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Humanizing Deep Tech with Card79’s Afshin Mehin

Afshin Mehin is the founder of Card79, a creative studio based in San Francisco that focuses on tackling complex and future-facing projects ranging from brain computer interfaces to autonomous vehicles.

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DTN 077: Moon GPS Coming Soon

Plus: China-Japan chip tensions, metal-mining plants, motionless wind tech, fungal robots, cyborg worms, NASA unfurls new solar sail, and more.

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Acoustic Alkaline Electrolysis for Hydrogen with Hydrosonics’ Luis Chavez

Luis Chavez is the CEO and founder of Hydrosonics, a startup building electrolysis technologies that enable small-scale and affordable on-site hydrogen production fully integrated with renewable electricity. Hydrosonics’ products are unlocking hydrogen as the fuel of the green future.

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AI Drug Discovery with NeuroX1’s Max Dordevic

Max Dordevic is the CEO and co-founder of NeuroX1, a physics-based AI drug discovery company focused on small molecule therapeutics for neurological diseases.

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DTN 076: The Promise of Synthetic Cells

Plus: Quantum internet in NYC, producing water from lunar soil, brain organoid bioprocessors for rent, underground nuclear reactors, robotic metalsmiths, and more.

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Capitalizing Climate Tech at Scale with Third Sphere’s Shaun Abrahamson

Shaun Abrahamson is the managing partner and co-founder of Third Sphere, an early-stage fund investing in rapidly scalable technologies for climate change adaptation and resilience. 

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DTN 075: Tough Times for Synthetic Biology

Plus: DoD plans drone 'hellscape,' SpaceX prepares for first spacewalk, DNA data storage, mysterious 'Wow!' signal deciphered, rocket explosions, AI scientists, and more.

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Interstellar Space Travel with Limitless Space Institute’s Sonny White

Harold “Sonny” White is the Director of Advanced Research and Development at Limitless Space Institute, a nonprofit whose goal is to inspire and educate the next generation to travel beyond our solar system and to research and develop the advanced power and propulsion technologies to make it happen.

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DTN 074: Brain Tech Breakthrough Restores ALS Patient’s Ability to Speak

Plus: Beer in space, defense tech investing slowdown, new semiconductor material promises more energy-efficient and powerful electronics, the birth of TechMed, and more.

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AI and the Birth of TechMed with DCVC’s Alan Cohen

Alan Cohen is a general partner at DCVC, a deep tech VC firm backing entre­pre­neurs using compu­ta­tional approaches to solve trillion-dollar problems.

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DTN 073: Quantum Cryptography Has Everyone Scrambling

Plus: Space balloons for tourists, 3D printed blood vessels, the case for analog computing, robots playing ping pong, and more.

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Turning Sunlight Into Natural Gas with Terraform Industries’ Casey Handmer

Casey Handmer is the founder and CEO of Terraform Industries, a company that produces renewable synthetic fuel at scale by combining solar energy with atmospheric CO2 and water.