Listen Now Dr. Future Show 1.17.12
Lots of great future news to share, just take a look at our links for today. DIY Biology is on the rise, with the opening of Biocurious in Sunnyvale, the success of the online hub, DIY Bio, and a new sequencer so inexpensive that we can now sequence a person’s genome for $1000.
Some new contests caught our attention this week, including the online Google Science Fair for kids and teens, and the Tricorder X Prize.
CES is now over and we discuss of host of CES products sure to impact our world, like the latest in 3D printers and Smart TV.
Combining Science and Shamanism, we performed an on air rain greetings for the second part of this show. Forecasters say rain is coming, so like the band greeting the train at the station, we welcomed the rain gods.
We also look at the famous 100 year old future forecasts of American civil engineer John Elfreth Watkins, and compare and contrast them with a list of crowdsourced future predictions by the BBC.