Kara Platoni's guest appearances

Kara Platoni

Geek's Guide to the Galaxy - A Science Fiction Podcast

Smart Drug Smarts: Brain Optimization | Nootropics | Neuroscience

Inquiring Minds

Real Virtual Show - Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality Conversations - VR

ConsciousSHIFT with Julie Ann Turner

Long Now: Conversations at The Interval

Andy Weir

Neal Stephenson

Bruce Sterling

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Kim Stanley Robinson

Sean Carroll

Nicola Twilley

Bill Nye

Annalee Newitz

Mary Roach

Steven Pinker

Jennifer Ouellette

William Gibson

Kevin Kelly

Ed Lu

OwlTail

Kara Platoni went around the world to document the ways we humans are trying to expand our experience of the world beyond our basic senses. She found scientists, doctors, inventors, and cooks who are actively exploring the frontiers of perception. She gave us a taste of the science and shared amazing stories of biohackers, foodies, virtual reality researchers, and other sensory pioneers.Kara Platoni is a science reporter who works the Nancy Drew beat, going anywhere there is a possibility of a weird adventure involving pirates, old clocks or (ideally) ghosts. For her book, We Have the Technology, she sofa-surfed through four countries and eight US states, visiting any lab, military base or biohacker basement that would let her get in on an experiment on the cutting edge of sensory science. She teaches narrative writing and is an assistant dean at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism.

Kara Platoni went around the world to document the ways we humans are trying to expand our experience of the world beyond our basic senses. She found scientists, doctors, inventors, and cooks who are actively exploring the frontiers of perception. She gave us a taste of the science and shared amazing stories of biohackers, foodies, virtual reality researchers, and other sensory pioneers. Kara Platoni is a science reporter who works the Nancy Drew beat, going anywhere there is a possibility of a weird adventure involving pirates, old clocks or (ideally) ghosts. For her book, We Have the Technology, she sofa-surfed through four countries and eight US states, visiting any lab, military base or biohacker basement that would let her get in on an experiment on the cutting edge of sensory science. She teaches narrative writing and is an assistant dean at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism.

Transforming Perception, One Sense at a Time: Kara Platoni

188. Kara Platoni on Hacking Human Perception

Frustrated with the slow pace of natural human evolution, scientists, researchers, and biohackers across the globe are pushing the boundaries of sensory perception in bold new directions. The results are fascinating - as Julie Ann and her ConsciousSHIFT Guest, award-winning science journalist Kara Platoni, author of WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY: How Biohackers, Foodies, Physicians, and Scientists are Transforming Human Perception, Once Sense at a Time -will explore in this thought-provoking ConsciousSHIFT Show.Labs are developing brain-controlled robotic limbs that could one day provide people with prosthetics the sense of touch; advances in visual implants are restoring sight to those who have lost it; and the biohacker startup Grindhouse Wetware recently launched Northstar, a light-up skin implant inspired by bioluminescent animals. They hope to one day engineer a version that will include a magnetic compass, giving the user a semi-innate sense of direction.  Kara Platoni will introduce us to researchers who are changing the way we experience the world, whether engineering scents that stimulate lost memories in Alzheimer’s patients, searching for the elusive sixth taste, or building virtual reality technologies that prepare soldiers for the battlefield. These diverse investigations offer tantalizing glimpses into a future where we can expand, control, and enhance our senses as never before. Though it may sound like science fiction, perception-shaping devices are becoming profoundly embedded in human life, partly because they can be worn continuously (think Apple Watch, Pebble, fitness wristbands, Google Glass, smart headsets—even the cellphone with its ability to monitor location and take photos), and partly because they are becoming more deeply integrated into the body. Many of the devices on the commercial market are wearable, but other new technologies, currently reserved for those with medical needs, are implanted in the body. And their next generation is headed for the brain.Join Julie Ann and Kara for a mind-blowingexploration of the future of perceptionon another fascinating ConsciousSHIFT Show.

Frustrated with the slow pace of natural human evolution, scientists, researchers, and biohackers across the globe are pushing the boundaries of sensory perception in bold new directions. The results are fascinating - as Julie Ann and her ConsciousSHIFT Guest, award-winning science journalist Kara Platoni, author of WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY: How Biohackers, Foodies, Physicians, and Scientists are Transforming Human Perception, Once Sense at a Time - will explore in this thought-provoking ConsciousSHIFT Show. Labs are developing brain-controlled robotic limbs that could one day provide people with prosthetics the sense of touch; advances in visual implants are restoring sight to those who have lost it; and the biohacker startup Grindhouse Wetware recently launched Northstar, a light-up skin implant inspired by bioluminescent animals. They hope to one day engineer a version that will include a magnetic compass, giving the user a semi-innate sense of direction. Kara Platoni will introduce us to researchers who are changing the way we experience the world, whether engineering scents that stimulate lost memories in Alzheimer’s patients, searching for the elusive sixth taste, or building virtual reality technologies that prepare soldiers for the battlefield. These diverse investigations offer tantalizing glimpses into a future where we can expand, control, and enhance our senses as never before. Though it may sound like science fiction, perception-shaping devices are becoming profoundly embedded in human life, partly because they can be worn continuously (think Apple Watch, Pebble, fitness wristbands, Google Glass, smart headsets—even the cellphone with its ability to monitor location and take photos), and partly because they are becoming more deeply integrated into the body. Many of the devices on the commercial market are wearable, but other new technologies, currently reserved for those with medical needs, are implanted in the body. And their next generation is headed for the brain. Join Julie Ann and Kara for a mind-blowing exploration of the future of perception on another fascinating ConsciousSHIFT Show.

KARA PLATONI / WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY 02/03/16

On the show this week we talk to science reporter Kara Platoni about her new book We Have the Technology: How Biohackers, Foodies, Physicians, and Scientists Are Transforming Human Perception, One Sense at a Time.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/inquiringminds

On the show this week we talk to science reporter Kara Platoni about her new book We Have the Technology: How Biohackers, Foodies, Physicians, and Scientists Are Transforming Human Perception, One Sense at a Time.<a href="https://www.patreon.com/inquiringminds" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/inquiringminds</a>

119 Kara Platoni - Hacking Human Perception