Listen Now to Future News 8.24.2021
You may think we should be talking about Afghanistan or the Virus this week, given all that is coming down..Maybe so, but you’ll get that news everywhere else, except maybe a few stories found on our coveted links page. If you want some intriquing info on these topics check here. Meanwhile..
This week we delve a bit into personal electric yard work machines, our fav being The Chipper. And in space, the Chinese Martian Rover, Zhurong, in good health, has it’s mission extended, looking now for water on the desert planet. The Japanese space folks, meanwhile, have been testing a promising new type of rocket engine that could vastly extend the range of space ships, something called an ‘RDE’, a Rotating Detonation Engine, a kind of a Wankel engine for space! And here in California we may soon have the power to run Doc Brown’s Delorean Time Machine, thanks to Lawrence Livermore Labs and their success in generating 10 quadtrillion watts of power with their experimental fusion reactor. Not ready for primetime but getting there!
Wendell from Reno checks in, asking us our opinion of Astrology. Naturally, you get three different but insightful answers! And entrepreneur Bruce Erickson checks in to discuss the latest business uses of Deep Fakes, a technology guaranteed to amaze, amuse, and confuse millions. Enjoy!
Artwork showing a pellet of hydrogen fuel inside a container called the hohlraum