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 explores the world's biggest ideas and the people making them happen.
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#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...
#26 - Designing Safer, Smarter, Robots with Rosanna Myers
One of the topics that always comes up when looking at robots is what will actually happen to humans…. Will robots just take all our jobs? Also how can we create systems that allows humans to work in tandem with...
#25 - Inside Careem - The Uber of the Middle East
Ride-hailing services have received a lot of attention in recent years as they disrupt traditional transport industries. Uber might be the most well known of these companies, but there are many other startups that...
#24 - Last mile transportation with Boosted CEO Jeff Russakow
As cities expand and more people are encouraged to use public transport, there's an increasing need for technology that can help people travel the 'last mile' to their destination. One of the companies that is really...
#23 - Square Roots and the Future of Farming with Tobias Peggs
The global population is predicted to grow to more than nine billion people by 2050, and with all those extra people will come a need to find more sustainable ways of producing our foods. Square Roots was founded by...
#22 - Creating Electronic Skin with Madhu Bhaskaran
Wearables are a huge market in technology. People are buying all kinds of devices to measure their steps, track their location, or even keep tabs on their heart rate. But what if these wearables could be made smaller...
#21 - The Future of Meat
The world is on the brink of a global food crisis due to an increasing population and climate change. So how will we combat these issues to make sure every person has access to the calories they require? Would you be...
#20 - Print Your Own Food
3D printing has taken the world by storm - we can print everything from the tiniest parts for a model robot, to jet engines, and even entire buildings. But one of the biggest revolutions in 3D printing is only just...
#19 - Rocket Lab with Peter Beck
There are many startups building technology for the small satellite market, but there actually aren't many places where you can launch them. In this episode we meet Peter Beck, the Founder and CEO of Rocket Lab - a...
#18 - Building on Blockchain
The technology behind cryptocurrencies, blockchain, is proving to be a revolutionary technology for many industries. From cryptokitties, to the stock market, and even digital music rights, there are decentralised...
#17 - Digital Gold: Part 2 - Interview with Dogecoin's Jackson Palmer
Continuing our look at digital gold we ask how you actually create a cryptocurrency? To answer that question we speak with Jackson Palmer, the founder of Dogecoin - a cryptocurrency that was meant to be a joke but...
#16 - Digital Gold: Part 1
In recent months there's been an awful lot of hype surrounding the cryptocurrency market with currencies like Bitcoin reaching record highs. However almost as quickly as the price goes up, the price comes back down...