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"Deep Learning" is an area in artificial intelligence research and design where a "ton of breakthroughs are happening right now," says Fast.AI co-founder Rachel Thomas. Fast.AI's mission in the AI space is to make Deep Learning more accessible to more people. Where before, you'd need graduate-to-Ph.D.-level work in math just to understand what's going on, now Fast.AI's course ware makes Deep Learning techniques available to everyday coders. In the last five to six years, Deep Learning has become a hot topic. Technically, Deep Learning is like any other kind of AI, in that it makes your computer behave intelligently. This has been around for decades. The difference is, in the last few years, it's started to take off as sub-field of its own. Deep Learning algorithms mimic neural networks in the brain. And the technology is improving exponentially every year, exceeding human intelligence in some cases. By Deep Learning," Fast.AI co-founders Rachel Thomas and Jeremy Howard are referring to a very specific class of algorithms applied to specific problems, for example, transcribing speech to text. Fundamentally, Fast.AI is an education company. The course offered is free. The goal is to help companies train the smart employees they already have to utilize Deep Learning technology.
Aaron Schwartz Director of Engagement and Michael Gord Director of Technology at BEN, explain how they help college and high school students discover on BlockChain and CryptoCurrency either through Hackatons or special clubs. BEN's goal is to increase awareness about BlockChain and CryptoCurrency technology. Learn, subscribe, review FutureTech podcast.
John Donahue, head of marketing at Cirrus Healthcare, who explains how their product Migraine X is fighting and controlling migraines. Around 38 million people in the US suffer from a migraine. In 78% of the cases, what triggers migraines is changes in barometric pressure, (in aeroplanes or weather changes). MigraneX has a free App that alerts the users to changes in the pressure. Users put in special earplugs created by Migraine X that prevent migraines. Learn, subscribe, review FutureTech podcast.
Tens of thousands of viruses, in different shapes and sizes threaten computers everyday. That's why Giovanni Vigna CTO and Co-Founder of Lastline.com, explains how their company prevents malware from affecting computer security. Lastline.com is not a traditional anti-virus, but much more than that. To put it in Vigna's words, nowadays viruses come "packaged" in many different formats such as PDFs or Doc Files. There is no way of knowing if the file is corrupted or not, unless you open it and see the effect. So how to protect yourself? Thanks to Lastline.com, there is a technology called Sandbox, which opens the file in a secure environment and checks the status without the file affecting your computer. Learn, subscribe, review FutureTech podcast.
In Evolution 2.0, author Perry Marshall doesn't take a side in the Darwinism-Creationism debate. He takes his own, third side: the Perry Marshall side. Electrical engineer Marshall doubts Darwin's theory of evolution, but not as a traditional Creationist. For him, there is a still better explanation for the origin of life on earth… one heretofore undiscovered by either side of the current debate. In Marshall's estimation, evolution—as it's taught in schools today—has been corrupted into something that is a.) accidental, and b.) inter-generational. For Marshall, evolution is very purposeful. Even intentional. And furthermore, it's something that affects an organism in real time—not simply between generations. In other words, for Marshall, evolution is not incompatible with God. There could be an all-powerful God who oversees the adaption of all life on the planet. If you're a Creationist, the party line is that evolution is a hoax. If you're pro-Evolution, you say there cannot be a God. Perry Marshall asks, Why not both? Perry Marshall's God is powerful enough to do that. Here is what you'll learn in this episode: * What the origins of life on earth might actually be * How Perry Marshall has scientifically validated the existence of God * What the scientific implications of a God might be Learn, subscribe, review FutureTech podcast.
