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Rajat Bhageria is an entrepreneur, investor, and the CEO of Chef Robotics.
What does it actually take to build and deploy generally intelligent robots? Rajat's company is actively scaling robotics in the food industry and is here to tell us all about it.
In this conversation, we talk about what the current food manufacturing process looks like, the challenges and opportunities in robotics, what the coolest AI and robotics companies are on the market today, why the future might look like WALL-E, and much more.
00:00:00 Introducing Chef Robotics
00:03:50 Automating Food Assembly
00:08:23 Technical Backend
00:16:45 Robotics Complexity
00:22:55 Deployment & Scaling
00:34:39 The Future of Robotics
00:45:22 Startups & Self-Actualization
00:49:01 Positive Vision of the futureThanks for listening to this episode of Build The Future.
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Today, we're talking with Don Davis, an artist and illustrator who has spent his career helping us imagine the wonders of space. His work with NASA, Carl Sagan, and the U. S. Geological Survey's branch of Astrogeologic Studies has been seen by millions and helps us bridge the gap between imagination and reality.
In this conversation, we talk about Don's childhood fascination with space, the influence of science fiction on his work, and how the ideas around space colonization evolved.
(00:00) Reflecting on historical parallels between Apollo 11.
(05:32) Fascination with space exploration during childhood.
(08:01) Joining the USGS
(12:57) Moon Paintings
(15:38) Meeting Carl Sagan
(20:40) Relationship between knowledge and art
(22:45) Dinosaur reconstruction
(27:49) Exploring Mars
(31:58) Miniatures & Models
(35:04) Painting Space Settlements
(37:30) Future of rocketry
(42:29) 2001: A Space Odyssey
(43:59) Willie Lay and,"Engineer's Dreams"
(51:13) What's next for Don
(53:42) Quote from "Shape of Things to Come"
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Today, we're talking with Isaiah Taylor the founder of Valar Atomics — a new energy startup using nuclear fission to create oil & gas from thin air. At Valar, their goal is to bring the cost of energy down 10-100x and unlock a new era of superabundance.
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Today, we're talking with Rick Guidice, an artist and illustrator renowned for his visionary depictions of space habitats and futuristic concepts, which have significantly contributed to NASA's Ames Research Center's visual explorations. His iconic work has played a pivotal role in shaping public perception of space exploration and human settlement beyond Earth.
The MandalorianSpace Settlements: A Design StudyEmerging Ecologies Exhibit"Megastructures" by Neil Blevin
In this episode, we talk the impact of Rick's space-themed artwork on envisioning future possibilities; his artistic process, inspirations, and the cultural influence; and the evolution of space exploration imagery and its role in shaping public perception and enthusiasm for space endeavors.
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Today, we're talking with Jim Pethokoukis, the author of "The Conservative Futurist" and the newsletter "Faster, Please!" where he writes about innovation, economics, and the potential of future technologies.
In this episode, we talk about the optimistic cultural zeitgeist of the 1960s space race, the unfulfilled promises of that era, such as nuclear-powered space exploration, the role media plays in shaping societal attitudes towards the future, and much more!
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"Faster, Please!" on SubstackThe Conservative Futurist: How We Get the Science Fiction Future We Were Promised"For All Mankind" TV seriesSpaceX Mars colonization video"The Peripheral" by William Gibson"The High Frontier" by Gerard K. O'NeillThanks for listening to this episode of Build The Future.
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Issac Arthur is a physicist turned YouTuber and science educator.
Join us as we discuss the roots of progress and its potential into post-scarcity futures, the challenges of building in practice, Issac's favorite science fiction media and his vision for his channel, his personal journey studying physics to becoming a YouTuber, and what innovation and future utopian scenarios may be possible, including space colonization and virtual reality.
Issac's story is proof that passion and optimism can blossom into a lasting career. We hope you find inspiration in his story to go build your own visions for a positive future!
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Today, we're talking with Don Clark (instagram), the incredible artist behind Invisible Creature.
David Klein ArtStan GalliSyd MeadPhantom City Creative
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Today, we're talking with Eliot Peper (twitter) the novelist behind great science fiction books like Reap3r, Veil, Cumulus, and Bandwidth.
Our World in DataNadia Asparouhova's tweetMan in SpaceOliver Mortin's The Moon
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Today, we're talking with Jason Green, the CEO and Cofounder of Upward Farms. At Upward Farms they're helping shape the future of food by growing organic, leafy greens and fish in a complete vertical farming ecosystem. In this conversation we cover the future of food, the work they're doing at Upward and how the tide is turning, how business as usual is over, and how we now have the opportunity to step up and build the future that we want to live in.
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Today, we're talking with Ian Rountree the founder and partner of Cantos.vc, a venture fund investing in near frontier technologies that will change the world. In this conversation Ian and I cover the changing landscape of venture, financing the future, and bounce around quite a bit between the various facets of the future that are being built right now.
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Today, we're talking with Sam Bhagwat, the Cofounder and Chief Strategy Officer at Gatsby. Gatsby's an open source web firmware that enables developers to create websites optimized for the modern web. In doing so, they're ensuring that this digital web infrastructure, that we all take for granted, keeps improving and getting better.
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Today, we're talking with Larry Pang, the head of Biz Dev at IoTeX, a decentralized ecosystem building the Internet of things. We cover all things Crypto in decentralization and of course, the Internet of things.
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Today, we're talking with Alex Trembath, the deputy director of Breakthrough, a global research center focused on promoting technological solutions, environmental and human development challenges. Specifically, we touch on two facets of the future here - feeding our growing population and creating a high-energy planet but not at the expense of our climate.
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Today, we're talking with Thomas Eiden, the founder of Atomic Alchemy and a former nuclear engineer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Thomas is the expert of all things nuclear, so he gave us an awesome primer on the future of energy, nuclear space and the exciting future that might lie ahead with the clean and abundant nuclear energy.
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Today, we're talking with Adrian Fenty, the founding managing partner at MaC Venture Capital and the former major of Washington DC. We cover everything from investing in the future, changing the landscape of education, the importance of local political involvement and the future that we hope to build.
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Today, we're talking with Courtney Boyd Myers, the founder of Akua. At Akua they're building a household brand for sustainable sea greens based foods including their delicious kelp jerkey and kelp burger. I loved talking about the future of food, kelp and about changing global travel landscape with Courtney in this conversation.
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Today, we're talking with Justin Kolbeck, the CEO of Wildtype. At Wildtype they're advancing the future of food with cellular agriculture, starting with Sushi Grade Salmon.
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Today, we're talking with Gary Sheng, the co-founder of Civics Unplugged. Gary and I connected over our shared belief that this decade, the 2020s, is a make or break for humanity and that we have a lot of exciting work to do. On his end, Gary's working to train a new generation of leaders, committed to universal human flourishing.
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Today, we're talking with Aaron Slodov. Aaron's the founder of the stealth startup Atomic Industries where they're building the future of manufacturing with the goal of building a more efficient and less wasteful world.
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Today, we're talking with Laura Crabtree the founder of Epsilon3 and a former SpaceX engineer. At Epsilon3 they're building a software stack to help teams advance in space exploration and complex engineering projects operate more efficiently.
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