Future Chat: Recent Episodes
Rob Attrell, Mike Attrell & Nick Maddox
This is a discussion show about science and technology, looking at the big picture and debunking bad science. Tune in each week for a glimpse into the future.
Nick and Mike wrap up the summer with a discussion of their learnings from the Flying Into Hail event in Calgary, hosted by the Alberta Hail Suppression Project. We hear about how the project contracts Weather Modification International to reduce hail damage in an area of Alberta's Tornado Alley by way of cloud seeding - a fleet of planes at Springbank and Red Deer Airports regularly fly into our most violent storms aiming to mitigate hail damage by cloud seeding with flares.
Links:
- @ChasinSpin on Twitter (organizer of Flying Into Hail event)
- Cloud Seeding (Wikipedia)
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Senior Correspondent Nick and Correspondent-in-Training Mike attend the June 6, 2018 Genome Alberta TasteTECH event at The Tastemarket by SAIT in Calgary. Experts from a number of local food and food-adjacent industries are interviewed as an excuse to drink beer and indulge in some genetically-modified delicacies from around Alberta. Links: * Future Chat #154 - Live "Podcasts Connect" Episode (Discussion of TasteTECH Event) * Genome Alberta * The Tastemarket by SAIT * Corteva Agriscience * Origin Malting & Brewing Co. * Carbon Sequestration in Soil (Dr. Wayne Lindwall) * Open Farm Days * Canadian Wheat Board * Eau Claire Distillery
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Nick and Mike (along with a special appearance by Rob) discuss the Genome Alberta TasteTECH event during a live recording at the June 7, 2018 APN Podcasts Connect event (a part of the Inventures conference in Calgary). Cold brews, salmon farming, and Arctic Apples are just a few of the many wonders of gene modification technology that are explored. Links: * Future Chat #154 Live Interview Audio Bonus Content * Rob's Surprise Appearance * 'Podcasts Connect' Future Chat Live Show Twitter "Moment" (Tweet Compilation) * #podsconnect on Twitter (Podcasts Connect Event Feed) * Future Sci Chat #12 - GMO's (Recorded November 16, 2014) * Portlandia - Chicken Restaurant Sketch * The Tastemarket by SAIT * Genome Alberta * Origin Malting & Brewing Co. * Eau Claire Distillery * Arctic Apples
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In what appears to be becoming a more-than-occasional occurrence, Nick and Mike are joined by a special guest - Dan Shessel from the Northern Nerdcast. The trio go over some updates to the Facebook privacy debacle as well as Tesla’s electric semi market competition, before diving headfirst into a discussion on AI and how it’s being used in Google’s latest product, Google Duplex. Links: * Anheuser-Busch Doubles Down on Electric Semi Trucks with Nikola * Export Your Twitter Data (Your Twitter Ad Profile) * Twitter Sells Data to Researcher; Obtained by Cambridge Analytica * Google Duplex Demo (New Google Assistant Product) * Man Mows Lawn While Tornado-ing ("Keeping an Eye on It") * Northern Nerd Network
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As the Unwind Media DadRob season continues, Nick and Mike are joined by Trina from the Northern Nerdcast as they delve into the details of Facebook’s privacy predicament, as well as Google’s own issues with handling personal information online. Mike also gives an update on his search for a Soylent alternative. Links: * Hol Food (Soylent Alternative That Ships to Canada) * World’s First Nuclear Reactor Shutting Down (and Located in Canada!) * Facebook and the Cambridge Analytica Debacle * Google Loses Landmark “Right to Be Forgotten” Case in the EU * Northern Nerd Network
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Our trio spends this episode talking about Soylent and the CFIA and Google’s quantum computer, and finishes up with the story of Nick’s and Mike’s Ex Raid adventure(s). Links: * Soylent CFIA Information * lettinggo5 - Twitter (Amazing Euro cell plans) * Google's 72-qubit Quantum Computer
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Future Chat celebrates its 150th episode by looking back at how far we’ve come with vaccines, wearable technology, and space exploration in the last 4 years. Also, Mike has a new phone, and Nick is back with an old carrier! Links: * Future Chat: Science 3 - Vaccinations * Preventable Disease Outbreaks * Spreading virus by breathing - CBC Quirks and Quarks * WHO Global Vaccine Action Plan * Future Chat: Tech 7 - Wearables * Future Chat: Science 5 - Space
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This week, after discussing follow-up on the 10GB/$60 data plans from the end of 2017, we catch up on Apple’s battery/performance situation, and update everyone on what Microsoft has been cooking up for the Office suite. Links: * Rob's Desk Setup For Now * Apple admits slowing older iPhones, says it's to prevent battery issues * A Message to Our Customers about iPhone Batteries and Performance * Apple apologizes for iPhone slowdown drama, will offer $29 battery replacements for a year * Next iOS update will allow users to disable processor slowdown feature, says Tim Cook * For the first time in over 20 years, Office is built from one codebase for all platforms * Office 365 Making Some Functions Exclusive
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This week’s show features an update on the future of food, some of the ‘competition’ in the wireless industry in Canada, and a new poop story (finally)! Links: * Anheuser-Busch orders 40 Tesla trucks * Tools made of astronaut poop could solve space problems, as U of C project flushes competition in Boston * Wendover Productions - Bombardier vs. Boeing * Real Engineering - Tesla Semi * xkcd - Purity
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Our intrepid trio is reunited and discuss the new Tesla Roadster 2, new phones for ⅔ of us, and some of the strengths and weaknesses of two-factor authentication. Also, a PSA that your mobile phone service provider has to unlock your phone for free starting December 1st of this year! Links: * Everything we learned from the Tesla Semi and Roadster event * Bugatti Veyron - Top Gear * MKBHD - Tesla Roadster Reaction * Tight Ends Podcast * The Expats * ATB Alpha Beta - Biometrics (ad) * Nick's First (Real) Pixel Portrait * CRTC bans cellphone unlocking fees, orders all new devices be unlocked * Ontario Photo ID Cards on Smartphones Now Closer to Reality
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Rob and Nick get together to discuss the Canada Food Inspection Agency ‘banning’ Soylent, why spicy foods hurt, and a little Alberta politics. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * Soylent's Letter to Canada * Soylent CFIA Kerfuffle * Why is spicy food spicy?
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This week, we discuss commutes and their modes of transport, Nick’s new phone, and briefly consider what could be in store for the Halloween Pokemon Go event. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * Mike's Bus Snap * Designated Bike Lane Song - CBC * Bike Lane Attack Ad - Twitter * Transit App
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After literally 3+ months, our hosts and senior contributor Nick Maddox return to talk about the most niche topics possible: audio treatments, Pokémon Go in the fall of 2017, and electric shavers. But we have a good time. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * Pokebattler * Entei Counters - Reddit * Zapdos Counters - Reddit * Mike's Pokemon Battling(?) Spreadsheet
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Rob takes some time at the end of the summer hiatus to review the Samsung Galaxy S8. You’ll find the video review below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a8I6vRU_rw This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Click the icon below to listen.
