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    Robots for the Elderly

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2022 3:19


    "The future of Elder Care is Service Robots" Automate, A3 Association for Advancing Automation, https://www.automate.org/blogs/the-future-of-elder-care-is-service-robots. Savage, Neil. "Robots Rise to Meet the Challenge of Caring for Old People." Nature News, Nature Publishing Group, 19 Jan 2022, https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00072-z.

    Drones -Oh, the things they can do!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2022 4:21


    Oberoi, Karandeep. “Researchers at Western University Are Finding Unique Use Cases for Mini-Drones.” MobileSyrup, 8 Apr. 2022, https://mobilesyrup.com/2022/04/10/researchers-at-western-university-are-finding-unique-use-cases-for-mini-drones/.

    Humans and Robots

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2022 7:27


    Cost, B. (2022, April 4). Robot 'slime magnet' could save lives - by searching our insides. New York Post. Retrieved April 4, 2022, from https://nypost.com/2022/04/04/robot-slime-magnet-could-save-lives-by-searching-our-insides/ Jones, S. (2021, December 16). Want to get humans to trust robots? let them dance. Scientific American. Retrieved April 4, 2022, from https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/want-to-get-humans-to-trust-robots-let-them-dance/

    Holograms for Real

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2022 2:39


    Smale, Andrea Murad and Will. “How Hologram Tech May Soon Replace Video Calls.” BBC News, BBC, 13 Dec. 2021, How hologram tech may soon replace video calls - BBC News. Lan, Sunny. "Hologram technology -fast-growing innovation", 13 February 2022, Hologram technology -fast-growing innovation.

    Surveillance Technology: who's watching you?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2021 4:49


    DWP - Face plus & Case Management, https://www.dataworksplus.com/faceplus.html. Fussell, Sidney. “The All-Seeing Eyes of New York's 15,000 Surveillance Cameras.” Wired, Conde Nast, 3 June 2021, https://www.wired.com/story/all-seeing-eyes-new-york-15000-surveillance-cameras/. Sullivan, Mark. “These Crowdsourced Maps Will Show Exactly Where Surveillance Cameras Are Watching.” Fast Company, Fast Company, 2 Feb. 2021, https://www.fastcompany.com/90596320/amnesty-international-crowdsourced-facial-recognition-map.

    Walmart & Self-Driving Cars

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2021 6:04


    Metz, Cade. “The Costly Pursuit of Self-Driving Cars Continues On. And On. And On.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 24 May 2021, www.nytimes.com/2021/05/24/technology/self-driving-cars-wait.html. “Walmart Teams Up with Cruise to Pilot All-Electric Self-Driving Delivery Powered by 100% Renewable Energy.” Corporate, corporate.walmart.com/newsroom/2020/11/10/walmart-teams-up-with-cruise-to-pilot-all-electric-self-driving-delivery-powered-by-100-renewable-energy.

    Music Lives On

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2021 5:38


    Davis, Elizabeth. “Schubert's 'Unfinished' Symphony Completed by Artificial Intelligence.” Classic FM, Classic FM, 6 Feb. 2019, https://www.classicfm.com/composers/schubert/unfinished-symphony-completed-by-ai/. Hall, Sophia. “Beethoven's Unfinished Tenth Symphony Completed by Artificial Intelligence.” Classic FM, Classic FM, 28 Sept. 2021, https://www.classicfm.com/composers/beethoven/unfinished-tenth-symphony-completed-by-artificial-intelligence/. Macdonald, Kyle. “Google Created a Bach Harmonisation Machine, and You Can Play It Here!” Classic FM, Classic FM, 22 Mar. 2019, https://www.classicfm.com/composers/bach/birthday-google-doodle-ai-game/. Magazine, Smithsonian. “How Artificial Intelligence Completed Beethoven's Unfinished Tenth Symphony.” Smithsonian.com, Smithsonian Institution, 24 Sept. 2021, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/how-artificial-intelligence-completed-beethovens-unfinished-10th-symphony-180978753/. Transcription, All Things Considered Podcast. “Team Uses AI to Complete Beethoven's Unfinished Masterpiece.” NPR, NPR, 2 Oct. 2021, https://www.npr.org/2021/10/02/1042742330/team-uses-ai-to-complete-beethovens-unfinished-masterpiece

