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Bocados de intuiciónT1 - E8 - Salutismo y las mentiras de la "salud".En este episodio hablamos sobre Salutismo.
Muchas personas y profesionales de salud aún siguen creyendo que la salud es responsabilidad del individuo, que las enfermedades existen porque la gente “come mal y no se mueve”, que los “hábitos saludables” son posibles para todos solo es cuestión de echarle ganas y que solo quien es delgado puede ser “sano”, todo esto tiene un nombre: SALUTISMO y hace muchísimo daño.
Hoy revisamos los datos que contrastan estas creencias aún muy arraigadas en el paradigma de salud tradicional y cuestionamos esa visión de “salud” que es excluyente y desatiende...2023-06-0342 min
Fierce Fatty Podcast129: Health is a Social ConstructThere are so many things that influence health and most are not in our control. The moralistic value that society places on "healthy" bodies is ableism, healthism, and not helpful for anyone. "Health" is largely a social justice issue and also a social construct. "Health" is not attainable for many and a temporary state of being. What the heck am I even talking about?! Tune into this episode for a deep dive into the concept of health being a social construct. Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/129 Free Training: The 4 Simple Steps to Feel...2022-06-141h 03
Design Lab with Bon KuDesigning Open Source Healthcare | Juhan SoninJuhan Sonin specializes in healthcare design and system engineering. He is the director of GoInvo (goinvo.com). The studio’s designs helped 700,000 Massachusetts residents receive food benefits, are used by Wikipedia to explain complex health concepts, and help manage care plans for 150 million US residents. His work has been recognized by the New York Times, Newsweek, BBC International, Wired Magazine, and NPR and he's published in The Journal of Participatory Medicine and The Lancet. Juhan has spent time at Apple, the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and MITRE. He currently lectures on design and e...2021-08-2643 min
Design is EverywhereCuriosity in UX DesignHow can UX designers use curiosity to make a big impact in healthcare? In this episode, Sam is joined by Jonathan Follett, Principal at GoInvo and Producer at Creative Next, to learn how curiosity leads to big impact on UX design in healthcare. They explore the tools that UX designers use and the value of research. Later on in the show, Sam and Jon interview Corey Roth, Lead Designer at Cantina. Together, they discuss how to build a design culture within teams, the process of building a UX design team from scratch and accelerating telemedicine during a pandemic.
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Creative Next: AI Automation at WorkAI & Audio EngineeringAI is driving innovation in the field of audio production. Jonathan Bailey, the Chief Technology Officer of iZotope, a company pioneering advances with these technologies, talks about the state-of-the-art in audio software. As recently as 50 years ago, audio production required physical tools such as a soldering iron to achieve. With the rise of the personal computer these technical requirements have disappeared, replaced by software which handles all of the work with bits and bytes. From mixing to sound repair to post-production, machine learning-powered software like that offered by iZotope continues to automate an audio engineer’s workflow an...2020-01-2842 min
Creative Next: AI Automation at WorkEvolving Digital DesignThe digital design profession has undergone tumultuous change over the last decades, lessons from which inform the future of AI-driven computational design. Daniel Harvey, Head of Product Design & Brand at The Dots Global, is our guest. Design has evolved since the rise of the Internet and mobile computing, resulting in unintended negative consequences in our world such as the appropriation of social media technologies by evil actors, and the pernicious influences of bias and other invisible forces. In extreme cases our tools even contribute to the culmination of the most horrific of outcomes, such as the genocide...2020-01-0745 min
Creative Next: AI Automation at WorkAI Design for the EnterpriseAmy Yoshitsu, a Founder and the Head of Design for Kleeen software, joins us to talk about their vision for using machine learning to automate a variety of design and engineering tasks for enterprise software. She introduces us to the plans of her startup, Kleeen Software, which aspires to transform enterprise software by automating a variety of design and engineering tasks. Amy also talks about how Kleeen hopes to level up remote collaboration in the process, shared in part from the perspective of their own distributed team and model. Memorable Quotes “Ima...2019-12-0344 min
Creative Next: AI Automation at WorkAI-Powered Design ToolsTatiana Mejia, Head of AI Product Marketing and Strategy at Adobe and named one of 2018’s top Silicon Valley women in AI, joins us to talk about the present and future of machine learning tools for digital designers. Tatiana Mejia, Head of AI Product Marketing and Strategy at Adobe and one of Silicon Valley Business Journal’s 2018 top Silicon Valley women in AI, joins the show. She takes us into the world of Adobe Sensei, the company’s artificial intelligence and machine learning technology that is impacting all of the software company’s key applications. We discuss the desi...2019-11-2651 min
Health Unchained PodcastEp. 47: All-in-One Virtual Health Assistant - Sanjeev Wadhwa (CEO Life Singularity)Sanjeev Wadhwa, Founder and CEO of Life Singularity. Life singularity is a startup looking to ultimately create A Virtual Assistant for every individual on the planet using AI/VR/blockchain to drive precision health. Sanjeev was a partner at Ernst & Young, CSC (partner technology, director RD Life sciences),
Show Notes
•Learning how to scale at Johnson & Johnson as a program Director 1993-2000
•What drives you to the healthcare industry?
