7/18/06: Podcast Update

• Bruce Sterling, Science Fiction author, talked about The Internet of Things. This guy is FUNNY. I was going through the Atlanta airport while listening to this one and I know some folks that I was nuts for laughing so often. It is extremely good and I highly recommend it. Memorable experiences include listening to Bruce tell the geek filled audience that Web 2.0 is not about participation, but putting the geeks back in control since things are just a bit more difficult.
  
• Dr. Daniel Amen, Amen Clinics, talked about SPECT and the Future of Mental Health. Dr. Amen went through scenario after scenario demonstrating that with the brain imaging technology we have and the historical data we have collected, that it is simply amazing that Psychiatrists don't use it for ALL diagnoses and treatments. If nothing else just to make sure that there isn't an obvious root cause. Very interesting presentation.
• Dr. Carlos Melo,Transgenic Animals, spoke with Dr. Moira Gunn of BioTech Nation about, come on guess, transgenic animals. Another interesting presentation about genetically modified life from Argentina. And, again, very interesting. Imaginge human growth hormone produced by cows and harvestable via milk..... very interesting.