The Diginauts

The Diginauts


Latest Episodes

Diginauts 0024 — New Trivia App, AI begets AI, Driverless Car Testing
October 20, 2017

segment 1, Most Disruptive — Wifi Security (0:00): In our new show format, Deron & Eric start out the show by comparing their takes on which tech headlines from the last week will have the biggest impact… ON HUMANITY!!!

Diginauts 0023 — Russia’s Trojan Horse, VC by AI, Renewable Energy Advances
October 13, 2017

segment 1, Top of Mind  — Kaspersky Labs (0:00): More rumors of more Russian interference in U.S. computer systems segment 2, The Fake News Game (9:21) : Play along with us!  This time it’s Deron’s turn to see if he can pick out which of four science h...

Diginauts 0022 — Robot Muscle, Frog Orgies, Blockchaining Everything
September 22, 2017

segment 1, Top of Mind  — Blockchain: The Tokenization of Everything (0:00): Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have been making headlines.  Eric offers his theory that the underlying blockchain technology could revolutionize more than just money,

Diginauts 0021 — Artificial Meat, Driverless Car Ethics, Sexuality Auto-Detection
September 21, 2017

segment 1, Top of Mind  — AI guessing your sexual orientation (0:00): A Stanford professor’s work with AI can guess whether you’re gay better than other humans can. segment 2, Future File — Weaponized Sound (13:27) : What’s affecting American diplomats...

Diginauts 0020 — Refreezing a Glacier, Downing Unwanted Drones, New Hydrogen Fuel Catalyst
May 19, 2017

segment 1, If You Had To Choose  — Investment in Future Tech (0:00): We’ll look at three micro-industries that are seeing a bloom of startups and ask ourselves where we would invest hypothetical money.  Flying cars anyone? segment 2,

Diginauts 0019 — Living Forever, a River Reverses, Microbes on Saturn’s Moon?
May 10, 2017

segment 1, Top of Mind — No One Understands AI (0:00): The folks who are on the cutting edge of artificial intelligence admit they know longer quite get how it works. segment 2, Let’s Hash It Out — #NASA (10:41): A paper details revelations about Satur...

Diginauts 0018 — Musk’s New Neuralink Venture, Bleached Coral Reefs, Artificial Synapses
April 14, 2017

segment 1, Top of Mind — Neuralink: Elon Musk doesn’t have enough companies yet, so he’s starting a new one to explore connecting human brains with computers. segment 2, Future File — Synthetic Synapses: A team at the National Center for Scientific Res...

Diginauts 0017 — Those Seven Exoplanets, Wireless Power Transfer, Fracking Fluid Leaks
March 02, 2017

segment 1, Top of Mind — NSA Spy Tech (0:00): Palantir is a software company allegedly NOT linked to the oversteps of the NSA PRISM program about which Edward Snowden raised alarms, but nonetheless designed to help governments make use of massive amoun...

Diginauts 0016 — Resurrecting Woolly Mammoths, 23 Principals for AI, Taxing Robot Workers
February 21, 2017

segment 1, Top of Mind — Woolly Mammoth Comeback (0:00): Harvard scientists intend to splice mammoth DNA into elephants and create a hybrid species.  (Although not everyone things the timeline is realistic.) segment 2,

Diginauts 0015 — How Space Affects Your Body, Fukushima Radiation, Net Neutrality in Danger Again
February 08, 2017

segment 1, Top of Mind — Twins! In! Spaaaaaaace! (0:00):  NASA sent one twin into space, and kept the other on Earth.  We’ll talk about what they learned from the brothers’ DNA. segment 2, If You Had To Choose — Recent Governmental Maneuvers (8:00): Tr...