Guests Elizabeth Gummere and Julie Pagan from The Santa Cruz Film Festival May 10-19

Listen to Elizabeth and Julie on The Santa Cruz Film Festival

This year’s Santa Cruz Film Festival offers more than 150 films from around the world for your enjoyment and some amazing social events to meet others in the film community.  Many of the directors/creators of the films will be on hand for discussion after each showing.  

Space X ship ready for ISS, The Solar System Economy begins, Tsunami Debris Research, The Titanic II being built, Confetti Space Ships, Magic Love Bus in Santa Cruz

Listen Now to Dr. Future News 5.01.12

A lively news segment today with MC Hager, Sun & Al!  We go deeper into asteroid mining, looking at the beginning of a solar system rather than simply global economy.  There is also news about the Japanese tsunami debris approaching our shores, a full sized functional copy of the Titantic being built, printable space ships the size of confetti, and we have a live report from the Magic Love Bus, at a big demonstration at UCSC campus.  

Some exciting Stories for Next Week, now posted for your perusal

There are so many interesting stories coming in fast and furiously now, that we have posted them well before next week’s show..  Click here for more!

News- Billionaires back Asteroid Mining Venture, Massive stores of African Water, Dark Matter vanishes, The Tech Challenge

Listen Now to the Dr. Future Show 4.24.12

It’s pretty exciting this week with the announcement of Planetary Resources, the first asteroid mining company on this planet.  We explore this development with the help of Dr. Bruce Damer, who has worked with NASA on developing asteroid landing craft, and some knowledgeable callers.  Ramifications of the massive amounts of African underground water discovered also caught our attention, as it did some callers.

The second part of the show takes us to The Tech Museum in San Jose, where you’ll hear Tim Ritchie, president of the Tech Museum and Richardo Benavidez, Senior Manager of Community Relations, at Cisco Systems discuss this amazing event (see previous post).  We also interview the girl’s team from Cupertino High School, named  “CRACK CITY,” about their experience of The Tech Challenge, where 1400 children from Grades 5-12 created robotic solutions for rescuing people who have fallen off a bridge like the Golden Gate during a massive Earthquake.

We finish the show with some disturbing info about the Android operating system and what might be done..

The Tech Challenge - Students collaborate state wide for best earthquake disaster robotic solution.

Sponsored by Cisco Systems and hosted by The Tech Museum in San Jose, 1400 students from across the state of California, from elementary to high school, created various robotic solutions for rescuing people who have fallen off a bridge like the Golden Gate.  

Dr. Future interviews two of the main organizers of the event, Tim Ritchie, president of the Tech Museum and Richardo Benavidez, Senior Manager of Community Relations, at Cisco Systems.

And here, all three of us chat with the girl’s team from Cupertino High School, “CRACK CITY,” about their experience of The Tech Challenge.

This article in the Mercury News give you a good sense of this year’s Tech Challenge.