Podcasts about Applied Physics Laboratory

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: New 80k problem profile: Nuclear weapons, published by Benjamin Hilton on July 21, 2024 on The Effective Altruism Forum. Note: this post is a (minorly) edited version of a new 80,000 Hours problem profile. As the searingly bright white light of the first nuclear blast faded away, the world entered a new age. Since July 16, 1945, humanity has had access to technology capable of destroying civilisation. Amidst rising tensions and the return of war to Europe, we're potentially seeing the start of a new nuclear arms race. Meanwhile, the community of brilliant minds who worked throughout the Cold War to prevent nuclear catastrophe has all but disappeared. And that's a problem. It's a problem because the threat of nuclear destruction is still with us. But that also means that by addressing that threat, we could make humanity more likely to endure. Summary It's very plausible that there will be a nuclear war this century. If that does happen, there's a reasonable chance that war would cause some kind of nuclear winter, potentially killing billions, and possibly causing an existential catastrophe. Nuclear security is already a major topic of interest for governments, but has little attention from philanthropists and NGOs, so we think there are likely some neglected opportunities to reduce the risk. Most opportunities to influence the risk from nuclear weapons seem to be through working in government, researching key questions, working in communications to advocate for changes, or attempting to build the field (for example, by earning to give). Our overall view Recommended. Working on this issue seems to be among the best ways of improving the long-term future we know of, but all else equal, we think it's less pressing than our highest priority areas. Scale We believe work to reduce the probability of nuclear war has the potential for a large positive impact, as nuclear war would have devastating effects, both directly and through secondary effects such as nuclear winter. We think the chance of a nuclear war in the next 100 years is something like 20-50%. Estimates of the existential risk from nuclear war within the next 100 years range from 0.005-1%. We think the existential risk from nuclear war is around 0.01%. Neglectedness Current spending is around $1 billion per year (quality-adjusted). However, philanthropic spending is only around $30 million per year, and so we'd guess there are high-impact neglected opportunities to reduce the risk. Solvability Making progress on nuclear security seems somewhat tractable, and there are a variety of intermediate goals we might aim to achieve which could help. However, there's a real risk of causing harm. How likely is a nuclear war? From 1945 until 1991, much of the world lived in full knowledge that a constant threat of nuclear war loomed. Schoolkids did regular drills to prepare for nuclear attack; hundreds of thousands of fallout shelters were built across Europe and North America. After the end of the Cold War, fear of nuclear war gradually fell out of the public consciousness. But while the landscape of the threat has changed, the risk remains surprisingly - and scarily - high. Surveys of experts and superforecasters are one way we can try to put a number on the chances of some kind of nuclear war. Here's a table of every estimate we could find since 2000: Definition Annualised probability Probability by 2100 Source Nuclear weapon kills > 1,000 people 0.54% 33.34% Existential Persuasion Tournament (2022), superforecasters Nuclear weapon kills > 1,000 people 0.61% 37.09% Existential Persuasion Tournament (2022), domain experts Nuclear attack 2.21% 81.50% Lugar expert survey (2005) Nuclear war 1.00% 53.18% Applied Physics Laboratory (2021), Chapter 4 Nuclear detonation by a state actor causing at least 1 fatality 0.40% 26.11% Goo...

Captain (ret) Dr. Gurpartap "GP" Sandhoo, Ph.D. is Director, Emerging Technologies and Architectures - Space Sector at Northrop Grumman ( https://www.northropgrumman.com/space ), where he is focused on leveraging new and emerging technologies and manufacturing process to shape the future of civil and national security space. Dr. Sandhoo previously served at the Defense Innovation Unit ( DIU - https://www.diu.mil/ ) at the Pentagon, a United States Department of Defense organization founded to help the U.S. military make faster use of emerging commercial technologies, supporting that organization's space portfolio, focused on operationalizing commercial space technologies for national security space. He also served as Deputy Director of the Intelligence Advanced Research Project Activity ( IARPA - https://www.iarpa.gov/ ) support the director in the day-to-day management of the organization, and execution of the diverse portfolio of high-risk, high-payoff research programs to tackle some of the most difficult challenges of the Intelligence Community. Dr. Sandhoo previously occupied the Distinguished Visiting Professor Robert A. Heinlein Endowed Chair in Astronautics at the U.S. Naval Academy. At the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, he headed the Spacecraft Engineering Division, and was also the acting director of the Naval Center of Space Technology. He provided executive direction and technical leadership in conducting research of space systems with advanced technologies. He was also a flight controller at NASA's Johnson Space Center, and was a research & development engineer at Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory, as well as in industry. Since 1986, until recently retiring from public service, Dr. Sandhoo served in uniform in the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Navy and as a Captain in the U.S. Navy Reserve as an Engineering Duty Officer. He holds a Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Maryland, a Master's degree in electrical engineering from Johns Hopkins University, Master's from the U.S. Naval War College, a Master's and a Doctorate in Aeronautics and Astronautics from George Washington University, and is a MIT Seminar XXI fellow. Support the Show.

Dr Miah Hammond-Errey is joined by Jason Matheny, CEO of RAND Corporation and founder of CSET to delve into the complexities of regulating emerging technologies — from AI to biotechnology, what the United States can learn from Australia, the opportunity a current bottleneck in compute capacity offers democracies, and his work at IARPA — ‘the DARPA of the intelligence world' — using innovative methods to solve the hard problems of policy and national security. They also discuss the role of alliances such as Five Eyes in combatting AI-generated disinformation and why standards bodies need greater support.Jason is the President and CEO of RAND Corporation. He previously led technology and national security policy for the White House in the National Security Council and the Office of Science and Technology Policy. Jason founded the Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET) at Georgetown University, was a Commissioner on the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence and the director of the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA). He has also worked at the World Bank, Oxford University, the Applied Physics Laboratory and Princeton University.Technology and Security is hosted by Dr Miah Hammond-Errey, the inaugural director of the Emerging Technology program at the United States Studies Centre, based at the University of Sydney. Miah's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Miah_HEResources mentioned in the recording:Supporting responsible AI: discussion paper (Department of Industry, Science and Resources)The Illusion of China's AI Prowess (Helen Toner, Jenny Xiao, and Jeffrey Ding, Foreign Affairs)Artificial Intelligence: Challenges and Opportunities for the Department of Defense (Jason Matheny, Senate testimony)Challenges to US National Security and Competitiveness Posed by AI (Jason Matheny, Senate testimony)Dealing with Disinformation: A Critical New Mission Area For AUSMIN (Dr Miah Hammond-Errey, USSC)RAND Truth Decay original report (Michael Rich and Jennifer Cavanaugh)RAND Truth DecayThe future of digital health with federated learning (Andrew Trask et al.) SILMARILS – Chemical residue detection (IARPA)Making great content requires fabulous teams. Thanks to the great talents of the following. Research support and assistance: Tom BarrettProduction: Elliott BrennanPodcast Design: Susan BealeMusic: Dr Paul MacThis podcast was recorded on the lands of the Ngunnawal people, and we pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging — here and wherever you are listening. We acknowledge their continuing connection to land, sea and community, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

