Ahead of Its Time

A podcast by Setapp

Categories:

Society & Culture Technology History

10 Episodes

  1. Ahead of Its Time Needs Your Feedback!

    Published: 11/22/2022

  2. Facial Recognition: How a forgotten AI pioneer, the CIA, and Google Glass are helping the visually impaired

    Published: 10/18/2022

  3. Electric Cars: The story of L.A. smog, a homemade scooter and the ultimate redemption

    Published: 10/4/2022

  4. eBooks: A snack run and the Declaration of Independence changed the way we read

    Published: 9/20/2022

  5. Solar Panels: A flashlight-powered windmill and electrifying the world’s most remote villages

    Published: 9/6/2022

  6. WiFi & Wireless Comms: A Hollywood starlet’s quest to defeat Hitler led to lightbulbs that transmit the internet

    Published: 8/23/2022

  7. Cell Phones: The portable police radio and Apple’s secret project that changed the way we communicate

    Published: 8/9/2022

  8. Digital Cameras: How Kodak’s blunder and the camera on a computer chip could help us see further into space

    Published: 7/26/2022

  9. VR Gloves: Where air guitar meets a Nintendo flop, meets the future of remote surgery

    Published: 7/12/2022

  10. Introducing Ahead of Its Time

    Published: 4/25/2022

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The inventor of facial recognition software was years ahead of the competition but never got credit for his work because it was kept secret by the CIA. The first VR glove was a groundbreaking piece of tech that would eventually become one of the gaming industry's biggest flops. And when Kodak execs were shown an early prototype of the first digital camera, they flat out rejected the idea. In each episode of Ahead of Its Time, you'll explore the forgotten origins of today’s most transformative technology, hear from the people who first imagined it, delve into their past and relive their eureka moments. Join host, podcast producer and queen of tech storytelling Julia Furlan to discover why these inventors struggled to get their ideas off the ground. Then meet the next generation of innovators who are building on the work of the tech underdogs who came before them.