Rob takes some time at the start of the summer hiatus to review the Samsung Galaxy Tab S3. You’ll find the video review below:
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With Nick basking in the post-Canada Day afterglow, Rob and Mike take some time to sum up the tech they are currently using and loving (or not). After this episode, we are starting our annual summer hiatus, so keep an eye on social media for the next episode. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * CRTC bans locked phones and carrier unlocking fees
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Rob and Mike finally settle their WWDC draft (or do they?), before Rob heeds a tornado warning and Mike and Nick succumb to fake news about Pokemon Go. This was a weird one. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * Final Results from the WWDC 2017 Draft * Google Drive Backup and Sync Is Coming Soon * We Finally Know What The Infamous WOW! Signal Likely Was
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Our intrepid trio don’t quite reach critical Musk this week, instead spending the week talking about the ethics of drone warfare, Telus’ new Android TV service, and the next few months of Pokemon Go. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * Canada’s new defence policy * Worst Missed Handshake of 2017 * TELUS Pik TV – live TV and streaming apps – TELUS.com * Android TV: Telus Has Launched Its Own Android TV Box * Pokemon Go Solstice/Summer Events
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This week, Android Pay comes out in Canada, the founder of Android Andy Rubin releases a home assistant, and the University of Alberta lost some fish involved in research due to corrosion. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * Netflix Is Abandoning the Fight for Net Neutrality at a Critical Moment * Corrosion strikes again * Essential Home is Andy Rubin's answer to Google Home and Amazon Echo
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Rob and Mike take some time during the hustle and bustle of the week to do a fantasy draft of potential announcements at the WWDC keynote next week. What follows is a great in-depth look at what we might get to see on Tuesday, June 6, 2017. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * Upgrade 143: The WWDC Keynote Draft 2017 * Download our WWDC Draft Scoring Sheet
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The Canadian Conservatives have a new leader (with an interesting voting system)! Rob discovers (Columbuses?) OneNote! IFTTT opens its ‘Maker’ program to everyone! This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * Dominion Voting Systems * How the counting of points, not votes, could determine Conservative leadership race * Export Your Twitter Data * Microsoft OneNote * Calling all Makers * OneNote on IFTTT
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On the show this week, we discuss the best aspects of Google I/O and Microsoft Build, along with some discussion of old violins and hot peppers. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * WannaCry Ransomware Decryption Tool Released to Unlock Files Without Paying Ransom * Microsoft held back a free WannaCry patch, report says * Blind-tested soloists unable to tell Stradivarius violins from modern instruments * [Build] Microsoft Graph' will provide deeper integration between Windows 10 PCs and Android/iOS * Microsoft Surface Laptop vs. Apple MacBook: Tech spec smackdown * Svalbard Seed Vault Flooding
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Ransomware is sweeping across old versions of Windows in Europe this week, and the guys can’t agree on which voice assistant(s) will be the future of artificial intelligence. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * APK teardown reveals the possibility of Android Pay and Visual ID coming to Canada in the near future * Android Pay showing up on devices, still not functional in Canada | MobileSyrup * Shit hits fan this week as global ransomware attack targets 100,000+ organisations in Europe * Ransomware came from NSA cyberweapon * Ransomware kill switch found "by accident" * Amazon Echo Look is a voice-controlled camera for fashion tips * Amazon officially unveils touchscreen Echo Show * Boston Dynamics Robot (2013) * MIT Cheetah (2015) * Sheep Eating Plant' Blooms for first time in 31 years * Mr. Wilson's Flower
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For this week’s Future Chat, we reflect on the tech in our own lives, and specifically all the stuff that’s been going wrong with it, before setting out sights on the construction plans for a future Mars base. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * CIBC removes mobile payment app from the Android Play Store * Nick's Christmas Suit * Bricks on Mars
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This is Rob's review of the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, marking a year since its release. You will find the video review in its entirety below: https://youtu.be/yYHybpU0jBQ Click the icon below to listen.
This week, we do a deep dive on Elon Musk’s newest venture, Neuralink. We talk about the viability of the concept, its implications, and how we feel about a future with brain-machine interfaces. Read all about it at the link in the notes below! **Sorry about the quality of my (Rob's) audio. My microphone was acting up and I didn't realize until after the show ended. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * Neuralink and the Brain's Magical Future - Wait But Why
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The gang gets back together for a new episode, tackling some more discussion on passwords (or lack thereof), the near future of airless tires, and a long-awaited CRTC corner (that’s why people tune in, right?). This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * Twitter Feedback on Payments – Mia (@lettinggo5) * Android Pay and PayPal join forces to open new doors for contactless payments * Microsoft announces that it hates passwords and has an alternative * Bridgestone's Airless Tires Will Soon Let Cyclists Abandon Their Bike Pumps * Non-pneumatic Tires * Tell the CRTC what it's like - Teksavvy * What the CRTC’s zero rating decision means for net neutrality in Canada
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With Nick sleeping off a long week, Rob and Future Chat make their triumphant returns to the airwaves, with a thorough discussion on the nature of follow-up, then follow-up, and finally vent some frustration about slow creep of peer to peer and mobile digital micro-payments. Mike and Rob also settle whether they are automators or programmers, and suggest improvements to IFTTT. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * Reconcilable Differences #49: Celebrity Outreach Program - Relay FM * Pebble promises its watches will continue to work long after its services wind down * ATP 212: Meatspace Windows * Making the case for WhatsApp as a digital payments platform in India * Apple Pay Promised to Make Plastic Obsolete. Then Came Wary Shoppers, Confused Clerks
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After waking up an hour early for no reason (Daylight Saving notwithstanding), Mike suggests we get rid of time zones altogether. We also discuss some possible fixes for solar roadways, 'unlimited' data, and Uber's ethics woes. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * First Solar Roadway Implementation * Daylight Saving Time - How Is This Still A Thing?: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) * Sugar Mobile can no longer use Rogers roaming to create backdoor MVNO * Elon Musk says he can fix Australia in 100 days. He might be telling the truth. * Reddit immediately notices T-Mobile's higher 'unlimited' data plan * How Uber Used Secret Greyball Tool to Deceive Authorities Worldwide * How to keep cool without costing the Earth
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Nick spends half of the episode regaling us with his Teksavvy/Shaw nightmare. We then spend the rest of the episode discussing Cloudbleed and web security, which we encourage you to follow up with from the links below! We also didn't do a live broadcast of the show because Hangouts was on the fritz! This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * CRTC Complaints Department * Mike's (not a) Surface Tablet * Cloudbleed: Big web brands leaked crypto keys, personal secrets thanks to Cloudflare bug * Content delivery network * Three layers of encryption keeps you safe when SSL/TLS fails * Incident report on memory leak caused by Cloudflare parser bug * Announcing the first SHA1 collision
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Rob and Mike spend some time reflecting on news, media, and company-specific news publishing services like AMP, Facebook Instant Articles, and Apple News. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * Google will discontinue Google Now Launcher in the coming weeks * Google is trying to make AMP pages less confusing, will change how links are handled * Facebook Open Graph Debugger
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This week, Rob is back to complain about politics again, then the lighter side takes over and the 'future of messaging' is ridiculed, along with the new chairman of the FCC. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * CDC’s canceled climate change conference is back on — thanks to Al Gore * H.R.861 - 115th Congress (2017-2018): To terminate the Environmental Protection Agency. * FCC Chairman Pai takes Wheeler’s set-top box plan off the table * Rogers says RCS is the 'future of messaging,' will come pre-installed on Android devices from 2018
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Mike and Nick take the reins this week and get wrapped up in the turmoil that is the state of science in the USA. They also find themselves discussing the impending rise of the machines, both in the office and on the baseball diamond. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * State of Science in the USA * World’s largest hedge fund to replace managers with artificial intelligence
