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We are releasing this episode a couple days after a former US president had an attempt on his life. Without getting political, I believe it emphasizes the gravity of the question that we always try to pose: what is the future that you would like to build?
We wrap up Season 5 by covering breakthroughs in passive insulation and cooling, self-powering blood monitors, and how AI has developed never-before seen bioluminescent proteins. We also cover new solutions to flow algorithms, and how they might underpin all the advancements in the other discoveries.
Please enjoy our final episode for Season 5, we’ll see you again soon!
Sean’s links:
* Blood-powered sensors
* Wearable sweat-powered sensors
* EvolutionaryScale designing new bioluminescent proteins
* Etched building AI model-specific chips
* Radioactive rhino horns
* BONUS (NSFW): lab-grown skin on robots
Ben’s links:
* Breakthroughs in flow algorithms
* Passive heating and cooling with plastics
* Vision Pro and Apple Intelligence
* The long-term benefits of multivitamins
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In this episode, we start the discussion with quantum computing time crystals, contrasted by the bristlecone clock timepiece. After delving into the nature of time, we also cover the benefits and pitfalls of geoengineering, hard but stretchy glassy gels, biodegradable barley starch plastic, X-ray vision, and AI scrubbing emotions from calls. We discuss the tension between differing perspectives about utopias and dystopias, before wrapping up with a new view on mixed reality. Enjoy!
Heads up, this is our penultimate episode for the season.
Sean’s links:
* A clock in the forest
* Softbank canceling out angry customer emotions with AI
* Sticky, stretchy, glassy gels
* Barley start plastic
Ben’s links:
* Time crystal quantum computing
* Geoengineering pitfalls: cooling California but heating up Europe
* More bacteria producing greenhouse gases than thought
* X-ray vision smartphone chips
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As usual this week we try to cover the latest advancements in technology and science, and mapping them against potential ethical dilemmas. Among the inventions we cover, I specifically want to call out China's rifle-equipped robot dogs, and the really, REALLY, unsettling use of human brain tissue in computing. We had a less structured conversation today to focus mainly on these topics, as they’re some of the more dystopian inventions we’ve covered to date. Join in, and see how we try and chart the upside to them.
Sean’s links:
* The terminator dog
* The drone first responder
* The icky biocomputer
* The cement recycling
Ben’s links:
* The soccer robots
* The shipping emissions and climate change conundrum
* Learning to speak Whale
* Ketosis and cognitive function
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This episode, we chat about everything from spy headphones, to synthetic bones, officially-sanctioned election deepfakes, battery tech, mental disorders, to AI dating agents and so much more. The topics begin to converge around how emerging tech is rapidly changing what we understand of our society. What do the concepts of democracy or business mean in this new world? What about how we view fictional icons, known for being at the forefront of tech? Or what we understand of our own health? How do we keep up? All this and more, coming right up.
Sean’s links:
* AI headphones let wearer listen to a single person in a crowd, by looking at them just once
* The amount of copper needed to build EVs is ‘impossible for mining companies to produce’
* Gelatinous sea animals swim using coordinated jet propulsion.
* Mental disorders may spread in young people's social networks
Ben’s links:
* Synthetic Bones Designed by AI
* Using viruses to kill cancer
* Indian Voters Are Being Bombarded With Millions of Deepfakes. Political Candidates Approve
* Your AI Will Date Other People's AIs
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In this episode, we explore everything from incremental developments, to exponential bounds being made in technology. From a healthier grape juice that could shift dietary habits, to moving data millions of times faster with the same hardware that could redefine how we experience recreation. We also cover the blurred lines between space technology and military hardware, and what might be needed from both to redefine civilian travel. All this and more, coming right up!
Sean’s links:
* Stretchy e-skin
* 45 million times the data transfer speed on the same fiber optics
* Advon, the AI content creation agency proliferating mainstream papers
* Gannett staff’s response to their AI policy
* China’s potential world-first drone carrier
* China’s new rail gun test
* US Senator Chuck Schumer’s AI bill one-pager (contains PDF)
Ben’s links:
* Launch of the world’s largest carbon capture project
* Fresher, tastier, healthier concord grape juice
* World’s biggest 3D printer, making houses in record time
* Solar tech converting greenhouse gases into usable fuel
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This episode, Ben and I cover everything from hardware that can “taste”, gels that patch wounds or make computers, to mutant space bacteria, and magic carpet floors. Our utopias and dystopias range from redefining the ways we create food and understand flavor, to reinventing how an assembly line works, to targeted cancers, total ecosystem destruction, and more. Have a listen: what do you think will come from all of this frontier tech?