    Virtual Biopsies

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2021 4:03


    “'Virtual Biopsies' Could Replace Tissue Biopsies in Future Thanks to New Technique.” ScienceDaily, ScienceDaily, 6 Jan. 2021, www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/01/210106095314.htm. . “Biopsy.” Better Health Channel, 3 Mar. 2012, www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/conditionsandtreatments/biopsy. Price, Stephanie. “Could 'Virtual Biopsies' Revolutionise Cancer Diagnosis?” Health Europa, Health Europa, 7 Jan. 2021, www.healtheuropa.eu/could-virtual-biopsies-revolutionise-cancer-diagnosis/104780/.

    Robot Helps During Pandemic

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2021 2:39


    Trafton, Anne. “Robot takes contact-free measurements of patients' vital signs.” MIT News Office, 31 Aug. 2020, https://news.mit.edu/2020/spot-robot-vital-signs-0831 Steffen, Andrea D. “Spot The Robot Is Measuring Vital Signs From Over 6 Feet Away.” 3 Oct. 2020, https://www.intelligentliving.co/spot-robot-vital-signs/

    AI systems learn grammar

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2021 3:27


    Andrews, Edmund L. “How AI Systems Use Mad Libs to Teach Themselves Grammar.” Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, 23 July 2020, https://hai.stanford.edu/news/how-ai-systems-use-mad-libs-teach-themselves-grammar. Accessed 8 April 2021. Khan, Suleiman. “BERT Technology introduced in 3-minutes.” towards data science, 1 February 2019, https://towardsdatascience.com/bert-technology-introduced-in-3-minutes-2c2f9968268c. Accessed 8 April 2021. Matheson, Rob. “Machines that learn language more like kids do.” MIT News, 31 October 2018, https://news.mit.edu/2018/machines-learn-language-human-interaction-1031. Accessed 8 April 2021.

    Captain AI

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2021 3:08


    Givetash, Linda. “How Europe's Busiest Port Is Helping Make Autonomous Ships a Reality.” NBC News, 12 Mar. 2019, www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/how-europe-s-busiest-port-helping-make-autonomous-ships-reality-ncna978041. Unknown, Author. “Autonomous Shipping: Rotterdam Leads the Way.” Rotterdam. Maritime Capital of Europe, 10 Oct. 2020, www.rotterdammaritimecapital.com/insight/autonomous-shipping-rotterdam-leads-the-way

    Protecting our Heroes with Technology

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2021 3:16


    Stokes, Sherry. “Safety Helmet for Firefighters.” College of Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, 2020, https://engineering.cmu.edu/news-events/news/2020/01/30-haptic-helmet.html

    Jellyfish Robot

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2021 3:18


    Mar 31]Randall, Ian. “Swimming Robot Could Explore Coral Reefs and Archaeological Sites .” Daily Mail Online, Associated Newspapers, 22 Jan. 2021, www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9168699/Robots-Jellyfish-inspired-swimming-machine-explore-coral-reefs-archaeological-sites.html. Lavars, Nick. “Jellyfish-Inspired Robot Moves like Nature's Most Efficient Swimmer.” New Atlas, 20 Jan. 2021, newatlas.com/robotics/jellyfish-inspired-robot-efficient-resonance/.

