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What's the next big thing in battery innovation? Futurist, Joel Barker, reports with Jim Blasingame that the next killer app in batteries will be on paper. That's right, a battery that is printed on a sheet of copy paper. Be sure to listen as Joel explains how this will impact your life and business.
Reporting on four global demographic megatrends, Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to discuss what will happen with population shifts across the globe, include numbers, age, socio-economic and religious elements.
Could global warming actually cause an ice age and how long could one take to develop? That's the question futurist, Joel Barker, answers with Jim Blasingame, including how long, what could cause it and what would happen.
Reporting on more innovations that will impact our small businesses, Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to discuss shark skins, ion propulsion, a kid's toy and how some animals demonstrate fair play.
What are the next breakthrough innovations? Joel Barker talks with Jim Blasingame about innovations that have significant possibilities, such as fungus for insulation, feathers for energy storage and spider silk as movement.
Joel Suzuki, a small business owner, has died and he is memorialized by his friend, Joel Barker, who talks with Jim Blasingame about Suzuki's life and impact. The two men also talk about living life to the fullest every day, show and express your love and, as Warren Zevon once said, "enjoying every sandwich."
What if you could have a nuclear reactor in your back yard? What if your car's shock absorbers could create electricity to run your car? These are just some of the emerging innovations Joel Barker reveals with Jim Blasingame.
Innovations are launching and paradigms are shifting all around us. How is your small business handling all this change? Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame with insight into what the future holds, including new pavement and energy storaage innovations.
What innovations are coming at you that could create profit or peril for you small business? Futurist, Joel Barker talks with Jim Blasingame about a number of "innovations at the verge" that small businesses should know about.
The world was introduced to the dramatic influence of paradigm shifts by futurist, Joel Barker, more than two decades ago. Now Barker joins Jim Blasingame to discuss shifts he sees taking place before us, and where the oportunity and danger will be found.