#52 - Ceres, Get It Together

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!

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Links:

• NSERC & SSHRC Open Access
• Hilary 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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Future Tech Chat #24: Google Y

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!

**The podcast version of the show will be up later today.

Links:
Google 2.0

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You can also check out the next episode of Future Sci Chat, live on YouTube next Saturday at 12:30 PM Eastern. We'll be discussing transportation and engine science, it will be an excellent episode.

Be sure to direct any questions you might have before, during, and after the show to Google+, Facebook or Twitter, or send them via email to futurechats@gmail.com.

Future Tech Chat #22: Gadgets Wrap-up

This week on Future Chat, we talked all about this season's worth of gadgets. From virtual reality, smartwatches and trackers coming out this fall, to futuristic technologies like flexible screens and shape-shifting smartphones.

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Also, we have a special request for you to give some feedback on +Nick Maddox's post about graffiti in the washroom walls of academic institutions, so go check that out too!

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You can also check out the next episode of Future Sci Chat, live on YouTube next Saturday at 12:30 PM Eastern. We'll be discussing nutrition and food science, it will be a VERY enlightening episode.

Be sure to direct any questions you might have before, during, and after the show to Google+, Facebook or Twitter, or send them via email to futurechats@gmail.com

Future Tech Chat #18: Sports Tech

Starts live at 12:30 PM EDT on Saturday, July 12th, 2014!

This week on Future Tech Chat, we will be taking it to the pitch, as we discuss the world of sports and all the technology used in professional and amateur sports alike.

Starting with slow motion cameras, going all the way through the FoxTrax puck to the goal-line system used in the World Cup going on right at this moment. We will take a look into the possibility of future technological upgrades to your favourite sports, and I'm sure we'll also get into wishful thinking about tech advances in our favourite sports.

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I hope you'll tune in live at 12:30 PM EDT on Saturday, July 12th for the episode, and you'll be able to watch it in full above live or after it's aired.

You can direct any questions you might have to the Q&A on the event page (https://plus.google.com/events/c8idnr8qeghbvialb9ll82gnlms), or on Facebook, Twitter and Google+. We look forward to seeing you here live!

FTC Special Edition #16: Google I/O 2014

Tune in live for a special 30-minute episode

9:00 PM EDT on Thursday June 19th, 2014!

Ahhhh it's that time of year again! The flowers are blooming, the sun is shining, the birds are singing, and Google is holding its annual I/O conference! The conference runs next week starting on June 25th, and we'll all have our eyes glued to the tech news sites to see what is announced.

This week's Future Tech Chat mini-episode will feature +Rob Attrell and myself, along with special guests +Carolyn Higman and +Ross May!

These types of corporate events are greatly anticipated forums for product releases and company developments, and it is a time-honoured tradition to make predictions and wish lists of what we'd like to see come out of them. In this week's special edition mini-episode, we will be sharing these predictions and thoughts with each other and all of you!

Apple recently held its WWDC event and made big splashes with the iOS 8 developments and features they announced, along with the health-conscious app and functionality integration they will begin focusing on. We still haven't seen much in the way of Apple-branded wearables, so the time is ripe for Google to be first-to-market with a Google watch and possibly expanding the Google Glass Explorer program to a geographically broader customer base.

Links to stuff we talked about:

• http://www.androidheadlines.com/2014/05/alleged-new-gmail-interface-leaks-shows-continued-project-hera-stylings.html
• http://www.theverge.com/2014/4/23/5643774/google-is-testing-stars-an-attempt-to-make-bookmarking-actually-useful
• http://www.android.com/wear/
• https://www.google.com/events/io
• http://www.theverge.com/2014/4/29/5664702/google-nexus-to-be-replaced-by-android-silver

The ball is in Google's court, let's keep our fingers crossed for a slam dunk!

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I hope you'll tune in live at our special mid-week time slot of 9:00 PM EDT on Thursday, June 19th for the episode, and you'll be able to watch it in full below live or after it's aired.

As usual, you can ask us any questions you might have on the Q&A in the event page (https://plus.google.com/events/ckl1neak16gksfkmkgudn1ne6g8) on Facebook, Twitter and Google+, or by email at futurechats@gmail.com. So far we have answered or addressed every question submitted, and you can expect that trend to continue!

We look forward to seeing you there live on Thursday!

Future Tech Chat #13: WWDC Predictions/Apple Inc.

This week's Future Tech Chat features +Carolyn Higman and I (+Rob Attrell). In this episode, we'll be discussing Apple's WorldWide Developer Conference, a yearly event for developers and media where Apple shows the world the software updates it has been working on for the last year, and usually a platform for them to launch new product lines.

There are always a LOT of rumours about Apple products this time of year, and it's typical that there is a lot of baseless nonsense thrown into the mix. In this episode we will try to cut through that and make sense of what you can expect at WWDC. There will be lots of interesting questions to deal with this time.

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I hope you'll tune in live at 12:30 PM EDT on Saturday, May 24th for the episode, and you'll be able to watch it in full below live or after it's aired.

As always, you can ask us any questions you might have on the Q&A on the event page (https://plus.google.com/events/c614t8rhfpcn5aloeptn9oehr24), or on Facebook, Twitter and Google+, or by email at futuretechchat@gmail.com. We look forward to seeing you there live!

Future Tech Chat #10: Smart TVs

Well, we made it! We're into the double-digit numbers and more than excited to be getting into this topic we all love so much.

This week's Future Tech Chat will feature +Mike Attrell and I, along with special guest and world's greatest beard grower +Nick Maddox.

In the episode, we will be discussing the ins and outs of Smart TVs (or really any screen that is capable to being connected to a computer really, as we will get in to. There are a bevy of available options for making your TV smart (usually inferring internet-connected), and there are certain advantages to some and certainly many disadvantages to lots of them. We'll discuss successes, missteps and where we'd like to see the future of the smart TV head in the years to come.

This week has been chock-full of TV-related news! Here is a quick preview of what you have to look forward to for this week's episode:

New TV Technology Can Be a Hard Sell: Samsung is enticing the masses with eight more reasons to pick up a shiny new Ultra HD (4K) TV with a promotion giving away eight UHD movies with the purchase of a curved 4K TV. This is on top of their existing promotion to give away a $300 1TB hard drive with three UHD documentaries. Sony has a similar promotion with the sales of their Ultra HD TVs. If you didn't think you'd have anything to watch in your brand new mind-blowing screen resolution, at least Ben Stiller will be able to tide you over until we start seeing 4K content more widespread.

TV Content Is A-Changing: We saw multiple moves and shakes from both cable and internet content providers this week; Netflix is trying to reach more people faster, Microsoft and Yahoo! are making their way onto your TV screen, Hulu went from blocking VPN traffic to making mobile content free to access in the same week, and there are rumours of AT&T purchasing DirectTV to keep up with the Joneses within the industry.

If you thought the age of the TV was over, it looks like we're only just beginning a new chapter in the content and product wars.

I hope you'll tune in live at 12:30 PM EDT on Saturday, May 3rd for the episode, and you'll be able to watch it in full below live or after it's aired.

As usual, you can ask us any questions you might have on the Q&A in the event page (https://plus.google.com/events/cmancl8pfdc6t6q00bcm2k1naa8) on Facebook, Twitter and Google+, or by email at futuretechchat@gmail.com. So far we have answered or addressed every question submitted, and you can expect that trend to continue!

We look forward to seeing you there live tomorrow!

Written by: +Rob Attrell and +Mike Attrell