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Christ on a Cracker! (Apophenia, Pareidolia and Conspiracy Paranoia)
Let's Make Light of the Situation
Mitch Anstey is a chemist by day and a sleeping chemist by night. He made esoteric metal chemistry his specialty at UC Berkeley. Thankfully, someone found that useful in the job market, and he now makes metals emit light for the good of the nation at Sandia National Labs. (13:02)
Climb into the guts of a hovercraft, as a team of salvage experts, led by a former NASA engineer, disassemble and cut through this iconic and unique vehicle.
Take a Look Inside One of the Most Unusual Vehicles Ever (2:43)
Marc Goodman has spent a career in law enforcement and technology. He has served as a street police officer, senior adviser to Interpol and futurist-in-residence with the FBI. As the founder of the Future Crimes Institute and the Chair for Policy, Law, and Ethics at Silicon Valleys Singularity University, he continues to investigate the intriguing and often terrifying intersection of science and security, uncovering nascent threats and combating the darker sides of technology
DO NOT PUBLISH Future Is Here Festival 2015: Marc Goodman, Chair for Policy and Law at Singularity University (17:19)
Greg Henderson is the founder, CEO and chief visionary for Arx Pax. Greg began his career in the military as an Airborne Ranger, serving with the 101st Airborne and 7th Infantry. He graduated from West Point with a B.S in Engineering, and received a Master of Architecture degree from Berkeley. That said, what Greg succinctly envisioned with Arx Pax was a new way to employ an unexploited technology in applications that others did not see. He labeled this epiphany: Magnetic Field Architecture (MFA). Its a big dream on a one-of-a-kind technology that will change the way the world works, plays, builds and lives. All of us here at Arx Pax (and HENDO) passionately believe in its possibility, its potentialand its promise. Which is why the team Greg and Jill have assembled at Arx Pax matters so much
DO NOT PUBLISH Future Is Here Festival 2015: Greg Henderson, Hendo Hoverboard Co-Founder (11:03)
Matt Walker is Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, and Director of the Sleep and Neuroimaging Laboratory. His research examines the impact of sleep on human brain function in healthy and clinical populations. Walker is the recipient of numerous funding awards from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health, and a Kavli Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences. To date, he has published over eighty research studies describing the critical importance of sleep for learning, memory, creativity, emotional regulation and cardiovascular health
DO NOT PUBLISH Future Is Here Festival 2015: Dr. Matt Walker, Professor of Psychology at UC Berkeley (14:05)
Thomas R. Insel, M.D., Director, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the component of the National Institutes of Health committed to research on mental disorders. Dr. Insel has served as Director of this $1.5B agency since 2002. During his tenure, Dr. Insel has focused on genetics and neurobiology of mental disorders as well as transforming approachesto diagnosis and treatment. Prior to serving as NIMH Director, Dr. Insel was Professor of Psychiatry at Emery University where he was founding director of the Center for Behavioral Neuroscience and director of the Yerkes Regional Primate Center in Atlanta. Dr. Insels research has examined the neural basis of complex social behaviors, including maternal care and attachment. A member of the Institute of Medicine, he has received numerous national and international awards and served in several leadership roles at NIH
DO NOT PUBLISH Future Is Here Festival 2015: Dr. Thomas Insel, Director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) (9:55)
J. Craig Venter, Ph.D., is regarded as one of the leading scientists of the 21st century for his numerous invaluable contributions to genomic research. He is founder, chairman, and CEO of the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), a not-for-profit, research organization with approximately 250 scientists and staff dedicated to human, microbial, plant, synthetic and environmental genomic research, and the exploration of social and ethical issues in genomics.Dr. Venter is co-founder, executive chairman and co-chief scientist of Synthetic Genomics Inc (SGI), a privately held company focused on developing products and solutions using synthetic genomics technologies.Dr. Venter is also a co-founder, executive chairman and CEO of Human Longevity Inc (HLI), a San Diego-based genomics and cell therapy-based diagnostic and therapeutic company focused on extending the healthy, high performance human life span
DO NOT PUBLISH Future Is Here Festival 2015: Craig Venter, CEO, J. Craig Venter Institute (15:26)
Kevin led pioneering work on RFID (radio frequency identification) networks, for which he coined the term the Internet of Things, and co-founded the Auto-ID Center at MIT. His writing about innovation and technology has appeared in Quartz, Medium, The Atlantic, and the New York Times.Kevin has a long history as a tech innovator and as an entrepreneur. His new book, "How To Fly A Horse: The Secret History of Creation," Invention, and Discovery is an inspiring and empowering look at behind the scenes of humanitys greatest creations, revealing the surprising way we make something new
DO NOT PUBLISH Future Is Here Festival 2015: Kevin Ashton, Inventor of "the Internet of Things" (14:51)
Nicole Austin is a Master Blender, Engineer and Distiller in the growing US craft spirits industry, the newly elected President of the New York State Distillers Guild, and is a seasoned imbiber of spirits.
Aqua Vitae or Hooch? The Secrets of Great Whiskey (19:39)
Molly Wright Steenson is an Assistant Professor in the School of Journalism & MassCommunication at UW-Madison. Pneumatic tubes have made her Internet famous.
Pneumatic Tube Systems, Particularly in Paris: It Really Is a System of Tubes (20:47)