Category Archives: Technology

Dr. Hamed Faridi

Food Science and Technology: Dr. Hamed Faridi

 Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Dr. Hamed Faridi, Chief Science Officer of McCormick. Ira Pastor comments: Throughout the 20th century, natural products, especially those from the plant kingdom, formed the basis for a majority of all pharmaceuticals, biologics, and consumer healthcare products used by patients around the globe, […]

Food Security and Agro-Terrorism: Protecting Against Zoonotic Viruses

Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Christopher Bomgaars, founder of EveryPig. Ira Pastor comments: Today, we have an ideaXme episode at the epicenter of a fascinating set of topics. But first, some background numbers and definitions: Antibiotic resistance is when germs (i.e., bacteria, fungi, etc.) develop the ability to defeat the […]

Dr. Josh Bongard, Credit: Dr. Josh Bongard

Xenobots: Living Machines

Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Dr. Josh Bongard, Professor in the Morphology, Evolution & Cognition Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, University of Vermont. Ira Pastor comments: On a recent ideaXme episode, we delved into the fascinating topics of “living architecture” and “living machines” and […]

Amanda Christensen

The Deep Fake Dilemma: Fake News, Deepfakes, and the Post-Truth Era of Hyper-Realty

Dr. Shima Beigi founder of Mindfulness Engineering™️ and ideaXme Rich Connectedness™ ambassador interviews Amanda Christensen, content creator and media and communications scholar specialising in the symbiotic relationship between humanity and media. Dr. Shima Beigi comments: Challenged by the overwhelming spread of fake information, in this episode of ideaXme Rich Connectedness Podcast series, I, Dr. Shima Beigi […]

Nina Khera, Credit: Nina Khera

Nina Khera, 13 year old Biotech Superstar

Ira Pastor, ideaXme exponential health ambassador and founder f Bioquark, interviews Nina Khera, 13-year-old longevity and genomics researcher and Founder and CEO of Biotein. Ira Pastor comments: Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) is a term used to group together four key academic disciplines used extensively when addressing education policy and curriculum choices in schools […]

The Blue Economy: Lisandra Rickards

Ira Pastor, ideaXme exponential health ambassador and founder of Bioquark interviews Lisandra Rickards, CEO at Branson Centre of Entrepreneurship, Caribbean and Founder of Merrivale Ventures LLC (Soul Career). Rickards has spearheaded the Centre’s strategic shift towards a venture capital model, supporting growth stage entrepreneurs towards investment. She has raised funding for the expansion of the […]

Dr. Josh Mitteldorf, credits: Dr. Josh Mitteldorf

The DataBETA project, and Aging Interventions: Dr. Josh Mitteldorf

Ira Pastor, ideaXme exponential health ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews evolutionary biologist, researcher and author Dr. Josh Mitteldorf. Ira Pastor comments: On the last couple of shows we’ve been spending a lot of time on the different hierarchical levels of the aging processes, talking about the genome, the microbiome, tissue engineering, systems biology, and […]

Dr. William Pruett with mentor Robert Hester, credit University of Mississippi Medical Center.

Virtual Physiological Humans For Virtual Clinical Studies

Ira Pastor, ideaXme exponential health ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Dr. William Pruett, from the Physiology and Biophysics Department of the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Ira Pastor comments: The year is now 2019, and we have surpassed $7 trillion in total annual healthcare expenditures around the globe. As part of that $7 trillion, […]

Dr Alice Parker, Professor of Viterbi School of Engineering

Building a Synthetic Brain: Dr. Alice C. Parker’s Work

Ira Pastor, ideaXme exponential health ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Dr. Alice C. Parker, Dean’s Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California. They talk of Dr Parker’s work to build a synthetic brain. Ira Pastor comments: On the last several shows we have spent time […]

Ben Zion, Credit: Ben Zion for President

Political Transhumanism

Ira Pastor, ideaXme exponential health ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Johannon Ben Zion, Founder and Chair of the Arizona Transhumanist Party, as well as the U.S. Transhumanist Party Presidential Candidate in the 2020 election. Disclaimer: ideaXme does not endorse any particular candidate or political party. Ira Pastor comments: Today we’re going to get into […]