•Life Singularity'sAI/VR/Blockchain platform was accepted (Top 20 out of 500 startups) for 2018 Healthcare Innovation Lab for MEDy (Medical Entrepreneurship and Disruption) awards competition at Healthcare Innovation Lab at Exponential medicine (https://expone...2019-09-291h 27
Creative Next: AI Automation at WorkOur Complex FutureFrom science to technology, and from society to policy, we are heading into a future of change, instability, and complexity. To explore these interesting times Scientist-in-Residence at Lux Capital Sam Arbesman joins Dirk and Jon. Sam Arbesman, Scientist-in-Residence at Lux Capital, who professionally identifies as a Complexity Scientist, joins Dirk and Jon to explore the lattice of complexities facing us in the near and medium-term futures. Taking deep looks at everything from science, to engineering, to policy, to automation, Sam provides insight in a variety of directions, finally suggesting how we might best prepare for the post-scarcity...2019-09-0336 min
Creative Next: AI Automation at WorkThe Next Billion UsersHow does the rest of the world use technology? Author of The Next Billion Users Payal Arora joins Dirk and Jon to explore the use of AI and digital tech in diverse places such as India, China, Africa, Brazil, and Saudi Arabia. Payal Arora, author of The Next Billion Users and Associate Professor, Department of Media and Communication at Erasmus University Rotterdam, joins Dirk and Jon to share her research on the ways emerging technologies are used in developing nations. From teenagers in India to the Chinese state to gangsters in Brazil to Imams in Saudi Arabia...2019-08-2747 min
Creative Next: AI Automation at WorkMarketing & Emerging TechHow are marketing agencies adapting to smartware and emerging technologies? Tiny Giant co-founder Kerry Harrison joins Dirk and Jon to share her perspective, including explorations in techs such as chatbots and neural networks. Kerry Harrison, a co-founder of Bristol, U.K. marketing agency Tiny Giant, joins Dirk and Jon to talk about the work her firm is in areas such as AI, chatbots, and neural networks. A veteran marketing professional, Kerry also shares her thoughtful take on the future of agencies, how marketing and emerging technologies can synergize, and what marketers need to do in order to...2019-08-2040 min
Creative Next: AI Automation at WorkUnderstanding the Smart HomeThanks to cloud computing and the Internet of Things, the smart home is on the rise. Yonomi CEO Kent Dickson joins Dirk and Jon to discuss the present and future of the smart home, and how it might become essential for you. Kent Dickson, the CEO of Yonomi, the IoT company connecting the smart home, joins Dirk and Jon to explore the state of the smart home. With roots in home automation that goes back decades, the smart home of today leverages the Internet of Things and cloud computing to offer modular solutions that are affordable and...2019-08-0641 min
Creative Next: AI Automation at WorkThe Future of Visual StorytellingTelevision, our most universal form of visual storytelling, has undergone a digital revolution. Open Television founder AJ Christian joins Dirk and Jon to discuss the medium today and how it may change in the future. AJ Christian, the author of Open TV, Founder and Head of Development at Open Television, and Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at Northwestern University, joins Dirk and Jon to take a deep dive into television. Moving from past to present to future and analyzing the development and distribution sides from both a corporate and independent perspective, Dr. Christian provides a rich foundation...2019-07-2348 min
Creative Next: AI Automation at WorkComputational Media CreationDeep fakes are here, a result of astounding innovation in computational media creation. Stanford professor Maneesh Agrawala joins Dirk and Jon to talk about advances in and challenges with machine creation of video and journalism. Maneesh Agrawala, Director of the Brown Institute for Media Innovation at Stanford University, joins Dirk and Jon to discuss key issues in the computational creation of media, such as video and journalism. While these sorts of technologies famously contribute to the creation of things like deep fakes, those perversions are based off groundbreaking and assistive work that promises to make the process...2019-07-1649 min
Creative Next: AI Automation at WorkAI & Augmented StorytellingArtificial intelligence already writes stock and minor league sports blurbs. Is storytelling next? AI researcher Snigdha Chaturvedi joins Dirk and Jon to share her research projects developing AI augmented storytelling tools. AI researcher Snigdha Chaturvedi joins Dirk and Jon to share details from her research projects over the years, building toward AI that can eventually tell original stories. We learn about challenges faced in her work, limitations with the current technology, and how AI storytelling with augment professional writers and amateur non-writers in the near future. Memorable Quotes "The creativity and e...2019-07-0953 min
Creative Next: AI Automation at WorkNLP - Natural Language ProcessingThe human voice is helping to drive the future of automation. Systran and Adobe veteran Shivali Goel joins Dirk and Jon to explain how Natural Language Processing, or NLP, is powering the AI of today and tomorrow. Natural Language Processing researcher Shivali Goel joins Dirk and Jon to go deep into this crucial technology. We learn about what Natural Language Processing, or NLP, is, how it powers software, AI, and automation, and discover some of the cutting-edge applications that NLP is driving today. Memorable Quotes "For example, if I say 'Kids m...2019-07-0236 min
Creative Next: AI Automation at WorkOrigins of Social MediaSocial media connects friends and strangers as never before. Cornell’s Lee Humphreys, author of The Qualified Self, joins Dirk and Jon to explore centuries-old social traditions now updated for a world of mobile and AI technology. Author of The Qualified Self and Cornell University Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Lee Humphreys joins Dirk and Jon to explore the past of social communication in order to better understand its present and future. We learn how ancient technologies like fans and old traditions like diarying frame modern social media and communication less as a rev...2019-06-2549 min
Creative Next: AI Automation at WorkUI & Artificial IntelligenceWe communicate with artificial intelligence via user interface, or UI. AI innovator Erica Lee joins Dirk and Jon to talk about the present and future of people communication with our smart machines. AI innovator Erica Lee joins Dirk and Jon to explore user interface and artificial intelligence. We talk about on-trend inputs like gestural and voice and how they contribute to augmentation and automation driven by artificial intelligence. Memorable Quotes "As we improve our sensor imprint and our understanding of human intelligence, how the brain works, how the body works, and h...2019-06-1840 min
Creative Next: AI Automation at WorkWhen Will AI Exceed Human Performance?Researcher Katja Grace joins Dirk and Jon to discuss upcoming AI achievements. We then explore expert predictions in Katja’s research paper, When Will AI Exceed Human Performance?, to project when key advances will happen. AI researcher Katja Grace joins Dirk and Jon to talk about her work. In 2016 Katja led a research project that gathered input from hundreds of AI experts to speculate about the timeframe in which different advances would be completed. We talk about the many predictions from her paper, When Will AI Exceed Human Performance?, spanning practical applications like self-driving cars and generating po...2019-04-231h 01
Creative Next: AI Automation at WorkInnovation in Lifelong LearningWhat is the future of lifelong learning? Entrepreneur Jessica Yung joins Dirk and Jon to discuss methods, philosophies, and companies active at the leading edge of self-directed learning. Entrepreneur Jessica Yung joins Dirk and Jon to talk about trends in lifelong learning. Building from her experience at the University of Cambridge and her current Research Masters studies in Computational Statistics and Machine Learning, Jessica explores the do-it-yourself ethos and tools for both teaching and learning that make knowledge more accessible than ever. Memorable Quotes "It's much harder to deploy machine learning m...2019-04-1648 min
