What makes start-up culture special in 2023?
Today we're joined by Paul Jackson, most recently the Chief Product and Tech Officer Level, and previously at Structure Flow, Dow Jones, and News UK amongst others. He's talking to us about the health of the startup sector; is it being constricted? Also what is so appealing about working in a business during its early stages? We're also asking: Minority Report becoming reality (not the future crime part..!)? Members of the public are being invited to have their eyeballs scanned by a silver orb as part of cryptocurrency project that aims to use biometric verification to distinguish humans from AI systems. Also, should smartphones be banned in schools?
27 Heinä 202334min
David Mou from Cerebral talks through the postives and negatives of AI in telehealth
In today's show we're joined by Cerebral's CEO David Mou. A clinician and a technologist, David has a view on how technology can impact the level of care given to patients with mental health concerns. But how far might be too far where AI is concerned, and what are the limits?
25 Heinä 202326min
Batch.works and Morrama bring you sustainable consumer tech.
Today's guests are Milo Mcloughlin-Greening, Head of R & D at Batch.works, and Jo Barnard, founder of Morrama. They have collaborated to produce and release Kibu, a sustainable pair of headphones aimed at kids. The repairable, part-replicable headphones are an example of circular manufactoring.
20 Heinä 202335min
Can AI reduce bias in sports talent spotting and give equal opportunity?
Today Richard Felton-Thomas joins us to talk about the bias in sport talent spotting. AI Scout is an app that uses data to benchmark talent, giving scouts a tool to augment their activities and give more opportunity to those who might otherwise miss out. On the eve (almost) of the FIFA Women's World Cup, we're celebrating anything that expands inclusion and opportunity, We also chat about Reality+, who have partnered with OTZ Sports to launch 'Own The Zone', a game with technology at it's heart.
18 Heinä 202327min
Music (not musac) for the masses; Lickd help bring content to life!
Today we're chatting to Lickd CTO Alex Brims. The creator economy is vital to the 400,000 making a living posting videos to YouTube, but they can't add licenced music. Or can they? Alex explains how they can, and how licencing laws are being explored where the metaverse is concerned.
14 Heinä 202313min
The latest in technology from Collision Conference in Toronto (Part 2)
I'm on holiday this week, but that means the perfect opportunity to share part two of our Collision Conference interviews. Check Point's President Rupal Shah Hollenbeck gave us some time at the event and spoke about the need to re-evaluate leadership in the wake of an industry reset. Then we have a chat with Pendo CEO and founder Todd Olson to share. Can he predict the future? Did you go to the conference? What was your lasting impression?
11 Heinä 202327min
The latest in technology from Collision Conference in Toronto (Part 1)
The first of two shows (the second will drop on Tuesday) featuring the views of speakers and leaders at Collision Conference in Toronto. Today we're meeting VoxNeuro's James Connolly, who is creating an objective system for measuring the health of your brain. Then as we tackle an increasingly complex world we meet Christine Yen, CEO of Honeycomb.io, who talks to us about the virtues of observability. Whilst there was a huge amount of Gen AI chatter at the show, and a focus on the challenges we face, it was clear that talking and sharing ideas can only help. We need to work together.
6 Heinä 202328min
As technology change speeds up, how do we protect people from it's impact?
On today's podcast we're exploring the American-Midwest with Rackspace's CTO Srini Koushik. Srini is advocating for the 'Silicon Heartland' of the USA, a region on the rise with more than half-an-eye on it's less affluent neighbours. As technology impacts work and society, we ask what steps we need to take to make sure jobs, security and futures are well looked after. Do technology companies have a duty of care?
4 Heinä 202327min
