Episode 365: Strong A.I. – Aug 26, 2015

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First up, we’ll hear about two upcoming events. Meli James is on the line to tell us about tomorrow’s Hawaii Venture Capital Association lunch panel focused on the energy sector. Then Poni and Brandon Askew join us to preview the Makers and Tasters event coming up in Kakaako. Finally, for the rest of the hour, we’ll explore the state-of-the-art in “Artificial Intelligence.” Beyond Siri, Cortana, and Alexa, what will “Strong AI” do for us? We’ll do some deep thinking with Chris Sullivan and Jeffrey Watumull from Oceanit on this topic.

Photo (l:r) Burt Lum, Poni & Brandon Askew, Ryan Ozawa, missing: Meli James, Chris Sullivan and Jeffrey Watumull)

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Episode 364: Univ. of Hawaii Makers – Aug 19, 2015

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First up, we’ll hear about two upcoming events. Kelsey Amos from Purple Maia is here to tell us about the Weekend Coding Workshop for middle schoolers. Then Chalmer Lowe will tell us about an upcoming PyHawaii event. Finally, for the rest of the hour, we’ll catch up with the UH Makers. John Rand Director of STEM and KCC student Geena Wann-Kung will tell us about the maker movement at the University and their experiences at the National Maker Faire in Washington D.C.

Photo (l:r) Burt Lum, John Rand, Chalmer Lowe, Geena Wann-Kung, Kelsey Amos, Ryan Ozawa

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Episode 363: Project IMUA – Aug 12, 2015

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First up, we’ll hear about two upcoming events. Eric Pape from Civil Beat is here to tell us about the Future of News event sponsored by the Hawaii Society of Business Professionals. Then Cindy Matsuki is here from the High Tech Development Corp to tell us about the next Wetware Wednesday on light manufacturing.

Finally, for the rest of the hour, we’ll get the full story behind Project IMUA and putting a payload in space. Joining us today is Joe Ciotti, Elena Barbour and Debora Pei. Joe is a Professor of Physics, Astronomy & Mathematics and Director Center for Aerospace Education/HōkÅ«lani Imaginarium at Windward Community College. Elena Barbour is from WinCC and the student on WinCC’s team for Housing Design, Integration & Static Testing. Debora Pei is from HonCC and was the lead student on HonCC’s team for Power, Telemetry & Engineering Experiments.

Photo (l:r) Burt Lum, Elen Barbour, Debora Pei, Cindy Matsuki, Joe Ciotti, Ryan Ozawa

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Episode 362: Food Sustainability – Aug 5, 2015

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First up this hour, we’ll hear about two upcoming events. Anne Murata from the Pacific Aviation Museum will tell us about the 8th Biggest Little Airshow next weekend. Then Jessica Grazziotin is here from the UH College of Engineering to fill us in on the 2nd annual Indigenous Knowledge in Engineering Symposium. Finally, we’ll talk about food sustainability with Kevin Vaccarello from Sustain Hawaii, Fred Lau from Mari’s Gardens, and Marty Matlock from the Univ of Arkansas. From soil-less farming to setting metrics, how will we measure success as we move forward?

Photo (l:r) James Koivunen, Burt Lum, Anne Murata, Kevin Vaccarello, Fred Lau, Jessica Grazziotin, Joshua Kaahua, Ryan Ozawa

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