Utopian Techniax (UTX) - Technology, Science, Futurism
by Utopian Techniax
Utopian Techniax (UTX) is a futurist podcast, YouTube channel and blog. UTX episodes feature a discussion about a particular emerging technology, its limitations and application use cases, as well as a utopia - an imagined tomorrow enhanced by the technology's potential. Stay Utopian, Your Techniax!Find our Map of Emerging Technologies (MET) here: bit.ly/utx-met
Episodes
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UTX #026 - Richard Olsen on Lykke, Finance, and Symbiosis
At UTX, we often times talk about technology being at the center of human progress. Which is true. But there is another factor which we shouldn't forget about, namely how the fruits of technological progress are reaped and distributed, which today is not done in an equal manner. Richard Olsen's...
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UTX #025 - Danila Medvedev on Transhumanism, Immortality, and (Artificial) Intelligence
If we can extend our life span, potentially to immortality, we can increase the knowledge and capabilities of the human colossus, become mature, wiser, and ultimately better beings. Danila Medvedev has made it his life's mission to extend human life and to prove to nature that intelligence is not…
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UTX #024 - Keroles Riad on 3D Printing, Stereolithography, and Nanomaterials
3D printing stands at the dawn of a potential industrial revolution, allowing for rapid prototyping, high customization and removing the barriers between production and consumption. Our guest today is Keroles Riad, a mechanical engineer and PhD candidate at Concordia University, Canada. He...
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UTX #023 - Patrick Cason on OpenMined, Private AI and Data Ownership
The major adoption barrier of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and arguably technology in general is access to data. The conflict between the need for large datasets for learning and increased concerns regarding data privacy can only be solved with better technology and increased awareness about the...
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UTX #022 - The ULTIMATE Utopian Day in the Life of a Techniax!
Map of Emerging Technologies (MET): bit.ly/utx-met What will the world look like in 30 years from now? A comprehensive answer to this question can be found in our latest episode #22 about the "ultimate utopian day", which is based on our Map of Emerging Technologies (MET). The map is meant to…
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UTX #021 - The Map of Emerging Technologies
Map of Emerging Technologies (MET): bit.ly/utx-met We believe that technology and its adoption is the key to human progress, as well as to make us happier and healthier, creating a sustainable economy and increasing our living standard. This core hypothesis was what led us to create Utopian...
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UTX #020 - The Future of Food and Agriculture
"You are what you eat" - the old saying is true not just for us as individuals, but also as society as a whole. Because "what you eat" can also refer to how the food we consume has been produced and ultimately landed on our plate. It tells a story about our relationship with nature - our…
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UTX #019 - Robotics and Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
The one tendency which pervades throughout all of human progress, is our ability to achieve increasing levels of automation. We managed to automate power generation, propulsion, mechanical tasks and information processing. However, with the advances in computing and the advent of machine...
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UTX #018 - Educational Technology (EdTech) and the Future of Education
We live in the age of freely and publicly accessible information. A golden age for learning new knowledge and skills. Both the way we find information, but also the way we consume it is majorly being enhanced in the digital age. This also has massive consequences for education. The role of…
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UTX #017 - The Future of Mobility
The future of mobility promises seamless integration across various transportation types and channels as well as blockbuster-sized economic benefits based on time-efficient autonomous systems and increased safety. Not only does it change the way that we and our goods travel, it also reshapes how…
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Mark Zuckerberg's Vision for the Future | UTX Vision 03
What is Mark Zuckerberg's Vision for the Future? This week, UTX presents you a new series: UTX's We compile the visions of visionaries and present to you UTX Vision. Utopian Techniax (UTX) is a futurist podcast, YouTube channel and blog. UTX episodes feature a discussion about emerging...
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Bill Gates' Predictions for the NEXT CRISIS and the Future | UTX Vision 02
What is Bill Gates' Vision for the Future? This week, UTX presents you a new series: UTX's We compile the visions of visionaries and present to you UTX Vision. Utopian Techniax (UTX) is a futurist podcast, YouTube channel and blog. UTX episodes feature a discussion about emerging technologies,...
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UTX #016 - Renewables, Clean Energy and the Future of Energy
Today's topic is something that has been fundamental to the entire universe yet it is something which we do not entirely understand yet: Energy! According to Albert Einstein's famous equation, E=mc^2, energy and matter are two different states of the same thing. The amount of energy saved in…
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UTX #015 - Smart Materials, Programmable Matter and 4D Printing
Engineering is the bottleneck of human progress. If this sounds familiar, it's because we pointed out this fact in our episode on 3D printing. But as promised, we are now adding a whole new dimension to 3D printing to enter the world of smart and programmable materials! Their "smartness" of smart...
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UTX #014 - Genetic Engineering, CRISPR Gene Editing and Aging Technology
It is no surprise that one of the most active fields of research in medicine is subject to a lot of controvery: genetics. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 was awarded jointly to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna "for the development of a method for genome editing." CRISPR-Cas9, also...
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Elon Musk SHOCKING Predictions for the FUTURE | UTX Vision 01
What is Elon Musk's Vision for the Future? This week, UTX presents you a new series: UTX's We compile the visions of visionaries and present to you UTX Vision. Utopian Techniax (UTX) is a futurist podcast, YouTube channel and blog. UTX episodes feature a discussion about emerging technologies,...
