductory episode, Jack talks to Andy Tate, a Chartered Engineer with HDR Inc and STEM Ambassador for the IET. 

They  talk about what engineering is; what projects Andy has been involved with and together they explore the possibilities of a career in engineering both now and in the future.

Aimed at children and adults alike, this episode includes a 'which engineer' guessing game; Jack's predictions on engineering of the future and he finds out all about the prospects of being an engineer and what that may look like in daily life.

A super starting point for another exciting season of Jack To The Future 

Mentions/links

HDR Inc

The Institute of Engineering and Technology

Engineering careers

Royal Institute of British Architects

Inspiring Tomorrow's Engineers - Tomorrow's Engineers

A ‘grow your own’ food movement is sprouting in the UAE desert

Listen in to hear Jack talk about Season 2 of Jack To The Future : STEM To The Future!

Despite it landing a little later than expected, we’ve done it! It’s nearly here !

This season we’re joined by a number of wonderful guests - from a Curator at The London Science Museum, to a Spacecraft Product Assurance Manager working for Airbus and a plethora of fantastic IET STEM Ambassadors. We want to thank everyone who has taken part so far.

The first episode is really an introduction to Season 2 and Jack will be talking to Chartered Engineer and STEM Ambassador, Andy Tate, about all things engineering ; from what types of careers are out there, to how engineering is used in our daily lives through to hearing about how engineering can achieve the seemingly impossible! Growing lettuces in the desert anyone? Hear it to believe it!

Add us to your favourites, subscribe, set your watches  or whatever else necessary so as to not miss out on the first episode on Monday 3rd May! A schedule of future shows is incoming…

Science Museum Stempoint East IET Education

Airbus HDR I CEI Architecture Associates, Inc.

#jacktothefuture #podcast #newseason #stem #childpodcaster #podcastsforkids #podcastsforfamilies #engineering #interview #engineeringcareers #stemtothefuture #thefutureofeverything #thefutureofstem #stemforkids #spotify #applepodcasts #subscribe #follow #like

In Jack To The Future’s first episode of 2022, he looks at the future of fast food and we are delighted to be joined by Matt, founder of @Vegheads, a local vegan fast food restaurant covering Hertfordshire and Essex.

Jack talks to Matt about his business; the food on the menu and the inspiration for naming his business and dishes; they talk about  veganism and how technology is influencing the fast food industry. Matt explains to Jack the challenges of fast food packaging and they discuss why vegan alternatives are sometimes made to look like meat products. 

To begin, Jack shares some research from the GWI about customer preference for fast food, how Covid has influenced this and possible future trends. He quizzes Matt on some well known fats food chain slogans and offers his suggestions about the future of fast food. 

His questions to Matt are based on an article on the future of fast food  written by the IET, details below. 

Regardless of whether you're vegan or not and whether you're a fan of fast food or not, this is a fun episode with lots of food for thought (pardon the pun!) 🍔

Don't forget to check out Jack's version of the old classic "A pizza hut" song on his Facebook and Insta @jtothefuture 🍕

📷Podcast thumbnail - Lego fast food - courtesy of Jack To The Future 🌍

Mentions/links

VegHeads website

VegHeads on Insta

Hertford Organic

Go Getters

Veganuary

The IET article - The future of fast food

GWI Blog- Statistics on The Future of Fast Food