Episodes
Sept. 2, 2020
The Future of The Funnies: Cartoons, Caricatures, Comic Strips and Technology
The buzz X 3: Make me laugh! Though seemingly innocuous, cartoons, caricatures, comic strips and comic books are representative of important issues in society. Years ago, cartoons were handmade, frame by frame. Now many use f...
Aug. 26, 2020
Modern Marketers in the Post-Pandemic Next Normal: They’ll Find You!
The buzz: “Web marketing is about delivering useful content at just the right moment that a buyer needs it.” (David Meerman Scott, The New Rules of Marketing and PR) For companies trying to sell you something right now, while...
Aug. 19, 2020
Draw Me A Picture: The Future of Art and Technology
The buzz: According to Engineering the Future of Creativity: How Technology is Revolutionizing Art (techspective.net 2019, technology has created more accessible tools for the production of art, changed the arena of self-expr...
Aug. 12, 2020
The Future of Digital Selling: Coming to Your Favorite Social Media
The buzz: Hard to imagine, but not so long ago, products and services were sold in the physical world and salespeople were the go-to experts before a sale. Remember being invited to coffee or lunch by a salesperson? But consu...
Aug. 5, 2020
CyberPsychology: What Would Dr. Freud Say?
The buzz: Cyberpsychology is the study of the human mind and behavior and how the culture of technology, specifically, virtual reality, and social media affect them. Hot topics: online identity, online relationships, personal...
July 29, 2020
Care & Feeding of Restaurants Post-Pandemic: Technology on the Menu
The buzz! “As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, restaurants are still doing what they always do: taking care of their communities.…free food to medical workers on the frontlines, laid-off restaurant staff and their families, a...
July 22, 2020
The Future of Connectedness for Social Good
A social good is something that benefits the largest number of people in the largest possible way, such as clean air, clean water, healthcare, and literacy. Aka common good, social good can trace its history to Ancient Greece...
July 15, 2020
What’s For Dinner? The Future of Meal Delivery Apps
The buzz! Europe-based Just Eat Takeaway, a merger between U.K.’s Just Eat and Netherlands-based Takeaway, is set to acquire its US competitor Grubhub in a $7.3B deal, beating out Uber. The new company will have an active cus...
July 8, 2020
Yogurt of The Future: A Taste of Technology
The buzz! Yogurt is a food produced by bacterial fermentation of milk. Yogurt is related to the verb yogurmak, to be curdled or coagulated; to thicken”. Ancient Greek cuisine included a similar dairy product, oxygala. Yogurt ...
June 24, 2020
Your Social Media Brand: Helping or Hurting Your Career, Business, Life?
The buzz! themuse.com “Social media can also be a powerful tool for your professional life…build your personal brand, grow your network, establish yourself as an expert in your field, or give prospective employers a glimpse i...
June 17, 2020
Tech Goes On The Road: The Future of Trucking
Ripped from the headlines: transwood.com: “Technology is becoming an increasingly important part of everyday trucking life…improving trucker safety, efficiency and saving transportation companies…a new mobile app [Jan. 2019] ...
June 10, 2020
Transhuman Technologies and YOU By 2050: VR, Cryonics, AGI, Cybernetics, Mind Uploading?
The buzz: Lifeboat Foundation Scientific Advisory Board member Michael Anissimov says, “Transhumanists advocate the improvement of human capacities through advanced technology. Not just…in gadgets you get from Best Buy, but t...
June 3, 2020
We Know Where You Were Last Night and Right Now: Contact Tracing & Your Future
The buzz: Ripped from the headlines. WebMD.com: “Contact tracing is essentially detective work.“… “One of the oldest public health tactics, dating back centuries.” CNN.com: …public health staff work with a patient to help the...
May 27, 2020
Jobs in the Factory of the Future: Who, What, Where, When, How Much $?
The Buzz: “The Factory of the Future…Perhaps manufacturing will at last be able to leave behind the public impressions of labor-intensive, dirty and dangerous worksites…There is only one characteristic of the Factory of the F...
May 20, 2020
R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Will AI Drive Human Kindness In Our Online Future?
The Buzz: “For better and for worse, robots will alter humans’ capacity for altruism, love, and friendship…‘hybrid systems’—where people and robots interact socially—the right kind of AI can improve the way humans relate to o...
May 13, 2020
How Much Is That Doggie In The Window? Technology and The Future of Pet Adoption
The buzz: “Pet adoptions are way up amid coronavirus crisis, even with shelters closed to public” (USA TODAY). “Like everyone else forced to improvise in the face of an unprecedented crisis, America's animal shelters are comi...
May 6, 2020
Hatching Your BIG Idea: Venture Studios and Startup Success
The buzz: “Even incubators/accelerators [in India] that have been around for years, and have “processed” 50+ startups, usually don't have even one startup that has achieved impressive revenues/valuations” (Source). 90% of sta...
April 29, 2020
Falling to Pieces? Technohuman Game-Changers to the Rescue!
The buzz X2: “Humans have been co-evolving with their technologies since the dawn of prehistory…. Coping with this new means liberating ourselves from such categories as ‘human,’ ‘technological,’ and ‘natural’ to embrace a ne...
April 22, 2020
The Future of the Factory of The Future
The buzz: “The Factory of the Future has an evolving definition…even different names…Smart Manufacturing, Industry 4.0 or the Digital Enterprise…Perhaps manufacturing will at last be able to leave behind the public impression...
April 15, 2020
Everyone Knows Where You Were Last Night and Right Now: The Future of Location Data
The buzz: Ripped from the headlines. “Your Apps Know Where You Were Last Night, and They’re Not Keeping It Secret” (NY Times 12/18): “Dozens of companies use smartphone locations to help advertisers and even hedge funds. They...
April 8, 2020
Make Me Laugh, Make Me Cry, Make Me Smart, Make Me Dream! The Future of Entertainment Delivery
The Buzz: “Entertainment is ultimately an attention business, and the competition for attention has never been fiercer with new entrants from tech firms and non-media brands jumping into content production … With the explosio...
April 1, 2020
Get Smart: The Future of Out-Hacking The Hackers
The Buzz: “To become a Hacker you need skills, a strong presence of mind and what not? But before that all you need is an inspiration with a pinch of motivation….” (www.tech2hack.com). “What hackers do is figure out technolog...
March 25, 2020
Look Ma I'm On Camera The Future of B2C Video
The Buzz: “As video adoption for content marketing continues to rise, there’s no doubt that more organizations are looking to online video to improve their strategies…smartphone and tablet adoption has created a prime opportu...
March 18, 2020
Fasten Your Seatbelt: Ready for Your Future Ride? Part 2
Today’s buzz: “Auto makers look into their crystal balls – and their shops – to get an idea as to what's fueling the car of 2025. Most car makers agree: The next 10 years will see more change in the auto business than the las...