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#33 Hydrogen Planes and Going Back to the Moon Sep 29, 2020

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Amy and Rob explore two of the biggest tech stories of the last fortnight: NASA's plans to send people back to the moon in 2024, and Airbus' unveiling of three concepts for hydrogen-fuelled planes. GET IN TOUCH Questions? Comments? Fiery opinions? We’d love to hear them! Drop us an email at wcn@granttree.co.uk FIND US ONLINE For the latest updates, and even more content, make sure you follow us online Twitter: @wcnpod Instagram: @wcnpod

#32 Lab-Grown Meat (with Higher Steaks) Sep 01, 2020

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There are so many questions about lab-grown meat. What does it taste like? What will it mean for the food industry? When can we try it?! To answer these questions, and many more besides, we talk to Benjamina Bollag, Founder and CEO of cellular-agriculture startup Higher Steaks. FIND OUT MORE - Highersteaks.com - Lab-Grown Meat: How Does It Work and When Can I Eat It? bit.ly/2EacB1I - 3D Printing a Steak in Space: https://bit.ly/3hH2vD4 GET IN TOUCH Questions? Comments? Fiery opinions? We’d love to hear them! Drop us an email at wcn@granttree.co.uk FIND US ONLINE For the latest updates, and even more content, make sure you follow us online Twitter: @wcnpod Instagram: @wcnpod

#31 Unlimited Virtual Training (with Virti) Aug 13, 2020

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We talk to Alex Young, founder of Virti, a company combining mixed reality and artificial intelligence into a mind-blowing training platform. By harnessing data, and allowing users to build their own immersive scenarios, Virti is hoping to bring limitless personalized education to every corner of the globe, unlocking the full power of human potential. FIND OUT MORE - Guest: Alex Young, Founder or Virti - Website: virti.com - Digital Reasoning on Twitter: @virtimed - Virti's 'The Human Performance Podcast' - https://virti.com/resources-2/podcast/ GET IN TOUCH Questions? Comments? Fiery opinions? We’d love to hear them! Drop us an email at wcn@granttree.co.uk FIND US ONLINE For the latest updates, and even more content, make sure you follow us online Twitter: @wcnpod Instagram: @wcnpod

#30 Quantum Bafflement Jul 30, 2020

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Time for another game of Next or Not! Kweku, Amy and Rob debate whether three cutting-edge technologies will be the next big thing or the next big flop. Contestant 1: Quantum Orchestration Platform, Quantum Machines Contestant 2: Liopa, Voiceless Speech Recognition Contestant 3: Lithium batteries made from seawater, IBM Find out more: https://www.zdnet.com/article/quantum-orchestration-platform-a-virtual-machine-for-quantum-computing/ liopa.ai/voiceless-speech-recognition/ https://www.intelligentliving.co/ibm-lithium-ion-battery-seawater-materials/ GET IN TOUCH Questions? Comments? Fiery opinions? We’d love to hear them! Drop us an email at wcn@granttree.co.uk FIND US ONLINE For the latest from the show, and even more content, make sure you follow us online Twitter: @wcnpod Instagram: @wcnpod

#29 Digital Watchdogs (with Digital Reasoning) Jul 16, 2020

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We're joined by Digital Reasoning's co-CEO Tim Estes to discuss the intriguing world of Conduct Surveillance. Digital Reasoning has already pitted their bleeding-edge platform against financial misconduct and child sex traffickers. So, what's next for this powerful but some would say controversial technology? FIND OUT MORE - Guest: Tim Estes, Executive Chairman and Co-CEO of Digital Reasoning - Website: digitalreasoning.com - Digital Reasoning on Twitter: @dreasoning - The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Data: bit.ly/3j5H2pw - On YouTube, a network of paedophiles is hiding in plain sight (WIRED): bit.ly/2CCWWqJ GET IN TOUCH Questions? Comments? Fiery opinions? We’d love to hear them! Drop us an email at wcn@granttree.co.uk FIND US ONLINE For the latest updates, and even more content, make sure you follow us online Twitter: @wcnpod Instagram: @wcnpod

