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Apr 22, 2015

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Nuclear power is used for giant vehicles like aircraft carriers or stealthy ones like submarines, but why isn't it everywhere? Could you have a nuclear-powered car? Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

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Apr 22, 2015

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It's about technology. It's about humanity. It's about our future. It's Fw:Thinking.

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Forward Momentum: Welcome to Fw:Thinking: What is Fw:Thinking all about? What topics will the show cover? What future tech are you looking forward to? Join Lauren, Jonathan and Joe as they introduce the concept behind Fw:Thinking. by Fw:Thinking
9 min listen
No More Waking Up in a Bathtub Full of Ice: How could 3D printers eliminate the need for organ donors? What are the benefits of printing human tissue? What progress has been made so far? Join Jonathan, Lauren and Joe as they explore the future of printed organs. by Fw:Thinking
12 min listen
My So Called Lifecasting: Why do we keep diaries? What is lifecasting? Will we one day have a full record of our lives we can share with whomever we like? by Fw:Thinking
30 min listen
What You Don't Know About Stress Could Kill You: What is stress's effect on the body? What are some long-term effects of stress? What are some ways to deal with stress? by Fw:Thinking
51 min listen
Building the Brain-Prosthesis Interface: How have prosthetic interfaces evolved over time? Is it possible to control an artificial limb through thought alone? What is the future of prosthetics using brain-computer interfaces? Join the conversation with Jonathan, Joe and Lauren. by Fw:Thinking
21 min listen
Zoom and Enhance: Is what we see in the movies possible, can you really zoom and enhance? What are some of the ways we manipulate digital photos and video? What is light field capture and what can it do? by Fw:Thinking
42 min listen
Weird Ways to Generate Electricity: What is a plasma waste converter? How can a virus generate electricity? What does the Waste Annihilating Molten Salt Reactor do? Join Jonathan, Joe and Lauren as they explore some unorthodox methods of energy production. by Fw:Thinking
30 min listen
Maximum Overclock: Could autonomous cars save lives? How will autonomous cars protect against malfunctions, viruses and cyber-attacks? Will we be able to retain autonomy and privacy in an age of computerized vehicles? Listen in to learn more. by Fw:Thinking
20 min listen
The Internet of Things: More Efficient Than You: Is the Internet of Things more than just customizable environments? How will it impact the efficiency of civic and industrial systems? What will these changes mean for you and me? Listen in to learn more. by Fw:Thinking
15 min listen
Time for a Definition: What exactly is time? Why is time difficult to define? How did Einstein define time? Learn more about time as Jonathan, Lauren and Joe nail down the interpretations, descriptions and definitions of this notoriously difficult-to-define concept. by Fw:Thinking
21 min listen
Brother Can You Spare a 01100100?: What is digital currency? Is digital currency safe? What makes a currency legitimate? Join the conversation in this episode of Fw:Thinking. by Fw:Thinking
30 min listen
Look Ma, No Hands!: Do self-driving cars represent a threat to the automotive culture so many people enjoy? Will autonomous cars always have a manual override function? How will these vehicles change the way we think about transportation in general? Tune in to learn more. by Fw:Thinking
17 min listen
Net-Zero Energy Skyscrapers: A Tall Order: What does it mean for a building to be net-zero energy? What does passive solar mean? What techniques can architects use to reduce energy consumption? Join the conversation with Jonathan, Joe and Lauren. by Fw:Thinking
26 min listen
