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Fw:Thinking
It's about technology. It's about humanity. It's about our future. It's Fw:Thinking.
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349 bölümIt's So Hard To Say Goodbye
All good things must come to an end. The podcast crew bids you farewell in this final episode. Peek behind the scenes at the Fw:Thinking podcast.
Looking Back on the Future Part Two
Joe and Lauren share their favorite predictions about the future while Jonathan makes lots of jokes. What predictions rank among the team's favorites?...
Looking Back on the Future Part One
The podcast crew talks about some of their favorite predictions about the future, from evolving language to 20th century French postcards.
The Future of Diabetes Part Two
Will we ever find a cure for diabetes? Are there technologies that will help people manage diabetes more easily?
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The Future of Diabetes Part One
Will we ever find a cure for diabetes? Are there technologies that will help people manage diabetes more easily?
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Are 3D Printers The New VR?
Has the 3D printer craze fizzled out? What are the trends in consumer 3D printers? Is this technology doomed to obscolescence?
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Monkeys, Hamlet and Brain-Computer Interfaces
How did Stanford teach monkeys to transcribe Hamlet using only their monkey brains? And how could this technology benefit us in the future? We revisit...
The AI Arms Race Part Two
Are we destined for an AI arms race? Why would nations race to develop AI? And will we ever create superintelligent AI?
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The AI Arms Race Part One
What is artificial intelligence? What's the difference between weak, strong, narrow and general AI? And what's state of the art today?
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Turning Carbon Dioxide Into Stone
Carbon capture sequestration is all about removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Can we convert the greenhouse gas into solid rock?
Moral Bioenhancements Part Two
If you could make the world a better place by removing the ability for people to make selfish choices, would you do it? We continue the conversation.<...
Moral Bioenhancements Part One
If you could make the world a better place by removing the ability for people to make selfish choices, would you do it?
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The Future of Voting
Voting technology is tricky. It's outdated in many jurisdictions but the next step might have big security problems. What is the future of voting?
Groovy Moon Boots
How could haptic feedback motors improve the boots astronauts wear? And what are some other applications?
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The End Of Moore's Law? (Not Really)
By 2021, we won't be able to shrink transistors down any further. What does this mean for Moore's Law?
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Solar Impulse Ends its Journey
In 2014, we talked about how the Solar Impulse aircraft would fly around the globe using solar energy to create electricity. Two years later, that jou...
Automatic Cybersecurity
Every year, programmers write more than a trillion lines of code. How could automated cybersecurity systems help our technology stay safe from malicio...
Cyborg Slugs and Synthetic Stingrays
We explore the wonderful, terrifying world of combining technology and organic material. From robots with slug muscles to an artificial stingray, what...
Cognitive Buildings
What if your building could think? Cognitive buildings are an integrated approach to the Internet of Things concept.
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Are Futuristic Floating Airports Already Beached?
Back in the 1930s, engineers suggested we build floating airports on the water to work around space constraints. Is it finally time to build one?
You Have Twenty Seconds To Comply
Robot security guards have been around for a couple of years. What role do they fill? Are we creating the robot army destined to overthrow us?
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Are robots electronic persons?
A draft report for the EU suggests ways we should prepare for a new industrial revolution powered by robots. Is it time to make them electronic person...
Private Space Stations
With the International Space Station orbiting on borrowed time, what's the future of space stations? Are private companies going to launch their own s...
Cities of Wood and Bone
We look again at the building materials of the future. Could timber replace concrete? And what about synthetic bone?
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The Future of Weather Forecasts
Why does it take so much computing power to forecast the weather? And how could a weather study help one billion people?
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Biosimilar Drugs
Biosimilar drugs have the potential to change the medical landscape. We talk about what biosimilar drugs are and their pros and cons.
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The Future of Gender, Part 2
Society's concepts of sex and gender are mutable. How have those concepts changed throughout history? Could future changes help alleviate social issue...
The Future of Gender, Part 1
Society's concepts of sex and gender are mutable. How have those concepts changed throughout history? Could future changes help alleviate social issue...
Gene Drives, GMO Pests, and Avoiding Extinction
A new genetic technology called a gene drive could help eradicate deadly pests, like invasive rats in the Galápagos or malaria-carrying mosquitoes. Bu...
Edible Electronics
Making supercapacitors out of the same stuff you'd buy for a barbecue seems strange, but edible electronics could change the medical industry for the...
The Future of Pain
Pain is both a physical and emotional experience, which makes it hard to treat. Today's therapies (like opioid drugs) come with dangerous side effects...
Redefining the Second
A new type of clock might require a new definition of what a second is. Is time about to turn upside down?
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Manufacturing Lifeforms
Are we close to creating all-new life forms? What are the scientific challenges? Should we be concerned about ethics?
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Google Goes Magenta
Can a computer create art from scratch? How will Google's Magenta project actually work? And can a machine be truly creative?
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Exoplanet Overload
NASA researchers announced the Kepler telescope had verified 1,284 new exoplanets. How did they do that and what does it mean?
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What is the future of robotic hands?
Hands are awesome. They're also difficult to replicate. What's the state of the art of robotic hands?
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Oven 2.0
When we think of the future, we don't often consider our common appliances. But what will the oven of the future be like?
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The E-Waste Problem
What is e-waste? How big a problem is it? And what can we do to fix it?
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And We're Live!
Livestreaming has really taken off. What's the future of livestreaming?
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Are Cryonics Cool?
Would cryogenics put you into suspended animation or would it just kill you? The crew looks into what happens when you're put on ice.
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