    3D Concrete Printing

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2021 3:17


    Kaszubska, G. (2021, January 19). Bio-inspired: How lobsters can help make stronger 3D printed concrete. RMIT Online. https://www.rmit.edu.au/news/all-news/2021/jan/lobster-concrete Sika Group. (2021) Sika Leads the way in 3D Concrete Printing. Sika Worldwide. https://www.sika.com/en/knowledge-hub/3d-concrete-printing.html#

    Astrobees: Flying Space Robots

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2021 3:26


    Brinkmann, Paul. "NASA readies Astrobee flying robots for serious space science." UPI, 12 Jan. 2021, https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2021/01/12/NASA-readies-Astrobee-flying-robots-for-serious-space-science/3681610045958/ Cohen, Nancy. "Robotic bees are joining the International Space Station." TechXPlore, Science XNetwork , 5 Apr. 2019, 2019-04-robotic-bees-international-space-station.html "What is Astrobee?" NASA, 24 Nov. 2020, https://www.nasa.gov/astrobee.

    Dog Robots!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2021 4:27


    Etherington, Darrell. Ford to Use Boston DYNAMICS' DOG-LIKE Robots to Map Their Manufacturing Facilities. 27 July 2020, techcrunch.com/2020/07/27/ford-to-use-boston-dynamics-dog-like-robots-to-map-their-manufacturing-facilities/. Garrett, Alexandra. “Boston Dynamics' Robot Dog Heads to Work at Ford.” CNET, CNET, 27 July 2020, www.cnet.com/news/boston-dynamics-robot-dog-heads-to-work-at-ford/. “Spot®: Boston Dynamics.” Spot® | Boston Dynamics, www.bostondynamics.com/spot.

    Ransomware & Blockchain Transactions

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2021 2:23


    Cimpanu, Catalin. “Blockchain Transactions Confirm Murky and Interconnected Ransomware Scene.” ZDNet, ZDNet, 4 Feb. 2021, www.zdnet.com/article/blockchain-transactions-confirm-murky-and-interconnected-ransomware-scene/. Kaspersky. “What Is WannaCry Ransomware?” Usa.kaspersky.com, 13 Jan. 2021, usa.kaspersky.com/resource-center/threats/ransomware-wannacry.

    Robot Prosthetics

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2021 2:56


    Modic, Posted by Elizabeth Engler. “Soft, Sensitive Robotic Fingers for the Right Grip.” Today's Medical Developments, Today's Medical Developments, 16 Dec. 2020, www.todaysmedicaldevelopments.com/article/robotic-fingers-3d-printed-grippers-sensing/. “NEWS.” 立命館大学, www.ritsumei.ac.jp/research/member/news/detail/?id=252.

    Audeo creates Music

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2021 3:43


    McQuate, S. (2021, February 4). 'Audeo' teaches artificial intelligence to play the piano. UW News. https://www.washington.edu/news/2021/02/04/audeo-teaches-artificial-intelligence-play-piano/.

    Fake News Vaccine?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2021 5:14


    Koffmar, L. (2020). Online game has transnational impact as ‘vaccine' against fake news. Uppsala University. Retrieved from https://www.uu.se/en/news/article/?id=13994&typ=artikel&lang=en%60&fbclid=IwAR2YmieO_bgafpnbdGvNEPnXjl1PbbSCrS-FaiFNNAWMSnuIirF08XSQAro Espina, M. & Lapates, J. (2019). Social Network Behaviours to Explain the Spread of Online Game. Bukidnon State University. Retrieved from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331131384_Social_Network_Behaviours_to_Explain_the_Spread_of_Online_Games 2020, G. (n.d.). How to market your video game and find your target audience. Retrieved March 09, 2021, from https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-03-01-how-to-market-your-game Roozenbeek, J., & Linden, S. (2019, June 25). Fake news game confers psychological resistance against online misinformation. Retrieved March 09, 2021, from https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-019-0279-9

    Discerning Fake News

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2021 4:14


    Dannenmaier, Molly. “Effective New Tool Created for Discerning Fake News.” UT News, 13 Aug. 2020, news.utexas.edu/2020/08/13/effective-new-tool-created-for-discerning-fake-news/ GCFGlobal. “The Now: What Is Fake News?” GCFGlobal.org, 2019, edu.gcfglobal.org/en/thenow/what-is-fake-news/1/.

