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Sunday, March 8, 2015

#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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Sunday, March 1, 2015

#51 - Some Kind of Magic

This week, net neutrality wins big, we debate the validity of hydrogen fueled cars, and maybe "gluten sensitivity" is really a thing.

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Monday, February 9, 2015

#48 - The First Poop Segue

This week, net neutrality has a fighting chance, Google Glass starts over, and we have more than one story about poop.

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Sunday, February 1, 2015

#47 - That Unfortunate Looking Car

This week, we follow up on Windows 10, the Internet gets better in the US, and scientists can't get no respect.

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You can also WATCH the chat if that's your thing!

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Sunday, January 25, 2015

#46 - What About Duck Hunt

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.

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You can also WATCH the chat if that's your thing!

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Tuesday, December 16, 2014

#42 - Happy Saturnalia, Everyone!

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.

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Subscribe to the podcast (for the higher-quality audio version of the show) here: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/futurechat/all.

Seriously, by the end of the year, all your feeds will automatically update to this version, so if you don't want to subscribe to the new format of the show, now is your chance to get away! You have been warned!

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 mail@futurechat.me.

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

#41 - That'll Cook Your Phone

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!

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Subscribe to the podcast (for the higher-quality audio version of the show) here: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/futurechat/all.

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 mail@futurechat.me.

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Future Chat #40: Well That Went Well

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.**

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Subscribe to the podcast here: http://feeds.feedburner.com/futurechat/all.

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 mail@futurechat.me.

Sunday, November 23, 2014

Future Chat #39: Light

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.

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Subscribe to both science AND tech episodes of the podcast here: http://feeds.feedburner.com/futurechat/all.

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.

Sunday, November 16, 2014

Future Sci Chat #12: GMOs

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.

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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.

Saturday, November 8, 2014

Future Tech Chat #26: Automation

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.

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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.

Sunday, October 26, 2014

Future Tech Chat #25: Social Media in Crisis

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.

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.

Sunday, September 7, 2014

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!

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

Sunday, August 31, 2014

Future Sci Chat #7: Public Funding for Science

In the most important episode we've tackled so far on Future Sci Chat, we talked about the changes in North American political policy with regards to public and governmental funding of scientific research. This topic is very important to all of us as scientists, but it's also important to the public in general, and it is important to be informed about just how this can affect you.

If you want to learn more, which you should, here are some links:

Check out the next episode of Future Tech Chat, live on YouTube next Saturday at 12:30 PM Eastern. We'll be discussing gadgets, it will be a really fun 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.

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Sunday, August 24, 2014

Future Tech Chat #21: Bicycles

In this episode, we talked about bicycles, making it seem like our episode is sponsored by Trek bikes, which it is not. We chatted all about materials used to make bikes, interesting designs, and how the city of the future will incorporate bicycles much better. Enjoy the episode!

Links:
http://www.trekbikes.com/ca/en/bikes/road/performance_race/

Check out the next episode of Future Sci Chat, live on YouTube next Saturday at 12:30 PM Eastern. We'll be discussing government funding of science, it should be a VERY interesting 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

Sunday, August 3, 2014

Future Sci Chat #5: Space

We talked this week about space exploration, the search for exoplanets, new civilian rocket technology, and many other topics! Hope you like it.

If you want to know more about Dyson Spheres, the Drake Equation and the Mars Project, Wikipedia has a ton more information than we could cover!

Links:
www.spacex.com/
www.virgingalactic.com/
http://NASA.gov/

Check out the next episode of Future Tech Chat, live on YouTube next Saturday at 12:30 PM Eastern.

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

Sunday, July 20, 2014

Future Sci Chat #4: Beer

We are changing things up a little on Future Chat as of this week. You'll notice that as you read this, the webcast has already happened. If you want to follow the chats live, they normally happen on Saturdays at 12:30 PM. Subscribe to Future Chat on YouTube, Twitter, Facebook or Google+ to keep up to date on when the live webcasts are happening. However, by the time you see this article now, it means that you can watch the video itself, and it also means you'll be able to go listen to the podcast version of the episode. These should in most cases appear within 24 hours of the airing of the show.

I'd love to hear from viewers if you like this system more or less than the old way, and to everybody else, I hope you enjoy our episode on beer, which can be found below!

In this episode, we talked about beer! Nick is brewing his own beer, so we chatted about his experience and results in brewing, how you can absolutely tell beers apart by taste, and how provincial regulations are taking money from beer out of Ontario.

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Interesting Beer Links
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/beer

https://www.google.ca/search?q=facts+about+beer&oq=facts+about+beer&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.6609j0j7&bmbp=1&sourceid=chrome&espv=213&es_sm=119&ie=UTF-8

Ontario "Propaganda" paid for by the big profitable breweries.
http://www.ontariobeerfacts.ca/

Craft beer facts
http://www.foodbeast.com/2013/11/14/22-craft-beer-facts-you-can-toast-to/

Sixty Symbols - Guinness

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNBTygWcy0s

Subreddit on Homebrewing

http://www.reddit.com/r/Homebrewing/

Next week we will be chatting about activity monitors, including run/bike apps, heart monitors, and sleep monitoring apps. Check out the episode live on YouTube next Saturday at 12:30 PM Eastern.

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.

Thursday, July 10, 2014

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.

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!

Friday, June 20, 2014

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:

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

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!

Thursday, June 19, 2014

Future Sci Chat #2: Alternative Energy

Starts live at 5:00 PM EDT on Saturday June 21st, 2014!

You might have seen or heard about Future Tech Chat, but have maybe found it to be a little inaccessible. I really hope you'll enjoy some of the science topics we plan to discuss on this new show (GMOs, robotics, pharmaceuticals, etc.), we have a lot of great stuff planned to discuss in the coming months.

In this episode, we will be getting into the nitty gritty details of alternative energy (basically anything that isn't "classical" non-renewable energy, like coal, oil and natural gas. There are a baffling number of problems with these resources' use in our world, and the alternatives are getting cheaper and more beneficial with each passing year. I really hope you enjoy our conversation!

We always love when we get questions from interested parties, and there is a Q&A section on Google+ where the chats are hosted, as well as in the comment section on YouTube.

Some links to check out:

https://plus.google.com/+AlexP/posts/9gNzhzcVMpZ
http://media.cns-snc.ca/ontarioelectricity/ontarioelectricity.html

I hope you'll tune in live at 5:00 PM EDT on Saturday, June 21st 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/c8ab48ipg1bshgkfs3v5ujdk1is), or on Facebook, Twitter and Google+. We look forward to seeing you here live!