The recent headlines are alarming. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, shortened as PFAS, have been found in our rivers, drinking water and our bodies. The human-made "forever chemicals" do not easily break down, and pose a lasting health risk to humans and the environment. A report from the U.S. Geological Survey published last week found that the drinking water coming out of faucets in nearly half of American homes contain these chemicals, also called PFAS. But how persistent are so-called, “forever chemicals?” And what can we do to reverse the contamination? Tasha Stoiber, Ph.d., is a senior scientist with the Environmental Working Group, with a focus in PFAS. We're also joined by Melanie Benesh, Vice President of Government Affairs at the Environmental Working Group, where she is an expert on toxic chemical regulation. We also hear from scientists coming up with the next-generation of filters to remove these chemicals from our drinking water. Dr. Danielle Nachman, Ph.d, is senior scientist and project manager for the ‘Applied Chemistry and Physics Group' at Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Twenty years ago, Jason Matheny was a public health student who in his spare time was crusading to create a meat industry that would be less reliant on animals.  In 2004, after he founded New Harvest to popularize cultured meat, his fame grew. The New York Times profiled him in its annual “Ideas of the Year” feature in 2005. That same year Discover magazine named cultured meat one of the most notable tech stories. For the next several years, Jason was the face of the movement to grow real meat without animals, traveling the world to persuade governments and food companies alike that they should be investing in a future where people would eat meat, but not animals.  By 2009, now armed with his BA, MBA, MPH, and PhD, Jason began turning his attention toward preventing the more immediate and potentially catastrophic risks humanity faces. After leaving New Harvest, he eventually rose to become the director of Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), a federal agency that develops advanced technologies for national intelligence. Running the federal intelligence agency would eventually lead Jason to helm a national security center at Georgetown University, followed by a high-profile national security role in the Biden White House, to now being the CEO of the Rand Corporation. He was even named one of Foreign Policy's “Top 50 Global Thinkers.” As you'll hear in this interview, Jason shifted from his work on cultivated meat toward national security as he became convinced that technology can vastly improve both human and animal welfare, and that the only real threat to technological advancement is an apocalyptic catastrophe like a synthetic virus or asteroid. He still cares about the welfare of those of us living today—human and nonhuman alike—but Jason's primary preoccupation has become reducing civilization-threatening risks so that our species can keep progressing into the deep future. I think you'll find this conversation with this leading thinker as riveting as I did. Jason even talks about what technologies he hopes listeners will pursue to mitigate existential risks, so be sure to listen closely! Discussed in this episode Jason recommends reading The Precipice by Toby Ord. Jason passed the New Harvest torch onto Isha Datar, who was our guest on Episode 42. Our Episode 89 with Rep. Ro Khanna regarding his legislation relating to national security implications of losing the alt-meat race. Paul's thoughts in The Hill on government funding for alt-meat. More about Jason Matheny Jason Matheny is president and chief executive officer of the RAND Corporation, a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis.  Prior to becoming RAND's president and CEO in July 2022, he led White House policy on technology and national security at the National Security Council and the Office of Science and Technology Policy. Previously, he was founding director of the Center for Security and Emerging Technology at Georgetown University and director of the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), where he was responsible for developing advanced technologies for the U.S. intelligence community.  Before IARPA, he worked for Oxford University, the World Bank, the Applied Physics Laboratory, the Center for Biosecurity, and Princeton University. Matheny has served on many nonpartisan boards and committees, including the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence, to which he was appointed by Congress in 2018.  He is a recipient of the Intelligence Community's Award for Individual Achievement in Science and Technology, the National Intelligence Superior Service Medal, and the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. He was also named one of Foreign Policy's “Top 50 Global Thinkers.”  Matheny holds a Ph.D. in applied economics from Johns Hopkins University, an M.P.H. from Johns Hopkins University, an M.B.A. from Duke University, and a B.A. in art history from the University of Chicago.

Dragonfly, an upcoming mission from the Applied Physics Laboratory, is a pioneering project that aims to explore Saturn's largest moon, Titan. The mission will send a rotorcraft called Dragonfly to Titan's surface to study its geology, atmosphere, and potential habitability. Titan is of particular interest to scientists because it has a thick atmosphere, stable liquids on its surface, and a complex chemistry that is similar to that of early Earth. Dragonfly will be able to fly to different locations on Titan, land and take off again, and conduct in-situ measurements with a suite of scientific instruments. The mission is set to launch in 2027 and will arrive at Titan in 2034. The mission is expected to provide new insights into the origins of life and the potential for life elsewhere in the Solar System.Elizabeth “Zibi” Turtle, the principal investigator for Dragonfly joins us to discuss this incredible mission. Zibi was an associate of the imaging team on the Galileo mission and an associate of the imaging and RADAR teams on the Cassini mission. She also serves as a co-investigator working with the camera on board the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft. She has co-authored many scholarly articles about planetary impact features, surface processes, and planetary imaging and mapping.For more information about the Dragonfly mission, visit dragonfly.jhuapl.edu