Creative Next: AI Automation at WorkStudent-Driven LearningHow do ambitious and driven students enhance their educational experience? Research engineer and recent graduate Vaidheeswaran Archana joins Dirk and Jon to talk AI and share her educational experiences. Higher education changes slowly, far behind the pace of emerging technologies. To bridge the gap ambitious students hack their education with a combination of social and personal augmentations. Research engineer and recent graduate Vaidheeswaran Archana joins Dirk and Jon to share the ways in which things like Hackathons and student-run and founded research labs enhanced her formal university education in Chennai, India. Memorable Quotes2019-04-0941 min
Creative Next: AI Automation at WorkHigh School InnovationsWhat is the state-of-the-art in high school education? Principal Pam Pedersen joins Dirk and Jon to talk about the approach of and experience at her school, Innovations Early College High School. Innovations Early College High School, a choice school within the Salt Lake City School District, offers a progressive program designed to best facilitate successful preparation for and transition into college. Principal Pam Pedersen joins Dirk and Jon to talk about their philosophy, student experience, and teaching life and responsibilities. While technology plays a key role the biggest surprises have to do with their approach. 2019-03-2634 min
Creative Next: AI Automation at WorkHow Humans LearnHow do we best learn? Design philosopher Stephen Anderson joins Dirk and Jon to explore various ways that people learn. The conversation spans kinetic learning, games as educational tools, and traditional theories like Montessori. The sciences are learning more about us and our world at a ferocious pace. One of the wonderful consequences is we have a clearer idea of how we, ourselves, can best learn. Capital One’s Head of Practice Development Stephen Anderson joins Dirk and Jon to explore leading edge learning theory, particularly as applied in professional environments. Memorable Quotes...2019-03-1942 min
Creative Next: AI Automation at WorkPoker, Artificial Intelligence & LearningThe Libratus AI beating top poker pros is just the public face of a revolution in poker strategy. Journalist Ben Saxton joins Dirk and Jon to explain poker engines, cutting-edge strategy, and tips on how to learn. Poker is undergoing a revolution in strategy thanks in part to AI-driven poker engines that enable precise computation of game theory optimal, or GTO, strategy. Based on physicist John Nash’s “equilibrium”, GTO is professionalizing a game historically known more for cigar smoke and degenerate gamblers than extremely complex math. Journalist, teacher, and poker player Ben Saxton joins Dirk and Jon to...2019-03-1259 min
Creative Next: AI Automation at WorkHow AI Solved PokerHow did Libratus AI beat some of the top heads-up poker pros in the world? Libratus co-creator Noam Brown joins Dirk and Jon to talk about how Libratus taught itself and devised innovative strategies to conquer this popular game. Computer and research scientist Noam Brown joins Dirk and Jon to provide the inside story on Libratus, a poker playing AI that he co-created which defeated four top human heads-up poker pros. We discover how Libratus taught itself to prepare, how it adjusted its play overnight, and continually made plays that, in the words of a top poker...2019-03-0540 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastThe Future of Creative WorkThis week, on The Digital Life, we discuss the impact of AI on the future of creative work.2019-02-2821 min
Creative Next: AI Automation at WorkHow AI Superiority Changes Human EndeavorHow has AI changed chess since Deep Blue beat Garry Kasparov in 1997? Cognitive scientist Christopher Chabris joins Dirk and Jon to talk about the evolution of chess in the machine era, and how it will inform future impacts of AI. Cognitive scientist and professor Christopher Chabris joins Dirk and Jon to reflect on the 22 years of evolution in the game of Chess since Deep Blue defeated Garry Kasparov in 1997. We explore these dynamics in some detail, using this history of how machine dominance impacted the game over decades to speculate about how AI primacy in future areas...2019-02-2648 min
Creative Next: AI Automation at WorkSmartware & Emerging TechnologiesWhich technologies synergize with artificial intelligence? Leandro Agro joins Dirk and Jon to explore big data, the Internet of Things, virtual and augmented realities, 3d printing, and the identity graph. Digital Design Director Leandro Agro joins Dirk and Jon to go beyond artificial intelligence and learn about complementary smartware technologies that, in combination with AI, will transform the ways we live and work. We talk about what’s now, what’s next, and what’s really important. Memorable Quotes "I recently saw an Italian company make a patent for batteries that you can...2019-02-1946 min
Creative Next: AI Automation at WorkUnderstanding Artificial IntelligenceWhat is artificial intelligence? It’s not what media and entertainment are making us believe. Tobi Bosede joins Dirk and Jon to demystify AI and help us better see the path ahead. Principal machine learning engineer Tobi Bosede joins Dirk and Jon to help us better understand artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, and data science. We talk about what’s now, what’s next, and what’s really important. Memorable Quotes "At the end of the day, for me, my training is in applied math, so I think a lot of these...2019-02-1939 min
Creative Next: AI Automation at WorkTechnology & the Origins of CreativityWhich came first, technology or humanity? The answer might surprise you. Anthropologist Carie Little Hersh joins Dirk and Jon to look at creativity, technology, and artificial intelligence (AI) through the lens of science. Anthropologist Carie Little Hersh kicks off our journey to future-proof creatives. Dr. Hersh helps us explore the evolution of creativity and technology. We discuss the relationships between humanity, technology, and creativity, how and why humans develop technology, and whether Steven Pinker's contention that this is the best time to be alive is really true. Memorable Quotes "The keys t...2019-02-1935 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastTransformationThis week, on The Digital Life we discuss emerging tech and the transformation and fear of change that comes with it. For instance, over the past two years there have been at least 21 attacks on driverless vehicles in Chandler, a city located near Phoenix, Arizona, where Google spin-off company Waymo tests its vans. The reaction of Chandler's residents to this encroaching technology represents the worries that we face as a society when confronting an automated future. Join us as we discuss.2019-01-1218 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastEmerging Tech Trends for 2019From AI to gene editing, wearables to 3D printing, we take a look at the emerging tech trends for 2019 in this, our final episode of The Digital Life 2018 season.2018-12-2424 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastEthics for Emerging TechnologiesThis week on The Digital Life, we talk with author and designer Cennydd Bowles about ethics and emerging technologies. Cennydd’s new book “Future Ethics”, published in September, is available in print and digital from Amazon and the book's Web site (https://www.future-ethics.com/).
How do we conceive of ethics for emerging technologies? From data privacy issues, to embedded bias in software systems, to the myriad problems posed by artificial intelligence, what ethical issues should really matter to us, as a society? And, how do we grapple with these as new technologies emerge and gain traction?
