Future Lens Podcast

08/01/2021

In the latest episode of Future Lense Today we talk Virtual Reality, Soft Robots and catching rockets out of the sky!

Fututre Lens Today - Virtual Reality Exosuits from Holotron, Soft Robotics, and catching SpaceX rockets as they fall out of the sky.

17/11/2020

🎧 Check out the latest episode of the Future Lens Podcast - Episode 22 - The Global Need For Multi-Pronged Sterilization and Disinfection Protocols! Out Now!

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15/10/2020

15/10/2020

🎧 A brand new episode of Future Lens Today!

https://www.humanatronix.com/future-lens-today/the-age-of-supersonic-is-back-nasa-moonwalking-spacesuits-self-healing-glass

Read along or listen in as we talk about some sweet new technology that feels a lot like the world is coming full circle from all the way back in the 1960s, when moonwalking and supersonic jets were state-of-the-art. We also talk about some of the innovations coming out of Compton where a small San Francisco-based startup is testing out new forms of vertical farming with autonomous robotic farmers being trained and tested in warehouses.

Additionally, some news coming out of silicon valley as Apple makes headlines while filling for new patents for some next-level advanced materials to be used in its mobile phone suite moving forward.

17/07/2020

🎧 Now Streaming - Future Lens: Episode 18 - Alternative Burial Practices - From Ashes to Diamonds and eternal Reefs. https://buff.ly/2Z0Qgdn

A Biodegradable Urn Designed To Turn You Into a Tree In The After-Life.

In 2002, the Bios Urn® went on to be a winner of the ADI FAD design awards, and in the year 2005 it was nominated as a finalist for the INDEX award with a “design to improve life.” During this time, one of the very first Bios Urn® produced was used by the Barcelona zoo to plant the remains of the iconic albino gorilla - known as Little Snowflake - and turned him into an African tree.

In 2013, Gerard launched an internet startup company to market the Bios Urn® online, and more importantly worldwide, with the aim of changing the way in which people face the end of life in a very traditional and conservative sector. While the design has changed over the past decade, the core focus of Bios Urn® has remained the same: to add meaning to this process of life, and return to nature.

It is composed of 100% recycled materials which are locally sourced. It is also produced ethically, and locally. The main offices and warehouse are located in Spain with an additional warehouse in Michigan, US. Since its creation, the Bios Urn® has reached customers in 47 countries in 5 continents.

Learn about this and so much more on the latest Future Lens Podcast Episode on Humanatronix.com, check out the link in bio!

16/07/2020

🎧 Now Streaming - Future Lens Today. In this week’s episode, we take a look at the population numbers of the human race as it begins to trend towards negative, how Zero Mass Water is using solar power to create water in deserts, and some clever robotics in fast-food and in your office. https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/future-lens/id1490765907

16/07/2020

🎧 Now Streaming - Future Lens: Episode 20 - Archeology. https://bit.ly/2ZF7a1m

Turns Out 4 ‘Blank’ Dead Sea Scrolls Actually Have Text

THE 16 PURPORTED fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls in the Museum of the Bible might be fakes, but at least four such fragments housed at the University of Manchester in the UK are the real deal. For decades, those fragments were presumed to be blank, but a new analysis has revealed the existence of actual text, most likely a passage from the book of Ezekiel.

These ancient Hebrew texts—roughly 900 full and partial scrolls in all, stored in clay jars—were first discovered scattered in various caves near what was once the settlement of Qumran, just north of the Dead Sea, by Bedouin shepherds in 1946-1947. Qumran was destroyed by the Romans, circa 73 CE, and historians believe the scrolls were hidden in the caves by a sect called the Essenes to protect them from being destroyed. The natural limestone and conditions within the caves helped preserve the scrolls for millennia; they date back to between the third century BC and the first century CE.

The scrolls are understandably of great historical and archaeological interest. Several of the parchments have been carbon-dated, and synchrotron radiation, among other techniques, has been used to shed light on the properties of the ink used for the text.