    Easing Plant Stress

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2021 6:03


    Debusmann, Bernd. “'Farms Are Going to Need Different Kinds of Robots'.” BBC News, BBC, 1 Mar. 2021, www.bbc.com/news/business-56195288. Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology. “Portable Device Can Quickly Detect Plant Stress.” MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 4 Jan. 2021, news.mit.edu/2021/portable-device-quickly-detects-plant-stress-0104.

    Amazon Drone Deliveries

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2020 4:00


    "No, Amazon Won't Deliver You a Burrito by Drone Anytime Soon” https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-wont-deliver-burrito-drone-soon/ Aarian Marshall, Sep 5, 2020. “Amazon wins FAA approval for Prime Air drone delivery fleet” https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/31/amazon-prime-now-drone-delivery-fleet-gets-faa-approval.html Annie Palmer, Aug 31, 2020

    Diagnosing Mental Illness

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2020 4:31


    “Future Mental Health Care May Include Diagnosis via Brain Scan and Computer Algorithm.” The University of Tokyo, Aug. 2020, www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/focus/en/press/z0508_00125.html. “Diagnosing Illness Through Neuroimaging Scans.” Dual Diagnosis, dualdiagnosis.org/testing-assessments-comorbidity/neuroimaging/.

    Autonomous Deliveries

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2020 3:57


    Holley, Peter. “Walmart Teams with Nuro's Robot Cars to Deliver Groceries in Houston.” The Washington Post, WP Company, 11 Dec. 2019, www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/12/11/walmart-teams-with-nuros-robot-cars-deliver-groceries-houston/. Holley, Peter. Domino's Will Start Delivering Pizzas via an Autonomous Robot This Fall. 17 June 2019, www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/06/17/dominos-will-start-delivering-pizzas-via-an-autonomous-robot-this-fall/.

    Printed Heart Valves

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2020 3:59


    Haghiashtiani, G., Qiu, K., Sanchez, J. D. Z., Fuenning, Z. J., Nair, P., Ahlberg, S. E., ... & McAlpine, M. C. (2020). 3D printed patient-specific aortic root models with internal sensors for minimally invasive applications. Science advances, 6(35), eabb4641. Service, U. (2020, August 28). Researchers 3D print lifelike heart valve models. Retrieved November 06, 2020, from https://twin-cities.umn.edu/news-events/researchers-3d-print-lifelike-heart-valve-models

    Creating Something from Nothing

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2020 4:16


    Credit for music: Fluxus by SkyeJordan (c) copyright 2020 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/SkyeJordan/62512 “The Environmental Impact of 3D Printing.” 3D Printing Business Directory, 2 Apr. 2018, www.3dprintingbusiness.directory/environmental-impact-3d-printing/.

    Robot-run Warehouses

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2020 3:13


    Boyle, Matthew. “Walmart Unveils Robot-Run Warehouse to Whisk Food to Your Car.” Bloomberg, 8 Jan. 2020, www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-08/walmart-robots-are-latest-tool-in-its-battle-with-amazon. Hornyak, Tim. “The World's First Humanless Warehouse Is Run Only by Robots and Is a Model for the Future.” CNBC, 30 Oct. 2018, www.cnbc.com/2018/10/30/the-worlds-first-humanless-warehouse-is-run-only-by-robots.html.

    Robots in the Kitchen

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2020 3:26


    Durbin, Dee-ann. “Demand for Robot Cooks Rises as Kitchens Combat COVID-19.” AP NEWS, Associated Press, 14 July 2020, apnews.com/article/8782f38c9bfb0955a5f1dfd952a9e866. Statt, Nick. “Why You Should Let a Robot Cook Your Next Meal.” The Verge, The Verge, 11 July 2018, www.theverge.com/2018/7/11/17550848/future-of-dining-automation-robotics-creator-sf-robot-burgers-ai.