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The Cognitive Crucible is a forum that presents different perspectives and emerging thought leadership related to the information environment. The opinions expressed by guests are their own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of or endorsement by the Information Professionals Association. During this episode, IPA founding board member, Dr. Rand Waltzman, returns to the Cognitive Crucible to discuss the Metaverse and his popular Disinformation 101 series. Our wide ranging discussion covers cognitive challenges related to immersive virtual reality environments, sensor technology, emerging influence methods, cognitive behavioral therapy, affective computing, and kayfabe. Resources: Cognitive Crucible Podcast Episodes Mentioned #83 Joseph Lee on Jung and Archetypes #47 Yaneer Bar-Yam on Complex Systems and the War on Ideals #90 Dave Acosta on Informationally Disadvantaged #64 Greg Radabaugh on Informational Power #82 John DeRosa and Alex Del Castillo on Measuring Effectiveness of Operations in the Information Environment #81 Cassandra Brooker on the Effectiveness of Influence Activities #69 Matt Venhaus on ARLIS & the Cognitive Security Proving Ground #38 Lori Reynolds on Operations in the Information Environment #75 Todd Manyx on the MCIOC #1 Rand Waltzman on Cognitive Security Rand Waltzmans' Disinformation 101 Series GPT-3 New Age Bullshit Generator The Humbugs of the World: An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages by Phineas Taylor Barnum Kayfabe WHAT SCIENTIFIC CONCEPT WOULD IMPROVE EVERYBODY'S COGNITIVE TOOLKIT: Kayfabe by Eric R. Weinstein Affective Computing Link to full show notes and resources https://information-professionals.org/episode/cognitive-crucible-episode-100 Guest Bio:  Dr. Waltzman has 35 years of experience performing and managing research in Artificial Intelligence applied to domains including social media and cognitive security in the information environment.  He is formerly Deputy Chief Technology Officer and a Senior Information Scientist at the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, CA. Prior to joining RAND, he was the acting Chief Technology Officer of the Software Engineering Institute (Washington, DC) of Carnegie Mellon University. Before that he did a five-year tour as a Program Manager in the Information Innovation Office of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) where he created and managed the Social Media in Strategic Communications (SMISC) program and the Anomaly Detection at Multiple Scales (ADAMS) insider threat detection program. Dr. Waltzman joined DARPA from Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Laboratories (LM-ATL), where he served as Chief Scientist for the Applied Sciences Laboratory that specializes in advanced software techniques and the computational physics of materials. Prior to LM-ATL he was an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden, where he taught and performed research in applications of Artificial Intelligence technology to a variety of problem areas including digital entertainment, automated reasoning and decision support and cyber threat detection. He has also held research positions at the University of Maryland, Teknowledge Corporation (the first commercial Artificial Intelligence company in the world where he started in 1983), and the Applied Physics Laboratory of the University of Washington. Dr. Waltzman serves as Advisory Board Member of GLOBSEC HADES initiative. He is also a founding board member of the Information Professionals Association. About: The Information Professionals Association (IPA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to exploring the role of information activities, such as influence and cognitive security, within the national security sector and helping to bridge the divide between operations and research. Its goal is to increase interdisciplinary collaboration between scholars and practitioners and policymakers with an interest in this domain. For more information, please contact us at communications@information-professionals.org. Or, connect directly with The Cognitive Crucible podcast host, John Bicknell, on LinkedIn. Disclosure: As an Amazon Associate, 1) IPA earns from qualifying purchases, 2) IPA gets commissions for purchases made through links in this post.

ARISTEiA in 30 min: Athena Coustenis, Director of Research Exceptional Class, National Centre for Scientific Research of France at Paris Observatory in Meudon, and Matina Gkioulidou, Senior Professional Staff Physicist, Applied Physics Laboratory, The Johns Hopkins University, discuss about Having Fun by Exploring the Universe.

2022 is a big year for space science. NASA has two major missions underway. The first – DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) – will test the agency's ability to defend Earth against asteroids. The second – the James Webb Space Telescope (the successor to Hubble) – will be used to study the origins of the universe and search for possible life in the universe beyond Earth. We talked about these missions with Nancy Chabot, Planetary Chief Scientist at Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory and Coordination Lead on the DART mission, and Meredith MacGregor, assistant professor of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Σταμάτης Κριμιζής: Ένας από τους σημαντικότερους διαστημικούς επιστήμονες, ο μόνος μέχρι στιγμής που έχει επισκεφθεί όλους τους πλανήτες του ηλιακού μας συστήματος με όργανα που έχει δημιουργήσει, συζητάει με τον Μάκη Προβατά για όλη του τη διαδρομή από το 1962 έως το 2021, περιγράφοντας την κάθε αποστολή, σ' αυτήν την εκπληκτική πορεία της επί τόπου εξερεύνησης των πλανητών από τον άνθρωπο. Ακούστε το ένατο επεισόδιο γιατη συνεργασία του με τον Δρ Van Allen και την ηγεσία της Ομάδας Διαστημικής Φυσικής και Διαστημικών Οργάνων στο Εργαστήριο Εφαρμοσμένης Φυσικής (Applied Physics Laboratory) του Πανεπιστημίου Τζονς Χόπκινς.Με την ενέργεια της ΔΕΗ

On this episode I tell Russ about the crazy and mysterious death of Kanika Powell. Kanika was a young ambitious woman who held a top secret security clearance and worked for the Applied Physics Laboratory at Johns Hopkins University. With the type of job Kanika had her friends and family thought she would be protected from danger but her job may have been the very thing that led to her death.Moral of this story... there is no lesson to be learned here because Kanika did everything right and still couldn't escape her killer. Sponsors:Hydrojugwww.thehydrojug.com Promo code: CRIMEGreen Chef:www.greenchef.com/wifeofcrime10 promo code: wifeofcrime10Join the Crime Family!:www.patreon.com/wifeofcrimepod

Stamatis Krimigis and Matina Gkioulidou (Senior Professional Staff Physicist, The Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory) discuss about Applied and Space Physics & about career achievements that go beyond the sky

Guest Benjamin Greenhagen, a planetary scientist at Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory in Maryland, outlines the lunar surface's remaining mysteries --- everything from permanently shaded regions at the North and South poles to near and far side impact craters.  Greenhagen is the deputy principal investigator of the Diviner Lunar Radiometer instrument onboard NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and is an expert on the geology of the Moon's surface. 

