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Moonshot episodes

  • Red Ring of Death
    When the Xbox 360 was launched in December 2005, Microsoft had accomplished a significant objective that would give it the edge in the console war - beating Sony's PS3 to market by almost a year. But a few months later, a huge problem began to surface - a major hardware defect that threatened to destroy the entire Xbox brand. This episode of Moonshot comes from our podcast series Gameplay.
    Listen to Gameplay: https://podfollow.com/gameplay
    Visit the Gameplay website: https://gameplay.co
    Support Moonshot on Patreon: patreon.com/moonshot
    Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/moonshotpod.
    Visit our website: moonshot.audio.
    42 min
  • Humanising AI
    AI systems are improving in their reliability all the time - but when it comes to chatbots they're often still clunky. Soul Machines is a New Zealand company that's trying to build Artificial General Intelligence by creating digital people who can react to visual and audible human input. But what's involved in closing the gap between a clunky chatbot, and a believable digital human that can think and feel for itself? Greg Cross is a Co-Founder of Soul Machines, and speaks about the work they're doing to close that believability gap, and how Hollywood has helped inspire some of their technology.
    Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/moonshot
    Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/moonshotpod.
    Visit our website: moonshot.audio.
    33 min
  • Space Law
    The race to build a permanent base on the Moon is happening right now, but it raises a bunch of questions about how space is governed. So how do we balance the commercial interests of private enterprise with the desire to have space be for the benefit of all humanity?
    Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/moonshot
    Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/moonshotpod.
    Visit our website: moonshot.audio.
    36 min
  • Finding Water on the Moon
    NASA recently announced that they found water on the sunlit surface of the Moon. In this episode we find out what they actually discovered, and explore what impact this has on our plans for future space exploration.
    Let's Mine an Asteroid (Featuring Brad Tucker): https://moonshot.audio/s02e01-lets-mine-an-asteroid/
    Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/moonshot
    Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/moonshotpod.
    Visit our website: moonshot.audio.
    31 min
  • Can we preserve humans?
    The idea of cryonic preservation has been around for more than 50 years. But what do we actually know about freezing humans? Will we ever be able to freeze a human and give them another chance at life?
    33 min
  • Teamistry: AI Saving Endangered Species
    Wildbook blends structured wildlife research with artificial intelligence, citizen science, and computer vision to speed population analysis and develop new insights to help fight extinction. Go behind the scenes as an international ecosystem of data scientists, biologists, computer vision researchers and citizen scientists, level-up their resources by connecting their data and insights on one platform.
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    32 min
  • Introducing Gameplay
    Gameplay is a podcast about video games and the virtual worlds that power culture and community. It's a documentary show, using long form storytelling to explore a variety of narratives from the world of games. Gameplay speaks to the ability of games to create immersive experiences and social connection. Episodes are released every two weeks.
    You can find Gameplay in your favourite podcast app or visit https://podfollow.com/gameplay.
    4 min
  • The Next Generation of Firefighting

    Firefighters are facing scenarios they’ve never seen before. And as these extreme events become more frequent, learning how to battle them, safely, is a top priority for fire departments around the world. And many of them have found a solution in virtual reality. In this episode of Moonshot, producer James Parkinson explores how VR is preparing firefighters for the real world, through immersive training simulations.


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    25 min
  • Scooter Town

    Scooters and e-bikes are all the rage in the tech world as companies push to provide easy-to-use options for last-mile transportation. We've seen hundreds of millions poured into businesses like Lime, and we've also seen others, like Boosted, fail due to an over reliance on capital. So as Scooters and e-bikes are rolled out in cities around the world, what does the future of last-mile transport look like?

    35 min
  • Universal Basic Income

    Universal Basic Income is an idea that many people have thought about for centuries, but are we any closer to seeing people receive a base level of financial support?


    This episode was first published in November of 2018.


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    33 min

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