Moonshot is a podcast that explores the world's biggest ideas and the people making them happen. Think everything from self-driving cars, to going to Mars, and all the technology and startup ideas in-between.
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Moonshot
Moonshot explores the world's biggest ideas and the people making them happen.
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#S02E15 - Moving to Mars (Part 2)
Assuming the plans to send people to Mars actually happen and we do make it to the red planet, what will life be like for those first explorers?
#S02E14 - Moving to Mars (Part 1)
There's an increasing focus on sending humans to Mars, both from private companies and from government agencies such as NASA. But how do we get to Mars, will we survive the journey, and what will life be like when we...
#S02E13 - Hyperloop
It's a bird, it's a plane... no it's another brainchild of billionaire ideas man Elon Musk. But just what is the hyperloop and how close are we to seeing a hyperloop system realised?
#S02E12 - Universal Basic Income
Universal Basic Income is an idea that many people have thought about for centuries, but are we any closer to seeing people receive a base level of financial support?
#S02E11 - Self-Driving Cars: Building An Autonomous Vehicle (Part 2)
Uber was the first company to ever experience a fatal accident with a self-driving car, and in just a few years autonomous vehicles will start flooding the market. So what went wrong with Uber's driverless car, and...
#S02E10 - Self-Driving Cars: Building An Autonomous Vehicle (Part 1)
Most cars these days have some level of automation such as cruise control or lane guidance, but as technology advances the experience of owning a car and even driving one is about to change drastically. In just a few...
#S02E09 - Designing a Driverless City (Rebroadcast)
We know self-driving cars are coming - everyone is talking about them. But what impact will these autonomous vehicles have on our cities and how will they integrate with our existing city space? (This episode was...
#S02E08 - Quantum Leap: How Quantum Computers Could Solve The World's Biggest Problems
From weather forecasting to artificial intelligence, chemical engineering, and drug design, quantum computers have the potential to completely change the way we think about solving complex problems. But how far away...
#S02E07 - The Star Wars Hologram
The idea of having holograms has captured the attention of generations of people through sci-fi films, and this week on Moonshot we are diving into the people who are right now working to make hologram displays a reality.
#S02E06 - Will Supersonic Travel Ever Make A Comeback?
The Concorde was one of the most beautiful aircraft ever created and it really set the bar for supersonic transport. However since the Concorde was retired in 2003 - the world hasn't seen another supersonic transport...
#S02E05 - Augmenting Reality: How AR and VR Are Changing Entertainment
Pokemon Go brought Augmented Reality to the public on an unprecedented scale, becoming many people’s first experience using the technology. But while most people have moved on from playing Pokemon Go, there is still...
#S02E04 - Using Animals to Design Better Robots
For years, scientists have been studying animals and their behaviours. We’ve tracked animals using cameras, GPS and radio sensors. But as the age of technology progresses, scientists have found a much better way to...
#S02E03 - Cleaning Up Space
Ever since humans started sending satellites into space we've always neglected one very big issue - what happens when these man-made objects reach the end of their useful life? Some of the satellites will fall out of...
#S02E02 - Can AI be used to detect cancer?
This year 1.7 million cases of cancer will be diagnosed in the United States, and for around 600,000 people, that will be a death sentence. But as technology improves companies are turning their artificial...
#S02E01 - Let's Mine an Asteroid!
Years ago, people believed space travel was impossible. But now that we’ve ‘been there, done that’, the next crazy idea is mining space for the resources that will save Earth’s ecosystem, our global economies, and...