For instance, mainstream convers...2018-12-1330 min
Health Unchained PodcastEp. 20: Designing Better Healthcare - Juhan Sonin (GoInvo)Juhan Sonin, designer, researcher, and MIT lecturer. Juhan specialized in software design and system engineering. He has worked at Apple, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and MITRE. I had the opportunity to record this episode in Juhan’s GoInvo studio office, where he is the company’s Creative Director.
Website: https://www.goinvo.com/
WE MUST SET HEALTHCARE FREE: Opensourcehealthcare.org
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Show Notes
•Software Design and System Engineering
•Asynchronous telemedicine
•People don’t really care about their health until we are unwell
•...2018-12-1055 min
Health Unchained PodcastEp. 20: Designing Better Healthcare - Juhan Sonin (GoInvo)Juhan Sonin, designer, researcher, and MIT lecturer. Juhan specialized in software design and system engineering. He has worked at Apple, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and MITRE. I had the opportunity to record this episode in Juhan’s GoInvo studio office, where he is the company’s Creative Director. Website: https://www.goinvo.com/WE MUST SET HEALTHCARE FREE: Opensourcehealthcare.orgUdemy Blockchain/Healthcare Course ($125 off with HEALTHUNCHAINED coupon): https://www.udemy.com/blockchain-and-healthcare/?couponCOde=HEALTHUNCHAINEDShow Notes•Software Design and System Engineering•Asynchronous telemedicine•People don...2018-12-1054 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastGig Economy AnxietyThis week on The Digital Life, we talk about the future of work, the anxiety of the gig economy, and how we might re-imagine digital platforms, inspired by the essay “Do platforms work?” on Aeon.co. In the Gig Economy, work is an on-demand affair, driven by the needs of the moment, whether you're an Uber driver, freelance marketing expert, or contract product designer. The temporary nature of this work — which is arbitrated by software which matches buyers and sellers — puts much power in the hands of the platform owner. For gig workers, earning a living is dependent on demand, reputati...2018-12-0718 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastGene Editing and CRISPR BabiesThis week on The Digital Life we discuss the possibilities and perils of editing human genes in light of the news, earlier this week, that Chinese scientist He Jiankui of the Southern University of Science and Technology, claimed to have created the first gene-edited babies using CRISPR, the revolutionary gene-editing tool. The twin girls had the CCR5 gene deleted to make them resistant to HIV and other diseases. The scientist is now being investigated over whether the experiment was in violation of Chinese laws and regulations. This technology is particularly sensitive from an ethics standpoint because any changes will be inh...2018-11-3020 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastThe Productivity ParadoxThis week on The Digital Life, we discuss the Productivity Paradox, inspired by the recent article in MIT Technology Review, “Advanced tech, but growth slow and unequal: paradoxes and policies”. While we're experiencing an unprecedented boom in technology, the accompanying massive productivity boost that we might expect to see has failed to materialize. In fact, in many major economies, productivity growth is slowing. So, what's the reason for this unexpected outcome? To begin with, our ability to absorb, integrate, and leverage technologies effectively — from mobile to artificial intelligence to the internet of things — has limits. While the technology might be present...2018-11-1619 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastEmerging Technologies and the SelfThis week on The Digital Life, we discuss emerging technologies and the self. What makes us ourselves, the way we take in information, the way we share, communicate, collaborate and interact with people has gone digital in a number of ways. In particular, we delve into the topic of virtual reality experiences and empathy, based on the article in Aeon, “It’s dangerous to think virtual reality is an empathy machine”. VR can change how we think about the world, helping us understanding different perspectives. For instance, the Virtual Human Interaction Lab at Stanford University created a simulation from the perspe...2018-11-0920 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastThe Pitfalls of Predicting AIThis week on The Digital Life, we discuss the pitfalls of predicting AI. AI predictions range from the measured and meaningful to highly unrealistic and downright hysterical. But how can you tell the difference? In this episode, we dig into some rules of thumb for thinking through the AI predictions we encounter, as laid out in the article "The Seven Deadly Sins of AI Predictions" by Rodney Brooks, a founder of Rethink Robotics. From better understanding the properties of narrow AI to asking "how will it be deployed?", questioning supposed magical properties without limit, to admitting, in the long term...2018-11-0221 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastEstablishing AI EthicsThis week on The Digital Life, we explore the difficulties of establishing an AI code of ethics, inspired by an article from MIT Technology Review, “Establishing an AI code of ethics will be harder than people think”.
There's already ample evidence that artificial intelligence can exacerbate existing system bias if left unchecked. And, a set of design ethics guiding AI development may be far in the future, as the difficulty of defining an applicable rule set, and the subjective nature of ethics itself, makes the task extremely difficult. However, such arguments over AI ethics often emphasize top-down efforts rather than bott...2018-10-2618 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastSapiens, Creativity, and TechnologyOn The Digital Life this week our special guest this week is Dr. Carie Little Hersh, an American cultural anthropologist, teaching professor in Anthropology at Northeastern University, and producer and host of podcast Anthropologist on the Street. We chat about human creativity and technology through time, from an anthropological perspective.
Which came first: humans or technology? And what is the relationship between homo sapiens and the species who came before us, or those such as the neanderthals with whom we competed? We consider the anthropological relationship between technology and creativity, as well as patterns in technological progression through time. Join...2018-10-1934 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastAI and ScienceThis week on The Digital Life, we discuss the intersection of artificial intelligence and science with special guest is Dany DeGrave, founder of Unconventional Innovation. AI and science are coming together in new and significant ways, including the use of cognitive and other innovative technologies in R&D — like NLP, machine learning, and advanced analytics. As bio-science companies rush to invest in AI, the implementation of scientific research, drug trials, and even personalized medicine is undergoing significant change. But with the potential to make erroneous decisions, and even be used for malicious purposes, it may be a long time before we...2018-10-1227 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastHuman Development ModelsThis week on The Digital Life, we speak with special guest, Jason Grant, CEO of Integral, about human development models and the role of human development in creativity.2018-10-0543 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastRethinking the UniversityThis week on The Digital Life, we chat with Ben Nelson, the founder, chairman, and CEO of Minerva, a groundbreaking university program, and an editor of the book “Building the Intentional University”.