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14/07/2020

🎧 Now Streaming - Future Lens: Episode 20 - Archeology. https://bit.ly/2ZF7a1m

Looking Into Our Past Using Technology Of The Future

In this episode of Future Lens our hosts Gord Stencell and Mark Pundzius discuss the future of archaeology and how we’ve changed the way we discover the secrets of the past, how we preserve them, and how we share them.

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13/07/2020

🎧 Now Streaming - Future Lens: Episode 19 - Our Thirst For Water. https://bit.ly/2ZF7a1m

Obtaining Drinking Water By Harvesting It From The Clouds

In dry mountainous and coastal regions with high fog concentration, the CloudFisher collects water from fog and provides a secure supply of drinking water to hundreds of thousands of people.

In January 2017 the expansion of “30 CloudFisher” was launched. 15 collectors were installed in collaboration with local construction companies and organised by the Dar Si Hmad Foundation. Another 15 CloudFisher collectors followed in 2018. This is the world's largest collector park, with 1,682 square metres of mesh space.

The WaterFoundation, who was responsible for the project, commissioned aqualonis with its implementation. The venture was facilitated by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) with the generous support of the Munich Re Foundation and the German Technical and Scientific Association for Gas and Water (DVGW).

Learn about this and so much more on the latest Future Lens Podcast Episode on Humanatronix.com, check out the link in bio!

12/07/2020

🎧 Now Streaming - Future Lens: Episode 15 - Manipulating Matter on an Atomic, Molecular and Supramolecular Scale. https://buff.ly/3dnhyAM

In this episode of Future Lens our hosts Gord Stencell and Mark Pundzius discuss the discoveries and advances being made in the field of nanotechnology and how these will change our approach to monitoring and treating disease, growing crops and tracking manufactured goods. Might an abundance of nanoparticles inevitably become a concern if they accumulate in our waters and in the air that we breathe?

Learn about this and so much more on the latest Future Lens Podcast Episode on Humanatronix.com, check out the link in bio!

11/07/2020

🎧 Now Streaming - Future Lens: Episode 16 - Tech Anxiety. https://buff.ly/2MTta2V

In this episode of Future Lens our hosts Gord Stencell and Mark Pundzius talk about anxiety, when it is triggered, and how technology can often amplify its effects on our day-to-day experiences. Hear how innovators are mitigating anxiety with specially crafted technology designed to help us cope and overcome it, in its many forms.

09/07/2020

🎧 Now Streaming - Future Lens Today. In this week’s episode, we talk about big tech companies and their participation, both good and bad, in the fight for civil rights around the world. This and much more now for free wherever you get your audio content. https://www.humanatronix.com/episode/the-great-firewall-of-censorship-big-tech-business-vs-civil-rights

09/07/2020

🎧 Now Streaming - Future Lens: Episode 19 - Our Thirst For Water. https://bit.ly/2ZF7a1m

An Age-Old Approach For Desalination Using The Power Of The Sun

Sunny Clean Water is developing a highly efficient solar still, a device that uses the power of the sun to clean and desalinate water.

The company’s current prototype — about the size of a mini fridge — uses sunlight and dark nanofabric materials to evaporate water, leaving behind salt, germs, dirt and other foreign matter. Then, the water condenses back into a liquid state in a clean container.

This patent-pending system is able to evaporate water three times faster than the natural evaporation rate, says Qiaoqiang Gan, PhD, associate professor of electrical engineering in the UB School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

Sunny Clean Water’s technology could help solve two global market needs: First, the device could broaden access to drinking water, including in developing areas and regions facing temporary shortages due to causes including natural disasters.

Learn about this and so much more on the latest Future Lens Podcast Episode on Humanatronix.com, check out the link in bio!