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Rob gets upset about disinformation in politics, Mike gets upset about disinformation in Ontario pollution, and Nick returns to the show, probably not upset about anything. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * New whitehouse.gov Website * POTUS Twitter Followers * Inauguration Crowd Sizes * Closing Ontario coal plants didn't cut air pollution by much, says Fraser Institute * Fraser Institute Study * Your Appendix May Not Be as Useless as You Think
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Nick's gone for the weekend, so of course Rob and Mike get distracted from the news and focus on a whole lot of the usual, including SpaceX, Tesla, Soylent, Climate Change, and smartwatches. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * Tweet about Sea Ice/Climate Change - from pre-show * Nevada woman dies of superbug resistant to all available US antibiotics * Ottawa will study the safety of driverless cars during Ontario pilot program * Tesla Crash Avoidance - 2 Cars Ahead
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This week, the boys get reacquainted after a few weeks off, taking about their new wearable devices they got for Christmas. Then they get down to business and discuss art vs. pornography and a Indiegogo campaign exploring that idea with science. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * Porn Genome Project Plug * Mike & Rob's New Podcast Pilot - Desktop
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This summer, Rob reviewed the Samsung Galaxy TabPro S, a Windows 10 laptop/tablet hybrid. As 2016 draws to a close, here it is! This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * Samsung Galaxy TabPro S
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This week on the last episode of 2016, we discussed the federal electoral reform survey at mydemocracy.ca (go take it!), how the year went for the smartwatch industry, and finally, Gen 2 of Pokemon might be hitting Pokemon Go as early as this week. Who knows!? This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * MyDemocracy.ca * We ran three polls on electoral reform * Current State of Smartwatches
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Today's discussion includes the latest pipeline projects from the Canadian West, talk about the sweetness of Nestle chocolate and other sugar, as well as a discussion of how we all deal with tech support. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * Trudeau cabinet approves Trans Mountain, Line 3 pipelines, rejects Northern Gateway * This Is That - Oil Planes * Researchers build tool to help prevent 'selfie deaths' * Nestlé discovers way to slash sugar in chocolate without changing taste * xkcd 627 - Tech Support Cheat Sheet * xkcd 979 - Abandoned Thread
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After a few weeks of decompressing post-election, the gang talks about the role of fake news in society, and then take another look into the future of messaging. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * Introducing Microsoft Teams
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In an episode that seemed destined not to air, the guys discuss coffee, video calling in chat, and CRISPR on people. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * “Platooning” Autonomous Vehicles are Coming to Michigan * The secret to a perfect cup of coffee could be math * WhatsApp officially launches video calling * The CRISPR Gene-Editing Tool is Finally Being Used on Humans
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This week, while all hell breaks loose around us, the boys tell their listeners to secure their communications, before having the all-electricity episode they promised last week. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * You can finally encrypt Facebook Messenger, so do it. * Farming in the desert * Tesla boss Elon Musk unveils solar roof tiles * Splitting water with light becomes 30% efficient * Extremophiles and cyanobacteria
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Once Rob gets his backup computer out to start the show after a crash, the guys talk about USB-C and its role in the future of computers, and discuss what Niantic has been doing lately to try to keep people coming back to Pokémon Go. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * YouTube now allows creators to pin comments, add moderators, blacklist words and phrases, and more * Samsung's bigger, more expensive Gear S3 watches launching in the U.S. Nov 18 * This new Thunderbolt 3 dock will help 2016 MacBook owners avoid the dongle life * Pokémon GO introduces daily bonuses to keep players coming back
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It's a ceramic concept phone, some really old rocks, and this week's Mac event on the show this week! This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * Uber’s Self-Driving Truck Makes Its First Delivery: 50,000 Beers * Xiaomi's Mi Mix concept phone is insane, will go on sale next month * Canada home to world's oldest rocks, researchers say
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It's a solid week of car news, followed by a breakthrough in antibiotics research, and we finally talk about that ceramic iPhone! This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * Full Self-Driving Hardware on All Teslas * Apple scales back driverless ambitions to develop only software * Tesla bans use of driverless cars for ride-sharing purposes except on its own network * The science world is freaking out over this 25-year-old's answer to antibiotic resistance * Why Your Next iPhone Won't be Ceramic * The Definition of Ceramic * Google Keep update lets you pin notes
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As Nick returns to the show with a new gadget in hand, the guys discuss Tesla as a luxury vehicle, carbon fiber in bikes and bringing prices down, and an in-depth discussion of the game many fans have given up on, Pokemon Go. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * Why Obama’s “giant leap to Mars” is more of a bunny hop right now * Tesla Model S is the best-selling US luxury sedan, by a wide margin * Lemond Composites * Nick's Favourite Use of the PoGo+ - Photo * FastPokeMap post about tracking * Nick's Pepper - Photo
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As Nick celebrates his birthday with a trip to the mountains, Mike and Rob chat about Google's approaches to updates, first thoughts on the Pixel, and how the Nexus will live on in our hearts. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * Boeing CEO Vows to Beat Musk to Mars * Google is demoting Hangouts to "optional" in the Google Apps package for Android, to be replaced by Duo * BlackBerry to release new keyboard smartphone sometime in the next six months * Google Pixel and Pixel XL: What to expect from the Nexus successors * The Pixel 'Buy Now' page looks SUPER familiar * Pixel’s best features won’t make their way to other Android devices via Nougat 7.1 * The Nexus line is dead, says Android chief
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After finding Nick, the gents chat too much about phone hardware (for Nick), about the Mars colony that apparently didn't inspire a majority of our hosts, and Mike and Nick wait for Rob to leave to talk Pokemon Go. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * BlackBerry to end internal hardware development * The price of solar, dropping dramatically?! * Shomi is shutting down * Software 8.0 is Here * Everything we know about Elon Musk’s plan to colonize Mars
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Google Allo, the Apple Watch, and thoughts on future electronics. We are missing one of our hosts, and, without him, we go deep on wearables. Oops. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * The links section took a break this week.
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Foamy beer, mobile data caps, and alternative energy solutions. Our trio is back to their usual form, critiquing ISPs for their irresponsible billing, finding Teksavvy new customers, and spilling beer for science. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * Tesla Wins Massive Contract to Help Power the California Grid * How the foam on your beer keeps it from spilling * Netflix asks FCC to declare data caps “unreasonable” * Broadband data caps are BS * Fido Data-Only Plan * Solar industry braces as looming glut threatens to erode prices
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As our intrepid trio returns from break, we sit down to discuss everything Elon Musk did over the summer, the highs and lows of Apple's fall event, and all about the latest cutting edge giraffe research, which is apparently a thing. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * Dave Shoesmith was selected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada * Google Just Killed Its Modular Phone Project * Winnipeg limo company going with Tesla * Apple Just Launched a Radically Futuristic New Device. It Isn’t an iPhone. * Samsung recalls Galaxy Note 7 worldwide due to exploding battery fears * DNA analysis reveals there are four distinct giraffe species, not one as previously thought * Wait But Why - Intelligence Ceiling
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Mike and Rob discuss some of the crummy changes to Pokémon Go with the latest update, all about Tesla's vision systems and the new Gigafactory, GMOs, Soylent, and Dolly, and then catch up on Facebook. It was a busy week before the show takes a summer break until September. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * Pokémon GO' Cuts Off Access To Pokévision And Other Creature-Finding Apps * Every Pokémon Go secret so far * Tesla mulling two theories to explain 'Autopilot' crash: source * Tesla parts ways with chipmaker behind its Autopilot system * George Hotz's self-driving car * Gigafactory Opening - YouTube * Watch SpaceX fire up the Falcon 9 rocket that landed in May | The Verge * Proudly Made with GMOs - Soylent * Dolly the sheep clones age healthily * Facebook's site should follow Messenger's design language * Facebook's "New" Site Design
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Elon's on the menu this week, as we discuss a 3x SpaceX landing, Tesla's second master plan, and what's next in Pokémon. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * SpaceX Will Attempt to Land Three Rockets at Once * Hitting the Sun is Hard - Minute Physics * Master Plan, Part Deux * What is a VAWT? * The REAL Polar Express(la)