Join Erin as she and Captain Andy Ellers talk about how a sculpture major from Denison University wound up with his own IMDB page and may or may not have gotten into a spot of trouble with Russell Crowe on the set of Master and Commander: Far Side of the World. But first, we talk about the challenges of working with wicked expensive research equipment and how there just aren't that many opportunities for a sing-a-long with a tuba in the Maine Windjammer fleet. Also, how not to catch a baggywrinkle on fire and a Rhode Island connection!For those wondering, here is the definition of a baggywrinkle (mentioned in the episode):  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BaggywrinkleCorrections: When Captain Ellers is describing the sailing master in the movie, the character's name is "Mr. Allen" and the actor's name is Robert Pugh. For those interested, it's the June 1984 issue of Yankee Magazine, not May. Ships mentioned: Angelique, Californian, Clipper City, Dayspring, Hawaiian Chieftain, Homer W. Dixon (now Manitou), Mattie (now Grace Bailey), Mercantile, Mistress, Providence, HMS Rose, Sylvina Beal, Spirit of Massachusetts, Tole Mour (now Vela)Don't forget to subscribe to and rate both A Barque, a Brig, a Schooner...Walk into a Bar and A Barque, a Brig, and a Schooner...Shape History wherever you download and listen to podcasts. 

This week we talk with engineer Rich Meitzler about outer space and his experience working at Applied Physics Laboratory.

The Association of Old Crows (AOC) wants to make our podcasts the best they can be. To help us succeed, we'd like to hear your thoughts. Please take just a few minutes to complete our 2022 listener survey, because your opinion is very important to us. Thank you!Electromagnetic energy is a fundamental part of our universe. Humans discovered ways to use this energy for many purposes. From radio to TV, smartphones to Wifi. But electromagnetic energy also influenced another major sector: military operations. Along came the Crows, people who learned electromagnetic energy, applied it to military combat operations, and forever impacted modern warfare. Today, we begin the story of how the greatest scientific minds came to understand this natural phenomenon, how it changed the way we think, live and communicate, and how now electromagnetic spectrum operations, or EMSO, have influenced every major military campaign over the past 100 years.This episode takes you to the scientific roots of EMSO. We hear insights from Mr. Charles “Chuck” Quintero from the Johns Hopkins University of Applied Physics Laboratory, who discusses the evolution of natural philosophy from Sir Isaac Newton to James Clerk Maxwell to Heinrich Hertz. He tells the stories behind the great minds of scientists, physicists, and mathematicians and how they contributed to Maxwell's theories on electromagnetism and the impact it later had on the world of EMSO.To learn more about today's topics or to stay updated on EMSO and EW developments, visit our homepage.The AOC thanks BAE SYSTEMS for sponsoring this episode.

In this inaugural episode of Emerging Tech Horizons, ETI's Dr. Mark Lewis is joined by Jason Matheny to discuss artificial intelligence and the future of defense modernization. Tune in to hear Mark and Jason discuss the recent National Security Commission on AI Report, the race against our peer competitors, attracting and retaining top AI talent, and more. Jason Matheny Bio: Jason Matheny is the the Deputy Assistant to the President for Technology and National Security, Deputy Director for National Security in the Office of Science and Technology Policy, and Coordinator for Technology and National Security at the National Security Council. Jason Matheny was the Founding Director of Georgetown's Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET). Previously he was Assistant Director of National Intelligence, and Director of IARPA, responsible for the development of breakthrough technologies for the U.S. intelligence community. Before IARPA, he worked at Oxford University, the World Bank, the Applied Physics Laboratory, the Center for Biosecurity, and Princeton University, and was the co-founder of two biotechnology companies.   Jason is a member of the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence and the National Academies' Intelligence Community Studies Board; is a recipient of the Intelligence Community's Award for Individual Achievement in Science and Technology, the National Intelligence Superior Service Medal, and the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers; and was named one of Foreign Policy's “Top 50 Global Thinkers.” He has served on various White House committees related to artificial intelligence, biosecurity, high-performance computing, and quantum information science. He co-led the National AI R&D Strategic Plan released by the White House in 2016 and was a member of the White House Select Committee on AI, created in 2018. He holds a Ph.D. in applied economics from Johns Hopkins University, an MPH from Johns Hopkins University, an MBA from Duke University and a B.A. from the University of Chicago.

Famed economist Jim Rickards sits down with Alex Moazed to discuss Chinese currency geopolitics, investing in gold, whether he's a bitcoin bull or bear, and how the global pandemic affected the economic analysis in his most recent book "THE NEW GREAT DEPRESSION: Winners and Losers in a Post-Pandemic World". Read THE NEW GREAT DEPRESSION: Winners and Losers in a Post-Pandemic World: https://www.amazon.com/New-Great-Depr... Originally Aired: 01/15/20 00:00 - Subscribe for Tech & Business News Daily 00:18 - Rickards Introduction 03:58 - The New Great Depression 11:42 - Currency Wars 14:34 - Pentagon's Financial War Game 16:55 - Chinese Money Printing 22:23 - Chinese Yuan a Global Reserve Currency? 25:34 - Confidence and Stimulus 35:34 - How to Invest During The New Great Depression 38:43 - Rickards Thoughts on Bitcoin James Rickards is the Editor of Strategic Intelligence, a financial newsletter. He is The New York Times bestselling author of The New Great Depression (2020), Aftermath (2019), The Road to Ruin (2016), The New Case for Gold (2016), The Death of Money (2014), and Currency Wars (2011) from Penguin Random House. He is an investment advisor, lawyer, inventor, and economist, and has held senior positions at Citibank, Long-Term Capital Management, and Caxton Associates. In 1998, he was the principal negotiator of the rescue of LTCM sponsored by the Federal Reserve. His clients include institutional investors and government directorates. He is an op-ed contributor to the Financial Times, Evening Standard, The Telegraph, New York Times, and Washington Post, and has been interviewed by BBC, CNN, NPR, CSPAN, CNBC, Bloomberg, Fox, and The Wall Street Journal. Mr. Rickards is a guest lecturer in globalization and finance at The Johns Hopkins University, Georgetown University, Trinity College Dublin, The Kellogg School at Northwestern, the U.S. Army War College and the School of Advanced International Studies. He has presented papers on risk at Singularity University, the Applied Physics Laboratory, and the Los Alamos National Laboratory. He is an advisor on capital markets to the U.S. intelligence community, and the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and is on the Advisory Board of the FDD Center on Economic and Financial Power in Washington DC. Mr. Rickards holds an LL.M. (Taxation) from the NYU School of Law; a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School; an M.A. in international economics from SAIS, and a B.A. (with honors) from Johns Hopkins. He lives in New Hampshire.

