The Talk About Tomorrow podcast examines tomorrow's world through the work of applied futurist, Tom Cheesewright, as he helps a range of people and organisations to see what's next.
Tom visits the Superyacht Design Symposium in Austria to discuss how tomorrow's technologies will remove the design limitations from these already-extreme vehicles.
Tom reveals five trends for the future of energy from a new report produced with Nabarro, and debates the future of mobility at the University of Cambridge.
This week,Tom visits Sunday Brunch's Tim Lovejoy to talk about the rise of the robots
Reviewing the newspapers for the BBC, Tom connects two stories about our faith in technology and the effects of that faith being undermined.
Tom speaks to Andrew Beechener, founder of 'Republic of Things' about the strengths and weaknesses of smart cities, and Manchester's CityVerve programme.
This week Tom starts work on the '4G Kitchen' with famous designer Johnny Grey and the National Innovation Centre for Ageing at Newcastle University, and highlights the differences between 'smart cities' and 'living cities' at Pro Manchester's digital disruption conference.
Inspired by the Science Museum's robots exhibition, and a debate with Google and the BBC on augmented reality, Tom explores tomorrow's mixed reality, populated by virtual beings both digital and physical.
What skills do we need to survive and thrive in tomorrow's world? Tom talks education with fellow BBC tech commentator and UTC MediaCity's business engagement lead, Dan Sodergren.
This week Tom looks at the future of work - and what we do without it. How do we get the most out of our working day, and will the state support us when it's time to retrain with a Universal Basic Income?
Tom explores the balancing act between health monitoring and invasion of privacy as Manchester hosts the Informatics for Health conference