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Our intrepid trio discuss gendered language, the upsides of a nation founded on the rational, and end the show with some Pokétalk. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * History (and Logic) Explains Why Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Proposed Rational Nation Is a Terrible Idea * Pokémon Go reportedly installed on 6 percent of all Canadian Android devices * So, Yeah, T-Mobile is Gifting Customers With Free Pokémon GO Data
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Rob and Mike play Pokemon Go, before talking about new home internet from Virgin, and new plans from Fido. It was a big week. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * Virgin Mobile just launched home internet plans * Fido's revamped set of consumer plans is now live | MobileSyrup.com * Google rumoured to be working on two new Nexus smartwatches
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This time around, the boys discuss Chill Telecom (and how it will go badly), pollution and climate change, and the first fatal Tesla crash. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * NASA extends the New Horizons mission to fly by another small world beyond Pluto * Android N is Nougat!!! * Taking the headphone jack off phones is user-hostile and stupid * Chill Telecom is the latest MVNO in Canada, hopes to give unlimited ‘Fearless Freedom’ to the masses * Paris bans old cars in air pollution crackdown * Three Amigos agree to align climate and energy policies * DVD player found in Tesla involved in fatal crash * A Tragic Loss
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This week, the boys talk a little Brexit, before discussing the future of Soylent, applying to become astronauts, and coffee cancer cures. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * Missouri is installing solar power grabbing pavement on Route 66 * Want to be a Canadian astronaut? You can apply now * Coffee doesn't cause cancer? * Open a Tangerine Account with Rob's Orange Key 41732391S1 and get a $50 Bonus! Visit tangerine.ca/referafriend
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Rob and Mike use some of their limited weeknight time to catch up on WWDC 2016 once Mike finally comes back from vacation. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * WWDC Videos
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This week, Nick and Mike are both gone, so Rob takes the chance to offer some critiques to the Android tablet team at Samsung. There's also video for this one (you might want to check it out). This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * Samsung Galaxy Tab A 7
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The guys do a podcast from within a simulation (or do they), and discuss bundling things like Spotify, Shomi and NHL GameCentre Live into Rogers plans. Oh yeah, and antibiotic resistant bacteria will kill us all. So it's a pretty normal week. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * Google Home reportedly just a Chromecast inside a speaker * SpaceX and insurance underwriters will discuss risks of reusing rockets * CRTC reviewing controversial 'zero rating' in internet plans * Odds are we're living in a simulation, says Elon Musk * THE superest Superbug * Want a cheap cellphone plan? Try Canada's black market
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Disk issues plaguing Rob hold off long enough to record an episode, and we dispel some cell phone & cancer myths, and discuss the latest comet news. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * WhatsApp takes the top spot as the most popular messaging app in the world * Microsoft Is Giving Up On Consumer Phone Business As It Cuts 1,850 Jobs In Mobile * Samsung shows off 5.7-inch rollable display * Unsurprisingly, current high-end Android phones won’t be Daydream VR-certified * More on Daydream * Seriously, stop with the irresponsible reporting on cellphones and cancer - Vox * Rosetta spacecraft discovers comet carries key ingredients for life * More on Rosetta
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We celebrate our 100th episode with a Google I/O recap spectacular, some musings on the last 2+ years with the Wireless Code of Conduct, and a special message from a surprise guest. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * Rogers increases select monthly rate plans in Manitoba by $5 * Upgrade 89 - Can We Use A Tracking Pixel? * ATP 169 - My Fingers Are Still Moving * Google's New Science Journal App Is A Science Nerd's Dream, Be It Your Kid Or The Kid Within You * Blackbox - iOS App * The New Awareness API Will Let Apps Better Understand Your Environment * Veritasium - Inside Svalbard * Project Ara - Not Dead (But Kinda?)
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Rob and Mike celebrate the big 99 with a new keyboard from Google (iOS and USA only, of course), a new course for anti-vaxxer parents, and Apple Pay finally hits Canada, for some. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * Hyperloop One impresses investors with speeding sled test in Nevada desert * YouTube creates messaging service, hoping you’ll never leave its app * Ottawa’s rejection of BCE appeal provides hint of future telecom policy * Driver whose Tesla Model S crashed while using Summon was breaking all the rules * Google’s “Gboard” for iOS combines a keyboard with Google Search * Gboard - Product Hunt * Ontario Could Soon Require Anti-Vaxxer Parents to Attend a Science Class * What Apple Pay means for mobile payments in Canada | MobileSyrup.com
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The boys have a lively debate on forest fires and climate change, before settling down to discuss skinny cable and streaming TV. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * Fort Mac - The Latest * The 2015 Fire Season * Stuff You Should Know - How Forest Fires Work * Autonomous car - Wikipedia * Tesla ramps up its ambitions, expecting to produce 500,000 cars annually by 2018 * Where is SpaceX storing all of its landed rockets? * BCE to acquire MTS for $3.9 billion, plans to divest one-third of the postpaid subscribers to Telus * Live TV Streaming
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This week, while Nick enjoys the sunshine outdoors, Rob and Mike talk space, money, and beef. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * SpaceX plans to head for Mars as soon as 2018 * Volvo autonomous car engineer calls Tesla’s Autopilot a ‘wannabe' * Sci-Hub is providing science publishers with their Napster moment * Russian billionaire Yuri Milner invests $100m to send a fleet of spacecraft to Alpha Centauri * Proxima Centauri * TD rolls out first-of-its-kind financial management app MySpend | MobileSyrup.com * Earls restaurants' move to drop Alberta beef provokes backlash
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The guys follow up on the FBI, Tesla and Apple, before discussing how urban planning can be assisted by crowdsourcing technology, and a 20 minute rant about homeopathy. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Warby Parker. Visit warbyparkertrial.com/future today; get a great deal on your next pair of glasses, and help support the show. Links: * The FBI just cracked another iPhone without Apple’s help * Reddit's Warrant Canary * 400,000 people have pre-ordered a Tesla Model 3 – and now the wait begins * Elon's 'Surprise' Tweet * Mitsubishi admits cheating fuel efficiency tests * Ottawa-Gatineau cyclists urged to sign up for free mapping app * Strava Heatmap * BATTERIES THAT LAST A LIFETIME!? * Homeopathy officially recognized by Swiss government as legitimate medicine to coexist with conventional medicine * Naturopathy Story in Canada * The ColdFx Class-Action
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After discussing Justin Trudeau's quick explainer on quantum computing, the guys delve into iOS, macOS, Android N, and BlackBerry woeOS. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Warby Parker. Visit warbyparkertrial.com/future today; get a great deal on your next pair of glasses, and help support the show. Links: * Quantum Computing Videos * More on the Screening Room * FBI paid professional hackers one-time fee to crack San Bernardino iPhone * Apple dropped a big hint that OS X will soon become ‘MacOS’ * Android N is already really fast and fluid, with some inevitable bugs * BlackBerry plans to release two mid-range Android smartphones in 2016 * Vancouver building with $60/year heating costs
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This week, after fawning over Elon Musk, Rob and Mike go deep on the inherent shelf life of technology, especially in the Internet of Things. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Warby Parker. Visit warbyparkertrial.com/future today; get a great deal on your next pair of glasses, and help support the show. Links: * SpaceX HD landing cam * Revolv dies, with peoples' smart home dreams * Nest engineer's rant about Nest * Google Graveyard
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The gang talk tech April Fools jokes, whether real silly or unbelievable products released on April 1 still count as April Fools, and Microsoft forces us to hold a mirror to ourselves by releasing Tay. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Warby Parker. Visit warbyparkertrial.com/future today; get a great deal on your next pair of glasses, and help support the show. Links: * How to mute a conversation without Mic Drop * The FBI didn't need Apple after all. * CRISPR cures HIV * T-Mobile reportedly set to launch data-only plans on March 30 * ‘Ryan’s Law’ proposed to allow you to cancel Comcast online with one click * Rogers brings full Sportsnet content to cord cutters for $25 per month * Microsoft's Tay * Nick's Exclusive iPhone SE Interview
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Nick catches up with Cleo, for her thoughts on the iPhone SE. Check out the episode of the podcast where we discuss this interview here (Episode 93). Click the icon below to listen.