Jim Miller has worked for four decades on a combination of private and public sector initiatives focused on addressing a wide variety of national security threats.  He has held numerous positions within the Department of Defense including serving as Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and has been awarded the DoD's highest civilian award four times. In this OODAcast, we discuss a wide variety of topics including: How to use red teaming to plan for emerging threats and opportunities How to bridge the gap between planning and execution Lessons-learned from 40 years of working with top strategists and thinkers Developing a new generation of experts to inform policy and strategy How the first DoD Cyber Policy was developed and how it contributed to addressing the cyber threat Emerging national security concerns and the global threat landscape Official Bio: Jim Miller is President of Adaptive Strategies, LLC, which provides consulting to private sector clients on strategy development and implementation, international engagement, and technology issues. He is a senior fellow at Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory, and is a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies and the Council on Foreign Relations. As Under Secretary of Defense for Policy from May 2012 to January 2014, Dr. Miller served as the principal civilian advisor to the Secretary of Defense on strategy, policy, and operations, working to strengthen relations with allies and partners in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, and to reduce the risks of miscommunication with Russia and China. He served as Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, from April 2009 to May 2012. For his accomplishments, he was awarded the Department of Defense’s highest civilian award, the Medal for Distinguished Public Service four times, twice by Secretary Gates, and by Secretaries Panetta and Hagel. He also received the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s Joint Distinguished Civilian Award. Dr. Miller was present at the creation for CNAS, serving as Senior Vice President and Director of Studies from 2007 to 2009. He previously served as Senior Vice President at Hicks and Associates, Inc. During the 1990s he was Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Requirements, Plans, and Counterproliferation Policy, Assistant Professor of Public Policy at Duke University, and senior professional staff member for the House Armed Services Committee. Dr. Miller received a B.A. degree with honors in economics from Stanford University, where he played tennis for a team that won several national championships. He earned Master’s and Ph.D. degrees in public policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Additional Resources: OODA Network Interview with Jim Miller

Alice has participated in two historic flybys, which are billions of miles away. (The irony that I usually walk upstairs to work is not lost on me.) She's now the second guest who has graced this podcast from the space exploration community. Of course, we're going to talk about space exploration in this episode, but we're also going to talk about what has needed to work well among a team of Earthlings for it all to be possible plus the lessons that Alice has personally learned along the way.According to Alice, there are many ways to be involved in space exploration, including how to communicate with a spacecraft, the aspects of project management, and leading a diverse team. In fact, Alice shares openly about creating a safe environment for all team members to flourish, including the importance of excellent communication, listening without prejudice or agenda, and respecting and trusting your team's diverse expertise.When it comes to Alice’s journey, it took a lot of hard work, dedication, and perseverance. She shares how she overcame self-imposed barriers and grew her self-confidence. Alice also shares one of the scariest moments she has ever faced at work and what she learned from it. Selected link love + resources from the episodeConnect with Alice: TwitterNew Horizons NASA missionLive stream of Alice doing check of “autonomy”Johns Hopkins University Nicole Stott on LvcSKickass Theme Music: “Things Are Getting Better” Written by Rishi Dhir. Performed by The High Dials.Stay in the loop about future Le vital corps Salon episodes or with Kara: Twitter | Instagram | The List (sent monthly-ish including helpful health + lifestyle information)

COVID-19 is having a dramatic impact on the nature of market, credit, financial, and operational risks facing companies. Information about these risks is evolving at a rapid pace. To help risk managers stay informed of the latest developments and address the challenges associated with COVID-19, GARP has launched a podcast series featuring lively discussions with thought leaders and experts. Our first interview is with Ed Amoroso, currently Chief Executive Officer of TAG Cyber LLC, a global cyber security advisory, training, consulting, and media services company supporting hundreds of companies across the world. Ed recently retired from AT&T after thirty-one years of service in the cybersecurity space. In recent years, financial institutions have proven to be vulnerable to cyberattacks, leaving risk teams scrambling.  With more work pushed online than ever before due to COVID-19 – and hackers finding new ways to exploit networks - understanding new and evolving cyber risks is even more critical today. How can cyber risk and risk management in general keep up with the sophistication and scale of potential attacks against company systems in a work environment that has already been disrupted? What role do CROs and risk managers play in this battle and what role do cybersecurity professionals play in risk management in the future.   To access our full library of COVID-19 content click here.     Dr. Ed Amoroso is currently Chief Executive Officer of TAG Cyber LLC, a global cyber security advisory, training, consulting, and media services company supporting hundreds of companies across the world. Ed recently retired from AT&T after thirty-one years of service, beginning in Unix security R&D at Bell Labs and culminating as Senior Vice President and Chief Security Officer of AT&T from 2004 to 2016. Ed has been Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at the Stevens Institute of Technology for the past twenty-seven years, where he has introduced nearly two thousand graduate students to the topic of information security. He is also affiliated with the Tandon School of Engineering at NYU as a Research Professor, and the Applied Physics Laboratory at Johns Hopkins University as a senior advisor. He is author of six books on cyber security and dozens of major research and technical papers and articles in peer-reviewed and major publications. Ed holds the BS degree in physics from Dickinson College, the MS/PhD degrees in Computer Science from the Stevens Institute of Technology, and is a graduate of the Columbia Business School. He holds ten patents in the area of cyber security and media technology and he has served as a Member of the Board of Directors for M&T Bank, as well as on the NSA Advisory Board (NSAAB). Ed’s work has been highlighted on CNN, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal. He has worked directly with four Presidential administrations on issues related to national security, critical infrastructure protection, and cyber policy.

Luke Osborn, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, discusses the lab's exciting work in modern prosthetics and biomedical engineering. Osborn is a postdoctoral researcher in the Intelligent Systems Group in the Research and Exploratory Development Department at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. Osborn's expertise lies in multiple scientific areas, specifically concentrated on neuroengineering and applied neuroscience. His intensive work explores the groundbreaking new areas of advancement in tactile sensing and feedback for sensory augmentation. Osborn often works with upper limb amputees. He discusses the problem known as phantom limb, which is the sensation that an amputated limb is still actually attached. Statistically speaking, 80 to 100% of people who have had an amputation report experiencing ‘phantom' sensations/feelings in their amputated limb, and unfortunately, most of these types of sensations are painful. He explains how the muscles that still exist in partial limbs can cause amputees to feel sensations. He talks about their work in the improvement of prosthetics, utilizing sensory feedback. The big issue: embodiment, and as Osborn explains embodiment is the integration of an artificial limb (prosthetic) into someone's own body identity so to speak, essentially the fusion of body and perception. The goal is to get people to feel that their prosthetic is a part of them. The prosthetics researcher talks about the ways they work with amputees, and the methods they use to get them to feel sensations, such as pressure, etc. Restoring sensation is a key element of their work, and Osborn explains how they target functionality. Osborn's questions lead to more research and advancement. Ultimately, the goal is to figure out what types of sensations and perceptions can be improved, and how to improve them via new technologies.