We discuss some of the key problems with higher education, how Minerva is rethinking the university system to support how people actually learn, and the ways in which the tech-enabled learning experience for Minerva students and professors is vastly different from those of a more traditional college or university.2018-09-2842 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastInnovating High SchoolThis week on The Digital Life, our guest is Pam Pedersen, Principal of Innovations Early College High School in Salt Lake City, Utah. There's perhaps no better way to invest in the future than in preparing students for their life and careers ahead. How that may be best achieved, however, is subject to debate. It's clear that the US educational system is ripe for change. But what teaching philosophies or methodologies are best? Innovations Early College High School is designed to facilitate blended learning and to allow for flexibility in order to best meet the academic goals of each individual...2018-09-2114 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastReinventing YourselfThis week on The Digital Life, chat about automation and reinventing yourself in the job market.
Yuval Noah Harari, bestselling author of books like Sapiens and Homo Deus had this to say about automation and the difficulties of reinventing your career on the Geek's Guide to the Galaxy podcast:
“It’s questionable how many times a human being can reinvent himself or herself during your lifetime—and your lifetime is likely to be longer, and your working years are also likely to be longer. So would you be able to reinvent yourself four, five, six times during your life? The psycho...2018-09-1324 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastAI + Human = CentaurOn The Digital Life this week we chat about human / machine hybrids — the combination of AI and people — into advanced teams that produce amazing creative output. From chess to photography, art to science, these so-called "Centaurs" may represent the future of work for many fields. Join us as we discuss.2018-09-0618 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastAI Art AuctionThis week on The Digital Life, we chat about the next step in art and AI. While AI has certainly been used to create artwork like the Next Rembrandt project, these pieces have been more curiosity or proof-of-concept. But, is the art world really ready for pieces generated by Artificial Intelligence? We'll find out this fall, in October, when Christie’s New York — a branch of the British auction house, founded in 1766 — sells an AI-produced work of for the first time. The print itself was created by an algorithm developed by the French art collective Obvious. Is AI the new tool f...2018-08-3015 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastSynbio LifeOn The Digital Life this week, we chat about synthetic biology and the new categories of emergent life that will result from its practice. The work of synthetic biologists is changing the way that life evolves. How can we sort through the new categories of life that will be designed by humans, not necessarily evolved through natural selection? And what is the nature and role of digital information — genetic data that will now define a blueprint of a newly designed life form? Join us as we discuss.2018-08-2316 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastAI and Knowledge WorkOn The Digital Life this week, we chat with special guest Katja Grace from AI Impacts, whose research is focused is the future of AI. Where will AI be in 10 years and what kind of impact will it have on the world? The buzz now is that deep learning will increasingly automate knowledge work. AI and automation will change creative fields, from research science to journalism, fiction writing to graphic design, software engineering to management activities. Join us as we discuss.2018-08-1618 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastCyber DefenseOn The Digital Life this week, we chat about the Department of Homeland Security's new cyber defense organization. The National Risk Management Center will be in charge of coordinating efforts to prevent hackers from targeting key US economic and other assets including the country's power grids, energy infrastructure, and importantly, its electoral system during the midterm elections. The new organization will work closely with private companies to tackle the wide variety of cyber threats facing the nation. Join us as we discuss.2018-08-0918 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastDigital CapitalismOn The Digital Life this week, we chat about capitalism and the problems that it causes as we're creating a digital future. Digital capitalism, as it stands, is not only an extension of an unfair and oppressive system, it's actually making things worse. If indeed technology is leverage, we're not using it for solving the right problems. We may have Fair Trade coffee, but we certainly don't have Fair Trade mobile phones, software, or digital services. Join us as we discuss.2018-08-0318 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastThe AI MindThis week on The Digital Life, we dig into the broad array of applications of AI and the role that the AI mind has in augmenting human intelligence. When it comes to AI, what kind of intelligence are we talking about? On one end of the continuum, we have Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) that's theoretically capable of human cognition. AGI is an intelligent agent, aware of its surroundings, adaptable to a variety of circumstances, and capable of solving problems and achieving goals. But AGI is a long way from being achieved. On the other end, we have AI services today...2018-07-2616 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastSecret Design SkillsOur special guest this week on The Digital Life is design strategist, Ben Sauer, who's investigating the idea of secret design skills for his new book. Design is filled with cross-pollination from other fields, from writing to architecture, acting to music. From these other fields we find ways of seeking, thinking and doing that are useful to a designer. What's your secret design skill? Join us as we discuss.2018-07-1924 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastDigital / HumanOn the podcast this week, we take a look at the strange new world of developing digital humans — convincing CGI rendering of people in virtual space, which may or may not be connected to AI. Pioneering this category of virtual person are brand influencers and supermodels on Instagram, like Lil Miquela, who conceivably could make money endorsing fashion products like clothing and make-up. In a B2B context, when wired up to an AI-driven chat bot, these virtual people could take the place of person-to-person customer service, as in the case of Ava, from Autodesk. What happens when we're able to...2018-07-1220 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastDigital Disguises and Facial RecognitionOn the podcast this week, we examine facial recognition software and digital disguises. It seems like AI-driven facial recognition systems are just about everywhere—from the face-scanning technologies for law enforcement and government to everyday social media tagging. Tools like these can be used for the public good or harm. And there's no doubt that we're concerned about facial recognition surveillance encroaching on our personal privacy. While clothing like glasses, hats, or even masks can somewhat inhibit facial recognition, it's not a huge surprise that disguises of a digital nature, anti-facial-recognition systems, are on the rise as well. For example, re...2018-07-0517 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastBio Threat GamesOn The Digital Life this week, we discuss “gaming" techniques and design fiction for the purposes of imagining possible scenarios around emerging technologies and their effects and consequences.
Johns Hopkins University's Center for Health Security recently sponsored an exercise in Washington DC, CladeX, to evaluate governmental response to potential future pandemics. This exercise introduced a scenario—using realistic virology and epidemiological models—in which a man-made virus was released as part of a terrorist attack. This CladeX exercise is similar to the type of envisioning practice that's used in design fiction to work through the implications of a new technology, imagin...2018-06-2816 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastSuper TechnologiesOn The Digital Life this week, we discuss the idea of “super technologies”—the combination and subsequent amplification of emerging technologies like AI, robotics, and the IoT.
The recently released MIT Sloan executive guide "Seven Technologies Remaking the World" highlights pervasive computing, wireless mesh networks, biotechnology, 3D printing, machine learning, nanotechnology, and robotics as "the starting line of a universal technological revolution”. Further, the report continues, “beyond their individual impact, an intriguing and powerful aspect of the seven technologies lies in their potential as combinations.”
