Podcasts Technology The World Transformed Recalibrating the Possible, Best of TWT

Recalibrating the Possible, Best of TWT

Published: Aug. 22, 2017, 11:30 p.m.

Phil, Stephen, and Michael D. discuss new technologies (and ideas for new technologies) that push the limits of the possible.\n\nA good example of something that's possible:\nSequencing the Woolly Mammoth genome.\nExamples of technologies that push the limits:\nFaster-than-light travelThe Star-Trek style transporter.\xa0Indefinite human lifespan\xa0Personal flight - Superman style\xa0Hypercomputers\xa0Retrieval of all extinct species\xa0A bridge across the Atlantic OceanEliminating world hunger\n[This show first aired November 24, 2008.]\n\nPhoto by\xa0Eugene Lim\xa0on Unsplash