Episode 46: Four Technologies That Nobody Realizes Will Change the Future
Rosie from the Jetsons, realizing that nobody ever valued her contributions. Ever.
Everybody obsesses about A.I., nanotech, space travel and robots. But the technologies nobody pays much attention to could have an equally significant impact on our world. Like artificial wombs, smart toilets, new forms of public transportation, and new cleaning machines.
Notes, citations, etc.
An extra-uterine system to physiologically support the extreme premature lamb (paper in Nature Communications)
A Unique Womb-Like Device Could Reduce Mortality and Disability for Extremely Premature Babies (CHOP news)
The Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold (book series)
Uterine replicators! (Tor.com)
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (novel)
The Matrix Trilogy (movies)
The Borg (Star Trek)
Gattaca (movie)
Dreams Before the Start of Time by Anne Charnock (novel)
Demolition Man (movie)
“Trapped in the Bathroom!” by Charlie Jane Anders (story)
Cleansing wands (Kohler)
Reinventing the Toilet Challenge & Expo
Why Did Bill Gates Give A Talk With A Jar Of Human Poop By His Side? (NPR)
AI-based Toilet Checks Feces Shape, Size (Nikkei)
A Winning Sanitation Solution (Caltech)
Harmony by Project Itoh (novel)
The history of washing machines
The Jetsons (TV series)
Aunt Bee (character)
Metropolis (movie)
Marshall McLuhan (futurist)
The Mechanical Bride (1951)
Sonic Shower (Star Trek)
Food in Science Fiction (NPR)
Moving Walkways in Science Fiction (Wikipedia)
“The Roads Must Roll” by Robert A. Heinlein (short story)
Rule 34 by Charles Stross (novel)
Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (movie)
Spider-Man 2 (movie)
Incredibles 2 (movie)
Speed (movie)
Silver Streak (movie)
“Marge vs. the Monorail” (Simpsons episode)
Jetpacks: why aren't we all flying to work?
Flying cars (Wikipedia)