A Salty Podcast: What is desalination? What are the two main desalination techniques? Why is desalination not an idea solution for water shortages? Learn more about desalination with Jonathan, Joe and Lauren. by Fw:Thinking
21 min listen
Building With Bacteria: How can bacteria produce chemicals like isoprene? What is gold chloride and how can bacteria turn it into pure gold? What are some applications of genetically-modified bacteria? by Fw:Thinking
31 min listen
Hollywood Ruined Holograms: How are holograms made? Why is the typical science fiction portrayal of holograms unrealistic? What are some other 3-D visualization techniques? Join Jonathan, Lauren and Joe as they take a closer look at the nuts and bolts of 3-D visualization. by Fw:Thinking
29 min listen
Putting Holograms to Work: Are there medical applications of holograms? How can holograms help us observe cellular activity? Can holograms help firefighters see through flames? Join the conversation as Jonathan, Lauren and Joe delve into the world of holograms. by Fw:Thinking
21 min listen
Cold Hard Cashless: Why do we have cash in the first place? What are the hurdles a society must overcome to go cashless? What is the future of cash? Learn more about the future of cash with Joe, Lauren and Jonathan. by Fw:Thinking
31 min listen
The Circle of H2O: What is the water cycle? When we waste water are we really losing it? Why is conservation so important? Join Lauren, Joe and Jonathan for the second part of their series on water. by Fw:Thinking
14 min listen
A Relatively Timely Podcast: What does the theory of relativity have to do with time? Why would it be hard to synchronize time between Earth and space travelers? Is it even possible to have a standard time once you leave Earth? Learn more about time with Joe, Jonathan and Lauren. by Fw:Thinking
21 min listen
Big Applications for Big Data: How is big data being used today? How can big data predict flu outbreaks? Could law enforcement use big data to predict crimes? by Fw:Thinking
36 min listen
Cyborgs, Ethics and You: If robotic limbs become superior to human ones, will people opt to upgrade through amputation? Is it ethical for a doctor to perform an amputation that isn't medically necessary? What would it take for the hosts to consider getting a robotic limb? by Fw:Thinking
20 min listen
There's a Gene for That: What are gene therapy and gene doping? How do researchers reprogram viruses to carry human genes? Will messing with our genes make us less human? by Fw:Thinking
39 min listen
Bacterial Computers: What is the pancake problem? What is the Hamiltonian path problem? How can bacteria solve these problems? Tune in and learn more. by Fw:Thinking
27 min listen
A Couple of MOOCs: Are online educational courses as effective as traditional classes? What are the different options for distance learning? What is the future of online education? by Fw:Thinking
32 min listen
From Q*bert to Qubits: How does quantum computing work? From superposition to quantum entanglement, we tackle the concepts behind quantum computers and explain what they'd be used to do. by Fw:Thinking
28 min listen
Computers on the Mind: What is a brain-computer interface? How are EEGs used in brain-computer interfaces? What are other ways to have a brain communicate directly with a computer? Learn more with Jonathan, Lauren and Joe. by Fw:Thinking
24 min listen
Caught in a Tractor Beam: How can light pull microscopic objects? What are the different ways scientists can use light to move stuff? What are some applications of these tractor beams? by Fw:Thinking
25 min listen
The Behavior Emerges: What is emergence? Why is it so difficult to predict emergent behavior? How could emergence determine social media's role in our lives? by Fw:Thinking
32 min listen
Fw:Thinking in 3D: What are some of the gimmicks used by movies to get you in the theater? Was there really a Smell-O-Vision? Who was William Castle and what did he do? by Fw:Thinking
54 min listen