Episode Description:Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory new building 201 will host cutting edge research paving the way to new technologies. CannonDesign solved complex engineering and architectural building design challenges to deliver this state of the art research facility. Tune in and see how these two organizations collaborated for a truly stunning and technologically advanced building critical to providing solutions to our nation’s most challenging research, engineering, and analytical problems. Building Description:260,000 gsf interdisciplinary research facility that will provide the Research and Exploratory Development Department (REDD) with flexible open laboratories, and core laboratories in a highly collaborative open workplace environment. REDD’s interdisciplinary programs include Multifunctional Materials and Nanostructures, Experimental and Computational Physics, Microelectronics and Microsystems, and Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. Core Labs include THZ and Quantum Mechanics Optics Labs, MBE and MTS Labs, a Dry Lab, an Imaging Suite, NMR’s, and a Metal Shop. Also included are Open Labs for Biological and Health Sciences programs with flanking support labs for Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Analytical Instrumentation, and Sequencing Labs, as well as Virology, Tissue Culture, Environmental Chambers, Mass Specs, and Radioisotopes. The building has additional amenities including a large auditorium capable of hosting town hall type meetings and delivering presentations. The building is expected to be occupied early 2020. Project Highlights: 260,000 gross square feet IECC 2015, LEED Silver (Pending) -167,000 CFM total 100% OA lab supply; lab AHU’s have fan arrays for partial redundancy -200,000 CFM total building supply air; every AHU with energy recovery -180,000 CFM total (150,000 CFM + 30,000 CFM) N+1 high plume laboratory exhaust fan array - 225,000 CFM engineered smoke control system for the atrium. - 18,000 MBH high efficiency condensing HHW plant with N+1 boiler not included in total - 1,280 ton CHW plant with N+1 chiller not included in total - Laboratory equipment process cooling system.

Rabbi Daniel Korobkin was born in California. His father was an entertainment lawyer with clients such as the enormous metal band, Megadeth. Daniel's mother is a Survivor who at 6 years old was on the Kinder-transport.  Daniel was a fine thinker then, and an even better one now. He loves nothing more than to develop complex ideas which he can impart to others, simplistically.   Daniel received his Master of Arts degree in medieval Jewish and Islamic thought from UCLA's Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, and his Master of Science degree from the Johns Hopkins University School for Engineering at the Applied Physics Laboratory.  About a decade ago Rabbi Korobkin came to Toronto to step into the position of rabbi at Beth Avraham Yoseph Synagogue - one of the largest Orthodox Shuls in North America. While it took awhile to learn his way around the very big edifice, and around the membership, he ultimately took the community by storm with his fierce passion for learning, teaching and caring for his congregants. What I really liked about schmoozing with Rabbi Korobkin was being with a man, a Jewish leader, who is courageous. He accepts the fact there are more than just Orthodox Jews within the Jewish family and in his own way, a very important way, he embraces them. He tells the Jewish man who is a homosexual and not accepted by the community, 'you are special and they don't know you like I know you. You hold your head high.' He's a man who is prepared to take the shots from other leaders, knowing he's doing the right thing.  In essence, Rabbi Korobkin subscribes to King Solomons’s statement that, “there is no such thing as doing good and doing no evil.”  And he believes, like a great (mussar) Rabbi of the 19th century, ' you can lock yourself in a closet and you’ll never do anything wrong but, you’ll never do anything good either. And what I respected about the man is his well developed sense of unity. This statement he made during our interview says it best:  "If we would only recognize the value in each and every Jew, what each person brings to the table no matter how different they are from us, we would have a much greater nation, a homogeneous nation that is made up of diverse parts. We would really bring redemption right away.” This is Rabbi Daniel Korobkin. He is a bright, compassionate human being, a lover of the Jewish people and Israel, and a man who embraces all Jews and all of person-kind. This is a special edition of Hatradio!. (Thanks to Howard Pasternack for his post-production on this show and every other we've done. And a hearty 'way to go' to David Nefesh for his blues song, 'In the Hat'.) This is a beautiful edition of Hatradio! .  Hatradio! The show that schmoozes.    

