Future News - Robin Williams Stories and Jokes,Ethan Bearman report on Israel/Palestinian situation, Your Brain on Fish, 9 Volt Nirvana, Brain Regeneration, Radical New AI, Water Tractor Beam, Amazon Publisher Dispute

Listen to Dr. Future Show 8.12.14 with report by Ethan Bearman

We too mourn the loss of Robin Williams and share some of reminiscences of the man and what his life meant to us.  He was quite the techie, and often did jokes like, ‘Is it rude to Twitter during sex? To go “omg, omg, wtf, zzz”? Is that rude?’

We are also joined by journalist and talk show host Ethan Bearman for his take on the Middle East, after visiting Israel earlier this month.  He shares with us some of his insights and adventures from the journey and answers the question, “Why go to a war zone?”

We also raise the issue of ebooks as a disrupter to the book publishing field as evidenced by the current Amazon.com vs Hachette Publishing dispute, which we discuss in some depth. Enjoy!

Mrs. Future tangles with Elon Musk detractor, Chinese moon probe examined, guests Richard Cray and Greg Panos on virtual collaborative art and augmented reality.

Listen Now to Dr. Future Show 12.17.13

A lively show this week, starting off early on Ethan’s show, with a brief debate between Sun (Mrs. Future) and talk show host Ethan Bearman, regarding Ethan’s latest article,  ”Why Elon Musk is a Poor Person’s Worst Nightmare.”

The conversation continues into our show, followed by our guests Richard Cray and Greg Panos in the studio for both segments. Fortunately, besides their areas of expertise, our esteemed guests are good comprehensive generalists on all things future, fitting well with our discussion of current future topics.

Two of our biggest fans of the show, Greg and Richard are no strangers to future think, with Greg being one of the earliest researchers in Virtual and Augmented Reality, and Richard as a professional singer exploring many high tech artistic opportunities.  We discuss and play, for example, Eric Whitacre’s Virtual Choir presentations, with thousands of singers participating from around the planet. 

This pic of Greg and Richard was taken immediately after the show, during a most spectacular sunset.