The Office of the Future

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The Office of the Future

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Oct 23, 2013

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Oct 23, 2013

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It's about technology. It's about humanity. It's about our future. It's Fw:Thinking.

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No More Waking Up in a Bathtub Full of Ice: How could 3D printers eliminate the need for organ donors? What are the benefits of printing human tissue? What progress has been made so far? Join Jonathan, Lauren and Joe as they explore the future of printed organs. by Fw:Thinking
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Cold Hard Cashless: Why do we have cash in the first place? What are the hurdles a society must overcome to go cashless? What is the future of cash? Learn more about the future of cash with Joe, Lauren and Jonathan. by Fw:Thinking
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Weird Ways to Generate Electricity: What is a plasma waste converter? How can a virus generate electricity? What does the Waste Annihilating Molten Salt Reactor do? Join Jonathan, Joe and Lauren as they explore some unorthodox methods of energy production. by Fw:Thinking
30 min listen
The Internet of Things: More Efficient Than You: Is the Internet of Things more than just customizable environments? How will it impact the efficiency of civic and industrial systems? What will these changes mean for you and me? Listen in to learn more. by Fw:Thinking
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Look Ma, No Hands!: Do self-driving cars represent a threat to the automotive culture so many people enjoy? Will autonomous cars always have a manual override function? How will these vehicles change the way we think about transportation in general? Tune in to learn more. by Fw:Thinking
17 min listen
Maximum Overclock: Could autonomous cars save lives? How will autonomous cars protect against malfunctions, viruses and cyber-attacks? Will we be able to retain autonomy and privacy in an age of computerized vehicles? Listen in to learn more. by Fw:Thinking
20 min listen
Forward Momentum: Welcome to Fw:Thinking: What is Fw:Thinking all about? What topics will the show cover? What future tech are you looking forward to? Join Lauren, Jonathan and Joe as they introduce the concept behind Fw:Thinking. by Fw:Thinking
9 min listen
The Behavior Emerges: What is emergence? Why is it so difficult to predict emergent behavior? How could emergence determine social media's role in our lives? by Fw:Thinking
32 min listen
The Circle of H2O: What is the water cycle? When we waste water are we really losing it? Why is conservation so important? Join Lauren, Joe and Jonathan for the second part of their series on water. by Fw:Thinking
14 min listen
A Relatively Timely Podcast: What does the theory of relativity have to do with time? Why would it be hard to synchronize time between Earth and space travelers? Is it even possible to have a standard time once you leave Earth? Learn more about time with Joe, Jonathan and Lauren. by Fw:Thinking
21 min listen
Computers on the Mind: What is a brain-computer interface? How are EEGs used in brain-computer interfaces? What are other ways to have a brain communicate directly with a computer? Learn more with Jonathan, Lauren and Joe. by Fw:Thinking
24 min listen
Brother Can You Spare a 01100100?: What is digital currency? Is digital currency safe? What makes a currency legitimate? Join the conversation in this episode of Fw:Thinking. by Fw:Thinking
30 min listen
Time for a Definition: What exactly is time? Why is time difficult to define? How did Einstein define time? Learn more about time as Jonathan, Lauren and Joe nail down the interpretations, descriptions and definitions of this notoriously difficult-to-define concept. by Fw:Thinking
21 min listen
A Salty Podcast: What is desalination? What are the two main desalination techniques? Why is desalination not an idea solution for water shortages? Learn more about desalination with Jonathan, Joe and Lauren. by Fw:Thinking
21 min listen
Building the Brain-Prosthesis Interface: How have prosthetic interfaces evolved over time? Is it possible to control an artificial limb through thought alone? What is the future of prosthetics using brain-computer interfaces? Join the conversation with Jonathan, Joe and Lauren. by Fw:Thinking
21 min listen
How to Mine an Asteroid: How do companies like Planetary Resources plan to mine asteroids? What will happen with the mined material? What's the timeline like for asteroid mining? by Fw:Thinking
38 min listen
Bacterial Computers: What is the pancake problem? What is the Hamiltonian path problem? How can bacteria solve these problems? Tune in and learn more. by Fw:Thinking
27 min listen
Maker Faire's Greatest Hits: What is Maker Faire? How does Arc Attack make music with Tesla Coils? What are some examples of crazy Maker Faire creations? by Fw:Thinking
