Peter Cochrane

Biography:

Peter Cochrane was Head of British Telecom Research from 1993-1999, then he was appointed Chief Technologist. In November 2000, Peter retired from British Telecom to join his own startup company called ConceptLabs, which he founded with a group of people from Apple Computer in 1998. Peter is a graduate of Trent Polytechnic and Essex University, and was the Collier Chair for The Public Understanding of Science & Technology at The University of Bristol from 1999-2000.

Past Shows:

	Future Technology
	Sunday March 1, 2009

Peter Cochrane shared glimpses of upcoming technologies in robotics. In the first hour, Joshua P. Warren reported on new alien photos, and in the final hour, Larry Bryant had a disclosure update. ... More
Host: George Noory

	Future Technology
	Sunday May 1, 2005

Co-founder of ConceptLabs, Peter Cochrane, shared a glimpse of upcoming technology which will offer us greater security and convenience but may also hamper our privacy rights. RFID (radio frequency) tags which are now being added to consumer products may also be used in conjunction with container vessels entering the US. The technology could be used to detect if a container had been broken into and what was taken, and then to potentially track stolen items. To combat privacy concerns for the consumer, Cochrane said removable RFID tags on purchased items could become the new standard.Cell phones, he explained, will begin offering increased abilities for tracking and surveillance. For instance, he said there is a service in Great Britain that allows parents to track the whereabouts of their children at all times via their cell phone. Another development on the horizon will be adding a kind of "black box" (similar to what's used in airplanes) into automotive vehicles. The cars woul ... More
Host: Art Bell

	Future Technology
	Monday October 25, 2004

The Co-Founder of ConceptLabs, futurist Peter Cochrane, offered an uncensored commentary on how today's dramatic advances in technology will alter the way we live and think. The current pace of technological advancement, according to Cochrane, will continue into the future due in large part to ever increasing computational power. He cautioned, however, that Moore's law, which states that computer processing power will double every 18 months, may slow after 2015.Nonetheless, Cochrane expects that within a decade MP3 players will have the capacity to carry all of the music ever recorded. In another ten years, he imagines small consumer devices that will house every movie ever made. With breakthroughs in nanotechnology and virtually unlimited data storage, Cochrane thinks it will eventually be possible to create a "Soul Catcher" implant capable of recording every human experience onto a microchip (also see article below).Cochrane said the biggest problem facing humanity in ... More
Host: George Noory

	Peter Cochrane
	Monday August 26, 2002

Futurist, Peter Cochrane, offers an uncensored and sometimes disturbing commentary on how today's dramatic advances in technology will alter the way we live and think. Human cloning, identification chips implanted under the skin, digitally enhanced brains, and machines that can think--these are things which he not only believes will occur in the near future; Cochrane actually embraces these scary, science-fiction notions as natural extensions of human development. ... More
Host: Art Bell