The Future According to Now Podcast
1) Big Data Is Spreading
As big data evolves from giving us public transit updates to influencing some of the biggest decisions in our daily lives, technologists are trying to harness its potential to revolutionize the field ...Show More
2) Floating Into The Future
As we look more and more toward renewable energy, wind turbine farms have exploded in popularity. But no longer are we limited only to traditional wind farms in large open prairies. Intrepid engineers...Show More
3) The Next Six Billion Users
With six billion new internet users wielding smartphones and the evolution of e-commerce and mobile payment platforms, money is being moved faster and more frequently than ever before. In this episode...Show More
4) Beyond the Internet of Things
The promise of 5G networks is already propelling innovators to design new modes of communication. From remote robotic surgery to ultra-responsive autonomous cars, the 5G network leans into a world of ...Show More
5) Status: Your Package is Trying to Find You
Feeding our ever-growing appetite for faster and more convenient delivery, shipments from online purchases are set to almost double in the next few years. A future in which drone and autonomous vehicl...Show More
6) An App a Day Keeps the Doctor Away
An app for diabetes. A video game for ADHD. VR for post-surgery pain. In the face of an expensive health care system and devastating addiction crises, a class of accessible and virtually side effect-f...Show More
7) The Showroom Without the Shopping
Shopping habits are changing. Mobile purchasing is the future. Brick-and-mortar retail is dead. We’ve all heard these stories—but they don’t give the full picture. In an increasingly digital world, pe...Show More
8) Hypersonic Speed Ahead
The space race is no longer just about science for science’s sake; today, private companies see tangible investment opportunity in the great void. But before they can capture it, they must solve one p...Show More
9) Smart Labs for Smarter Science
The Internet of Things already lets you warm up your house before you arrive and control your speakers from your wrist. What will become possible when that technology enters the laboratory, untetherin...Show More
10) Charge Ahead
Battery-operated cars and homes are not far off. Scientists are already imagining the ways that a new type of battery will change the world–but first, they have to create it. Several groups are on the...Show More