Faster Than the Future Mini-cast #2

02/06/20 • 0 min

The second of the new Faster Than the Future mini-casts. With only five minutes, I’ll race the clock to share stories of science and technology. Some will be of great importance, some of fascinating interest, some just odd, but all will be fast.

Stories:

Twitter to start labeling deepfakes but sets high bar for removal
- https://www.cnet.com/news/twitter-to-start-labeling-deepfakes-but-sets-high-bar-for-removal1/
Elon Musk promotes Texas ‘career day’ as SpaceX files paperwork for Starship flight as early as March
- https://techcrunch.com/2020/02/04/elon-musk-promotes-texas-career-day-as-spacex-files-paperwork-for-starship-flight-as-early-as-march/
An AI helps uncover secret sketches by Leonardo da Vinci
- https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7967235/AI-helps-discover-hidden-drawings-Leonardo-DaVinci-mapping-faint-zinc-traces-old-canvas.html
Artist tricks Google Maps into recording traffic jam with 99 cellphones and a wagon
- https://abcnews.go.com/International/artist-tricks-google-maps-recording-traffic-jam-99/story?id=68754956
LG Electronics is withdrawing from Mobile World Congress due to coronavirus
- https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/4/21123169/lg-electronics-mwc-2020-cornavirus-cancel-withdraw-outbreak-concern
Chemists Discovered the Structure of a Key Influenza Protein – Breakthrough Could Lead to Flu Treatment
- https://scitechdaily.com/chemists-discovered-the-structure-of-a-key-influenza-protein-breakthrough-could-lead-to-flu-treatment/

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Facebook: fb.me/SGSTPodcast

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SGSTPodcast

Intro and outro music: Cosmic Pluck from Vycroft. ( https://freesound.org/people/vykroft/ )

Countdown music: Epic Game Music by klavo1982. (https://freesound.org/people/klavo1985/)

Stories:

Twitter to start labeling deepfakes but sets high bar for removal
- https://www.cnet.com/news/twitter-to-start-labeling-deepfakes-but-sets-high-bar-for-removal1/
Elon Musk promotes Texas ‘career day’ as SpaceX files paperwork for Starship flight as early as March
- https://techcrunch.com/2020/02/04/elon-musk-promotes-texas-career-day-as-spacex-files-paperwork-for-starship-flight-as-early-as-march/
An AI helps uncover secret sketches by Leonardo da Vinci
- https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7967235/AI-helps-discover-hidden-drawings-Leonardo-DaVinci-mapping-faint-zinc-traces-old-canvas.html
Artist tricks Google Maps into recording traffic jam with 99 cellphones and a wagon
- https://abcnews.go.com/International/artist-tricks-google-maps-recording-traffic-jam-99/story?id=68754956
LG Electronics is withdrawing from Mobile World Congress due to coronavirus
- https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/4/21123169/lg-electronics-mwc-2020-cornavirus-cancel-withdraw-outbreak-concern
Chemists Discovered the Structure of a Key Influenza Protein – Breakthrough Could Lead to Flu Treatment
- https://scitechdaily.com/chemists-discovered-the-structure-of-a-key-influenza-protein-breakthrough-could-lead-to-flu-treatment/

Find us online at:

Facebook: fb.me/SGSTPodcast

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SGSTPodcast

Intro and outro music: Cosmic Pluck from Vycroft. ( https://freesound.org/people/vykroft/ )

Countdown music: Epic Game Music by klavo1982. (https://freesound.org/people/klavo1985/)

Previous Episode

Faster Than the Future Mini-cast #1

As the year 2020 gets off to a fresh start, we launch new The Faster Than the Future mini-casts. With only five minutes, I’ll race the clock to share stories of science and technology. Some will be of great importance, some of fascinating interest, some just odd, but all will be fast.----more----

Stories:

Meet Trump’s New 5G Czar
- https://www.lightreading.com/mobile/5g/meet-trumps-new-5g-czar/d/d-id/756490
MLB Will Use Robot Umpire System in Spring Training
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/rob-manfred-mlb-will-use-robot-umpire-system-in-spring-training/ar-BBZdOmD
Betelgeuse, a Supergiant Star, May be About to Blow
- https://www.inverse.com/science/62284-betelgeuse-star-s-dimming-sparks-death-is-imminent
GM Will Spend $2.2 Billion to Build Electric and Autonomous Vehicles at Detroit Plant
- https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/27/21083356/gm-cruise-ev-av-production-announcement-detroit-hamtramck-origin

Find us online at:

Facebook: fb.me/SGSTPodcast

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SGSTPodcast

Intro and outro music: Cosmic Pluck from Vycroft. ( https://freesound.org/people/vykroft/ )

Countdown music: Epic Game Music by klavo1982. (https://freesound.org/people/klavo1985/)

Next Episode

Faster Than the Future Mini-cast #3

The third of The Faster Than the Future mini-casts. With only five minutes, I’ll race the clock to share stories of science and technology. Some will be of great importance, some of fascinating interest, some just odd, but all will be fast.

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