39 min listen
Hollywood Ruined Holograms: How are holograms made? Why is the typical science fiction portrayal of holograms unrealistic? What are some other 3-D visualization techniques? Join Jonathan, Lauren and Joe as they take a closer look at the nuts and bolts of 3-D visualization. by Fw:Thinking
29 min listen
My So Called Lifecasting: Why do we keep diaries? What is lifecasting? Will we one day have a full record of our lives we can share with whomever we like? by Fw:Thinking
30 min listen
Net-Zero Energy Skyscrapers: A Tall Order: What does it mean for a building to be net-zero energy? What does passive solar mean? What techniques can architects use to reduce energy consumption? Join the conversation with Jonathan, Joe and Lauren. by Fw:Thinking
26 min listen
Cyborgs, Ethics and You: If robotic limbs become superior to human ones, will people opt to upgrade through amputation? Is it ethical for a doctor to perform an amputation that isn't medically necessary? What would it take for the hosts to consider getting a robotic limb? by Fw:Thinking
20 min listen
Zoom and Enhance: Is what we see in the movies possible, can you really zoom and enhance? What are some of the ways we manipulate digital photos and video? What is light field capture and what can it do? by Fw:Thinking
42 min listen
Putting Holograms to Work: Are there medical applications of holograms? How can holograms help us observe cellular activity? Can holograms help firefighters see through flames? Join the conversation as Jonathan, Lauren and Joe delve into the world of holograms. by Fw:Thinking
21 min listen
Social Media Is Killing Your Brain Unless It's Not: Are services like Facebook and Twitter rewiring kids' brains? Has social media had a measurable impact on how we make friends? Can social media actually help people make more meaningful connections? by Fw:Thinking
28 min listen
Who Wants to Live Forever?: If we could achieve immortality, what would happen? How would societies change if people stopped aging? How might we achieve immortality? by Fw:Thinking
37 min listen
There's a Gene for That: What are gene therapy and gene doping? How do researchers reprogram viruses to carry human genes? Will messing with our genes make us less human? by Fw:Thinking
39 min listen
Don't Stress the Future: Does more data increase our stress levels? Is it true that the more choices you have the harder it is to make a decision? What is the Semantic Web? by Fw:Thinking
46 min listen
Big Applications for Big Data: How is big data being used today? How can big data predict flu outbreaks? Could law enforcement use big data to predict crimes? by Fw:Thinking
36 min listen
Building With Bacteria: How can bacteria produce chemicals like isoprene? What is gold chloride and how can bacteria turn it into pure gold? What are some applications of genetically-modified bacteria? by Fw:Thinking
31 min listen

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It'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. by Fw:Thinking
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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 computer-brain interfaces. by Fw:Thinking
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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? by Fw:Thinking
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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? by Fw:Thinking
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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? by Fw:Thinking
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Groovy Moon Boots: How could haptic feedback motors improve the boots astronauts wear? And what are some other applications? by Fw:Thinking
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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? by Fw:Thinking
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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 journey is over. How did it do? by Fw:Thinking
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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's up with cyborgs? by Fw:Thinking
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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? by Fw:Thinking
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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? by Fw:Thinking
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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 persons? by Fw:Thinking
62 min listen
Cities of Wood and Bone: We look again at the building materials of the future. Could timber replace concrete? And what about synthetic bone? by Fw:Thinking
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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? by Fw:Thinking
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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 better. Tune in to learn how (and what they'll taste like). by Fw:Thinking
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