July 2016
Episode 11 - Space Colonies pt 2 - Generation Ships
30/07/16 11:40 Filed in: Space
This week we discuss various ideas, advantages, and challenges of generation ships, the most likely way humans will travel the interstellar vastness short of a breakthrough in warp drives or wormholes.
In the news: more octopi, graphene. Also, be better today than you were yesterday.
News:
Armored octopus:
Octopus armor
2d materials
(Image: REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado)
Generation Ships
(Artist’s concept of an interstellar craft equipped with an EM Drive. Credit: NASA Spaceflight Center)
Links on generation ships and interstellar travel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_ship
http://www.universetoday.com/15403/how-long-would-it-take-to-travel-to-the-nearest-star/
http://www.orbitalvector.com/Interstellar%20Flight/Generation%20Ships/Generation%20Ships.htm
In the news: more octopi, graphene. Also, be better today than you were yesterday.
News:
Armored octopus:
Octopus armor
2d materials
(Image: REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado)
Generation Ships
(Artist’s concept of an interstellar craft equipped with an EM Drive. Credit: NASA Spaceflight Center)
Links on generation ships and interstellar travel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_ship
http://www.universetoday.com/15403/how-long-would-it-take-to-travel-to-the-nearest-star/
http://www.orbitalvector.com/Interstellar%20Flight/Generation%20Ships/Generation%20Ships.htm
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Episode 10 - Space Colonies pt 1
24/07/16 10:21 Filed in: Space
In this first of I don't know how many parts, we take a look at some of the proposed designs for large space stations, as well as some of the hazards of living in space long-term. I also ruminate on the size of the universe
In the news: new brain maps and no love for a unifying theory of everything.
Notes and links:
Brain Maps
No theory of everything yet
Info on large space stations and their technology. And several depictions of these stations, among my favorite kind of sci-fi art.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O%27Neill_cylinder
http://www.orbitalvector.com/Interstellar%20Flight/Generation%20Ships/Generation%20Ships.htm
http://www.adl.gatech.edu/research/tff/radiation_shield.html
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2005/24jun_electrostatics/
In the news: new brain maps and no love for a unifying theory of everything.
Notes and links:
Brain Maps
No theory of everything yet
Info on large space stations and their technology. And several depictions of these stations, among my favorite kind of sci-fi art.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O%27Neill_cylinder
http://www.orbitalvector.com/Interstellar%20Flight/Generation%20Ships/Generation%20Ships.htm
http://www.adl.gatech.edu/research/tff/radiation_shield.html
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2005/24jun_electrostatics/
Episode 9 - Brain-Computer Interfaces
16/07/16 12:26 Filed in: Medical Technology
In this episode we dive in to some computer-chip-in-the-brain ideas, including one that has allowed a man to control his own paralyzed arm. How far can we go with this technology?
In the news: construction bricks grown with microorganisms
Biomason
Nature article on Ian Burkhart, including the video of him playing guitar hero
(photo by Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center/ Battelle)
Other brain-chip links to check out:
http://fusion.net/story/204316/darpa-is-implanting-chips-in-soldiers-brains/
http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/07/tech/brain-memory-implants-humans/index.html
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/513681/memory-implants/
http://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~carmena/index.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroprosthetics
In the news: construction bricks grown with microorganisms
Biomason
Nature article on Ian Burkhart, including the video of him playing guitar hero
(photo by Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center/ Battelle)
Other brain-chip links to check out:
http://fusion.net/story/204316/darpa-is-implanting-chips-in-soldiers-brains/
http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/07/tech/brain-memory-implants-humans/index.html
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/513681/memory-implants/
http://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~carmena/index.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroprosthetics
Episode 8 - Bionics and Prosthetics
10/07/16 09:50 Filed in: Medical Technology
Bionics and Prosthetics
An overview of prosthetics of the past, and current work on bionics and exoskeletons. Advanced medical treatment now, will we chose to have them in the future? Also, news of a tiny bio-robotic stingray, and will octopi take over the world?
News:
Artificial Stingray
Open Bionics
Exoskeletons
An overview of prosthetics of the past, and current work on bionics and exoskeletons. Advanced medical treatment now, will we chose to have them in the future? Also, news of a tiny bio-robotic stingray, and will octopi take over the world?
News:
Artificial Stingray
Open Bionics
Exoskeletons
Episode 7 - Long-Term Music
02/07/16 12:05 Filed in: Music
In this episode we explore a performance of John Cage's As SLow aS Possible that will end in 2640. Also a piece by Jem Finer that will last for 1000 years.
News - The Netherlands nationwide internet of things and The Antarctic ozone hole is healing.
News of the moment:
The Netherlands internet of things
The ozone hole
Main segment:
John Cage and ASLSP (in German, but Google translate is pretty good)
(By Bogaerts, Rob / Anefo - Fotocollectie Anefo. Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, nummertoegang 2.24.01.05, bestanddeelnummer 934-2728., CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40939081)
ASLSP 360 view
Jem Finer and long player
News - The Netherlands nationwide internet of things and The Antarctic ozone hole is healing.
Show notes
News of the moment:
The Netherlands internet of things
The ozone hole
Main segment:
John Cage and ASLSP (in German, but Google translate is pretty good)
(By Bogaerts, Rob / Anefo - Fotocollectie Anefo. Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, nummertoegang 2.24.01.05, bestanddeelnummer 934-2728., CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40939081)
ASLSP 360 view
Jem Finer and long player