On The Digital Life, we've previously discussed the concept of super technologies under the moniker of Smartware...2018-06-2218 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastThe Future of FoodOn The Digital Life this week, we take another look at the future of food, in particular, meat. Because the agriculture industry is the source of about 15% of greenhouse gas emissions, there are serious environmental concerns about the consequences of producing meat for a growing global population. The UN predicts that the number of people on the planet will grow to 9.8 billion by 2050, from 7.6 billion today. Compared to vegetable protein, raising animals for food is highly inefficient, using more land, water, fertilizer, and pesticides. This won’t work for a population of nearly 10 billion people.
While replicating meat in a co...2018-06-1419 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastCreative Jobs of the FutureThis week on The Digital Life, we discuss the creative jobs of the future with special guest, Daniel Harvey, Head of Product Design and Brand at The Dots. With current technology trends in mind, from AI to robotics, and their effects on design practice and ethics, we look forward a decade and speculate how a variety of the jobs of today—software engineer, UX designer, digital composer, and onward—will change, and correspondingly what the job titles and needs within that time frame might look like.2018-06-0729 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastAI Plays PokerThis week on The Digital Life, our special guest is Noam Brown, a PhD student in Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, who with his advisor, Professor Sandholm, created Libratus, an AI which decisively defeated four of the world's best human poker professionals in a Man vs. Machine competition. The breakthrough was published in Science, received widespread mainstream news coverage, and continues to be cited as one of the milestone achievements of AI. Join us as we discuss poker, the application of AI to imperfect information games, and the possibilities for this kind of artificial intelligence to be used in...2018-05-3129 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastExploring the Hidden MusicThis week on The Digital Life, our special guest is Christopher Janney, a pioneer in the field of sound art, merging architecture, sound, light, and interactive technology. For over 30 years, Janney has been blending music and light with the physical space in unexpected ways, including public art installations like Soundstair, which can be viewed at the Boston Museum of Science, and the playful Rainbow Cove at Logan Airport. Janney famously worked with Mikhail Baryshnikov on "Heartbeat:mb", which used a medical sensor to monitor Baryshnikov's heartbeat to provide the rhythmic music to his dancing. Janney is bringing his show, “Exploring th...2018-05-2425 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastStreaming WarsOn The Digital Life this week, we discuss the latest salvos in the streaming video wars as Netflix, Amazon, Hulu and YouTube Red duke it out.
On YouTube Red, the show Cobra Kai is full of GenX nostalgic goodness. But is that enough for a service to compete with the likes of Netflix and Hulu? And will it attract new subscribers in a crowded marketplace for streaming video? Netflix may have some original content programming problems of its own. Does data really give you a better show? Or does every television series wind up feeling the same—the plots washed ou...2018-05-1626 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastSustainable UXOn The Digital Life this week, we discuss the environmental price of technology and the growing need for sustainable design and UX. A series of research studies has detailed the increasing carbon footprint of the tech industry. The largest contributor to this carbon footprint are servers and data centers, but as more IoT devices come online, they are sure to play an increasing role. We need to reduce, reuse, and recycle our technology, over the course of the product lifecycle, and this is where sustainable UX design can have an impact. In industrial design, there are a number of environmentally...2018-05-1120 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastThe Neuroscience of ImprovisationOn The Digital Life this week, we chat about creativity and the neuroscience of improvisation. Over the past decade, the field of improvisational neuroscience has exploded. Neuroscientist Dr. Charles Limb investigated the neural underpinnings of spontaneous musical performance by examining improvisation in professional jazz pianists using functional MRI. Dr. Limb wanted to know more about the cognitive context enabling the emergence of spontaneous creative activity. Dr. Limb's research and others like it are fundamental to discovering how human creativity operates. Everyone is creative, it’s just a matter of degree. Join us as we discuss.2018-05-0417 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastThe Redwood Genome ProjectOn The Digital Life this week, we discuss the Redwood Genome Project, a five-year initiative launched by the Save the Redwoods League to sequence the coast redwood and giant sequoia genomes, in order to better understand the redwoods on a genomic scale, and in so doing, protect and restore the forests.
Threats to the redwoods include not only logging and development, but also disease, drought, and pests, which have been exacerbated by climate change. Because the redwoods manifest a broad genetic range, some are better at withstanding drought or resisting disease than others. In the past, reforestation projects placed an...2018-04-2617 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastReady, Set, AutomateThis week on The Digital Life, we chat about automation, potential job losses, and the findings in Barclay's newly released report: "Robots at the gate: Humans and technology at work".
Technology is reshaping work and the global workforce from agriculture to manufacturing, financing to healthcare, and everything in between. Transformation is coming, maybe more quickly than we think. Routine work is being automated and non-routine jobs that favor human ingenuity and adaptability will make up the core of future employment. Join us as we discuss.2018-04-1922 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastGenetically Modified CropsThis week on The Digital Life, we chat about the USDA's recent announcement, declaring a regulation free approach to the design, cultivation, and sale of certain gene-edited plants.
On March 28, 2018, the USDA made an important announcement that included the following statement: "Under its biotechnology regulations, USDA does not regulate or have any plans to regulate plants that could otherwise have been developed through traditional breeding techniques ...." This includes new methods, like genome editing, that "can introduce new plant traits more quickly and precisely, potentially saving years or even decades in bringing needed new varieties to farmers."
Genetically modified crops may...2018-04-1219 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastDigital PeopleWhat happens when we can’t distinguish between the real and the artificial? On The Digital Life this week, we chat about what happens when we're able to create convincing representations of people, digitally.
At the Game Developer Conference last week, Epic Games showed off Siren, a digital character powered by the real-time motion capture of an actress on the stage. The character detail, shading, and lighting was of especially high quality, including realistic looking facial expressions. While Siren isn't quite capable of blurring the line between CGI and reality, the technology is definitely a big step in that direction.
Th...2018-04-0519 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastOur Hidden Digital SelvesOn The Digital Life this week we chat about data, our digital selves, and the ongoing debate over privacy and permission given the recent revelations regarding Cambridge Analytica and Facebook's user profiles.2018-03-3022 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastDesigning Creative Culture with Juhan SoninThis week on The Digital Life, for our 250th episode, we discuss designing a creative culture with guest Juhan Sonin, director of our studio, GoInvo.