Rob and Mike talk backups, comments, and touch on the new iPhone SE. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Warby Parker. Visit warbyparkertrial.com/future today; get a great deal on your next pair of glasses, and help support the show. Links: * Engadget turns off comments * Civil Comments
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This week, the three of us go deep on the economics of big companies, to try to figure out why successful tech companies end up so deeply scrutinized. And of course, we talk a lot about ISPs. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Warby Parker. Visit warbyparkertrial.com/future today; get a great deal on your next pair of glasses, and help support the show. Links: * Google's AlphaGo AI beats Lee Se-dol again to win Go series 4-1 * New ISP in Alberta (a la TekSavvy) * Netflix CEO Reed Hastings says blocking region-switching proxy services is ‘the maturation of Internet TV’ * Comcast offers gigabit cable for $70 a month with contract, $140 without * Wireless providers allow minors to authorize extra data charges, Marketplace finds
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Vegan bacon flavouring made from seaweed, a possible bacterial solution to our plastic problem, and we finally settle the self-driving vs. bus crash (unless we get new evidence). This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Warby Parker. Visit warbyparkertrial.com/future today; get a great deal on your next pair of glasses, and help support the show. Links: * Mars InSight mission gets new life after seismometer failure * Brazilian food guide * SEAWEED BACON KALE!? * Scientists Have Discovered a Bacteria That's Evolved to Eat Plastic * Older Plastic Eating Bacteria Paper * $50 to Stream New Releases Still in Theaters * AlphaGO * The bike Rob's probably going to get * The bike I wish I could get * Watch the moment a self-driving Google car sideswipes a bus * Our Twitter conversation on the bus kerfuffle
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This week, apparently you can legally stream TV off the Internet now, Math is good and English is...bad?..., and we mostly all use social media to keep up with the world these days. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Warby Parker. Visit warbyparkertrial.com/future today; get a great deal on your next pair of glasses, and help support the show. Links: * Chevrolet dealers offering free Android Auto update for select vehicles * Google's Self-Driving Car Caused Its First Accident * Slack’s new voice and video chat features are rolling out now * Kanye West caught using Pirate Bay to download music software * Viruses Have Their Own Version of CRISPR * FREE TV FOR LIFE!? * Down With Algebra II * Mobile Water Purifier * TD Canada Trust's new mobile payments solution supports Visa cards without the need for a NFC SIM | MobileSyrup.com
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We got to see Nick react live to the Reimer trade, then we talked about ad-blocking and paywalls, and compared diet strategies. Big week. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * What is a Quart? * Space X Scrubbed, moved to today or tomorrow * Google Contributor * Why one woman stole 47 million academic papers — and made them all free to read * “Dangerous paleo diet” study is ragged with holes | Ars Technica
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We're back after a 3 week hiatus to talk about electric planes, the LIGO discovery of gravitational waves, and Apple's encryption stance with the FBI. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * Paypal stops accepting payments for geo-spoofing services * Virgin Galactic's New Ship * Elon's Vertical Takeoff Electric Plane * Calgary Solar Power Stats * Canada's Renewable Energy Future * LIGO and Gravitational Waves * Apple Encryption * Apple's New FAQ on Apple's website * Consipiracy Study * Conspiracy Study Refutement
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On the show this week, Rob talks about space, Nick learns a little bit more about CRISPR, and Mike catches us up on the latest in mobile news. By the way, we're on a brief hiatus for the next three weeks, so we'll see you again around Feb 21st (just in time for Mobile World Congress; sorry Nick!). This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * S Pen Fixed * Picture of S Pen fix w/ a potato * Carriers implementing small cell towers * Hyperloop breaks ground * Netflix begins blocking proxy users * Bell and CRTC square off * SpaceX almost made it * The star that isn't surrounded by aliens isn't surrounded by comets either * CRISPR on Wikipedia * More about CRISPR * This American Life on CRISPR * New planet predicted * NASA press release on new planet * New Mersenne Prime * Interview with Dr. Cooper about new prime * Explanation of prime discovery * Ford SmartDeviceLink * Ford debuts Fordpay * Relevant XKCD - Standards * Brightest supernova ever seen
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The show this week is all about Rob's frustration with cable/internet packages, more ways cities are going green, and good reasons kids should be learning to code. Go and check out the Withings Aura, a way to help you get to sleep and wake up more easily, as well as to track your sleeping patterns. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show Links: * Netflix 'trying' to stop proxy users * Crave TV available to all * Tantalizing new particle at CERN * Feedback: The Music - Volume 1 * Cable companies must offer pick-and-pay for cable channels * Portland's hydro-electric solution * Google's big new Canadian office * Singing Banana - James Grime on YouTube * Standup Maths - Matt Parker on YouTube * Numberphile on YouTube * F.lux's letter to Apple * Go and check out the Withings Aura
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This week's extra-long episode of Future Chat contains discussion about brand new elements for our periodic table, the tiny fraction of new interesting tech at CES this year, and a long discussion about NFC and its future in Canada. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * Microsoft preparing data-only SIM cards * John Legere and BingeOn * EFF BingeOn Research * More rumours Apple is dropping the headphone jack * Falcon 9 trying another ocean landing * LG rolled up OLED display * Garmin announces cycling-focused Varia Vision heads-up display * Manmade tidal lagoon * IUPAC new elements * Interactive Periodic Table * More on the new elements * New particle discovered at CERN * PBS Space Time on YouTube (go watch!) * New Canadian ISS Project * Mike's NFC Concerns * New Cardberry App
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We're back from the break, to catch up on all the mobile news we missed, and to talk about hockey and coffee. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * Falcon 9 is ready for re-launch * Ford looks to build self-driving car with Google * Interesting LG G5 'Magic Slot' * Roam Mobility's new data-only plans * Project Fi supports data-only plans * Sugar Mobile - An MVNO with an app * New method to purify water with a polymer * Shaw is buying Wind Mobile * Comcast and T-Mobile concerns over net neutrality * Verizon will cover your carrier switching costs * Coffee swings back to being good for you
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Rob's epic Facebook rant, climate change prevention might actually be a thing again, and glycemic index isn't all it's made out to be. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: * Ceres' bright spots are getting figured out * SpaceX trying Falcon 9 again on Dec 19 * Diesel that emits less CO2 (is the headline) * Rob's Blog Post - I still hate Facebook * Facebook video freebooting and other associated problems (Hello Internet, Smarter Every Day, Veritasium, Kurzgesazt) * The Paris climate change agreement * Record cold weather is still a thing (in the last place you'd expect) * Cross Country Canada is now playable online * Blood sugar and response to different foods * DNews - Diets and glycemic index
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A new phase of carbon that's harder than diamond, Porsche gets into the electric car game, and more bad news for owners of unlimited data plans. Links: * Update on Thirty Meter Telescope * New hi-res photos of Pluto from NASA * iPhone 7 headphone jack follow-up * New phase of carbon * Porsche is building an electric car * Top Gear: Petrol vs. Electric * AT&T is upping the unlimited plan's cost * The Play Store will let you pay with partial credit now
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Blue Origin and Jeff Bezos are keeping up with the Musks, Rob talks hygiene experiments, and the new iPhone will probably have a headphone jack, but maybe not in the way you think. Links: * Blue Origin Test Flight * Blue Origin Press Release * Neil DeGrasse Tyson Says Private Companies Won't Get To Mars * Future Sci Chat 10 | Health * GM Mosquitos * GM Mosquito Paper * Future Chat 66 | First Mosquito Mention
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Tesla offers best recall ever, the FDA approves GM salmon, and raisins might not be the best indicator of motivation for students. Links: * Teslas are being recalled to fix a seatbelt bolt * FDA's first approved genetically modified meat * Paper on raisin experiment * Article on raisin experiment * Comcast announced streaming service doesn't count towards data cap * NASA orders crewed missions from SpaceX for 2017