  My guest in this episode is Jim Rickards. Jim is the Editor of Strategic Intelligence, a financial newsletter, and Director of The James Rickards Project, an inquiry into the complex dynamics of geopolitics + global capital. He is the author of three New York Times best sellers, The Road to Ruin (2016), The Death of Money (2014), and Currency Wars (2011), and the national best seller, The New Case for Gold (2016). He is an investment advisor, lawyer, and economist, and has held senior positions at Citibank, Long-Term Capital Management, and Caxton Associates. In 1998, he was the principal negotiator of the rescue of LTCM sponsored by the Federal Reserve. His clients include institutional investors and government directorates. He is an Op-Ed contributor to the Financial Times, Evening Standard, The Telegraph New York Times, and Washington Post, and has been interviewed on BBC, CNN, NPR, C-SPAN, CNBC, Bloomberg, Fox, and The Wall Street Journal. Mr. Rickards is a guest lecturer in globalization and finance at The Johns Hopkins University, Georgetown University, The Kellogg School at Northwestern, and the School of Advanced International Studies. He has delivered papers on risk at Singularity University, the Applied Physics Laboratory, and the Los Alamos National Laboratory. He is an advisor on capital markets to the U.S. intelligence community, and the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and is on the Advisory Board of the Center on Sanctions & Illicit Finance in Washington DC. Mr. Rickards holds an LL.M. (Taxation) from the NYU School of Law; a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School; an M.A. in international economics from SAIS, and a B.A. (with honors) from Johns Hopkins. He lives in Connecticut. Interview Links: The James Rickards Project Meraglim Jim Rickards Books If you have enjoyed our podcast, please share with friends and family Please Subscribe, Rate, and Review on Itunes so more people can find us! so more people can find us! Please Support Us by Becoming A Patron on Patreon Support Our Sponsors Cashflow Tactics, will show you how to collapse time in your financial plan and become financially in 10 years or less. You can register for a free webinar to show you exactly how to do that at: https://cashflowtactics.com/ninja Gelt Inc.,  is committed to providing investors with quality, cash-flowing investment opportunities and is seeking to acquire multifamily, retail, and mobile home park properties in the Western United States with an emphasis in California, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, and Oregon. www.geltinc.com The Real Asset Investor, create value for investors looking for higher yield returns from real estate ventures domestically and also internationally and other real asset classes such as ATM's. www.therealassetinvestor.com Joint Ops Properties, have designed a system to take any beginner to an experienced deal making investor in the least amount of time, offering opportunities from basic education, coaching, bridge investing to turn-key investments in the cash flowing market of St. Louis, MO. www.jointopsproperties.com Norada Real Estate helps take the guesswork out of real estate investing.  By researching top real estate growth markets and structuring complete turnkey real estate investments, we help you succeed by minimizing risk and maximizing profitability. www.noradarealestate.com Valhalla Wealth Financial, reclaim the banking function within your own life with the premier strategies of the Wealthy. www.valhallawealth.com Audible, download any audio book for FREE when you try Audible for 30 days www.cashflowninjabook.com Thanks so much for joining me again. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Leave a note in the comment section below! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post! Also, please leave an honest review for the Cashflow Ninja Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates, please follow me on twitter @mclaubscher and Instagram, @cashflowninjapodcast. Until next time! Live a life of passion and purpose on YOUR terms, M.C. Laubscher

Applied Physics Laboratory engineer (and Andy's old college roommate) Dipak Srinivasan returns to the podcast to talk about his work on the Mercury MESSENGER mission, the Pluto New Horizons flyby (that'll also soon be visiting Kuiper belt object 2014 MU69), and most importantly, the upcoming Parker Solar Probe and a mission to Jupiter's moon Europa, the most likely place in our solar system to find extraterrestrial life.

Episode Links: MESSENGER Spacecraft and Instruments (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/messenger/spacecraft/index.html) MESSENGER Overview (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/messenger/whymessenger/index.html) PDF- MESSENGER Mission Information (https://www.nasa.gov/pdf/525164main_MercuryMOI_PK.pdf) MESSENGER: In Depth (https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/messenger/indepth) NASA Completes MESSENGER Mission with Expected Impact on Mercury's Surface (https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-completes-messenger-mission-with-expected-impact-on-mercurys-surface)

On March 11, 2005, President George W. Bush announced his intention to nominate Griffin to serve as the 11th Administrator of NASA. He was confirmed by the Senate on April 13, 2005 and served until January 20, 2009. Griffin knew NASA well. He had been NASA’s associate administrator for exploration in the early 1990s, as well as its chief engineer. Griffin holds seven academic degrees—a BA in physics from Johns Hopkins University, a Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from the University of Maryland, and a handful of Master’s degrees. He previously served as deputy for technology at the strategic defense initiative organization (SDIO) in the Pentagon.  Griffin’s career has also included academic and corporate positions. He was an eminent scholar and professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of Alabama-Huntsville and space department head at the Applied Physics Laboratory at John Hopkins. Griffin was also president and chief operating officer at In-Q-Tel, a private, nonprofit enterprise funded by the Central Intelligence Agency to identify and invest in companies developing cutting-edge technologies that serve national security interests. Griffin held leadership positions in as well as the Orbital Sciences Corp and technical positions at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and at Computer Sciences Corporation. Time magazine named Griffin one of its 100 most influential people in 2008. In his spare time, Griffin enjoys flying and is a certified flight instructor. He’s also a voracious reader and an avid golfer. On August 14, 2012, the Schafer Corporation announced that Griffin would assume the role of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at the company. Griffin has also been a guest lecturer at IHMC in Pensacola, where in 2009, he delivered a lecture entitled “What the Hubble Space Telescope Teaches Us About Ourselves:” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvMdORG8OyU. In this episode, STEM-Talk host Dawn Kernagis monitors an interview conducted by co-hosts Ken Ford and Tom Jones, both of whom have a long-standing professional relationship with Griffin. 1:09: Ford calls Mike Griffin “a remarkable fellow.” Griffin’s work has spanned academia, government and industry. He holds six graduate degrees and was working on his seventh when President George W. Bush selected him to serve as the eleventh NASA administrator. 2:35: Dawn reads a five-star iTunes review from “Meatballs Mom” entitled “Thumbs up.” “I downloaded this in order to feel intellectually superior to my peers. It’s totally working.” 3:00: Dawn describes Griffin’s career and educational accomplishments. 5:13: Dawn introduces Mike Griffin, along with hosts Ford and Jones. 6:03: Griffin’ interest in science was sparked by the first book, called “A Child’s Book of Stars,” that his mother gave him for Christmas in 1954, when he was five years old. 7:50: “I was already fully committed to a career in math and science and space long before I got to high school,” Griffin recalls, also noting an influential physics teacher in high school who encouraged him on that path. 8:25: “My career has gone back and forth between and among DOD space, civil space, robotic scientific space craft and missions and human space flight.” 8:50: Griffin notes that one of the highlights of his career was being chief engineer for the first space intercept mission accomplished against a booster in powered flight as part of early missile defense program under President Ronald Reagan. 12:08: “Possibly the coolest job that I’ve ever had,” Griffin says, was as President of In-Q-Tel, which he loosely categorizes as the CIA’s venture capital company. “The CIA didn’t have access to the hi-tech of Silicon Valley, so the non-profit was chartered by Congress to allow that access. It was an extraordinarily eye-opening and exciting adventure,” he says, adding that they helped create Google Earth. 14:22: Griffin had an early hunch that he would w...

