1/15/14 Episode 10: Good Shit

Hey everyone-

The audio is a little wonky on this episode.  My apologies!

-Producer Mike

Welcome to 2014.  We're surrounded by sound waves that can levitate objects, self-driving cars, pens that can draw conductive circuits, and renewable energy that's only getting more efficient.  Anti-psychotic pharmaceuticals are also developing at an insane rate--want perfect pitch?  Just make sure you suffer from seizures first.  But that's not the only advancement in the medical world.  Need a heart transplant?  Hit the farms and grab some pigs.  Want to taste food without the calories?  Hook yourself up to a sensor and have a virtual banquet.  Oh, and fecal matter transplants?  Still relevant.  Now that's good shit.

http://www.kurzweilai.net/organic-flow-battery-promises-breakthrough-for-renewable-energy

http://www.kurzweilai.net/self-driving-vehicles-benefits-to-society-policy-challenges-for-lawmakers

http://www.kurzweilai.net/conductive-ink-for-drawing-circuits-for-flexible-electronic-books-displays-wearables

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/01/02/259148381/using-sound-to-levitate-objects-and-move-them-in-mid-air

http://www.npr.org/2014/01/04/259552442/want-perfect-pitch-you-could-pop-a-pill-for-that

http://www.npr.org/2013/12/20/255831250/is-it-possible-to-live-with-the-voices-in-your-head

http://www.kurzweilai.net/growing-human-organs-inside-pigs-in-japan

http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/dolphins-get-high-pufferfish-toxin

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/youll-never-believe-what-doctors-are-using-to-fight-gut-infections-fecal-transplants/2014/01/06/24f36388-724a-11e3-9389-09ef9944065e_story.html?wpmk=MK0000200

http://www.kurzweilai.net/are-you-ready-for-virtual-taste