Future Chat (old): 2015

Monday, June 15, 2015

Future Chat 62 - Can Technology Cure Stupid?

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Monday, June 8, 2015

#61 - Nick's Liberal Agenda

In this episode, we talk about the newly discovered link between the brain and the immune system, give a look ahead to WWDC this week, and find out about Nick's secretive Liberal agenda in the aftershow.

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Saturday, May 30, 2015

#60 - Some Sheldon Cooper-esque Dialogue

In this episode, we discuss our favourite new things from Google I/O, go deeper on bike lanes, and we determine Mike would be a terrible research dictator in a conversation about physical vs. mental attraction.

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Monday, May 25, 2015

#59 - Don Quixote Syndrome Took Over

This week, we talk Let's Talk Science funding, wind turbines with no blades, and look forward to Google I/O later in the week.

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Tuesday, May 19, 2015

#58 - Canadian Problems

This week, are Google cars less safe than human-driven ones, Nick uses his pirate voice several times, and we all lust after $1000 blenders (or do we?).

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Monday, May 11, 2015

#57 - What's Slow About a Bear

In this episode, Tesla goes gangbusters, it's zeppelins vs. dirigibles, and trucks are driving themselves in Nevada. Get excited, because we'll be delivering this one to a Canada Post near you!

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Sunday, May 3, 2015

#56 - We Don't Need A Biologist

This week, Rob gets a new job, we discuss Microsoft's Build conference (much to Nick's chagrin), Tesla's big new battery, and how a woolly mammoth burger would taste.

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Sunday, April 26, 2015

#55 - Playing Chess with a Pigeon

In this episode, we discuss Google's new mobile network, Google Fi, the possible "cure" for asthma, and decide whether buying a field Roomba (aka a tractor) means you own it.

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Tuesday, April 21, 2015

#54 - A Really, Really Nice Supervillain

This week on Future Chat, we were joined by a special guest, Christopher Johnson! We talked about the Apple Watch try-ons and Apple Pay, NASA and SpaceX, and the intersection of politics and new media.

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Monday, April 13, 2015

#53 - Enema Shooters (Season 2 Begins!)

We're back with Season 2 of Future Chat. We're well rested and chatted about giant telescopes, the end of Soylent flatulence, and tiny, tiny "computers".

We're so glad to be back, be sure to go tell a friend about Future Chat!

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Saturday, March 14, 2015

Inside The Box: Xiaomi Mi Band

"Come to Mi"

Frequenters of the show and/or blog may be aware that the last unboxing post done was for the Google Chromecast I had ordered approximately a year ago. I know I promised to follow up with a review of sorts for the actual use/operation of the device, however I (clearly) have not gotten around to that as of yet. Long story short, I actually haven't used it all that much because it doesn't tend to like remembering my WiFi network credentials (for whatever reason) and I have to continually set it up each time I want to use it if it had been unplugged/shut off from a power source between uses. This tends to take away from my excitement and inclination to utilize it, and I will more often than not just watch YouTube on my phone and Netflix through my LG SmartTV app.

But this post is not about the Chromecast. Not even a little bit. THIS post is about something *far* more new and exciting - the Xiaomi Mi Band! Now, I know what you're thinking. "What the heck is a "Mi Band", and why would anybody ever want one?"

#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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Sunday, February 22, 2015

#50 - Future Chat...In Spaaaace...

This week, Rob teaches Nick (and Mike) about the security of Apple Pay, we complain about the agglomeration of corporations in the Western World, and debate the future of human space research.

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Monday, February 16, 2015

#49 - The Great Stench Debacle

This week, we discuss the future of electric cars some more, decide if inappropriate drinking will save, or bring down our civilization, and endlessly debate the worthiness of a smell-detecting patent from Google. This one got a little crazy...

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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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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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Saturday, January 17, 2015

#45 - Rogers Whispered Sweet Nothings

This week, more pseudoscience debunking, cool stuff Google's been up to, and are we doing enough to deter fraud as services move online?

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Monday, January 12, 2015

Future Rant #4 - Rogers Troubles

This weekend, in an effort to understand why our home internet was so slow, we decided to call Rogers. What followed is a frustrating, but altogether too common story about customer service policy that resulted in our Internet speeds being cut approximately in half without us knowing, and with no recourse to get what we had back without paying about double what we have been.

Rogers, I would love to hear how you think treating customers this way helps your bottom line, and how you think it makes financial sense to disenfranchise customers who are the most likely to recommend GOOD service to their less technically savvy friends.

Before (6 months free with "New Home" offer):

Home Phone with Bonus Features
Cable with Movie Channels
45 mbps/4 mbps Internet with 150 GB cap

After (18 months at 50% off under "New Home" offer):

Basic Home Phone
Basic Cable Package
25 mbps/2mbps Internet (unlimited for $10/month)**

**We were not told about the speed change to 25/2 mbps internet service, a VERY noticeable difference when you upload video and audio files on a nearly daily basis.

Now we pay $120 a month for VERY basic services, which is somehow half the normal price?! And customer service giving us the run-around and changing their story to avoid culpability.

If you are offered the free "New Home" package by Rogers, please consider if it is really worth the trouble...nothing is really free, and we'll be paying over $2000 to Rogers for 2 years with a service level considered this year to be the baseline for normal (or "broadband") internet service.

Sunday, January 11, 2015

#44 - Not Sorry for Party Rocking

This week, a CES recap of all our most exciting futuristic tech, lots of science entertainment news, including Discovery Channel, Phil Plait and Neil DeGrasse Tyson, as well as some thoughts on "human" rights for primates.

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Sunday, January 4, 2015

#43 - An Epidemic of Bear Flu

This week, we covered Back to the Future's view of 2015, and how close we came to that vision, how much of cancer is just bad luck, and what the implications of the Canadian piracy crackdown means for consumers.

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Monday, June 15, 2015

Monday, June 8, 2015

Saturday, May 30, 2015

Monday, May 25, 2015

Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Monday, May 11, 2015

Sunday, May 3, 2015

Sunday, April 26, 2015

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Monday, April 13, 2015

Saturday, March 14, 2015

Sunday, March 8, 2015

Sunday, March 1, 2015

Sunday, February 22, 2015

Monday, February 16, 2015

Monday, February 9, 2015

Sunday, February 1, 2015

Sunday, January 25, 2015

Saturday, January 17, 2015

Monday, January 12, 2015

Sunday, January 11, 2015

Sunday, January 4, 2015