The John Batchelor Show

Monday 31 December 2012

Air Date: 
December 31, 2012

 
Photo, above: future technology - a concrete watch (see second two segments of fourth hour,  Darwin's Devices: What Evolving Robots Can Teach Us About the History of Life and the Future of Technology by John Long.
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MONDAY 905PM EDT (805P Pacific): Wonder Girl: The Magnificent Sporting Life of Babe Didrikson Zaharias by Don Van Natta (Jun 2, 2011);1 of 2
MONDAY 920PM EDT  Wonder Girl: The Magnificent Sporting Life of Babe Didrikson Zaharias by Don Van Natta (Jun 2, 2011);2 of 2
 
MONDAY 935PM EDT (835P Pacific): Stan Musial: An American Life by George Vecsey; 1 of 2
MONDAY 950PM EDT (850P Pacific): Stan Musial: An American Life by George Vecsey; 2 of 2
 
MONDAY 1005PM Eastern (605P Pacific): The Last Headbangers: NFL Football in the Rowdy, Reckless '70s--The Era that Created Modern Sports by Kevin Cook; 1 of    18:00 total
MONDAY 1020PM Eastern (620P Pacific): The Last Headbangers: NFL Football in the Rowdy, Reckless '70s--The Era that Created Modern Sports by Kevin Cook; 2 of 2
 
MONDAY 1035PM Eastern (635P Pacific): ): Soccer Men: Profiles of the Rogues, Geniuses, and Neurotics Who Dominate the World's Most Popular Sport by Simon Kuper; 1 of 2  20:00 total
MONDAY 1050PM Eastern (650P Pacific): ): Soccer Men: Profiles of the Rogues, Geniuses, and Neurotics Who Dominate the World's Most Popular Sport by Simon Kuper; 2 of 2
 
MONDAY 1105PM EDT (705P Pacific): Engines of Change: A History of the American Dream in Fifteen Cars by Paul Ingrassia
MONDAY 1120PM EDT (720P Pacific): Engines of Change: A History of the American Dream in Fifteen Cars by Paul Ingrassia
Photo, below: A much-wished-for future technology
MONDAY 1135PM EDT (735P Pacific): Ajax, the Dutch, the War: The Strange Tale of Soccer During Europe's Darkest Hour by Simon Kuper; 1 of 2  20:00 total
MONDAY 1150PM EDT (750P Pacific): Ajax, the Dutch, the War: The Strange Tale of Soccer During Europe's Darkest Hour by Simon Kuper; 2 of 2
 
Monday / Tues 1205AM EDT (905 Pacific): Imperfect: An Improbable Life by Jim Abbott and Tim Brown
Monday/ Tues 1220AM EDT (920 Pacific): Imperfect: An Improbable Life by Jim Abbott and Tim Brown  
 
Monday/Tues  1235A (935P Pacific Time):   . Darwin's Devices: What Evolving Robots Can Teach Us About the History of Life and the Future of Technology by John Long; 1 of 2 
Monday/Tues  1250A  (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt. Darwin's Devices: What Evolving Robots Can Teach Us About the History of Life and the Future of Technology by John Long; 2 of 2.
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Ten Future Technologies that Already Exist
10. Printing human organs
9. Dynamically stable quadraped robots
8. Thought-controlled prosthetics
7. Wireless power
6. Retinal implants
5. Hologram television
4. Cloaking devices
3. Hover cars
2. Exoskeletons
1. Force fields
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