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Learning that the food industry is all about sugar, more interesting alternative energy, and useful ways to turn anti-vaxxers back to the light. Links: * Scientists discuss discussing their work * Arthur McDonalds wins ANOTHER Physics prize * Google Maps gets offline support * T-Mobile's Binge On * Protein Cheerios are just Cheerios with more sugar * FDA proposes new sugar limits * Attrell Update - How companies add sugar and salt to food * Cod on the east coast is coming back * Garbage to biofuel in Edmonton * E-bike generator for the developing world * How to change an anti-vaxxer's mind * Whooping Cough in Manitoba * The Fields Medal goes to a woman for the first time! * Nick's pepper progess
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All about the scientific implications of Canada's new government, good and bad energy updates from around the world, and Nick actually likes a new smartphone. Has the world gone topsy-turvy? Stick around until the end for a Snapchat explainer you won't want to miss. Links: * Nick's pepper plant tweet * Alberta's electricity production * Ontario's electricity production * Government unmuzzles scientists * Canada gets serious about science * Harjit Sajjan's gas mask patent * Mandatory long-form census is back * BlackBerry Priv is back * Kenya's geothermal activity * Morocco aims for solar superpower status * China's coal emissions much worse than they said * Favourite is now like on Twitter
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The real cancer risk is due to ignorance rather than meat, we get energy in ways that kill a LOT of people, and how technology is changing the ways we learn. Links: * If you want to see Nick's costume, you'll have to be his friend on Facebook. So go find him and add him! * Rob in a onesie * Tesla Autopilot is learning fast * Drivers are good at hitting self-driving cars * 'Alien' structure could be distorted star * Vegetarianism isn't worth it * Example of 'DST Thinkpiece' * Cancer from processed meat? Yes, but... * Android and Chrome OS get closer * T-Mobile may get unlimited video streaming * Sprint's new 'unlimited' plan * 'Alien DNA' in octopi * Energy 'Deathprints' * Learning via technology * Airbnb one step closer to legalizing in Ontario * Using Twitter to measure MRI expectations * Ion belt on Kickstarter
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There's a possible alien spacecraft coming to Earth next month (maybe), YouTube is pushing hard for its new subscription service, YouTube Red, and Mythbusters is currently filming its last season. Links: * The new Subway Footlong * Tesla Autopilot outside the US * Space debris touches down * Tesla and Consumer Reports * YouTube Red * Is YouTube being a "bully"? No * Planet Money 386 - The power of free * Western Digital Unsecure Encyption * Powers of 2 - Numberphile * More quantum spookiness * Google Maps on mobile adding detours * MythBusters is ending its run next year * Carbon nanotubes found in lungs * Shyp without addresses
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The kilogram gets defined for real, antioxidants aren't all great, and self-driving cars hit the Great White North. Also, the Martian. Links: * Dell unveils new 2 in 1 laptops * Toshiba hybrid laptops * New planet probably doesn't have aliens * The other new planet * ZTE device leasing program * We finally have a kilogram definition * New human remains discovered in China * Antioxidants linked to cancer growth * Ontario tests self-driving cars come 2016 * New Coffee Tree Species * BLOCKS modular smartwatch * New Netflix Movie * Easter egg on Android Marshmallow page
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On this episode, Mike and Rob discuss the Canadian Nobel Prize winner in Physics, Microsoft's latest announcements, and the slow disappearance of unlimited plans. Links: * New Homo naledi research * Driverless cars are too cautious * 95% of Europe's diesels fail emissions tests * Nobel Prize for neutrino work * ASAP Science - The War On Science * Unlimited data plans get more expensive * Liquid crystals could illuminate signs of Alzheimer's * Tesla goes into Autopilot on Thursday * Peeple's is pointless * The 'Rubber Duck' Comet * Charon has cryovolcanoes * Facebook expands the 'like' * Reddit launches upvoted.com * More concerns over industry-backed research * RBC launches voice certified telephone banking
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This week, Mike and Rob go over the week's Google announcements, debate the implications of water on Mars, and fantasize about buying an SUV from Tesla. Links: * New Chromecasts * Google Keep on iOS * The new Tesla Model X * Supermoon Eclipse Photo * Pebble's Round Smartwatch * Pokemon Go for mobile
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This week, we talk about the European diesel emissions scandal, Rob might not fully understand the conflicts in the Middle East, and we have a new ancestral cousin. Links: * VW Emissions Software Scandal * BMW Might Also Be Involved in Emissions Scandal * Siberian Frankenvirus * Verizon Tests First 5G Network * Flooding Helps California's Water Table * First Withdrawal from Svalbard * Svalbard on Vodka & Equations * Surprising Predator-Prey Results * How Wolves Change Rivers (YouTube) * Fido's New Tablet Plans * Last In, First Out - Can This Queueing System Work? * New Species Discovered - Naledi (Research) * Naledi - National Geographic (YouTube) * Naledi - SciShow (YouTube)
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On this week's show, we talk data plans, smartening your old appliances, and the next steps for Uber. Stay tuned for the after-show (1:35:00 or so), where we discuss the benefits and ills of auto-play video in social networking. Links: * Chrysler mails USB security patch * Toyota teams up with MIT and Stanford for car AI * More details on new Tesla pricing * Public Mobile Phone Plans * Acer Continuum Windows 10 Phone * Android Wear with iOS * Smart-en your old appliances * Powerstream Backup Solution * Chrome hogs less memory now * Chrome extension - The Great Suspender * New Video Standards by Netflix, Google Amazon, etc. * XKCD 927: Standards * Uber Drivers class-action suit * Uber e-commerce and deliveries * Giga-Selfies
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On this week's show, we agree non-Celiac gluten sensitivity probably isn't a real thing, electric, self-driving cars will be all over our roads soon, and space elevators likely won't work. Links: * Harperman Protest Song * Project Soli fingertip "Wearable" dev kits * Tesla breaks Consumer Reports review scale * Google Car vs. trackstanding biker * Cyanide in apples, not arsenic * Gluten sensitivity probably not real * Many psychology studies called into question * Samsung S Pen saga * University of Michigan autonomous test track * BMW going all-electric within 10 years * Hacking into a Jeep * 1 billion Facebook users in 24 hours * Canadian company working on space elevator * Letter from NASA administrator to Congress
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This week, Rob is back from his honeymoon, we catch up each others' lives, Google Alphabet news, and discuss new UK research on vaping. Links: * Soylent and the law * Future Tech Chat #24 - Google Y * Project Ara drop tests * Google's New OnHub router * E-cigarettes are "safer" than tobacco * Smoking vs. Vaping - ASAP Science * SETI gets $100 million boost
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In this episode, we discuss the possible coming shortage of medical isotopes and decay rates, we learn a little about Nick's work with gold, and we can't all tell hoppy beers apart. We're on vacation (wedding/honeymoon/vacations, etc.) for a month after this episode, so we'll catch up with you in late August! Enjoy the rest of your summer! Links: * Pluto is bigger than we thought * Mountains on Pluto * Close-ups of Pluto and Charon * Comcast Streaming TV * Solar Impulse 2 grounded * Google Car Injuries * Shortages of medical isotopes * Does nuclear decay depend on temperature? * Nanowire supercapacitors * Charmonium Pentaquarks * Gold nanoparticles at Dal * Near-Earth platinum asteroid * Facebook's "digital assistant" * Beer yeast used in chocolate * The flimsy science of wine tasting * Ask Rob: Coffee * New iPods released * Why the new iPods might be interesting * Discovering how poppies make morphine
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In this episode, we discussed T-Mobile's new Uncarrier US-Canada-Mexico roaming plans, Sweden buying trash from Norway, and Mike doesn't believe you could forget hitting a moose. We'll see Mike, we'll see... Links: * Pluto's Dark Side * Reacting To Technology With Age * Self-Destructing Mosquitos * Solar Impulse Flight * T-Mobile Uncarrier Roaming Policy * Giant Robot Fight * CDC Guide To Bad Studies * 1000x Thinner Solar Cells * Sweden Buys Trash From Norway To Recycle * How A City Goes Broke - NPR * Moose Collisions And Memory Problems * xkcd 242 - The Difference (Are You A Scientist?) * Climate Goals From Big Countries * IBM 7 nm Transistors * Left Turns In Google Maps - NYC Letter * Your Phone Can Be A Spectrometer * Letters In A Genetic Alphabet * See The New P and Z Nucleotides * Picobrew - New Brewing Machine
