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Tag: #inventions

February 11, 2020August 10, 2020podcasts

Ep 75: From Self-Driving Cars to Autonomous Weapons Systems – Can We Trust AI? – with guest Dr. David Danks

Are you looking forward to self-driving cars? Perhaps you love taking the curves of the road yourself, but more likely, you would […]

Reverse climate change
November 5, 2019November 5, 2019podcasts

Ep 72: Reversing Climate Change: Turning CO2 Into Rock – with guests Dr. Kári Helgason and Dr. Bergur Sigfússon

In 2015, the world came together and drafted the Paris Agreement.  We agreed to try to limit our emissions so that the […]

Hack my Heart
October 8, 2019August 13, 2020podcasts

Ep 70: Hack My Heart – with guest Dr. Marie Moe

Dr. Marie Moe is a cyborg.  She has a pacemaker that controls the beating of her heart, and without it, she would […]

Cameras that can See Around Corners
September 24, 2019August 13, 2020podcasts

Ep 69: Cameras that can See Around Corners – with guest David Lindell

What if you could build cameras that can see around corners or through walls?  It sounds like something out of a spy […]

improving women's healthcare
May 14, 2019August 13, 2020podcasts

Ep 62: Improving Women’s Healthcare: The Calla Campaign: with guests Libby Dotson and Andrea Kim

No women should ever die of cervical cancer.  It grows very slowly, giving time for detection.  In a perfect world, it would […]

3d Printed Building
November 27, 2018August 19, 2020podcasts

Ep 55: 3D Printed Buildings – From Earth to Mars: with guest Keegan Kirkpatrick

Building any type of infrastructure is challenging, whether it be a house or a skyscraper.  The difficulty is only compounded when you […]

I named my Roomba George.
October 2, 2018August 19, 2020podcasts

Ep 51: Rosie to RoboCop: Gender, Religion, and Robots – with guest Dr. Jennifer Robertson

It may not seem like it when you glance at your Roomba, but robots are influencing gender roles, family, and even religion.  […]

emissions from transportation
September 4, 2018August 19, 2020podcasts

Ep 50: Keep on Moving, Stop Climate Change- with guest Dr. Ryan Allard

“Bypasses are devices that allow some people to dash from point A to point B very fast while other people dash from […]

prosthetic hand
November 7, 2017January 31, 2018podcasts

Ep. 35: Lending a Hand – a Prosthetic Hand – with guests Dr. David Grow and His Group

Imagine you’re having a bad day.  In the blink of an eye, a household accident causes you to loose the fingers on […]

Food In Space
July 18, 2017January 31, 2018podcasts

Ep. 27: A Slice of Life – with guests Sebastian Marcu and Neil Jaschinski

Being an astronaut is pretty glamorous – except when it comes to the food.  Food in space isn’t very palatable.  There are […]

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