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Building a Robot That Can Walk the Walk
Season 1 Episode 90
Jonathan Hurst is a professor at Oregon State University, and co-founder and chief robot officer at Agility Robotics. Jonathan's problem is this: How…
2 years, 5 months ago
Can Your Phone Tell When You're Getting Sick?
Season 1 Episode 89
What does sickness sound like? Sometimes it’s obvious, like a cough, sniffle, or stuffy nose. But some conditions cause subtle changes that only a tr…
2 years, 6 months ago
The High-Stakes Quest to Reinvent Cement
Season 1 Episode 88
Cement is, almost literally, everywhere. It is extraordinarily useful, which is why humanity makes 4 billion metric tons of it every year. But cement…
2 years, 6 months ago
How a Battery-Powered Stove Could Electrify America
Season 1 Episode 87
Sam D'Amico is the founder and CEO of Impulse Labs, a company that makes induction stoves, with a clever twist. Sam’s problem is this: How do you bui…
2 years, 7 months ago
3D Printing a Better Rocket
Season 1 Episode 86
Tim Ellis is the co-founder and CEO of Relativity Space, a company with a unique approach to manufacturing rockets. Tim’s problem is this: How can yo…
2 years, 7 months ago
Using AI to Help Doctors Save Lives
Season 1 Episode 85
Every year in the U.S., tens of thousands of hospital patients die of preventable causes. For many of these patients, warning signs are subtle and ea…
2 years, 7 months ago
Making Dam Good Hydropower
Season 1 Episode 84
Gia Schneider is the co-founder and CEO of Natel Energy, a company that is trying to transform the way hydroelectric power works. Gia’s problem is th…
2 years, 7 months ago
Using AI to Build Better Robots
Season 1 Episode 83
Peter Chen is the co-founder and CEO of Covariant. Peter’s problem is this: How do you take the AI breakthroughs of the past decade or so, and make t…
2 years, 8 months ago
Teaching Computers to See
Season 1 Episode 82
Fei-Fei Li is a Stanford computer scientist and the former chief scientist of artificial intelligence/machine learning at Google Cloud. When Li enter…
2 years, 8 months ago
Using Oil-Industry Tech to Create Clean Energy
Season 1 Episode 81
Tim Latimer is the CEO and co-founder of Fervo Energy, a company that is using a new approach to produce carbon-free geothermal energy. Tim and his c…
2 years, 8 months ago