Angel Rivero
Biography:
Angel Rivero has been in and around the French Quarter of New Orleans off and on since she was a child. She's been interested in ghostly and paranormal things for as long as she can remember. Angel is a licensed tour guide and has been for many years. She started her own tour company in 2003 following extensive training with haunted history tours. She has been involved with tours for New Orleans Ghost Tours under Don Becker and Old World Tours. Angel is highly trained in the history of the Quarter's macabre dark history, as well as general history required for all tour guides in New Orleans.
Past Shows:
Technology & Human Evolution
Reporter and editor at the Washington Post, Joel Garreau talked about how we are engineering the next stage for human evolution through genetics, robotics, and nanotechnologies. There is an increasing emphasis on interfacing the mind with machines, he noted, citing recent experiments with a "telekinetic" monkey at Bell Labs as an example. The primate, whose brain was wired to a machine, was taught to control aspects of a video game by using just the thoughts in her head. The military's DARPA is particularly interested in these mind-machine convergences said Garreau, and they've been experimenting with increasing the endurance and capacities of soldiers. For instance, it may be possible for a soldier to remain active for up to a week without sleep. Also on the horizon are "memory pills" to be aimed initially at "Baby Boomers banishing their senior moments," said Garreau. The drug companies already have these pharmaceutical products in Stage 2 Clinical Trials, he added.This ev ... More »
Host: George Noory