Finding Genius Podcast

Casey Kuhlman - CEO of Monax joins Future Tech Podcast. The Monax platform is an open platform for small businesses to create, prove, and operate their legal agreements. Monax is pioneering permissioned ledgers and smart contracts and now are building a legal agreements network to allow new and more efficient forms of legal transacting, exploiting the benefits of various decentralized, distributed, and masterless technologies.

The DigitalBits Project is an open-source software project used by the DigitalBits blockchain network. In addition to supporting fast & low-cost micropayments & remittances, Enterprises are also able to tokenize assets on the DigitalBits blockchain. Users are able to trade on-chain and the technology will automatically-trade (with multi-hop) in less than 5seconds. Loyalty points & rewards are one of the asset categories that the decentralized DigitalBits blockchain is able to support. There are over $100Billion in unused points currently in the US alone and 1/3 of points issued each year (representing approx $16Billion in value) are never used.

Craig Buntin, a three-time Canadian figure skating champion and Olympic athlete, co-founded SPORTLOGiQ (sportlogiq.com) with Mehrsan Javan, an expert in machine learning and computer vision who holds a PhD in the field. Through Buntin's vast experience and many years on the ice, he came to a realization that there was a dire need for advanced analytics in sports, and that access to more extensive powerful data would be invaluable. Teaming with the PhD, Javan, the sports-minded tech enthusiasts set out to change the way coaches, players, and viewers interpret and synthesize games. SPORTLOGiQ's analytics product has tremendous value for teams who want to be more successful and dominant, for media outlets that want to provide their viewers with more intensive data and information, and for the rapidly growing sports betting industry. SPORTLOGiQ's technology product combines computer vision and advanced machine learning algorithms to log, analyze, and interpret data based on the movements of a team's players. From broadcast sports feeds, SPORTLOGiQ can analyze intricate details of a player's performance, in any sport—shots, passes, movements, and possessions. Buntin states that their proprietary analytics technology captures 158,000,000 data points per individual game that is then converted into actionable data. SPORTLOGiQ's dashboard will provide specific information on not only raw data, but it can provide variant types of precise analysis of that data. For example, in regard to hockey, they can analyze 573 types of plays across 4000 individual actions in a game. Buntin explains how his analytics can decipher the wealth of data and determine 'how' a player plays a game in terms of passing, performance, scoring, etc. If a player passes, when are they passing, do they pass only under pressure, etc., these are just a few of the myriad of specific data interpretations their product can provide. Essentially, SPORTLOGiQ's data can give coaches a real-time understanding of player matchups, which allows them to be more informed and helps them to confirm the strategies they set out to use to win the game. In regard to sports betting, Buntin discusses the amazing predictive skills that their analytics package can deliver with up to 70% success rates! And with the sports betting industry growing exponentially, and becoming legal in multiple states, Buntin's analytics could greatly enhance any sports betting enthusiast's experience. And Buntin explains how micro betting will become more prevalent in the coming years, with betters placing bets on individual players in individual plays. As the AI and algorithms continue to improve, SPORTLOGiQ's data analysis is becoming a 'must-have' tool in the coaching toolbox. Buntin provides information on the success track records of teams who have used his data analysis and the results are undeniable—teams that use his data analysis technology win more games. Thus, professional teams are now considering SPORTLOGiQ to be not only a tool, but also a valued member of the team.

Your name might not be Yuri Gagarin, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, or even George Jetson for that matter, but space travel has arrived for the average Joe or Jill with the means. Frank Bunger, CEO of Orion Span (orionspan.com), takes us on a delightful narrative journey through the preparations his company is making to deliver the actual journey, to space, as soon as 2022! With Orion Span's project, Aurora Station, a luxury space hotel, Bunger seeks to make another giant leap for mankind, toward long-term colonization of space. Through frequent space visits to stations such as Aurora Station, Bunger's hope is that visitors will become more comfortable with the idea of long-term living in space. Surprisingly, Bunger explains that Aurora Station can be built for tens of millions of dollars as opposed to his competitors' typical estimations in the hundreds of millions for space station architecture construction. Through Orion Span's innovation in space station operation, Bunger details how his company is able to build and maintain at lower costs overall. From heating systems to waste management, Orion Span is changing the financial equation and innovating along the way. The space hotelier provides an overview of the journey to Aurora Station and the daily activities of the adventurous travelers. Aurora Station will be in orbit, approximately 200 miles above the Earth's surface. What Bunger has learned from feedback given by sub-orbital visitors is that people generally want an experience not just a 'trip,' and Aurora Station, with its impressive agenda and activity schedule over a 12-day stay, provides that. Training experiences and exercises, virtual reality simulation, and astronaut type training (including real space-oriented scientific experiments) are all on the Aurora Station activity list. Additionally, Aurora Station provides a 100% zero gravity experience the entire stay unlike sub-orbitals that deliver only a few moments here and there. Bunger also discusses many of Aurora Station's innovations that will make visitors' stays more comfortable. One simple example would be lighting cues in the station that provide some comfort to visitors, giving them a sense of 'up' and 'down' directions, for in a zero gravity environment, there really is no 'up' or 'down' per se. The space travel CEO also provides some insight into the possible advances in medicine that space existence in zero gravity might provide, from cancer research to organ growth. Bunger discusses the possibilities for exciting research in the medical field, and how the ISS (International Space Station) team is already pushing forward in many scientific areas. And Bunger delivers an interesting overview of the preparations for medical emergencies, micrometeoroids, travel to and from, etc. While the journey and stay is not for everyone, for those who have an adventurous spirit, Aurora Station will provide a truly life-changing experience. After all, traveling at roughly 20,000mph in orbit is not really something you get to do every day.