Many companies try to create a design-centered culture in order to drive innovation but fall flat. We talk about some of our studio tenets and approaches that have worked. In particular we dig into the concept of transparency: seeking to tell the truth to others, both within and without an organization, with the intention of doing the most possible good. We also explore the concept of continuous learning, as we are curious, open creators, who...2018-03-2221 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastThe Speed of LiesOn this episode of The Digital Life, we chat about a recent study, published in the journal Science by researchers at MIT Media Lab and the MIT Sloan School of Management, showing that false news spreads more quickly online than truthful news. We explore the alarming implications for our ongoing political discussions and possible impacts on society of the spread of misinformation on social media.2018-03-1522 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastNet NeutralityThis week on The Digital Life, we chat about net neutrality, the digital divide, and fast, cheap Internet for all with guest Brough Turner, Founder of netBlazr.
What is net neutrality and why is it important? And why should it matter to the average consumer? Often, access to the Internet is controlled by only a few providers in a given geographic area. Given this near monopoly in many regions of the country, the idea of net neutrality, or the idea that ISPs should enable access to all content regardless of source, without showing favor to or blocking particular sites, is...2018-03-0634 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastDesigning Voice User InterfacesOn this episode of The Digital Life, we talk about designing voice user interfaces with engineer Claire Sun, who just returned from the Conversational Interaction Conference. Today, the voice UI market is primarily focused on performing tasks and controlling devices related to the smart home. Voice recognition technology isn’t robust enough yet to function smoothly in noisy environments or tell the difference between multiple speakers. Additionally, the software that powers VUIs is still at the early stages of being able to understand language in context, as opposed to more simple, transactional phrases. Join us as we discuss approaches to de...2018-02-1518 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastDigital CitizenshipOn The Digital Life podcast this week, we chat about Estonia's E-Residency program, which encourages entrepreneurs to become virtual residents of the country, so they can have a European company. It's a really interesting and innovative way to think about citizenship, basically ignoring geography, but leveraging it at the same time. It's not unusual for countries to sell their citizenship, including the US, but this is slightly different. If innovators and entrepreneurs can go anywhere they want in the world to find the best deal, best benefits, or the like, what does that mean for the future of nation states...2018-02-1515 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastAutomation and Collaborative RobotsOn The Digital Life podcast this week, we chat with guest Mary Ellen Sparrow, CEO of NextShift Robotics, about collaborative robotics and automation. NextShift focuses on developing robots that work in concert with people on the warehouse floor for e-commerce operations. Unlike other automation systems, the company's technology works within a warehouse's existing infrastructure, rather than requiring a massive overhaul and build out. Its robots are designed to work in complex and variable environments. For example, they can avoid obstacles, navigating around objects in their path. Join us as we discuss robotic automation, misconceptions people may have about the relationship...2018-02-1418 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastThe Human Genome Project WriteOn The Digital Life podcast this week, we chat about the Human Genome Project Write. Synthetic biologists are building the engineering blueprint for life: a human cell that contains all the DNA it needs to produce more human cells. Such a blueprint could be a significant step towards major medical breakthroughs, including wiping out genetic diseases.
Synthetic biologists build DNA using specialized bio-informatics design software to write the code. In the lab, this DNA code is then chemically synthesized. The software tools for this process, however, are still at their formative stages, and lack the necessary abstraction layer. Synthetic biologists...2018-02-0815 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastWater: Scarcity and ConservationOn The Digital Life this week, we chat about water scarcity, natural resources, and design.
In Cape Town, South Africa, the current water shortage has reached crisis level. Residents are cutting water usage in every way possible— using water collected from showers to water plants and flush toilets. The authorities warn that Cape Town is just a few months away from having to shut off its taps: “Day Zero”. To prevent this from happening, starting Feb. 1, residents will be required to use no more than 13.2 gallons of drinking water a day. By way of comparison, the average American uses about 100 gallon...2018-02-0120 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastCreativity and the Future of WorkThis week on The Digital Life, we chat about design and creative professionals and what the future of work might look like for them. Our special guest on the show is Daniel Harvey, Head of Product Design and Brand at The Dots, a professional network for “no collar'” professionals.
Alongside with the immense power and flexibility that technology can bring, comes an evolution in, not only how we get creative work done, but also why we do it. Values and behaviors are changing among job seekers in creative industries. We see some of this, for example, in the growing emphasis on p...2018-01-2631 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastCyber Policy and Cyber WarThis week on The Digital Life, we chat about international law and cyber war. According to a World Economic Forum article, over 30 governments have acknowledged that they have offensive cyber capabilities including: espionage and spying; sabotage including denial-of-service attacks and attacks on the power grid; and, perhaps the most talked about recently, propaganda.
The difficulties of developing policy to regulate and respond to emerging technology like these cyber war capabilities highlights the problems of working within interlocking, complex systems of governmental and political process, meant for a previous era, that are now subject to rapid changes.
And managing policy within...2018-01-1817 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastEmerging Tech at CES 2018This week on The Digital Life, we chat about all the new technology fun as CES 2018, the de facto emerging tech showcase, gets going in Las Vegas.
