56 Future Now - Latest Apple Tech and Taylor Swiftie Download, AI Hitler Goes Viral, How Stories fit Emotions, Boiling Oceans exo-planet, Europa Clipper Mission, Space Poetry, Danny Sheehan on UAP Coverup

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Some cool stories this week, including our very own Taylor Barcroft’s admission he is a Swiftie, in the Taylor Swift sense of the word. Who knew?  Besides sharing his Swiftie passion he updates us on the latest in Apple Tech, waveforms of the word ‘water’ in many languages onboard Europa Clipperincluding what’s coming up soon, like Siri 2 this summer!   If you’ve ever wondered what Hitler sounds like if he spoke native English, wonder no more, we play you one of the AI clips that has gone viral.  This clip did inspire a political conversation on authoritarianism and US politics, which is rare for us. 

The Europa Clipper mission is coming up soon and we share with you some of the magic of this space adventure, as it is exploring a fellow water world in our very own solar system.  There is a cool plaque about water on board, and a world class poem about water, which is quite delightful!

Europa Clipper’s planned trajectory over the Jovian moon

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Hi Folks, we are back from a quick trip to Europe - Berlin, Prague, and Paris! We begin to share a few tales in today’s show, especially our investigations of the Berlin Wall and its significance today.  It’s also an exciting week for Japanese space endeavors, with their successful landing on an asteroid and the launch of an experiment exploring the concept of space elevators, a long time sci fi dream. Meanwhile, back on earth, Houston is struggling with how to deal with the opening of America’s first Robo Sex Brothel. Tickets to Westworld, anyone?

Our favorite Apple Tracker, Taylor Barcroft, updates us on the latest offerings from America’s largest corporation, including iPhones, iOS, Macs, and their gen 4 watch.  Plus he shares some info an super cheap ways of getting the latest phone with the cheapest plan..Enjoy!

First pictures from asteroid Ryugu

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Did you see the last blood moon lunar eclipse this past Sunday?  Very special, and a little challenging for those in our bioregion.  Though we did finally see the last bit of it peaking out of mostly cloudy skies, we had a pristine perspective via NASA TV on our iPad..Very sweet!

Did you ever wonder what happens when two black holes collide?  Astronomers have discovered what appears to be a pair of supermassive black holes circling toward a collision so powerful it would send a burst of gravitational waves surging through the fabric of space-time itself. The smash-up is expected to happen in 100,000 years or so, a blink of the eye in cosmic time!

We have two live reports this week, the first from VR pioneer Greg Panos, who chaired a session on early VR at Siggraph 2015 and just attended an Occulus Rift convention.  in a nutshell, VR is coning on like a freight train, arriving in stores by this time next year.  Meanwhile, Apple’s shiny new products are out this fall and we have our Apple pundit Taylor Barcroft present his second segment on them, with a focus on Apple Watch, the new Apple TV and the new iPad Pro.  If you’ve been thinking about  these gadgets, you’ll appreciate what Taylor has to say.  Enjoy!