David Bleznak - Founder and CEO of Totle joins Future Tech Podcast. By aggregating the liquidity of the top decentralized exchanges, Totle is the most convenient ERC-20 token trading platform. Trustless trading is now accessible. Unlike exchanges, Totle never takes custody of your tokens or private keys. Tokens stay in your wallet.

David Selinger is the founder of Deep Sentinel, a technology company that develops smart home surveillance systems that combine next-gen cameras, artificial intelligence (AI), and human intervention. The surveillance technology founder organically arrived in the home security space when he was motivated to dig deeper after a close neighbor was the victim of a home invasion. With an extensive background in AI, Selinger came to the quick and startling realization that home security systems were woefully behind the technology curve and he set out to change that. Selinger discusses the state of home security before his company entered the space. He details how literally 25 years of innovation in traditional home security systems has amounted to not much more than wireless sensors, WIFI connectivity, and improved motion detection. Deep Sentinel seeks to fully integrate AI by using algorithms to analyze multiple security camera footage, which will then identify patterns in visual data, flag them, and predict crime before it even happens. The surveillance technology founder discusses rapid advancements that have been made in security that were bolstered by deep learning technology promulgated by the gaming industry. Selinger discusses how the complex intersection of data, computing power, AI, and mathematics is ushering in a new era of advanced home security. He details how convolutional neural networks are an invaluable tool for machine learning that can greatly improve image recognition and classification. A convolutional neural network is a class of intensive, feed-forward synthetic neural networks adept with analyzing visual imagery. Selinger lays out some of his company's security technology and explains how advanced motion detection that decreases security 'noise,' essentially defined as false alarms (dogs, wind, etc.), allows for better real-time intervention for prevention of crime. Selinger's system can push the data and information to their trained security personnel within 10 seconds. And the combination of real-time data, integrated lights, and high decibel speakers which allow for immediate communication with the would-be criminal, often prevents or stops the crime as it is in progress. While perimeter security is the immediate goal, facial recognition technology will be coming in the near future.

While we might not yet be able to levitate objects by simply using our brainwaves, the rigorous study of brainwaves has certainly led to some astounding developments. Dr. Christoph Guger, CEO and President of g•tec (gtec.at), a medical engineering product development company, introduces the spectacular technology behind their groundbreaking work that allows an individual to control external devices with their thoughts. Dr. Guger's company, g•tec, is a pioneer in the field of brain–computer interface (BCI) technology. BCI creates a direct pathway of communication between a wired brain and a particular external device. Dr. Guger received his education in biomedical engineering at the University of Technology, Graz, Austria. Guger's PhD work centered around real-time analysis of EEG data for the application into, and development of, brain-computer interface technology. The medical engineering CEO explains the complex process that BCI uses to allow users who are paralyzed to communicate via brainwaves. While the process is highly advanced, in simplest terms the BCI displays multiple characters and images on a screen and the user responds to the flashing images. Brainwaves are detected in this process and the computer translates the user's brainwave responses into sentences. Guger expounds upon the advances in stroke rehabilitation that BCI has enabled by allowing the user's brainwaves to initiate electrical stimulators such that the brain learns to control the body again. And Guger discusses how BCI, amazingly, allows for select coma patients to actually respond via their brainwaves to yes / no questions. Thus the BCI, in these cases, is not only allowing physicians to gain a better understanding of their patient, but it provides families with renewed hope, and a connection to their loved ones previously thought to have been lost forever. BCI, in some cases, has miraculously given coma patients a new confidence that aids them in their ability to return to a conscious state. The g•tec CEO gives an overview of some of the exciting new developments coming soon in the BCI technology arena, such as events in which programmers, designers, and artists come together for several days to develop new brain-computer interface applications. Some of the areas being developed are for controlling drones, prosthetics, controls for television and lighting systems, surgical applications, and so much more. Guger's company, g•tec developed and launched their first commercially available BCI system back in 1999. Today, their advanced BCI system is in over 60 countries worldwide.

As a fellow at both the Center for International Security and Cooperation and the Hoover Institution, Andrew Grotto centers his work on the intersection between emerging technology, governance, and national security. According to Grotto, the decisions that governments make about technology have national security applications in the US and affect global foreign policy; this is just part of the reason why it's important to evaluate the benefits and risks of emerging technologies. Grotto offers insight on a number of topics, including how large versus small companies may be affected by General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), voting and election security, three different types of companies that will play a role in the cyber security and privacy debate, and an emerging phenomenon referred to as "deep fake" videos. Hit play for a detailed and informative conversation about these topics and more.

"Technology is progressing very fast, and I think ethics in AI is our biggest challenge for the next couple of decades," says Dorian Kierken. As the founder and CEO of Age of Minds, Kierken is focused on the future of artificial intelligence and the ways in which the human species will interact with it. He began asking himself what he should be working on in order to make sure that the lifespan and happiness of his daughter--and the human species as a whole--is maximized. He's narrowed it down to five: AI ethics, energy conservation, drinkable water, waste management, and climate change. Tune in for an interesting discussion on these topics and many more, and visit ageofminds.com to learn more about Kierken's work.

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