Season 6, Episode 1 - The future of work is Thought Police, the future of health is the T-1000

Welcome back to Season 6!

We have new mics for this season, so please forgive some teething issues with the sound quality in this episode.

In this edition, Ben and I look into how robots might physically adapt to their surrounding environments. Could we control the world around us with a thought? Why might we need universal basic income? What would omni-use reconfigurable furniture look like? What about producing semiconductors without the extreme engineering they now require?

Enjoy!

Sean’s links:

• Ultraflexible sensors for spinal cords

• Fighting cancer with implanted wireless LEDs

• Self-amputating and infusing robots

• OpenResearch’s study on universal basic income

• Azeem Azhar’s thoughts on UBI (paywall)

• Remote-controlling the minds of mice

Ben’s links:

• Destroying PFAS forever chemicals with tech

• Destroying PFAS forever chemicals with microbes

• “Knitted” furniture and its reconfigurability

• Eavesdropping on whats inside an HDMI cable, without interception

• Potentially the next iteration of semiconductor development?

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