Sean’s links:
* Marques Brownlee at the Disney Imaginarium
* E-tongue tastes when wine goes bad
* New mutant bacteria on the space station
* Startup using AI to edit human DNA
Ben’s links:
* “Quantum memory”
* Revolutionary gel-based wound dressings
* Revolutionary gel-based PCBs
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In this episode, Ben and I talk about everything from real-time deepfake romances, to new battery tech, to dumb phones, and AIs predicting human motion and expression. All the topics begin to converge around social isolation, connection, and how emerging tech would look to fight it. Where do we draw the line between human and synthetic emotional connection? And how does that extend into our physical world? And finally, is this something we want, or are we headed there anyway?
Sean’s links:
* AI predicting humanoid locomotion
* The Dumbphone Boom
* The vaccine to end all vaccines?
Ben’s links:
* AI predicting human smiles
* Real-time deepfake romance scams
* Rapid charge/discharge sodium batteries
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In this episode, Ben and I explore a plethora of groundbreaking topics that blur the lines between the fantastical and the tangible. From the advanced manipulation of light that brings us one step closer to real-life 'lightsabers,' to controversy of 'totally not eugenics' that could redefine what we understand about genetic selection and the future of human evolution. We also cover potential ways swarming nanobots could help us rethink what 'infrastructure' means, how it works, and so much more.
Sean’s links:
* Socially swarming nanorobots
* Bending light signals around corners
* Levitating materials (shared with Ben)
Ben’s links:
* Controlling light and making it “hard”
* Gene screening startup that is totally not eugenics
* Quantum breakthroughs in predicting material science suitability
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This week, Ben and I cover AI assistance, gene and chromosomal editing, 3D-printing skin, real-world deepfakes, and much more.
A side note: the 2 AI tools we covered are Devin and OpenInterpreter. Devin’s capabilities have since been debunked quite comprehensively here, while OpenInterpreter 01 made it onstage at Coachella via Grimes’ mechanical spider.
We also mention Neuralink, and must point out that since recording, researchers at UT Austin can now achieve the same effect without any form of surgery!
Sean’s links:
* https://www.openinterpreter.com/01
* https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adfm.202314757
* https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/speaking-without-vocal-cords-ucla-engineering-wearable-tech
Ben’s links:
* https://www.cognition-labs.com/introducing-devin
* https://phys.org/news/2024-03-scientists-technique-human-artificial-chromosomes.html
* https://scitechdaily.com/molecular-majesty-this-is-how-the-bodys-building-blocks-are-made/
* https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/neuralink-shows-first-brain-chip-patient-playing-online-chess-2024-03-21/
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Welcome to Season 5!
We’re changing the format up a little bit. I’m now joined by a co-host Ben. You won’t find much of him on social media, but once you meet him I’m sure you’ll agree he more than makes up for that with deep curiosity and a remarkable ability to explain complex topics in simple terms.
Together, we will cover news in emerging science and tech, and discuss how that might shape humanity in the near future. Hopefully, the discussion we have will inspire you to make change, and consider what the future you want should look like.
In this episode, we cover printable solar panels, alternate realities, and autonomous vehicles. When all these converge, what do utopia and dystopia look like? Join us as we explore all this and more.
Big shoutout to AG for the new intro music!
Sean’s links:
* IIHS Automated Driving Evaluation Results
* Carmakers tracking drivers for insurance data
* Visionary Machines coming out of stealth
* BMW’s i Vision Dee concept at CES2023
Ben’s links:
* Scientists reveal the first unconventional superconductor that can be found in mineral form in nature
* Printable solar panels from CSIRO
* The best of digital and analog computing
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I wrap up Season 4 with Chris Pymble, founder of Graphics et al. Chris is on a mission to help the world build better health literacy, through the Graphics et al. software platform. What is health literacy you might ask? Chris breaks it down in simple terms for us!
We chat about the root causes of poor health literacy, the downstream impacts algorithms from TikTok and Google can cause, the value of co-design and building accessible software, and kicking down doors to make change happen.
As the final episode of 2023, Wishing you the happiest of holidays, and see you next year for Season 5.
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My guest this week is Nadia Lee, co-founder of ThatsMyFace. ThatsMyFace is out to combat and eliminate deepfakes at the source.
