e472 — Pixels, Prices and Pico

Fourth of July fireworks in Kenan Stadium, Chapel Hill, NC 2012

e472 with Andy and Michael R, focusing on Generative Reality, gamification of automotive safety, AI algorithmic price segmentation, drones vs fireworks, the future of Futurama and more! Continue reading

Episode 163 – Chat Me Maybe?

Hey! I just met you. And this is cra-zy. Here’s my bot. Chat me maybe. Michael and Michael get together to enjoy some of the material covered in the Feb 22nd edition of the Daily Tech News Show, particularly around text based chat services, and where the medium is going. Michael M dives headfirst down the rabbit hole — imagining how people used to use arcane terminal commands to get things done, when this wasn’t the intent of the story — it is much more around augmenting communication with insight to enhance understanding and using context (location, time, preferences, etc) to … Continue reading

Episode 160 – 3D OBD

src = obdii.com Car? Whar? Over thar! Michael & Michael get together to talk about one of the original examples of augmented reality, the Head Up Display (HUD) for cars, and explore the example of the Hudway Glass, an ingeniously simple Kickstarter product that allows a user to place their phone on the dash and have the phone’s display reflected back to the driver. Michael R remembers an app with this kind of capability from way back when called V-Cockpit. Keeping with the pretty clever car theme, the pair then move to the innovation that Ford is bringing to the … Continue reading

Episode 142 – It’s Hot enough to char a Charzard

Wow! Do we have a hot show for you this week! All three of our show hosts are together to scorch your ear holes! We begin with Linden Lab’s new hotness – Project Sansar, bounce on over to the hot new AR game Pokémon Go, look at hot technology with Blockchain, and we end the show with a review of some hot new start up and education incubators in Europe. Show Links The Rent is Too Damn High Party Linden Lab releases Project Sansar Pokémon Go is live! Pokémon Go Plus Project Ingress Politics and Blockchain BRexit and Blockchain Blockchain … Continue reading