Dina Zielinski from NY Genome talks about storing data using DNA – not traditional hard drives – and it's amazing what nature can do that human engineering (until now) can not. Losing data stored on flash drives, hard disks, USBs and on computer servers may become a thing of the past with DNA storage. At NY genome, Dina has successfully managed to encode and decode data stored onto a strand of DNA. Incredible, but true. This project has the possibility of storing 215,000 times more data in 1 gram of DNA, compared to a 1 Terabyte Hard Disk. Unfortunately, the process is not ready for commercial use, and encoding costing roughly $7,000. Decoding plus reading the data costing about $2,000, and a $9k price tag isn't viable. Will DNA storage ever be cost effective and retrievable quickly? That is for you to decide but don't forget how the first computer was even larger than the room you are in right now. The future holds great secrets for us to explore so stay in the know about future tech at futuretechpodcast.com. Make sure to review, subscribe and like us on Facebook and Twitter.
Stephan Tual, founder of Slock.it, talks about Ethereum-Based Smart Contracts that allow IoT devices, (such as door locks on Air BnB apartments) to be fully automated – unlocked and locked based on rules, such as when a rental payment is received for an apartment (unlocked) and 5 minutes after checkout time (locked). Other use cases are: electric charging stations that can be rented on demand, charging monitored remotely, and repaired if a signal showing malfunction is received. Slock.it has recently received $2 million in funding and is poised for fast growth. Listen, subscribe, and rate Future Tech Podcast, and enjoy this fascinating interview!
Nathaniel Calhoun, Vice Chairman of Global Grand Challenges and the Managing Director of the Global Solutions Program at Singularity University talks about Poverty, Education and Developmental Barriers in Africa. He aims to have a positive impact on these problems through the use of exponential technology. Having personally lived in several African countries for a number of years, Nathanial highlights some of the very basic problems that western people can't conceive of, like unfair banking system that charges extortionate fees, and a weak education system that doesn't even provide separate bathroom facilities for girls in schools. Just like everywhere in the world, teachers are not being compensated properly, keeping them in abject poverty. Nathaniel advocates a "how to fish" teaching strategy vs. "give them fish to eat". Listen, subscribe, review. Keep Future Tech humming and podcasting with your support.
Terracycle is back, and this time we have its CEO, Tom Szaky. Terracycle has rapidly become an innovative recycling company and global leader in recycling hard-to-recycle waste. From recycling #7 plastic to traditionally "un-recyclable" materials (juice pouches), Terracycle has been able to reduce landfill waste as well as provide reliable and useable source materials for manufacturers. Tom's aim is to eliminate the concept of waste altogether. His vision has been a driving force in recycling 1 Million Pounds of waste per week, making Terracycle a leader in the "Circular Economy". They have introduced world's first recycling database that helps people identify where they can go to recycle almost any household product. Terracycle now serves 21 countries around the world with a vision to reduce landfill use globally. The biggest challenge in the waste / recycling process is to cover the direct and indirect costs while generating profit. In order to tackle this, they try and ensure recycled materials meet manufacturer's requirements and are recycled on demand. Make sure you listen to this amazing interview. Review, and subscribe to Future Tech Podcast for more exciting interviews. Don't forget to Donate Satoshis, millibits, or even a bitcoin or two, so that we can keep rolling out better interviews.
InfluxData brings a complete open-source platform made precisely for metrics, events, and other time-based data. No matter where the data comes from; humans, sensors, or machines, InfluxData authorizes creators to shape next-generation monitoring, analytics, and IoT applications quicker, easier, and to scale bringing real business work swiftly. Tim Hall talks to us about the time-series data & how InfluxData is the only purpose-built complete platform for any time-based data; from humans, sensors, or machines – flawlessly gathering, loading, visualizing, and converting insights into action. With both quick placement and quick performance. The platform helps to quickly find value in your data — control systems, identify patterns, and predict the future. He mentions a typical use case in the retail sites where you can enhance the user's shopping experience by advertising or pushing a coupon based on the previous user behavior and this is all done by considering the context and the time sequence of the user behavior, creating immense value. So make sure you give this podcast a listen and while you are at it subscribe to Future Tech Podcast, to keep yourself in the spin. Contribute Bitcoin to fuel our interviews and keep us going!
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