Disk issues plaguing Rob hold off long enough to record an episode, and we dispel some cell phone & cancer myths, and discuss the latest comet news. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support… Continue reading Click the icon below to listen....
We celebrate our 100th episode with a Google I/O recap spectacular, some musings on the last 2+ years with the Wireless Code of Conduct, and a special message from a surprise guest. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free… Continue reading Click the icon below to listen....
Rob and Mike celebrate the big 99 with a new keyboard from Google (iOS and USA only, of course), a new course for anti-vaxxer parents, and Apple Pay finally hits Canada, for some. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and… Continue reading Click the icon below to listen....
The boys have a lively debate on forest fires and climate change, before settling down to discuss skinny cable and streaming TV. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: Fort Mac… Continue reading Click the icon below to listen....
This week, while Nick enjoys the sunshine outdoors, Rob and Mike talk space, money, and beef. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: SpaceX plans to head for Mars as soon… Continue reading Click the icon below to listen....
The guys follow up on the FBI, Tesla and Apple, before discussing how urban planning can be assisted by crowdsourcing technology, and a 20 minute rant about homeopathy. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Warby Parker. Visit warbyparkertrial.com/future today; get a great deal on your next pair of glasses,… Continue reading Click the icon below to listen....
After discussing Justin Trudeau’s quick explainer on quantum computing, the guys delve into iOS, macOS, Android N, and BlackBerry woeOS. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Warby Parker. Visit warbyparkertrial.com/future today; get a great deal on your next pair of glasses, and help support the show. Links: Quantum Computing… Continue reading Click the icon below to listen....
This week, after fawning over Elon Musk, Rob and Mike go deep on the inherent shelf life of technology, especially in the Internet of Things. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Warby Parker. Visit warbyparkertrial.com/future today; get a great deal on your next pair of glasses, and help support… Continue reading Click the icon below to listen....
The gang talk tech April Fools jokes, whether real silly or unbelievable products released on April 1 still count as April Fools, and Microsoft forces us to hold a mirror to ourselves by releasing Tay. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Warby Parker. Visit warbyparkertrial.com/future today; get a great… Continue reading Click the icon below to listen....
Nick catches up with Cleo, for her thoughts on the iPhone SE. Check out the episode of the podcast where we discuss this interview here (Episode 93). Click the icon below to listen.
Rob and Mike talk backups, comments, and touch on the new iPhone SE. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Warby Parker. Visit warbyparkertrial.com/future today; get a great deal on your next pair of glasses, and help support the show. Links: Engadget turns off comments Civil Comments You can also… Continue reading Click the icon below to listen....
This week, the three of us go deep on the economics of big companies, to try to figure out why successful tech companies end up so deeply scrutinized. And of course, we talk a lot about ISPs. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Warby Parker. Visit warbyparkertrial.com/future today; get… Continue reading Click the icon below to listen....
Vegan bacon flavouring made from seaweed, a possible bacterial solution to our plastic problem, and we finally settle the self-driving vs. bus crash (unless we get new evidence). This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Warby Parker. Visit warbyparkertrial.com/future today; get a great deal on your next pair of glasses,… Continue reading Click the icon below to listen....
This week, apparently you can legally stream TV off the Internet now, Math is good and English is…bad?…, and we mostly all use social media to keep up with the world these days. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Warby Parker. Visit warbyparkertrial.com/future today; get a great deal on… Continue reading Click the icon below to listen....
We got to see Nick react live to the Reimer trade, then we talked about ad-blocking and paywalls, and compared diet strategies. Big week. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links:… Continue reading Click the icon below to listen....
We’re back after a 3 week hiatus to talk about electric planes, the LIGO discovery of gravitational waves, and Apple’s encryption stance with the FBI. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show.… Continue reading Click the icon below to listen....
On the show this week, Rob talks about space, Nick learns a little bit more about CRISPR, and Mike catches us up on the latest in mobile news. By the way, we’re on a brief hiatus for the next three weeks, so we’ll see you again around Feb 21st (just in time for Mobile World… Continue reading Click the icon below to listen....