    Intelligent Sensing Robots

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2020 2:51


    Soh, Harold. "Intelligent Sensing Abilities for Robots to Carry out Complex Tasks." NUSnews, 15 July 2020, news.nus.edu.sg/research/nus-robots-sensing-abilities. Accessed 25 Oct. 2020. Campbell, Russell. "What Are the Pros and Cons of Having Robotic Automation." Bit Rebels, bitrebels.com/technology/pros-cons-robotic-automation/. Accessed 25 Oct. 2020.

    Hotel Robots

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2020 3:21


    Cadell, Cate. “At Alibaba's Futuristic Hotel, Robots Deliver Towels and Mix Cocktails.” Reuters, Thomson Reuters, 22 Jan. 2019, www.reuters.com/article/us-alibaba-hotels-robots/at-alibabas-futuristic-hotel-robots-deliver-towels-and-mix-cocktails-idUSKCN1PG21W. Parker, Will. “Hotel Robots Get Second Life as Industry Adapts to Covid-19.” The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones & Company, 11 Aug. 2020, www.wsj.com/articles/hotel-robots-get-second-life-as-industry-adapts-to-covid-19-1159714720

    Computing Cancer

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2020 3:24


    Savage, Neil. “Modelling: Computing Cancer.” Nature News, Nature Publishing Group, 21 Nov. 2012, www.nature.com/articles/491S62a. Thomas, Jeremy. “Research Team Pairs 3D Bioprinting and Computer Modeling to Examine Cancer Spread in Blood Vessels.” Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory/ Duke University, 26 Aug. 2020, www.llnl.gov/news/research-team-pairs-3d-bioprinting-and-computer-modeling-examine-cancer-spread-blood-vessels.

    Surf's Up!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2020 2:36


    Tsui, Bonnie. “Surfers Are Riding a Wave of New Technologies to Their Olympic Debut.” Popular Science, www.popsci.com/story/technology/surfing-olympics-training-technology/. Whitlock, Jared. “Bringing Perfect Waves to the Masses.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 12 Oct. 2020, www.nytimes.com/2020/10/12/sports/bringing-perfect-waves-to-the-masses.html?searchResultPosition=2.

    Nanoclips

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2020 3:08


    Nawrat, Allie. "3D Printing In The Medical Field: Four Major Applications Revolutionising The Industry - Verdict Medical Devices". Medicaldevice-Network.Com, 2020, https://www.medicaldevice-network.com/features/3d-printing-in-the-medical-field-applications/. Accessed 23 Jan 2020. Barlow, Jim. "UO Scientist Unveils A 3D Printed Device To Excite Nerves". Around The O, 2020, https://around.uoregon.edu/content/uo-scientist-unveils-3d-printed-device-excite-nerves. Accessed 27 Aug 2020.

    Smart Street Lights

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2020 3:30


    Perry, Tekla S. “Full Page Reload.” IEEE Spectrum: Technology, Engineering, and Science News, 16 Jan. 2019, spectrum.ieee.org/view-from-the-valley/computing/networks/san-diegos-smart-streetlight-network-yielding-a-firehose-of-data. “Smart Streetlights Program.” The City of San Diego, 2019, www.sandiego.gov/sustainability/energy-and-water-efficiency/programs-projects/smart-city.

    Sweat Sensors

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2020 4:40


    Heikenfeld, Jason. (2014, October 22). Sweat Sensors Will Change How Wearables Track Your Health. IEEE Spectrum. https://spectrum.ieee.org/biomedical/diagnostics/sweat-sensors-will-change-how-wearables-track-your-health. Ramaswamy, Ivya. (2020, July 29). Scientists Design First-Of-Its-Kind Thread-based Wearable Sweat Sensors To Monitor Health. IBT. https://www.ibtimes.com/scientists-design-first-its-kind-thread-based-wearable-sweat-sensors-monitor-health-301795. Tufts University. (2020, July 28). Sweat science: Engineers Detect Health Markers in Thread-Based, Wearable Sweat Sensors. Science Daily. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200728113558.htm.

