EP 97: Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That’ll Improve and/or Ruin Everything

Space Elevators, Asteroid Mining, Buckets of programmable matter, à la carte physical features and printable houses. We are joined by authors of 'Soonish', Dr Kelly and Zach Weinersmith. Dr Kelly Weinersmith works in the BioSciences department at Rice University, and is the co-host of; Science . . . Sort Of, a top-rated science podcast. Her research has been featured in the Atlantic, National Geographic and BBC World. Zach Weinersmith is the creator of the popular webcomic, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal. His work has also been featured in a variety of publications, including the Economist, the Wall Street Journal, Slate and Forbes. In this action-packed show, we talk about: Space elevators Asteroid mining Fusion Power Programmable matter Ethical questions Buckets of stuff Inexpensive Construction Robots v humans 3D Printed houses Synthetic Biology Genetics DNA manipulation Crisper cast 9 Made to order looks for your kids J Craig Venter Brain Interfaces Improving memory and cognitive ability Find out more about Kelly and Zach here: http://www.weinersmith.com/ https://smbc-comics.com/soonish/