The show this week is all about Rob’s frustration with cable/internet packages, more ways cities are going green, and good reasons kids should be learning to code. Go and check out the Withings Aura, a way to help you get to sleep and wake up more easily, as well as to track your sleeping patterns.… Continue reading Click the icon below to listen....
This week’s extra-long episode of Future Chat contains discussion about brand new elements for our periodic table, the tiny fraction of new interesting tech at CES this year, and a long discussion about NFC and its future in Canada. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today… Continue reading Click the icon below to listen....
We’re back from the break, to catch up on all the mobile news we missed, and to talk about hockey and coffee. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: Falcon 9… Continue reading Click the icon below to listen....
Rob’s epic Facebook rant, climate change prevention might actually be a thing again, and glycemic index isn’t all it’s made out to be. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: Ceres’… Continue reading Click the icon below to listen....
A new phase of carbon that’s harder than diamond, Porsche gets into the electric car game, and more bad news for owners of unlimited data plans. Links: Update on Thirty Meter Telescope New hi-res photos of Pluto from NASA iPhone 7 headphone jack follow-up New phase of carbon Porsche is building an electric car Top… Continue reading Click the icon below to listen....
Blue Origin and Jeff Bezos are keeping up with the Musks, Rob talks hygiene experiments, and the new iPhone will probably have a headphone jack, but maybe not in the way you think. Links: Blue Origin Test Flight Blue Origin Press Release Neil DeGrasse Tyson Says Private Companies Won’t Get To Mars Future Sci Chat… Continue reading Click the icon below to listen....
Tesla offers best recall ever, the FDA approves GM salmon, and raisins might not be the best indicator of motivation for students. Links: Teslas are being recalled to fix a seatbelt bolt FDA’s first approved genetically modified meat Paper on raisin experiment Article on raisin experiment Comcast announced streaming service doesn’t count towards data cap… Continue reading Click the icon below to listen....
Learning that the food industry is all about sugar, more interesting alternative energy, and useful ways to turn anti-vaxxers back to the light. Links: Scientists discuss discussing their work Arthur McDonalds wins ANOTHER Physics prize Google Maps gets offline support T-Mobile’s Binge On Protein Cheerios are just Cheerios with more sugar FDA proposes new sugar… Continue reading Click the icon below to listen....
All about the scientific implications of Canada’s new government, good and bad energy updates from around the world, and Nick actually likes a new smartphone. Has the world gone topsy-turvy? Stick around until the end for a Snapchat explainer you won’t want to miss. Links: Nick’s pepper plant tweet Alberta’s electricity production Ontario’s electricity production… Continue reading Click the icon below to listen....
The real cancer risk is due to ignorance rather than meat, we get energy in ways that kill a LOT of people, and how technology is changing the ways we learn. Links: If you want to see Nick’s costume, you’ll have to be his friend on Facebook. So go find him and add him! Rob… Continue reading Click the icon below to listen....
There’s a possible alien spacecraft coming to Earth next month (maybe), YouTube is pushing hard for its new subscription service, YouTube Red, and Mythbusters is currently filming its last season. Links: The new Subway Footlong Tesla Autopilot outside the US Space debris touches down Tesla and Consumer Reports YouTube Red Is YouTube being a “bully”?… Continue reading Click the icon below to listen....
The kilogram gets defined for real, antioxidants aren’t all great, and self-driving cars hit the Great White North. Also, the Martian. Links: Dell unveils new 2 in 1 laptops Toshiba hybrid laptops New planet probably doesn’t have aliens The other new planet ZTE device leasing program We finally have a kilogram definition New human remains… Continue reading Click the icon below to listen....
On this episode, Mike and Rob discuss the Canadian Nobel Prize winner in Physics, Microsoft’s latest announcements, and the slow disappearance of unlimited plans. Links: New Homo naledi research Driverless cars are too cautious 95% of Europe’s diesels fail emissions tests Nobel Prize for neutrino work ASAP Science – The War On Science Unlimited data… Continue reading Click the icon below to listen....