McNair Wilson is one of the leading forces for creativity in all facets of corporate and personal life. His powerful, engaging keynote presentations and practical workshops in creative thinking, inventive problem solving, and teamwork are widely regarded as the best available. His client list runs from from Apple, Inc. to the Salvation Army, Chick-fil-A Corporate, Applied Physics Laboratory at Johns Hopkins University, and aerospace companies that currently have objects orbiting the Earth.. McNair draws on his professional experience in: theme park design (as a Disney Imagineer), theatre, graphic design, cartooning and illustration, creative writing, and entertainment design. His most recent published book, HATCH!:Brainstorming Secrets of a Theme Park Designer, is McNair's muchanticipated book on creative team building and inventive problem solving. HATCH! is on two of Amazon's top ten lists: “brainstorming” and “theme parks.” For more info contact McNair by email :: bigdesk@mcnairwilson.com McNair's BLOG on the actively creative life :: http://www.TeaWithMcNair.com Twitter :: @mcnairwilson Facebook :: McNair Wilson International Fan Club & Dry Cleaning

Dipak Srinivasan of the Applied Physics Laboratory at Johns Hopkins University played a pivotal role in the New Horizons mission whose probe just passed by Pluto, and since he was also Andy's roommate back in their college days he was kind enough to talk with Andy and Matt about his work on the project. Launched in 2006, New Horizons traveled over three billion miles to gather the most comprehensive data about Pluto that mankind has ever seen, including stunning imagery of mountains and frozen plains, and en route it got a boost by slingshotting around Jupiter, becoming the fastest-moving probe in history. Dipak also gives the inside scoop on other projects he's been involved in, including the MESSENGER Mercury orbiter and the upcoming Solar Probe Plus mission to scrape the surface of the Sun. For more detailed information on New Horizons, visit the Johns Hopkins APL New Horizons official site.

NASA Social Episode In this 2-Part episode, Alex overviews his visit to the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory for the NASA Social Event (June 5-6th, 2015)! The event was all about New Horizons and Pluto - this is a science heavy two-parter, so get ready! In the Intro for the show - Alex talks about how the day leading up to the NASA Social Broadcast was like. The group toured the APL campus, was able to see the Control Room for New Horizons and saw some other incredible space technology! For the rest of the episode - Alex was able to record during the broadcast and cut up little bits to bring a different take on the event. The cuts involve talks from Mike Ryschkewitsch (Space Exploration Sector Head, APL), Jim Green (Director, Planetary Science Division, NASA) & Dr. Alan Stern (Principal Investigator, SwRI). Alex introduces each cut and gives his take on these amazing speakers and the questions that follow (he got to ask two himself)! Enjoy the first part of this Pluto-centric Two-Parter and all the Science that comes along with it! The second part of this episode will be out Friday (6/18/15) Afternoon! Enjoy! Space Links: New Horizons Official Homepage http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/Multimedia/ Full Broadcast: NASA Social Media Conducts Web Chat on New Horizons Pluto Mission at the Applied Physics Laboratory

NASA Social Episode In this 2-Part episode, Alex overviews his visit to the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory for the NASA Social Event (June 5-6th, 2015)! The event was all about New Horizons and Pluto - this is a science heavy two-parter, so get ready! In the Intro of the show - Alex reviews a cut about the chemistry involved with early atmospheres. Luckily, a new friend of the show Talon Bevan, who runs Dynamite Chemistry, was able to help explain it for Alex a little more. Dynamite Chemistry is an online learning community for Chemistry on Facebook and Twitter - go check them out! Alex was able to record during the broadcast and cut up little bits to bring a different take on the event. These cuts involve talks from Chris Hersman (Mission Systems Engineer, APL) & Kim Ennico (Deputy Project Scientist, NASA Ames). There is also a post-broadcast interview with Kim Ennico at the end of the episode! Alex introduces each cut and gives his take on these amazing speakers and the questions that follow (he got to ask two himself)! Enjoy the second part of this Pluto-centric Two-Parter and all the Science that comes along with it! Enjoy! Space Links: New Horizons Official Homepage http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/Multimedia/ Full Broadcast: NASA Social Media Conducts Web Chat on New Horizons Pluto Mission at the Applied Physics Laboratory

Dr. Lawrence Crum is the Principal Physicist and Founder/Former Director of the Center for Industrial and Medical Ultrasound in the Applied Physics Laboratory, and Research Professor of Bioengineering and Electrical Engineering at the University of Washington. He received his Masters and PhD in Physics from Ohio University and prior to joining the faculty at the University of Washington, Larry held positions at Harvard University, the U.S. Naval Academy, and the University of Mississippi. Larry has received many awards and honors during his career, including the Gold Medal of the Acoustical Society of America. He is Past President of the Acoustical Society of America, the Board of the International Commission for Acoustics, and the International Society for Therapeutic Ultrasound. He is preparing to begin as a senior Visiting Fellow at Magdalin College at Oxford University. Larry also has 11 patents and has served as co-founder of 3 medical device companies. Larry is here with us today to tell us all about his journey through life and science.

George Davis is a partner in Gamma3, a venture catalyst firm based in Baltimore, MD. They are focused on creating companies based on the high level research being done in the Baltimore-Washington region at the Johns Hopkins University, The University of Maryland and the Applied Physics Laboratory. Hundreds of millions of Federal dollars fund this research and the Gamma3 mission is to help these visionary scientists create viable companies that will be based in the region and help to keep the brainpower, talent and jobs in Maryland.  George is also CEO of Gemstone Biotherapeutics, one of Gamma3’s portfolio companies. Earlier in his career, George was the President and Chief Operating Officer at Aether Technology when that pioneering wireless enterprise firm went public in 1999 and then did a secondary offering that raised over a billion dollars just prior to the dot com crash in 2000. 

Andrew Cheng, Chief Scientist in the Applied Physics Laboratory at the John Hopkins University, discusses surveys for NEO exploration during the Caltech Space Challenge (September 12, 2011).

Andrew Cheng, Chief Scientist in the Applied Physics Laboratory at the John Hopkins University, discusses surveys for NEO exploration during the Caltech Space Challenge (September 12, 2011).

Ralph Baldwin was an astronomy instructor at Northwestern University in 1941 who volunteered for service after Pearl Harbor. He was initially assigned to teach navigation, but lobbied for a more important assignment. He was sent in 1942 to a secret program in Maryland being run by the Applied Physics Laboratory at Johns Hopkins University. Here he helped to develop the proximity fuse, a device that enabled anti-aircraft shells to sense when they were near targets and explode. By the end of the war, the fuse had become highly effective, and aspects of the technology developed for it are still used today.