    Food Delivery Robots!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2020 2:46


    Repko, Melissa. “FedEx Office's New Bots Can Deliver Pizza, Groceries or Even Bring Chicken Noodle Soup to the Sick.” Dallas News, The Dallas Morning News, 23 Aug. 2019, www.dallasnews.com/business/technology/2019/04/16/fedex-office-s-new-bots-can-deliver-pizza-groceries-or-even-bring-chicken-noodle-soup-to-the-sick/. Repko, Melissa. “On University of Texas at Dallas' Growing Campus, Meal-Delivering Robots Make Splashy Debut.” Dallas News, 25 Dec. 2019, www.dallasnews.com/business/technology/2019/12/26/on-university-of-texas-at-dallas-growing-campus-meal-delivering-robots-make-splashy-debut/.

    Self-driving minivans

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2020 2:36


    “Waymo Self-Driving Minivans Take to More US Roads.” Yahoo! News, Yahoo!, 23 Jan. 2020, news.yahoo.com/waymo-self-driving-minivans-more-us-roads-183549368.html. “Home.” Waymo, waymo.com Villians, Pop. Curated Royalty-Free Music Library. www.premiumbeat.com/

    Climate Change - Melting Glaciers

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2020 2:07


    “Climate Change: Glacier Mass Balance: NOAA Climate.gov.” Climate Change: Glacier Mass Balance | NOAA Climate.gov, 14 Feb. 2020, www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/climate-change-glacier-mass-balance. Kornei, Katherine. “Melting Glaciers Are Filling Unstable Lakes. And They're Growing.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 2 Sept. 2020, www.nytimes.com/2020/09/02/science/global-warming-glacial-lakes.html.

    Bandaid-Like Sensors

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2020 3:50


    Guk, K., Han, G., Lim, J., Jeong, K., Kang, T., Lim, E. K., & Jung, J. (2019). Evolution of Wearable Devices with Real-Time Disease Monitoring for Personalized Healthcare. Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 9(6), 813. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9060813 Research News. (n.d.). Retrieved September 22, 2020, from https://www.dgist.ac.kr/en/html/sub06/060202.html?mode=V Sungho Lee, Srinivas Gandla, Muhammad Naqi, Uihyun Jung, Sunju Kang, Hyungsoon Youn, Dogi Pyun, Yumie Rhee, Hyuk-Jun Kwon, Heejung Kim, Min Goo Lee and Sunkook Kim, "All-day Mobile Healthcare Monitoring System Based on Heterogeneous Stretchable Sensors for Medical Emergency", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, on-line published on 7th November, 2019.

    Deepfakes

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2020 3:52


    Hern, Alex. “Facebook Bans 'Deepfake' Videos in Run-up to US Election.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 7 Jan. 2020, www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jan/07/facebook-bans-deepfake-videos-in-run-up-to-us-election. Sample, Ian. “What Are Deepfakes – and How Can You Spot Them?” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 13 Jan. 2020, www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jan/13/what-are-deepfakes-and-how-can-you-spot-them?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other.

    AI and medicine

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2020 3:04


    Grady, N. (2013, July 5). AI Comes to the Operating Room. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/06/health/artificial-intelligence-brain-cancer.html Data Revenue. (2019). Artificial Intelligence in Medicine. Data Revenue. https://www.datarevenue.com/en-blog/artificial-intelligence-in-medicine

    Hippos & Drones

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2020 2:42


    Tang, Caroline. “Spying on Hippos with Drones to Help Conservation Efforts.” 10 Dec. 2019, https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/spying-hippos-drones-help-conservation-efforts. Sandbrook, Chris. “The Social Implications of Using Drones for Biodiversity Conservation.” Ambio, vol. 44, no. S4, 2015, pp. 636–647., doi:10.1007/s13280-015-0714-0.

