Feature Story: The Future of Personal Energy (1:15)

Garry Golden considers a future in which we unplug all objects from the power grid. Imagine building a home with no electrical wiring and no wall sockets. Instead, electricity would be packaged and distributed in micropackets the size of a lipstick tube. With the development of energy micropackets, electricity in the future becomes portable, abundant, and intensely personal.

Thought Tapa: The Cheeseburger Footprint (5:47)

Which produces more global warming greenhouse gases: your mid-sized SUV or the Big Mac you ate for lunch? The answer may surprise you. Jamais Cascio takes the term “thought tapa” to a new level as he explores the carbon footprint of something we all know and love: cheeseburgers.

Thought Tapa: Who Are You(7:50)

Wayne Pethrick does a little soul-searching on the impact virtual worlds will have on the future of personal identity - or, multiple identities, that is. With the emergence of virtual worlds our ability to create and manipulate multiple personal identities is almost limitless - or is it?

FringeHog Tags the World (12:07)

FringeHog co-host Sandra Burchsted provides a sneak preview of FringeHog’s latest project - our quest to tag the world.

Digital Digs: (13:22)

Michele’s picks:

6 billion others- A unique and fascinating view of your six billion neighbors.

Packet Garden- Grow a garden from your personal internet traffic!

Change.org- Do-gooders unite! One-stop shopping for social activists.

Feature Story: Pimp Your Brain (1:20)

Today it is common for people to spend their lunch break in a day spa getting a cosmetic tune-up. Within 20 years going to a brain spa for a neurological tune-up might be just as common. In our feature story, Sandra explains how breakthroughs in biotechnology and neuroscience are ushering in the age of cosmetic neurology and possibly changing what it means to be human.

Thought Tapas

“The Rise of the Metaverse” (7:38)

Jamais Cascio follows up on one of the biggest stories of the past - and the coming - year: the rise of theMetaverse.

“Concrete” (9:55)

Wayne Pethrick muses about his affinity for concrete and what’s happening on the cutting edge of this quotidian building material.

Big Idea Interview: Homaro Cantu (13:00)

Homaro Cantu is famous for putting on a good show. At his Chicago restaurant, Moto, liquid nitrogen, helium and a Class IV laser are all standard devices. But as Michele learned in this interview,Cantu has a larger mission - to redefine the concept of food and move the world one step closer to eliminating hunger.

Digital Digs (18:20)

StumbleUpon

“2057″ - The Discovery Channel’s miniseries about the future

Doc in the Machine

Feature Story: Loops (1:20)

If you thought there’s nothing good on TV these days, think again. Wayne Pethrick takes us on a five-minute tourof our favorite TV shows and explains how they offer a glimpse of how we’ll think in the future.

Big Idea Interview: Bob Freling (6:29)

How’s this for a Big Idea: Bob Freling wants to light up Africa oh, and while he’s at it, help two billion people leapfrog the fossil fuel age. Michele talks with the executive director of the Solar Electric Light Fund about his plans to use the power of the sun to create a brighter future.

Thought Tapas

“Senseploitation” (12:00)

In a world of information overflow, how do we increase our bandwidth of perception to take it all in? Sandra Burchsted introduces an emerging set of technologies which are tapping into our senses to augment our interactions with people, places and things.

The Participatory Panopticon (15:25)

Jamais Cascio describes a future scenario in which our mobile devices serve both as a back-up memory as well as a medium for capturing our experiences of the world.

Search & Sniff (18:20)

What if your old email actually smelled musty? Or the pictures from your Bermuda vacation gave off the aroma of coconut oil and rum punchMichele Bowman reports on a project that could revolutionize the way we search for things in the digital age.

Digital Digs (22:29)

Pink Tentacle
The hot spot of idea surfing for Japanese technology and culture.

Museum of Temporary Art
A digital showcase where seemingly insignificant objects get their 15 minutes of fame.

Post Secret
An art project which reveals humanity’s deepest secrets for all the world to read.

Feature Story: The Big Backup (1:15)

Imagine that everything we know as a species, everything we believe as a people, everything we are as a society, disappeared in the wake of a large-scale disasterJamais Cascio considers what would it take to make a back-up of global civilization.

Thought Tapa: BrainBall (6:20)

What if the in the future, the ability to relax becomes a major leaguer sportCouch potatoes, listen up as Michele Bowman reports on Brainball and the future of mind games.

Thought Tapa: Biomappng (10:05)

Wayne Pethrick talks about Biomapping, a new project which aims to create “emotion maps” of communities by allowing people to map their emotional moods with their physical surroundings

Thought Tapa: Grey Goo & Griefers (12:52)

Sandra Burchsted takes a look at the latest Grey Goo attacks in Second Life and the threat they pose to the sustainable development in metaverse.

Digital Digs (16:52)
Places to go, things to see and do on the Internet and around the world.

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1:01 Feature Story: Small Comfort
Did you know that television crime scene investigation shows do more than entertain you? They are preparing you for an emerging future where you’ll be as conversant in the language of DNA as you are in your native tongue. Wayne Pethrick, futurist and FringeHog
contributor explains it all in our feature story Small Comfort.

7:01 Thought Tapa: Everyday Nano

Did you know that you probably have products in your home that use nanotechnologyTune in to Michele’s thought tapa to find out how nanotechnology is increasingly being incorporated into products you use everyday.

9:43 Thought Tapa: Vein Viewer

If you dread having blood drawn because you don’t like being a human pincushion then Sandra’s thought tapa will interest you. She reports on a breakthrough technology that is saving lives on the battlefield as well as at home and bringing an end to the pin cushion problem.

Digital Digs: Places to go things to do and see on the Internet and around the world

12:26 Pop! Tech Dangerous Ideas Laser printed sushi and more?

13:30 Eyebeam Reentry NYC: Synthetic Meteor Shower

13:49 Ten x Ten Your world in a 10 by 10 picture matrix

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1:15 Feature Story: Show Me the Money

In the future, just who will companies market toCarbon-based customers or their digital avatarsOnline virtual worlds are exploding in popularity and real-world companies are starting to take notice. From Levi’s to lattes, join Michele Bowman for a whirlwind tour of commerce, culture and ?cybershipin virtual worlds.

14:03 The Future of Philanthropy
This summer the American Cancer Society raised $40k in a virtual version of its signature fundraiser, the Relay for Life. ACS Futurist Randal Moss showcases how the American Cancer Society is using Second Life to re-invent the future of philanthropy.

17:22 The Metaverse Roadmap
Jamais Cascio gives a first-hand look at a unique initiative to map out the future of the 3D web.

24:12 Digital Digs
Places to go things to do and see on the Internet and around the world

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1:20 The Future of the Seven Deadly Sins
Techno-lustEnergy gluttonyPrivacy envy. Sandra Burchsted looks at what we’ll need future penance for in the first of a two-part series on the Future of the Seven Deadly Sins.

4:35 Thought Tapas: Breaking the Sleep Barrier

What if it turns out that we don’t need more sleep, but lessScientists are working on a sleep prophalyactic that will make shut-eye a distant memory.

7:30 Big Idea Interview: Adam Greenfield

Michele talks with Adam Greenfield, author of Everyware: The Dawning Age of Ubiquitious Computing about what happens when technology starts to talk back to us.>

16:10 Digital Digs Tech gadgets, mapping Mars, and a recipe for growing your own couch places to go and things to see around the world.

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