TechFirst with John Koetsier
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Data is the nuclear waste of the Information Age
Data is the nuclear waste of the web and machine learning, Ghostery CEO Jean-Paul Schmetz tells me in the TechFirst podcast. And big tech is...
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Solving touch: the last mile of robotics
When will we solve the “last-mile” problem of robotics: robotic touch? We’ve made robots that can go to the bottom of the ocean, that can operate in...
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Google’s drone company Wing unveils ‘aircraft library’
Sometimes you need a big drone. Sometimes a small one will do. Some deliveries are urgent. Others are far away. For each, a slightly different drone...
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From smart soles to … human OS?
Plantiga makes sensor insoles for shoes that help people get better, faster, and healthier. They track how you run, walk, jump, and change direction...
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How MIT’s Cheetah robot teaches itself to walk in 3 hours
Programming robots is so 2010. Providing the AI framework within with they can teach themselves is accelerating training and development of new...
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Geoship now has an actual prototype built of the 500-year-lifespan geodesic...
Mojo Vision’s smart contact lens is basically feature complete
Does social media censorship cause extremism?
Netflix vs TikTok vs Disney vs Facebook: battle of juggernauts
Crypto on native land: special economic zones are the new casinos?
BMW vs Tesla: BMW to sell 25% of its cars online in 3 years
AI for investing: ultimate cheat code?
Automating the on-demand economy: keeping up with Amazon’s 200,000 robots
Here is a 3-core battery-free stamp-sized computer with an ARM processor that...
A Fitbit for your blood: this infrared spectrometer analyzes your health at home
Programmable matter: MIT building self-assembling robots for space
Building an artificial brain: 86B neurons, 500T synapses, and a neuromorphic...
Rarible: Half of e-commerce ‘doesn’t need to be physical’
DeviantArt finding 40,000 fake NFTs a month
The future of surgery is robotic
Cincinnati Children’s using supercomputer, AI for early mental health and...
Thought to text: brain-computer interface lets you type, move robotic arms with...
Can we save dying coral reefs by 3D printing more?
Drone explosion: Cargo UP, air taxi DOWN
Smart seeds: engineering plants to talk via bioluminescence
Why gaming powerhouse Zynga bought Chartboost … before getting bought by...
Why is livestream shopping such a massive trend right now?
Million-qubit quantum computing … at $300 per qubit
Drone defense: 3 ways to detect and stop drone-based terrorism
Meet the AI-powered Cray X German Bionic exoskeleton
2022 app predictions: TikTok, Facebook, Roblox, NFTs, metaverse, fintech …
Can Coincast make crypto as easy as texting?
Can Unity make metaverse glue to connect millions of games and billions of...