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This week on the show, we discuss all the latest goings on around Pluto, the ramifications of the leap second, and how you might not get Windows 10 for a while. Links: * ISS Finally Get New Supplies * New Horizon Glitch * New Horizons Back Online * Leap Second * Tom Scott Explains Leap Seconds * All The Recent Leap Seconds * Global IP Instability Around Leap Second * Windows 10 Won't Come All At Once * TransAlta Uses The Powerwall * USA Uses More Solar Than We Thought * XKCD On Gas Prices * Cuba Eliminates HIV In Newborns * Google Glass Enterprise * latest-images-of-pluto-from-new-horizons * Time: No, There's Probably No Life on Philae
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This week, the latest Falcon 9 launch is unsuccessful, Rob talks all about his week on Soylent, and we revisit mobile phone corner. We also try a moment of silence on a podcast, so the episode isn't over. If you like the new, more compact format of the show, please do let us know (even though it didn't end up so compact this week [we love you Falcon 9]). Links: * Video of last Falcon 9 Failed Landing * Falcon 9 Failure * Repairing Wings Mid-Flight * Arrested Development - Bees * Canadian Brain Drain * Soylent * Soylent Nutritional FAQ * US TV Networks Unbundling Canadian Cable * Growing Your Own Yeast * Mobilicity Bought By Rogers * New Internet Package In Manitoba * Song About Winnipeg? * CRTC Taking Comments On Net Neurality * Crazy Chocolate Cake Study * New Guidelines for Science from Science * New RF Oven Concept * No More California Vaccine Exemption * NASA Funding Aerospace Research * Pluto's Got a Bright Spot Too
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This week, storing electricity like plants do, we try DuckDuckGo, and no more trans fats. And, find out how Mike trying FlexDelivery has gone so far, and Rob is going to be trying Soylent this week. Links: * More Crowdfunded PhD Research * Hyperloop Design Contest * 3D-printed Rhino Horn * Novel Solar Energy Storage In The Grid * Nano-robots That Deliver Drugs * Birds Are Just Tiny Dinosaurs * Birds & Dinosaurs * FDA Bans Trans Fats * DuckDuckGo Usage Skyrockets * DuckDuckGo * Self-Healing Concrete * Robots Build 3D-printed Bridge * Microsoft Wifi * Canada Post FlexDelivery * Soylent
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This week, we talk sexiness in science labs, really old dinosaur blood cells, and so so much space news. Links: * Hyperloop Agreements Secured * Glimpse at Hyperloop Design * More on the Right to Repair * Sexism in Science & #DistractinglySexy * Saturn's New HUGE Ring * 75 Million Year-Old Dino Blood Cells * Wifi-Powered Camera Demonstrated * Google's Sidewalk Labs * Philae Has Woken Up * OpenEars Kickstarter Project * Russia & China Break Snowden's Encrypted Files * Better Solar Storm Forecasting * Nano-Rasperries * Bill Nye's LightSail * NDP Petition - Standing Up For Science * Liberal Petition - Stand Up For Science
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In this episode, we talk about the newly discovered link between the brain and the immune system, give a look ahead to WWDC this week, and find out about Nick's secretive Liberal agenda in the aftershow. Links: * Rob's Blue Thing * Missing Link Between Brain and Immune System Found! * This Gay Marriage Study Is A Fraud * Amazon's Free Shipping * Large Hadron Collider Is Back Online * Android M Will 'Nap' Unused Apps * A Single Blood Test Can Determine Your Viral History * New Electronic Bicycle Shifters * Nanocellulose Batteries From Trees * Voicemail Is The Worst * Rob's Voicemail Message Recording
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In this episode, we discuss our favourite new things from Google I/O, go deeper on bike lanes, and we determine Mike would be a terrible research dictator in a conversation about physical vs. mental attraction. Links: * Audi's New Synthetic Biofuel * Alberta's New Natural Gas Plant * NPR: Will Your Job Be Automated * Planet Money on NPR * Why We Should Have More Bike Lanes * Bus vs. Bikes vs. Cars * Chocolate ≠ Weight Loss * Men Value Intelligence and Symmetry Over Boobs and Legs * Cortana on Android and iOS * Apple's New "Proactive" Search * Why Swiss Cheese Has Holes * Montreal Is Becoming A Smart City * Don't Wash Clothes In Warm Water
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This week, we talk Let's Talk Science funding, wind turbines with no blades, and look forward to Google I/O later in the week. Links: * Humans Suck At Driving * Let's Talk Science Gets New Funding * Record-breaking Stone Tools Found * Seismic Signals Used To Track Explosions * Genetic Engineers Build Kill-Switch * Spyware Shows Up In App Stores * Bladeless Wind Turbines * Google IoT Platform 'Brillo' * XKCD - Competing Standards * Google Tone Extension * Recent Update to Google Hangouts * Get Google Hangouts * The 'Food Babe' Is Totally Wack * Bigger Roads Mean More Cars * CBC's The Irrelevant Show - Calgary Biking
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This week, are Google cars less safe than human-driven ones, Nick uses his pirate voice several times, and we all lust after $1000 blenders (or do we?). Links: * Google's Driverless Car Report * Better beer with Fizzics * Windows 10 Changes Stance on Pirates * Editorial about perceived slowness using Google Chrome * Killing Cancer with the help of femtolasers * Futuristic skateboard - OneWheel * Weird antimatter discovery in thunderstorm * We should all be Zipper Merging * High-End Blenders and the new must-have * The New Best Buy Marketplace
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In this episode, Tesla goes gangbusters, it's zeppelins vs. dirigibles, and trucks are driving themselves in Nevada. Get excited, because we'll be delivering this one to a Canada Post near you! Links: * Tesla Powerwall Sold Out Through 2016 * Gigafactory Not Big Enough * Hawaii Telescope Debate Essay from Slate * Made for Apple Watch Program * Tesla Model 3 Timeline * UK Airships Study * Canada Post New FlexDelivery * Nanotube-infused Spider Webs * Self-driving Trucks on Nevada Highways
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This week, Rob gets a new job, we discuss Microsoft's Build conference (much to Nick's chagrin), Tesla's big new battery, and how a woolly mammoth burger would taste. Links: * Microsoft Continuum * HoloLens Update * Microsoft Band gets web apps * Tesla Batteries * Tesla Press Release * Fresh water with solar power * More on Electrodialysis (Wiki) * Renewable Diesel from Audi * Woolly Mammoth DNA Research * YouTube making original TV * Walking vs. sitting at work - Study
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In this episode, we discuss Google's new mobile network, Google Fi, the possible "cure" for asthma, and decide whether buying a field Roomba (aka a tractor) means you own it. Links: * Trek Bike Recall * Recall RSS Feed * Android Wear Update * Lower-calorie rice * Tesla Battery Event * Canada's Google Anti-Trust Investigation * Google Fi * John Deere DMCA Inquiry * Asthma "Cure" * Wind Turbines are "Annoying", study finds * New Largest Supervoid * More on Cybersecurity * Dark Matter is getting closer * What makes up the universe? * Twitter Limits Abusive Powers
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This week on Future Chat, we were joined by a special guest, Christopher Johnson! We talked about the Apple Watch try-ons and Apple Pay, NASA and SpaceX, and the intersection of politics and new media. Links: * Apple Pay and Canada's Banks * Curiosity Hits Blue Gold...aka Water * Elon Musk on Twitter * NASA will be getting humans to Mars * Hillary Clinton in Chipotle * Open Office Docs in Dropbox * Google Anti-Trust Fines in EU * Cheryl's Birthday
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We're back with Season 2 of Future Chat. We're well rested and chatted about giant telescopes, the end of Soylent flatulence, and tiny, tiny "computers". We're so glad to be back, be sure to go tell a friend about Future Chat! Links: * New 30 m Telescope * Hawaiians don't like the 30 m telescope * AT&T Data Theft * Last Week Tonight - Passwords * Aluminum Battery Technology * Soylent Version 1.4 * Liquid Body Armour * Dell XPS Developer Edition with Linux * Rice-sized Computer * More on Fecal Transplants * You Got Served (on Facebook)
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In this episode, we discuss Canadian Open Source science research, updates to nuclear fusion, and dwarf planets. And much, much more! This is the last full Future Chat episode until April, when we begin Season 2, so buckle up! Links: * NSERC & SSHRC Open Access * Hillary Clinton Emails * New Fusion Reactor * Bill Nye on GMOs * Dawn at Ceres * Curiosity Short Circuit * J-Law Movie Streaming Pre-Theatre Release * K-Cup Regrets * Sugar Intake 5-10% of Calories * MOBEO: The Game We Were Talking About
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This week, net neutrality wins big, we debate the validity of hydrogen fueled cars, and maybe "gluten sensitivity" is really a thing. Links: * #TheDress * Net Neutrality Win * Android Pay * Pebble Time on Kickstarter * Toyota Fuel Cell * 5G Cellular * Hyperloop Test Track * More on Hyperloop (Wikipedia) * New Inflight Wifi Tech * Aspartame Studies funded by Big Sweetener * Science of Gluten Sensitivity (we got p-value wrong) * XKCD: P-Values * Emulsifiers and Obesity
