Serving you the first byte of science, technology and innovation on Hawaii Public Radio since 2008!
On todayʻs show we have Jonathan Sprague, co-director of conservation at Pūlama Lāna‘i and Lucas Fortini from the U.S. Geological Survey to talk about the Lana’i Watershed Conservation Project. Kuahiwi a Kai.
On this first post-Fall Membership Drive show we have Christine Sakuda, Chief information Officer for the State of Hawaii and Thelma Alane, Event Coordinator, here to talk about the 9th Hawaii Annual Code Challenge.
The membership drive might be over, you can still donate to HPR. You will be supporting the great, original, local programming here on Hawaii Public Radio.
During this fall membership drive, we have Hoala Greevy from Paubox and Nick Wong from Paragon talking about the latest happenings at the company and also find out about the Paubox Kahikina Scholarship, which supports Native Hawaiians with their college pursuits.
During our broadcast, the phone lines are reserved for your show of support. We are looking for new members so if you enjoy our weekly tech talks, we hope you’ll consider supporting the great, original, local programming here on Hawaii Public Radio.
On todayʻs show we have Ellen Ng, founder of Inoa.ai, Sarah Otsuki, Founder of Key to Web3 and Brandy Camacho, host of the Brandy Camacho Show and Hackright.dev. Together we’re talking about the Hawaii Blockchain Summit happening on Sept. 16, 2024.
On todayʻs show we have Michael Bennett, founder of Honolulu Tech Week and we’re talking about this week long event featuring Hawaii’s rich tech diversity.
On todayʻs show we catch up with Drs. Prasad Santhanam from the University of Hawaii’s College of Engineering and Daniel Port from the University of Hawaii’s, Shilder School of Business, here to talk about a machine learning, data science initiative called Descartes (Data in Engineering and Society: Converging Applications, Research, and Training Enhancements for Students).
On todayʻs show we catch up with Chenoa Farnsworth, co-founder of Blue Startups. Joining her are a couple companies from Cohort 16, Jacqueline Hall from Maiven and Jason Sharp from Umi.
On todayʻs show we reprise a talk we did with Pat Loui, Founder and CEO of Omnitrak, about the recently commissioned DBEDT’s Digital Economy Study. We talk about how the categories of the digital economy, based on the Bureau of Economic Analysis, are distributed throughout Hawaiʻi.
The Digital Economy Study aimed to understand the state’s digital economy, its contributions to businesses, and opportunities for growth. The study revealed that 51% of Hawaii’s private businesses are involved in the digital economy, with e-commerce being the most prominent area, and the neighbor islands showing optimism for future growth in the digital economy.
On todayʻs show we catch up with Nyle Sky Kauweloa, UH Manoa eSports Program Director to talk about the eSports curriculum, tournaments and the eSports Pathway program through the Good Jobs Hawaii.
On todayʻs show we catch up with Leilani Farinas, Executive Director of the TRUE Initiative to talk about the Hawaii AI and Cloud innovation Summit.