Future Tense with Jon Gordon
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Jon Gordon is the host and producer of Future Tense.
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Daniel Wilson, who has a Ph.D. in robotics from Carnegie Mellon University, has published a list of ten potentially "genius" inventions.
The list includes robotic walking furniture and a bug-repelling forcefield. He readily admits the ideas aren't necessarily realistic.
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