a gene linked to a youthful appearance has been identified;
the worlds first brain-wave controlled drone race;
new nano-wire batteries can be recharged hundreds of thousands of
times;
CRISPR/Cas9 has gotten one step closer to editing human genes with
ease;
Google has just patented a computer designed to be implanted inside
the human eye;
Google Ford and Uber just created a giant Lobbying group for
self-driving cars;
Microsoft to buy 10 million strands of lab created DNA to research
encoding of digital data on genetic material; and the Haystack Website which
will evaluate the difficulty of breaking any password that you type
Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the May 4, 2016 episode
of
The Future And You. [Running time: 33 minutes]
Cobb has interviewed over 350 people for his work
as an author, futurist, magazine writer, ghostwriter,
and award-winning podcaster. A contributing editor
for Space and Time Magazine; he has also been a
regular contributor for Robot, H+, Grim
Couture and Port Iris magazines; and he
spent three years as a columnist and contributing editor
for Jim Baen's Universe Magazine. For the last ten
years he has produced a weekly podcast, The Future And
You, which explores (through interviews, panel discussions and
commentary) all the ways the future will be different from
today. He is an artist, essayist, game designer,
transhumanist, and is on the Advisory Board of The Lifeboat
Foundation. Stephen is the author of an ebook about the future
entitled: Indistinguishable
from Magic: Predictions of Revolutionary Future