08/07/2020

🎧 Now Streaming - Future Lens: Episode 19 - Our Thirst For Water. https://bit.ly/2ZF7a1m

Last year the world fought some of the world’s worst forest fires across the west coast of North America and across Australia. California was struggling to find available sources of water it could use to fight these fires, while some organizations are fighting to remove water as a human right, such as Nestle. In this episode of Future Lens our hosts Gordon Stencell and Mark Pundzius discuss the future of water and how over 30% of the human population is affected by water scarcity, and what companies around the world are doing to solve this critical issue.

Learn about this and so much more on the latest Future Lens Podcast Episode on Humanatronix.com, check out the link in bio!

08/07/2020

🎧 Now Streaming - Future Lens: Episode 18 - Alternative Burial Practices - From Ashes to Diamonds and eternal Reefs. https://buff.ly/2Z0Qgdn

Spin Tunes To Awaken Memories

An existential concept Leach concocted after his mom started working with funeral directors, the UK company “And Vinyly” will press cremation ashes into the working sides of a vinyl record for you.

“I was amazed by how little I or any of my friends had even properly considered or accepted our own mortality, and how incredibly sheltered many of us are from death and conversations around it,” Leach told BBC of his venture. “It was not intended to be a business. It was the result of having a bit of fun with what at the time felt like a shocking and disconcerting inevitability.”

Leach says that customers have requested a wide range of recordings for the specialized discs, from personal conversations to the simple but distant sound of crackling vintage vinyl. On the occasion that a client is looking to have certain songs and music added to the records, the company has found that most copyright holders are fine with the process.

Learn about this and so much more on the latest Future Lens Podcast Episode on Humanatronix.com, check out the link in bio!

03/07/2020

🎧 Now Streaming - Future Lens: Episode 16 - Tech Anxiety. https://buff.ly/2MTta2V

In this episode of Future Lens our hosts Gord Stencell and Mark Pundzius talk about anxiety, when it is triggered, and how technology can often amplify its effects on our day-to-day experiences. Hear how innovators are mitigating anxiety with specially crafted technology designed to help us cope and overcome it, in its many forms.

01/07/2020

🎧 Now Streaming - Future Lens: Episode 17 - Emerging Waste Management Technologies. https://buff.ly/3enWHxK

Green Farming Practices are Becoming Part of the Recycling Culture in Seoul

The number of urban farms or community gardens in Seoul has increased sixfold in the past seven years. They now total 170 hectares - roughly the size of 240 football fields. Most are sandwiched between apartment blocks or on top of schools and municipal buildings. One is even located in the basement of an apartment block. It is used to grow mushrooms.

The city government provides between 80% and 100% of the start-up costs. As well as providing food, proponents of the scheme say urban farms bring people together as a community in areas where residents are often isolated from one another. The city authorities are planning to install food waste composters to support urban farms.

In spite of this success, some people argue that South Koreans will need to change their eating habits, if they are really going to make a dent in their food waste.

Learn about this topic and much more on the latest Future Lens Podcast episode on Humanatronix.com.

29/06/2020

🎧 Now Streaming - Future Lens: Episode 18 - Alternative Burial Practices - From Ashes to Diamonds and eternal Reefs. https://buff.ly/2Z0Qgdn

Hard pressed for an after death gift

The company name ‘Lonité’ originates from ‘Longévité’ in Swiss French, which translates to last in time. Diamonds after death is one aspect of this idea. The technological beginnings of LONITE AG date back to the early 1950s, when scientists learned you can turn ashes into diamonds using High-Pressure High-Temperature anvils.

Your memorial diamond can reflect the loved one's personality and charm so that becoming a diamond after death continues their presence in your life.

Turning cremation ashes into diamonds is possible because Carbon [C] accounts for 18% of the human body and diamonds are crystallized carbon. Cremation diamonds are genuine diamonds grown by using the carbon contained within hair or cremation ashes.

Learn about this and so much more on the latest Future Lens Podcast Episode on Humanatronix.com, check out the link in bio!