Ahead of Its Time Podcast
1) WiFi & Wireless Comms: A Hollywood starlet’s quest to defeat Hitler led to lightbulbs that transmit the internet
There are over 20-billion connected wireless devices in the world today. So right now, whether you’re sitting on your couch or on your way to work, there are likely dozens of invisible WiFi signals al...Show More
2) Ahead of Its Time Needs Your Feedback!
We want to hear from you! We’re asking listeners to complete a short 5 minute survey so we can understand what you liked about the show and how we can make it even better. To take the survey pleas...Show More
3) Facial Recognition: How a forgotten AI pioneer, the CIA, and Google Glass are helping the visually impaired
Every person’s face is unique. We intuitively know that to be true. But what exactly makes your face different from another person? And how can we measure and quantify that difference to make the worl...Show More
4) Electric Cars: The story of L.A. smog, a homemade scooter and the ultimate redemption
In an age where gas-powered vehicles account for nearly half of greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation sector, electric vehicles are a way to help slow global warming. Over the last decade, th...Show More
5) eBooks: A snack run and the Declaration of Independence changed the way we read
At our core, humans are storytellers. And books are one of the oldest technologies we use to document and preserve our stories. But the printed book has remained relatively unchanged for hundreds of y...Show More
eBooks: A snack run and the Declaration of Independence changed the way we read
27:00 | Sep 20th, 2022
6) Solar Panels: A flashlight-powered windmill and electrifying the world’s most remote villages
In just one hour, the earth catches enough solar energy to power the world for a year. Big solar farms, home installations and increasingly efficient solar cells are slowly, but surely, converting mor...Show More
7) Cell Phones: The portable police radio and Apple’s secret project that changed the way we communicate
Your cell phone is more than just a phone. It’s your camera, address book, wallet, alarm clock, music player, map, newspaper… you get the point. And it’s changed how we interact with each other and ho...Show More
8) Digital Cameras: How Kodak’s blunder and the camera on a computer chip could help us see further into space
If you want a taste of just how profoundly the digital age changed photography, consider this: more pictures will be taken worldwide in the next two minutes, than were taken during the first 150 years...Show More
9) VR Gloves: Where air guitar meets a Nintendo flop, meets the future of remote surgery
When you think of virtual reality, your next thought is probably gaming. And while it’s certainly a mainstay in the gaming industry, VR has more applications than you realize. In this episode, Tom Zi...Show More
10) Introducing Ahead of Its Time
Welcome to a new show about the tech underdogs no one realized would shape the future. You'll explore the forgotten origins of today’s most transformative technology and relive the eureka moments of t...Show More