#28 Cities in Space (with Gateway Foundation) Jul 02, 2020

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We're joined Tim Alatorre, senior design architect at Gateway Foundation. A fiercely ambitious startup, Gateway wants to build laboratories, hotels, and even an entire city in space. Tim discusses microgravity gyms, designing holidays in orbit, and how you to become a Citizen Astronaut! #AllRoadsLeadtoSpace FIND OUT MORE Guest: Tim Alatorre, Senior Design Architect at Gateway Foundation Website: gatewayspaceport.com Join the crew: bit.ly/3im0Fck Gateway on Twitter: @gatewayfound GET IN TOUCH Questions? Comments? Fiery opinions? We’d love to hear them! Drop us an email at wcn@granttree.co.uk FIND US ONLINE For the latest updates, and even more content, make sure you follow us online Twitter: @wcnpod Instagram: @wcnpod

#27 Tech vs. The Coronavirus (part 2) Jun 15, 2020

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The sequel to episode 18 'Tech vs. The Coronavirus'. We talk to three more tech companies taking on the Coronavirus - Distributed computing company, Hadean Supercomputing; microtransit innovator Spare Labs; and Butterfly Network, developers of 'Ultrasound on a Chip' technology. HADEAN SUPERCOMPUTING (3:00) Guest: Mimi Keshani, VP Operations Website: hadean.com Twitter: @hadeaninc Hadean's work with the Francis Crick Institute: https://www.crick.ac.uk/news/2020-03-16_tackling-covid-19-at-the-francis-crick-institute SPARE LABS (15:00) Guest: Jerome Mayaud, Lead Data Scientist Website: sparelabs.com Twitter: @SpareLabs BUTTERFLY NETWORK (34:45) Guest: Dr. John Martin, Chief Medical Officer Website: butterflynetwork.com Twitter: @ButterflyNetInc GET IN TOUCH Questions? Comments? Fiery opinions? We'd love to hear them! Drop us an email at wcn@granttree.co.uk FIND US ONLINE For the latest updates, and even more content, make sure you follow us online Twitter: @wcnpod Instagram: @wcnpod

#26 Fake News Filters (with Logically) Jun 11, 2020

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We're joined by Lyric Jain, CEO and Founder of fake-news-filtering platform, Logically. Lyric discusses the scale of the fake news epidemic, and how AI can help protect our elections and public discourse. FIND OUT MORE Guest: Lyric Jain, CEO and Founder of Logically Lyric's Ted Talk: bit.ly/2MK3tl4 Website: logically.co.uk Logically on Twitter: @LogicallyHQ GET IN TOUCH Questions? Comments? Fiery opinions? We’d love to hear them! Drop us an email at wcn@granttree.co.uk FIND US ONLINE For the latest updates, and even more content, make sure you follow us online Twitter: @wcnpod Instagram: @wcnpod

#25 Black Lives Matter Jun 10, 2020

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#BlackLivesMatter George Floyd paid the ultimate price in order for us to have this conversation, again.

#24 AI for Good, Part IV May 28, 2020

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The finale of ‘AI for Good’, a four-part series exploring how some of Britain’s brightest entrepreneurs are using artificial intelligence to solve some of the world’s biggest problems. THIS EPISODE Andy Smith, CPO of miiCARE (starts at 1:30) Zsuzsa Mayer, Co-Founder of EcoSync (starts at 19:15) Amy, Kweku and Rob look back on the series (starts at 37:00) This series was produced in partnership with Microsoft UK and the Social Tech Trust. All of our guests were part of Microsoft UK’s AI for Good programme, in partnership Social Tech Trust. Follow the conversation with #AIforGood FIND OUT MORE miiCARE: miicare.co.uk miiCARE's COVID-19 information page: miicare.co.uk/covid-19 AgeUK's resources on loneliness: ageuk.org.uk/information-advice/health-wellbeing/loneliness/ EcoSync: ecosync.energy EcoSync's energy-saving calculator: ecosync.energy/calculator Microsoft UK’s AI for Good programme, in partnership with the Social Tech trust: microsoft.com/en-gb/business/ai-for-good/ Social Tech Trust website: socialtechtrust.org GET IN TOUCH Questions? Comments? Fiery feedback? We’d love to hear from you! Drop us an email at wcn@granttree.co.uk FIND US ONLINE For the latest updates, and even more content, make sure you follow us online! Twitter: @wcnpod Instagram: @wcnpod

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