In the span of around 12 months, the release of the very first iPhone and the launch of the App Store created a whole new appetite for mobile games, empowering a generation of indie developers in the process. But one small decision, to support in-app purchases for iOS games, would change the marketplace forever. This episode of Moonshot comes from our podcast series Gameplay. Listen to Gameplay: https://podfollow.com/gameplay Visit the Gameplay website: https://gameplay.co Support Moonshot on Patreon: patreon.com/moonshot Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/moonshotpod. Visit our website: moonshot.audio.

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How Apple Changed Mobile Gaming

Autonomous drone delivery has the potential to change the way businesses operate. While drones will have a significant impact on consumer delivery, it's actually the B2B sector where it's likely to have a more immediate impact. In this episode of Moonshot, we speak with Hannan Parvizian the CEO of Volansi, a Bay Area company building long-range drones for B2B deliveries. Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/moonshot Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/moonshotpod. Visit our website: moonshot.audio.

Sky Lanes

The commercial space race is heating up. Whether it's big rockets, or small, there's been significant progress achieved by many companies across the sector. In this episode of Moonshot, we update two space stories to see how far the companies we featured have come. Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/moonshot Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/moonshotpod. Visit our website: moonshot.audio.

They Go Up So Fast

When the Xbox 360 was launched in December 2005, Microsoft had accomplished a significant objective that would give it the edge in the console war - beating Sony's PS3 to market by almost a year. But a few months later, a huge problem began to surface - a major hardware defect that threatened to destroy the entire Xbox brand. This episode of Moonshot comes from our podcast series Gameplay. Listen to Gameplay: https://podfollow.com/gameplay Visit the Gameplay website: https://gameplay.co Support Moonshot on Patreon: patreon.com/moonshot Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/moonshotpod. Visit our website: moonshot.audio.

Red Ring of Death

AI systems are improving in their reliability all the time - but when it comes to chatbots they're often still clunky. Soul Machines is a New Zealand company that's trying to build Artificial General Intelligence by creating digital people who can react to visual and audible human input. But what's involved in closing the gap between a clunky chatbot, and a believable digital human that can think and feel for itself? Greg Cross is a Co-Founder of Soul Machines, and speaks about the work they're doing to close that believability gap, and how Hollywood has helped inspire some of their technology. Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/moonshot Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/moonshotpod. Visit our website: moonshot.audio.

Humanising AI

The race to build a permanent base on the Moon is happening right now, but it raises a bunch of questions about how space is governed. So how do we balance the commercial interests of private enterprise with the desire to have space be for the benefit of all humanity? Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/moonshot Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/moonshotpod. Visit our website: moonshot.audio.

Space Law

NASA recently announced that they found water on the sunlit surface of the Moon. In this episode we find out what they actually discovered, and explore what impact this has on our plans for future space exploration. Let's Mine an Asteroid (Featuring Brad Tucker): https://moonshot.audio/s02e01-lets-mine-an-asteroid/ Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/moonshot Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/moonshotpod. Visit our website: moonshot.audio.

Finding Water on the Moon

The idea of cryonic preservation has been around for more than 50 years. But what do we actually know about freezing humans? Will we ever be able to freeze a human and give them another chance at life? Complete our listener survey https://bit.ly/MoonshotSurvey to let us know what you like (or don't like) about the show. It will take just a couple of minutes. Plus, to sweeten the deal, Australian listeners go into the draw to win a $250 Prepaid Visa Card (Terms and Conditions apply).

Can we preserve humans?

A new season of Moonshot launches on December 2nd, but we wanted to take this opportunity to get your feedback about the show. Complete our listener survey https://bit.ly/MoonshotSurvey to let us know what you like (or don't like) about the show. It will take just a couple of minutes. Plus, to sweeten the deal, Australian listeners go into the draw to win a $250 Prepaid Visa Card (Terms and Conditions apply).

We need your feedback

Wildbook blends structured wildlife research with artificial intelligence, citizen science, and computer vision to speed population analysis and develop new insights to help fight extinction. Go behind the scenes as an international ecosystem of data scientists, biologists, computer vision researchers and citizen scientists, level-up their resources by connecting their data and insights on one platform. Subscribe to Teamistry.

Teamistry: AI Saving Endangered Species

Gameplay is a podcast about video games and the virtual worlds that power culture and community. It's a documentary show, using long form storytelling to explore a variety of narratives from the world of games. Gameplay speaks to the ability of games to create immersive experiences and social connection. Episodes are released every two weeks. You can find Gameplay in your favourite podcast app or visit https://podfollow.com/gameplay.

Introducing Gameplay

Firefighters are facing scenarios they’ve never seen before. And as these extreme events become more frequent, learning how to battle them, safely, is a top priority for fire departments around the world. And many of them have found a solution in virtual reality. In this episode of Moonshot, producer James Parkinson explores how VR is preparing firefighters for the real world, through immersive training simulations.Get your Moonshot merch at podmerch.co.

The Next Generation of Firefighting

Scooters and e-bikes are all the rage in the tech world as companies push to provide easy-to-use options for last-mile transportation. We've seen hundreds of millions poured into businesses like Lime, and we've also seen others, like Boosted, fail due to an over reliance on capital. So as Scooters and e-bikes are rolled out in cities around the world, what does the future of last-mile transport look like?

Scooter Town

Universal Basic Income is an idea that many people have thought about for centuries, but are we any closer to seeing people receive a base level of financial support?This episode was first published in November of 2018.If you love Moonshot then the best way to help us is to share this episode with a friend, or if you're able, consider supporting us financially on Patreon. All supporters get an ad-free feed, along with bonus episodes, and merch. Visit https://www.patreon.com/moonshot.

Universal Basic Income

One of the most visible examples of technology in sports is its increasing use in officiating. American sports were the first to experiment with instant replay, while systems like Hawk-Eye have been widely implemented in professional cricket and tennis since the early 2000s. But are these technologies making sports better, or should we just embrace human error?Get your Moonshot merch at podmerch.co.

No Goal!

Explore the world's biggest ideas and the crazy people that believe they can make them happen. Are you ready for self-driving cars, jetpacks, 3D printed food, or a trip to Mars? Moonshot talks to the people who are at the forefront of all this rapid change to find out what the future of humanity might actually look like. Hosted by Kristofor Lawson and Andrew Moon.