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This week, Rob teaches Nick (and Mike) about the security of Apple Pay, we complain about the agglomeration of corporations in the Western World, and debate the future of human space research. Links: * The Math of a House-sized Battery * Samsung Apple Pay competitor * In-Depth on Apple Pay * Canada's Smart Gun * Crowd-sourced Corporate Info App * Corporate Infographic (Who Owns What?) * Jarosite on Mars * Sony Glass Promo * #TAYLORETTE1989
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This week, we discuss the future of electric cars some more, decide if inappropriate drinking will save, or bring down our civilization, and endlessly debate the worthiness of a smell-detecting patent from Google. This one got a little crazy... Links: * Battery to power your home * Crazy-looking Toyota * Can beer ward off dementia? * People trust their opinions over science on science websites * Get your free 2GB from Google * Ruth Bader-Ginsburg nods off at State of the Union * Objectively stupid smell patent
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This week, net neutrality has a fighting chance, Google Glass starts over, and we have more than one story about poop. Links: * WhatsApp Voice * Net Neutrality * More on anti-terrorism bill C-51 * Organism that hasn't evolved * Explain XKCD 892 - Null Hypothesis * Poop Transplant Obesity * There's Gold in that there sewage! * Ubuntu Phone gets a release date! * The word "oxt"
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This week, we follow up on Windows 10, the Internet gets better in the US, and scientists can't get no respect. Links: * No Free Windows 10 Enterprise * Unboiling an Egg * FTC Throttling * FCC Redefines Broadband * IIHS Report on Death Rates * Ugly Mercedes-Benz * Drone Shooting Roman Candles * Everyone Disagrees with Scientists * Avian Flu Hits Canada * Bill C-51 (developing)
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This week, we get up to speed on the week in Microsoft news, reflect on why people keep using 'password' for security, and dream about Google Voice going mainstream. Links: * Microsoft HoloLens * BPA - No risk? * No more hoaxes on Facebook * Illinois bullying password debacle * The worst passwords are getting better * Public Solar and Wind Lightposts * NHL and GoPro
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This week, more pseudoscience debunking, cool stuff Google's been up to, and are we doing enough to deter fraud as services move online? We record in HD now as well, so enjoy the higher quality audio version of the show here! Links: * BPA-free could still be dangerous * The Town Without Wifi * Google Translate Real-Time Translation * Future Rant #4 - Rogers Troubles * Crowdfunding PhDs * UK Encryption "Ban"
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This week, a CES recap of all our most exciting futuristic tech, lots of science entertainment news, including Discovery Channel, Phil Plait and Neil DeGrasse Tyson, as well as some thoughts on "human" rights for primates. Links: * More on Hoverboards * Self-parking car * Self-driving car * Wireless charging "router" * Wireless standards merger * Wireless earbuds * Discovery vows real content * Hand Sanitizer - BPA absorption * Primate rights
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This week, we covered Back to the Future's view of 2015, and how close we came to that vision, how much of cancer is just bad luck, and what the implications of the Canadian piracy crackdown means for consumers. Links: * The Interview Online Release Numbers * Canadian ISPs Customer Alerts * How much of cancer is "bad luck"? * New Microsoft Browser?! * OnePlus forking Android
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This week, we wrapped up the year in a neat little bow, learned a little bit more about solar power, and mourned Mike's mauling from the wild Alberta bear. Links: * Long Range Induction Charging * Poison Beer - Reddit * Intelligence Squared US: GMO debate * Fat's not bad for you
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We discuss the science and tech movies and trailers that have come out in the last few weeks, get into the nitty-gritty of magnetic induction, and Nick finally gets Teksavvy internet hooked up! Links: * Cafe of the Future * Seawater Powered Model Plane * Gangnam Style 32-bits of views * XKCD on 32-bit Y2K * Sokal Affair * Crazy scientific publications * Stuff You Should Know - Terraforming * Solar Cell Efficiency
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This week on Future Chat, we did an experiment, ran into a few bumps along the way, but overall had a great conversation. FYI, as you will hear, we had some audio issues in this episode (hence the delay from the usual weekend posting). I have cleaned it up as much as I could, but that's what you're hearing.
Links: * Wireless Code of Conduct (Simplified) * New subatomic particles * Higgs Hunters * Premium Milk by Coca Cola * Blu-Ray Solar Panels * Graphene Hybrid Proton Filter * Dry Hopping Beer Tap
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This week's show is a special science AND technology extravaganza. We talked about some scientific and technical applications of light of all energy, from radio waves to gamma rays.
Links: * The Ad Hominem Fallacy - PBS Idea Channel * Why Everything Wireless is 2.4 GHz - Gizmodo * Nocebo - CGP Grey * Stoichiometry - Crash Course * NMR Facility Closing (La Presse)
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In this episode we talked natural vs biotechnological GMOs, Monsanto, and gave a verdict whether GMOs are a positive or negative force in the world.Links: * GMOs can be good (Analysis) * GMO Documentary * Monsanto Wikipedia (LOL: Lots of litigation) * LA Times: Letter on "Natural" * CollegeHumor - Adam Ruins Dogs * 100 Years of Breed "Improvement" * Truck got Stuck - Canola Oil Reference * Rob is famous (in the Toronto area) * CGP Grey on Copyright
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We had a great time this week with the help of Alex from the UK talking about automation. We also had a heated discussion about political science and voting systems. +CGP Grey would be proud of this episode, and you can find links to several of his projects below.
Links: * Teaching programs to program * Humans Need Not Apply * Hello Internet about Humans Need Not Apply * Top Gear Self-Driving Rig Race * Solar Learning TED talk * BoxCar 2D * Genetic Algorithm for walking * CGP Grey Animal Kingdom Voting (Honestly, just watch all of them!)
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On a very special spooky episode of Future Chat, we talked about ghosts, psychics and the psychology of being scared. Stay tuned for the aftershow where we also talk about brunch, a little about religion, and get into a discussion about MRIs, and Rob tries to explain the science of magnetic resonance. Links: * Hello Internet #20. * Russell’s Teapot * CGP Grey - Opinions switching * Crash Course world history * Fool Us * Clarke’s Laws
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On Future Chat this week, we talked about how social media and the Internet can be used and abused during crises and emergencies. We discussed how social media was important to us during the 100 year flood in Calgary last year, and during the Ottawa shooting this past week, as well as in the protests going on in Hong Kong right now. Links: http://blog.robattrell.com/2012/10/the-future-of-morality.html
We talk about this in the aftershow, weirdly it was written 2 years ago today.
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We tackled health this week on Future Chat, with talk of vitamins, the debunking of homeopathy and the placebo effect. We also spent the aftershow coming up with the best way to talk about death for a whole episode, so don't miss it! Links: * Dog Breeds - Collegehumor * Poop Transplants - Minute Earth * Skin Microbiome Post - NY Times*
*I think we took the discussion off the public forum at that point. We are taking a week off next week, but we'll be back in two weeks with all new energy! You can also check out the next episode of Future Tech Chat, live on YouTube next Saturday at 12:30 PM Eastern. We'll be talking about the new Google Y projects, like building a model city of the future (think EPCOT). Click the icon below to listen.
This week on Future Chat, we chatted about Google 2.0, the BIG projects wing of Google Inc. responsible for things as big as building model cities and more efficient airports. We talked a lot about those projects, as well as some big projects that we think they could be working on to improve everybody's life! Links: Google 2.0
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This week on Future Chat, we shared our thoughts on transportation systems of the future, learned a little about the efficiency of various kinds of transportation, and dreamed about how we'd like to get around in the future. We also decided to stay on air for an aftershow this week, so stay tuned for that around the 1 hr mark. We get to talking about the future of the show and request your feedback on what you'd like to see/hear. You can also check out the next episode of Future Tech Chat, live on YouTube next Saturday at 12:30 PM Eastern. We'll be talking about the new Google Y projects, like building a model city of the future (think EPCOT). Click the icon below to listen.