The smart home battleground is heating up as AI virtual assistants, like Google and Amazon Alexa, are being built into everyday household items and appliances. For instance, the bathroom is fast becoming a smartroom with Alexa incorporated into products like Kohler's new mirror, which can personalize light levels for different tasks, and Moen's digital shower technology, that enables users to set a specific water temperature. Connecting the digital to the physical is a...2018-01-1217 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastThe Whiskey AlgorithmOn this episode of The Digital Life, we chat about science, emerging technology and whiskey with Sammy Karachi from Relativity Whiskey. American craft whiskey is having a big moment and, more and more, innovation in science and technology is changing how whiskey is being made. In particular, Relativity Whiskey, uses a special, data-driven, maturation technology to age the spirit more quickly, saving years of time in the process. How will software and algorithms shape the whiskey creation process in the future? Join us as we discuss.2018-01-0530 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastTech Predictions for 2018On this episode of The Digital Life, we wrap up the year with some emerging tech predictions for 2018. We discuss the expansion of AI services in significant ways, automated trucks on the road, Target's online struggles, Amazon's difficulties in exploiting niche businesses, and the streaming services war as Disney prepares to take on Netflix among other topics.2017-12-2128 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastEducation and the Future EconomyOn this episode of The Digital Life, we chat about the future of education and skills our children may need in the next economy. A recent article featured on the World Economic Forum Web site, “Forget coding, we need to teach our kids how to dream”, argues that attributes like relationships, curiosity, agility, creativity, and empathy, will be more important for the economy of 2030, rather than skills that could very well be subsumed by machine automation, like, for instance, coding. Join us as we discuss.2017-12-0823 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastFaking ItOn this episode of The Digital Life, we chat about the frontiers of CGI and how we might approach it as reality and the virtual become increasingly indistinguishable. In a video essay, “Goodbye Uncanny Valley” in Aeon online magazine, artist and animator, Alan Warburton, explores this topic, examining everything from Hollywood blockbuster to political propaganda to digital art. What are the agreements that we make as a society regarding what is fact and fiction? How do we make decisions about important issues? Have we reached the post truth era? And, if so, how do we create policy when we have such...2017-12-0118 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastThe New Company TownOn this episode of The Digital Life, we chat about the new "company town" and real estate development by Google and Facebook. As a part of their attempt to attract the best and the brightest to their tech organizations, Google and Facebook are acquiring and developing swaths of real estate in Silicon Valley. Silicon Valley is one of the most expensive places to live in the US and real estate values there continue to skyrocket. This means that the affordability of housing can be a significant obstacle to the hiring process. Of course, by adding strategically located housing not far...2017-11-2519 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastAI and the Juvet AgendaOn this episode of The Digital Life, we chat about artificial intelligence (AI) and Juvet Agenda. In September of this year, a group of designers, innovators, and futurists gathered at the Juvet nature retreat in Norway to discuss AI, its trajectory and potential outcomes. The group explored making AI human centric, the big and small problems to solve using AI, and dealing with unintended consequences of the technology. The Juvet Agenda, an online publication that came out of the conference, highlights four major areas of discussion, including: power and control; bias, transparency, and authenticity; human and societal well-being; and perspectives...2017-11-1725 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastDesigning New ExperiencesOn this episode of The Digital Life, we chat with special guest Karen Kaushansky about designing new user experiences and interfaces for emerging technologies. Karen is an Experience Designer and Futurist, who works on products 5-10 years before they are on most people’s radars — designing new experiences from speech recognition to biometrics to autonomous vehicles. We discuss new technologies that should be on a designer’s radar now and how both the design field and the designer’s job is evolving. For instance, the design process for creating new experiences, like autonomous vehicles, needs to include ways of managing the unfo...2017-11-1024 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology Podcast3D Printing Metal and The Future of ManufacturingFor our podcast topic this week, we chat about new developments in additive fabrication / 3D printing and the implications for the future of manufacturing. In the past, additive fabrication systems have used powered metal materials, which are both dangerous to inhale and have a risk of exploding. However new 3D printing machines from Markforged and Desktop Metal are impressive on many fronts — faster, safer and much less expensive than previous technologies. These 3D printers use plastic-encapsulated powders and extrusion systems, which can produce parts at 1/10th of the cost. They can currently handle copper and steel. Soon even aluminum and ti...2017-11-0320 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastTechno-Utopia and Alphabet's Smart CityFor our podcast topic this week, we discuss the design proposal by Sidewalk Labs—a smart city technologies firm, owned by Alphabet, Google parent’s company—for the City of Toronto. Sidewalk Labs will be partnering with the city to create a mixed-use community on Toronto's waterfront. The aim of the pilot project is to build a smart city from the ground up, drawing on recent technological innovations in software analytics, the IoT, and self-driving cars, as well as improvements in methods of construction, waste disposal, and energy systems. Concerns about privacy abound, however. A recent Toronto Star editorial voiced some s...2017-10-2719 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastTech Angels and DevilsFor our podcast topic this week, we discuss the changing public perceptions of tech giants — Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon — and their power in and over our lives. Once seen as the facilitators of a potential techno-utopia, they're now seen as ... threats? Technology is no longer seen as neutral; It is, after all, created by people. And, the user is less and less seen as being in control; rather, we are being controlled. For instance, recently, Facebook's tools have been used to undermine the US democratic process. But, where are we headed next? Join us as we discuss.2017-10-2025 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastThe Smart Home Face OffFor our podcast topic this week, we discuss product innovation for the smart home and whether Amazon is overtaking Apple when it comes to creating category disruption. Of course, Apple has a long history of disrupting categories — from the personal computer with the Apple II and again with the iMac; to music with the iPod; to mobile with the iPhone; to the tablet with the iPad. But it looks like Amazon is well positioned to be a dominant player when it comes to the smart home, with their television, music, ecommerce, and other systems all driven by the Alexa voice UI...2017-10-1316 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastSmartware: Transformative TechnologiesOn the podcast this week, we continue our multi-episode discussion about the evolution of software and the future of computing, looking at how a handful of advances will come together to transform software and hardware into something new, which we’re calling “Smartware”. Smartware are computing systems that require little active user input, integrate the digital and physical worlds, and are continually learning on their own. Join us as we discuss the major advances in science and technology that are driving Smartware — from artificial intelligence (AI), neuroscience, and genomics to the Internet of Things (IoT) and additive fabrication / 3D printing.2017-09-2221 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastSmartware: A Tribute to Dead MachinesOn the podcast this week, we begin a multi-episode discussion about the evolution of software and the future of computing, looking at how a handful of advances — such as AI, the IoT, neuroscience, and additive fabrication — will come together to transform software and hardware into something new, which we’re calling “Smartware”. Smartware are computing systems that require little active user input, integrate the digital and physical worlds, and are continually learning on their own.
We’ll start our discussion with “a tribute to dead machines”. Technology and humanity are inseparable: It's present in every facet of our civilization. We’ll take a look at...2017-09-1422 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastAI and MusicOn the podcast this week, we discuss artificial intelligence and music with special guest Pierre Barreau, CEO of Aiva. Aiva (Artificial Intelligence Virtual Artist) is an AI composer. Aiva has created music used in the soundtracks for films, advertising, and games, and is the first virtual artist to be recognized by an author’s rights society. Join us as we explore how man and machine collaborate to create the future of music.2017-09-0823 min
The Digital Life - Design and Technology PodcastHacking RobotsOn the podcast this week, we discuss the dangers of hacking robots. As you might expect, the rise of robotics in manufacturing and other industrial activities also means a rise in possible attacks. Of course, with a successful hack of industrial robots comes the potential for some dire physical outcomes. Security researchers have demonstrated unpatched vulnerabilities in a variety of industrial robot models including collaborative robots, which are designed to work together with people, in environments such as manufacturing. These industrial robots can be compromised in ways that could cause humans bodily harm. Join us as we discuss.2017-09-0118 min
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