Smart Talks with IBM: The Mayflower Autonomous Ship: AI and Automation at Sea
The world’s first autonomous vessel to cross the Atlantic Ocean is signaling a new era in maritime technology. In this episode of Smart Talks with IBM, Malcolm Gladwell takes on this topic with Lauren Ober, host of The Loudest Girl in the World, and guests Brett Phaneuf and Don Scott, the engineers behind the Mayflower Autonomous Ship project. The two explain how automation and AI allowed them to reimagine the design and use of a ship at sea and their implications beyond maritime navigation. This is a paid advertisement from IBM.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
31 Aug 202229min
The Invention of Surgical Gloves
In this invention-themed episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe explore the origin of surgical gloves, the differing concepts for their composition and the struggle to get surgeons to wear them.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
30 Aug 202257min
Listener Mail: Beware the Wheelers
Once more, it's time for a weekly dose of Stuff to Blow Your Mind and Weirdhouse Cinema listener mail...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
29 Aug 202225min
From the Vault: The Dog with the Burning Brand
From dogs in old paintings that look like dope smokers to Aztec psychopomps, what’s with all these fire dogs? In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe explore… (originally published 8/31/2021)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
27 Aug 202253min
Weirdhouse Cinema: Krull
This week on Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe dive into another slice of 1980s big screen fantasy with 1983’s “Krull,” which pits a ragtag group of fantasy adventurers against a technologically advanced alien force from another world.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
26 Aug 20221h 24min
The Paragraph, Part 2
In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the standard nugget of textual thought: the paragraph.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
25 Aug 202247min
The Artifact: The Boustrophedon
In this episode of STBYM’s The Artifact, Robert discusses an ancient style of writing that involved reading left to right and right to left…See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
24 Aug 20225min
The Paragraph, Part 1
In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the standard nugget of textual thought: the paragraph.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
23 Aug 202241min
