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Get your head set (no pun intended) because AR and VR are two emerging technologies predicted to have all the buzz in 2022. In this 10th episode, I'm joined by Thomas Suarez - Co-founder, CEO and CTO at Teleportal. He shares his insights around the evolution and projection of spatial computing, as well as his personal journey with Teleportal. We touch upon Big Tech being in this space, potential social complications VR and AR pose, and how the technology can enable and empower creators. ➡️ Thomas's Personal Website | Teleportal Jobs Teleportal is on a mission to bring creators together and empower them to revolutionize how we all interact with our physical and digital worlds. By building accessible, collaborative, and secure spatial computing technologies, Teleportal rethinks the way that people interact with their physical and digital worlds. The company envisions a future where nearly all interactions between humans and computers are made spatially, resulting in healthier, more intuitive digital lives. They believe strongly in data privacy and security practices, the democratization of tools, and robust software engineering.

2021 is a wrap! In this episode, I wrap up last year's top stories in tech: NFTs, global chip shortage, and the Facebook files, highlighting what's good, bad, and ugly about each.

Since the dawn of humankind, communities have built technology. More recently, and now more than ever, technology is building communities. In this episode, I'm joined by a technical project manager and mentor for many, Alex Berry. We discuss various technology solutions that are changing the ways people communicate, interact, and connect, as well as Chocolate Milk Diplomacy, a social entrepreneurship founded by Alex that provides career coaching and empowerment in often overlooked and underserved communities. Chocolate Milk Diplomacy (CMD) is a social entrepreneurship and career coaching firm that empowers underrepresented & underserved communities to craft powerful career stories. CMD offers 1-on-1 career coaching, career development workshops. and creates free, self-led content to support your career narrative." Check out CMD! ✉️ contactus@chocolatemilkdiplomacy.com | Alex's LinkedIn

In the final installment of my health tech series, I'm joined by Dr. Andrea Parker, professor and researcher at Georgia Tech's School of Interactive Computing. We discuss her journey in health and computing, as well as her field work in researching technology's influence on health outcomes. She shares her insights on how technology can shape health equity for often underserved groups and the importance of inclusive research design. We also touch upon how the digital divide impacts health outcomes and the emphasis on digital wellbeing during the pandemic.

With great health and tech interactions comes great fear of privacy and dependence. However, there's hope with an up and coming system dedicated to ending unequal access to medical knowledge. In another installment of my health-tech series, I'm joined by Nathan Fu, who works on engineering at The Human Diagnosis Project (Human Dx). In this episode, we talk about Nathan's journey into the health-tech space, the mission and vision of Human Dx, and what may be next to come in democratizing medical information for the future. Learn more about Human Dx

Health and tech, tech and health. These two spaces have joined forces thanks to the usability and utility it offers to us all. In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Rosa Arriaga, Associate Chair of Graduate Affairs at The School of Interactive Computing and Principal Research Scientist at Georgia Tech, who’s doing groundbreaking work in chronic care management, patient engagement, continuity of care, and communication, all using ubiquitous computing. Our conversation focuses on the health belief model, mobile health technology, and the role technology is playing during pandemic (it’s almost post-pandemic

Hindsight is officially 2020. In this episode, I wrap up the last year by talking about two major stories, GTP-3 and TikTok, and what’s good, bad, and ugly about each. Here’s to hoping for better stories in 2021, and also new podcast content!

In a time where our daily operations and interactions have been greatly altered by Covid-19, we’re seeing shifts and megatrends led by technology that impact both personal and professional ecosystems. My very first guests, David and Pranav, who are material science engineering students at Georgia Tech, offer their perspectives and thoughts about life, the environment, and the digital divide during the pandemic. We also discuss some observations and predictions for what life will look like after the pandemic.

It’s voting season. With many American voters either standing in long lines to vote in person or properly filling out mail-in ballots, the election this year marks voting “firsts” for many. Since the voting days back when America was a new nation, there have been several attempts to use technology to make the voting process more secure, accurate, safe, and accessible. In this episode, I talk about voting equipment of the past and present, key legislations, and current innovations and efforts regarding voting technology. Be sure to play your part in being the change you want to see, VOTE! Resources: Vote 411 | iSideWith

With the national dialogue focused on systemic and racial inequality in law enforcement and criminal justice settings, it is easy to underlook some of the covert discrimination happening on the technical front. From facial recognition and credit reporting, to recruitment and predictive policing software, algorithmic bias hurts consumers and end users by emphasizing racial or gender features. In this pilot episode of Cut the Code, I talk about how algorithmic bias occurs, the challenges it presents, some key examples, and solutions to the issue.

Technology continues to change and shape the way we interact with the world, ourselves, and one another. With the fast pace of tech, it can be challenging to understand its full effects on society. On Cut The Code podcast, join Nikita Rajput in exploring topics and ideas centered around technology and humanity, discussing their cultural and ethical implications, and questioning some of tech’s greatest unknowns.