    Drones v. Border Collies

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2020 2:32


    Gorman, Alyx. “Sky Shepherds: the Farmers Using Drones to Watch Their Flocks by Flight.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 26 Dec. 2019, www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/dec/26/sky-shepherds-the-farmers-using-drones-to-watch-their-flocks-by-night. Washington Post. “Ride of the Border Collies?: Farmers Use Barking Drones to Herd Sheep.” The Mercury News, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2019, www.mercurynews.com/2019/03/07/ride-of-the-border-collies-farmers-use-barking-drones-to-herd-sheep/.

    Smart Cities

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2020 3:54


    Huber, Nick. “Internet of Things: Smart Cities Pick up the Pace.” Financial Times, Financial Times, 29 Jan. 2020, www.ft.com/content/140ae3f0-1b6f-11ea-81f0-0c253907d3e0. Morgan, Jacob. “A Simple Explanation Of 'The Internet Of Things'.” Forbes, Forbes Magazine, 13 May 2014, www.forbes.com/sites/jacobmorgan/2014/05/13/simple-explanation-internet-things-that-anyone-can-understand/#6179c8991d09.

    Catapult into sports

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2020 3:00


    Sugiura, Ken. “How Georgia Tech Is Using GPS Technology to Improve Performance.” Ajc, Ajc.com, 5 Mar. 2019, www.ajc.com/sports/college/how-georgia-tech-using-gps-technology-improve-performance/fGG7xiCxrLwKzyatt26dgM/.

    Take the Air Taxi!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2020 3:05


    Bellamy, Woodrow. "Boeing's EVTOL Air Taxi Prototype Achieves First Flight." Aviation Today, 24 Jan. 2019, www.aviationtoday.com/2019/01/24/boeings-evtol-air-taxi-prototype-achieves-first-flight/. "Boeing." Boeing, 23 Jan. 2019, boeing.mediaroom.com/2019-01-23-Boeing-Autonomous-Passenger-Air-Vehicle-Completes-First-Flight. Gregg, Aaron. "Boeing's Self-Driving Air Taxi Completes First Test Flight." The Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2019, 8:50 A.M, www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/01/23/boeings-self-driving-air-taxi-completes-first-test-flight/?noredirect=on.

    Robot Umpires

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2020 4:25


    Bogage, Jacob. “Baseball's Robot Umpires Are Here. And You Might Not Even Notice the Difference.” The Washington Post, WP Company, 11 July 2019, www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/07/10/baseballs-robot-umpires-are-here-you-might-not-even-notice-difference/. Lacques, Gabe. “MLB to Test Automated Strike Zone – a Step toward 'Robot Umpires' – during Spring Training.” USA Today, Gannett Satellite Information Network, 21 Feb. 2020, www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2020/02/21/mlb-to-test-robot-umpires-in-spring-training/4830417002/.

    Robot Deliveries

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2020 4:04


    Lori Ioannou. “Robot Food Delivery May Be Coming to a Campus near You.” CNBC, CNBC, 3 May 2019, www.cnbc.com/2019/05/02/robot-food-delivery-may-be-coming-to-a-campus-near-you.html. “Amazon Scout Robots Take to Pavements in Washington State.” BBC News, BBC, 24 Jan. 2019, www.bbc.com/news/amp/technology-46987779.

    AI and Fake News

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2020 3:16


    “New Tool Uses AI to Flag Fake News for Media Fact-Checkers.” Waterloo News, 16 Dec. 2019, uwaterloo.ca/news/news/new-tool-uses-ai-flag-fake-news-media-fact-checkers.

    Just print it!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2020 4:16


    Elementary school teachers use 3D printer to make student prosthetic finger O'Connor, Kristi. “Elementary School Teachers Use 3D Printer to Make Student Prosthetic Finger.” https://www.wbtv.com, 31 Jan. 2019, www.wbtv.com/2019/01/31/elementary-school-teachers-use-d-printer-make-student-prosthetic-finger/. 3D-printed prosthetic limbs: the next revolution in medicine Birrell, Ian. “3D-Printed Prosthetic Limbs: the next Revolution in Medicine.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 19 Feb. 2017, www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/19/3d-printed-prosthetic-limbs-revolution-in-medicine.

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