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UTX #013 - Future of Computing (Biological Computing, Edge Computing, Federated Learning)
Traditionally, computer chips were based on specific properties of atomic particles. In quantum computers, which we covered in the 5th episode of the UTX podcast, the chips are based on subatomic particles. But there is one level that promises exponentially enhanced speed, storage capabilities…
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UTX #012 - #DeepLearning and the Future of Artificial Intelligence #AI
Discover Deep Learning with us in our 2nd episode of the 3-part "Machine Intelligence" series. This interdisciplinary field derives its beauty from its comparatively advanced maturity, despite its mathematical complexity. Applications of computer vision, computational linguistics and generative...
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Utopian Techniax (UTX) Official Trailer - Oumuamua
Welcome to the UTX podcast! Utopian Techniax (UTX) is a futurist podcast, YouTube channel and blog. UTX episodes feature discussions about emerging technologies, their limitations and application use cases, as well as a utopia - an imagined tomorrow enhanced by the technology's potential. Stay...
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UTX #011 - The Future of Machine Learning (ML) - Reinforcement Learning and Evolutionary Algorithms
In recent years, we have been able to transfer the evolutionary capabilities of nature to one of our closest companions: computers. The newer machine learning disciplines of Reinforcement Learning (RL) and Evolutionary Algorithms (EA) use properties of biology and neuroscience to learn by...
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UTX #010 - 5G, the Internet of Things (IoT) and the Smart Economy
After fire and the wheel, the next big catalyst of human progress has been the connectivity boost achieved through internet adoption. It gave us the opportunity to freely exchange information and be connected with one another. The next frontier for us is to connect ourselves to the physical…
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UTX #009 - Financial Technologies (FinTech) and the Future of Finance
From changing our spending behavior to democratizing access to assets and upgrading how we distribute value in our economies - the 100 billion dollar FinTech industry is expected to leave major footprints in the next 5 to 10 years. Access and declining cost of digital technologies and tendencies...
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UTX #008 - Vaccination technology and the COVID pandemic
"Extraordinary Times Call for Extraordinary Measures" is a good way to describe the current rollout of the global COVID-19 vaccination campaign, an unprecedented medical ambition in human history. Both the speed at which it was developed and its role as the last lifeline as proclaimed by...
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UTX #007 - 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing
Engineering is the bottleneck for human progress. While we can think and invent new knowledge and find better ways to collect, distribute and analyze information, manufacturing is what allows us to increase our standards of living. Challenges regarding scarcity and properties of input materials…
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UTX #006 - Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI)
Last summer, Neuralink founder Elon Musk presented the first version of Neuralink's Brain-Computer Interface, by showcasing several healthy pigs which had the Neuralink's chip implanted inside their brain. In the future, Brain-Computer Interfaces might not just treat hearing or vision problems…
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Top 5 UTX Technology Predictions for 2021
What does 2021 have in store for us? Technological advancements will continue to amaze and excite us and contribute towards the progress of humanity. From the renaissance of space to rejuvenating our body - explore the Top 5 predictions of technological breakthroughs in 2021 with us. #2021...
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10 INSANE Tech Achievements in 2020
Despite the sheer adversity and difficult circumstances that 2020 has brought along, humans have progressed again. Mindblowing advancements in science, technology and medicine helped us to keep raising our living standards, explore the unthinkable and dream about an incredible future. INSANE...
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UTX #005 - Quantum Computing and Quantum Supremacy
From teleporting photons to space to computing prime numbers a billion times faster - we associate a lot of breakthroughs with quantum technology. But will we ever achieve quantum supremacy? And how will quantum computers benefit our day-to-day lives? Join us to dive deeper into the "spooky…
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UTX #004 - Colonization of Space
Looking at space has always guided us in learning more about ourselves and continues to be a source of inspiration of science and humanity. Since 1972, no human has set foot on the moon's surface. Yet in 10 years from now, we might have established a permanent presence on our galactic neighbor.…
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UTX #003 - Autonomous Vehicles (AV)
The global market for Autonomous Vehicles (AV) is expected to grow tenfold in 6 years. AV have the potential to massively reshape society in just a decade. How will AV impact urban planning? What will be its net effect on sustainability? What will a typical AV-powered day look like? Explore it...
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UTX #002 - Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs)
The dawn of the digital era does not even spare central banks. The emergence of cryptocurrencies and digital payment systems and the reduced impact of classic economic policy measures has provoked a reaction by the financial authorities to follow. A committee by the Bank of International...
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UTX #001 - VR and the Future of Gaming
As of now, virtual reality is a very promising technology, fascinating to many. However, Sony's PlayStation 5 which was released on November 12 / 19 does not feature a new generation PSVR headset or in fact, any noteworthy novelties when it comes to VR. So is VR and gaming not a thing? In this…
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Utopian Techniax (UTX) is a futurist podcast, YouTube channel and blog. UTX episodes feature a discussion about a particular emerging technology, its limitations and application use cases, as well as a utopia - an imagined tomorrow enhanced by the technology's potential. Stay Utopian, Your Techniax!Find our Map of Emerging Technologies (MET) here: bit.ly/utx-met
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