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It's So Hard To Say Goodbye: All good things must come to an end. The podcast crew bids you farewell in this final episode. Peek behind the scenes at the Fw:Thinking podcast. by Fw:Thinking
54 min listen
Looking Back on the Future Part Two: Joe and Lauren share their favorite predictions about the future while Jonathan makes lots of jokes. What predictions rank among the team's favorites? by Fw:Thinking
38 min listen
Looking Back on the Future Part One: The podcast crew talks about some of their favorite predictions about the future, from evolving language to 20th century French postcards. by Fw:Thinking
53 min listen
The Future of Diabetes Part Two: Will we ever find a cure for diabetes? Are there technologies that will help people manage diabetes more easily? by Fw:Thinking
58 min listen
The Future of Diabetes Part One: Will we ever find a cure for diabetes? Are there technologies that will help people manage diabetes more easily? by Fw:Thinking
55 min listen
Are 3D Printers The New VR?: Has the 3D printer craze fizzled out? What are the trends in consumer 3D printers? Is this technology doomed to obscolescence? by Fw:Thinking
47 min listen
Monkeys, Hamlet and Brain-Computer Interfaces: How did Stanford teach monkeys to transcribe Hamlet using only their monkey brains? And how could this technology benefit us in the future? We revisit computer-brain interfaces. by Fw:Thinking
43 min listen
The AI Arms Race Part One: What is artificial intelligence? What's the difference between weak, strong, narrow and general AI? And what's state of the art today? by Fw:Thinking
72 min listen
Moral Bioenhancements Part Two: If you could make the world a better place by removing the ability for people to make selfish choices, would you do it? We continue the conversation. by Fw:Thinking
48 min listen
Moral Bioenhancements Part One: If you could make the world a better place by removing the ability for people to make selfish choices, would you do it? by Fw:Thinking
37 min listen
The Future of Voting: Voting technology is tricky. It's outdated in many jurisdictions but the next step might have big security problems. What is the future of voting? by Fw:Thinking
68 min listen
Groovy Moon Boots: How could haptic feedback motors improve the boots astronauts wear? And what are some other applications? by Fw:Thinking
43 min listen
The End Of Moore's Law? (Not Really): By 2021, we won't be able to shrink transistors down any further. What does this mean for Moore's Law? by Fw:Thinking
38 min listen
Solar Impulse Ends its Journey: In 2014, we talked about how the Solar Impulse aircraft would fly around the globe using solar energy to create electricity. Two years later, that journey is over. How did it do? by Fw:Thinking
53 min listen
Cyborg Slugs and Synthetic Stingrays: We explore the wonderful, terrifying world of combining technology and organic material. From robots with slug muscles to an artificial stingray, what's up with cyborgs? by Fw:Thinking
52 min listen
Are Futuristic Floating Airports Already Beached?: Back in the 1930s, engineers suggested we build floating airports on the water to work around space constraints. Is it finally time to build one? by Fw:Thinking
59 min listen
You Have Twenty Seconds To Comply: Robot security guards have been around for a couple of years. What role do they fill? Are we creating the robot army destined to overthrow us? by Fw:Thinking
38 min listen
Are robots electronic persons?: A draft report for the EU suggests ways we should prepare for a new industrial revolution powered by robots. Is it time to make them electronic persons? by Fw:Thinking
62 min listen
Cities of Wood and Bone: We look again at the building materials of the future. Could timber replace concrete? And what about synthetic bone? by Fw:Thinking
47 min listen
The Future of Weather Forecasts: Why does it take so much computing power to forecast the weather? And how could a weather study help one billion people? by Fw:Thinking
50 min listen
Biosimilar Drugs: Biosimilar drugs have the potential to change the medical landscape. We talk about what biosimilar drugs are and their pros and cons. by Fw:Thinking
40 min listen
The Future of Gender, Part 2: Society's concepts of sex and gender are mutable. How have those concepts changed throughout history? Could future changes help alleviate social issues affecting us today? Raquel Willis joins the team to discuss the past, present and future of gender. by Fw:Thinking
33 min listen
The Future of Gender, Part 1: Society's concepts of sex and gender are mutable. How have those concepts changed throughout history? Could future changes help alleviate social issues affecting us today? Raquel Willis joins the team to discuss the past, present and future of gender. by Fw:Thinking
46 min listen
Gene Drives, GMO Pests, and Avoiding Extinction: A new genetic technology called a gene drive could help eradicate deadly pests, like invasive rats in the Galápagos or malaria-carrying mosquitoes. But exactly how hazardous could accidental consequences be? by Fw:Thinking
35 min listen
Edible Electronics: Making supercapacitors out of the same stuff you'd buy for a barbecue seems strange, but edible electronics could change the medical industry for the better. Tune in to learn how (and what they'll taste like). by Fw:Thinking
37 min listen

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Why buy a boat when I can buy an amphibious car?: Should we buy boats, or boat cars? Amphibious cars have been around for decades and are almost as old as the traditional automobile. Tune in for a look at the history, uses and practicality of amphibious cars in this podcast from HowStuffWorks.com. by CarStuff
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How cell phones work: Today's cell phones are amazingly compact, complex devices that provide a wide array of services. Discover the origins of these technological wonders, and the technology that makes them work, in this episode of BrainStuff. by BrainStuff
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How Abandoned Cities Work: Cities can become abandoned for a number of reasons, from economic meltdowns to nuclear catastrophes. Check out this HowStuffWorks podcast and learn more about modern abandoned cities. by Stuff You Should Know
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How does an airplane toilet work?: Airplane toilets serve the same function as regular ones, but because they exist in a moving environment, they rely on slightly different technology to get the job done. Find out how they work in this podcast from HowStuffWorks.com. by BrainStuff
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