Mizter Rad Show

What if every transparent surface around you—car windshields, building windows, even glass walls—could augment your reality without wearing any device? Jussi Mäkinen from Distance Technologies reveals how computational optics is turning ordinary surfaces into mixed reality portals.
We explore the technology reshaping human perception and ask: who decides what we see in this augmented future?___
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Episode link + article: https://www.mizter-rad.com/episodes/50-jussi-makinen-mixed-reality-surfaces-transforming-our-perception
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What if we could shrink the intelligence of ants and bees into robots smaller than a coin?
Elio Challita, a Schmidt Science Fellow at Harvard's Microrobotics Laboratory, is making this sci-fi dream reality. From studying termites that spit like 3D printers to cicadas that spray with chainsaw-level power, Elio explains how swarms of biodegradable micro robots could detect environmental disasters in minutes instead of weeks.
We dive into surface tension physics, biological materials as robot parts, and why insects might be the world's greatest engineers.
Could armies of tiny guardians be monitoring every forest, ocean, and city by 2075?
This conversation will change how you see the bugs in your backyard forever.
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Full episodes: https://www.mizter-rad.com/episodes
Episode link + article: https://www.mizter-rad.com/episodes/49-elio-challita-micro-robots-inspired-by-insects
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Elio's website: https://www.eliochallita.com/

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What if we're living in the dumbest timeline possible? Scientist James Glattfelder thinks we have all the technology to create paradise, but our bad ideas about reality are building hell instead.
We dive deep into how information theory is revolutionizing physics, why consciousness might be the universe's operating system, and how ancient shamanic wisdom could guide our future.
From quantum computers to psychedelic insights, from symbolic thinking to collective intelligence - this is about breaking free from the mental prison that's keeping humanity stuck.
The re-enchantment of existence isn't just philosophy - it's our survival strategy for the next 50 years.
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Full episode with transcripts: ⁠https://www.mizter-rad.com/episodes⁠
Jame's book, The Sapient Cosmos on Amazon.
Jame's on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesglattfelder/

Mizter Rad records this episode 11 meters underwater in one of Ocean Builders' revolutionary SeaPods off the coast of Panama.
Grant Romundt, CEO of Ocean Builders, shares how they're solving humanity's space crisis by building high-tech floating homes that create marine habitats instead of destroying them. From smart toilets to liquid-cooled AI brains, from jet ski elevators to waste treatment systems that clean water better than land-based plants - discover how ocean living might become as common as city apartments in the next 50 years. With floating cities already under construction in the Maldives and Saudi Arabia, Grant reveals why the ocean might be our next frontier for human habitation.

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Full episode with transcripts: https://www.mizter-rad.com/episodes
More about Ocean Builders: https://www.linkedin.com/company/oceanbuilders/

What if technology could make you feel like a whale or walk with elephants in the Serengeti?
Ulrico Grech-Cumbo, founder of Habitat XR, is using virtual reality to create "empathy at scale" - connecting millions to nature through immersive experiences that make your body believe you're actually in the wild.
We explore how XR might replace traditional zoos, why virtual nature creates real physiological responses, and whether digital experiences can solve our disconnection from the natural world. From filming lions in 360° to building the "zoos of the future," this conversation challenges everything you think you know about conservation and human connection.
Is this the future of environmental education, or are we just building more sophisticated barriers between humans and real nature?
The answer might determine the next 50 years of life on Earth.
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More about Habitat XR: https://www.habitatxr.com/
More about Ulrico's foundation: https://www.linkedin.com/company/habitat-nature-parks-foundation/

Episode with transcripts: https://www.mizter-rad.com/episodes/46-building-empathy-at-scale-xr-human-connection-with-ulrico-grech-cumbo

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