In this energetic conversation, we talk about the real-world impacts of deepfakes, what the rapid expansion of AI means for societal trust, how we’ve gotten to this point, what government needs to be doing more of, how ThatsMyFace targets the source of the issue, why convenience or safety doesn’t need to be a choice, and sharing a vision of a safer more trusting world.
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This week I welcome our first returning guest, Jada Andersen of Xylo Systems. Xylo Systems is helping the property and energy industries understand their biodiversity impact.
We talk about how the company and platform have focused in the last year, the highs and lows of running a company for the first time, how regulatory changes are incentivizing businesses to look at biodiversity, great brands that excel in the space, some tips for maximizing an accelerator experience, and finishing with a call to arms to protect our world.
Jada gives a shoutout to another naturetech startup, Wilderlands. If interested, you can also listen in to the first discussion with Jada here.
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This week I host Jaz Yates, founder of JY Management Group, host of the “Your Music, Your Business” podcast (Apple/Spotify), and most importantly, founder of RELEASR.. RELEASR. is a platform aiming to simplify all the admin in the music industry.
We chat about the intricacies of the music industry, the hangover of legacy processes, the systemic problems both these result in, Jaz’s journey into music through to founding RELEASR., the excitement its drumming up in the industry, and the changes she hopes to make for creatives around the world.
You can follow both Jaz (@jaz__yates) and RELEASR. (@releasr_) on Instagram.
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I sit down with Edgar Charry, co-founder of Symex Labs. Symex Labs aims to replace every blood test and injection needed for IVF with a simple wearable patch.
We chat about the IVF process, Edgar’s own journey through it, the struggles that inspired him to establish Symex, how a biosensor patch might alleviate pain for other couples, the potential applications of such technology, and leading the way with empathy.
A heads up, we do talk about miscarriage in this episode.
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I open Season 4 with Suyin Kee, co-founder of Allico. Allico is putting behavior change at the core of a growth and well-being digital product.
We chat about why even professionals have different perspectives on what mental well being means, why having tools and strategies don’t work without behavior change, Su’s personal journey to overcoming adversity, the generational shifts and tailwinds to well-being, and collaboration being key to a brighter future.
A heads up, we do talk in some depth about eating disorders and anxiety.
You can follow Allico’s progress on LinkedIn, or if you’d like to sign up you can do so here.
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To wrap up Season 3, I sit down with Jack Richardson, founder and managing director of Hamia Group. Hamia Group is a discrete secondary market brokerage. If you’re not quite sure what that is, not to worry as Jack gives us a crash course early on.
We chat about the business of liquidity, its regulations, and how it can be life changing for founders and operators. We also talk about Jack’s journey from small-town Australia to this niche space, forays into investment, doing work that feeds his soul, and a life mission to be a better human every single day.
If you’re interested in making use of Hamia Group’s services, you can get in touch via email at jack[@]hamiagroup.com.
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In the penultimate episode for this season, I chat with Matt Geleta, host of the Paradigm Podcast (or YouTube if you prefer video), Head of Operations at Harrison AI, and so much more.
We delve into a reevaluation of core beliefs, democratizing access to education, speculating on the path our world is on, the philosophical synergies between science and the startup world, and how Matt best supports people in the ecosystem.
Matt is one of the brightest minds I’ve had the pleasure of meeting, so this episode only scratches the surface of what we could have dived into. I highly recommend checking out his Paradigm podcast to have your mind blown away.
For any founders interested in working with Matt, you can connect via LinkedIn.
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This week I host Junie Baptise-Poitevien, founder of Propel Innovations, co-author of the book Undefeated, and host of the Uncover Untapped Markets podcast.
This is a raw and heartfelt episode where Junie shares the challenges and frustrations she’s had as a migrant business owner. Amidst the frustration though is an optimism of investing in the value overlooked by cultural influences and cognitive biases. and a plea to change federal policy decisions to unlock a wave of innovation in a more equal Australia.
You can follow Junie and Propel Innovations on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Twitter. They will be at The Customer Show in Sydney, and at Women in Emerging Tech in Melbourne.
You can get in touch with Junie at hello[@]propelinnovations.co
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This week I host Laura Johnson, founder of Strivin. Strivin is a community and platform out to make self-development easier, whether that means through career progression or transition.
Unlike our usual format we first speak about the big transitions in Laura’s life, how such changes shape us as humans, before diving into how Strivin helps others with these changes.
A shoutout to Jo McCatty, friend of the show and founding member of Strivin, for the introduction to Laura.
You can listen in to the Strivin and Thrivin podcast here, follow on Instagram here, and check out their Youtube channel with previous webinars here.
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