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Amy and Rob explore two of the biggest tech stories of the last fortnight: NASA's plans to send people back to the moon in 2024, and Airbus' unveiling of three concepts for hydrogen-fuelled planes. GET IN TOUCH Questions? Comments? Fiery opinions? We’d love to hear them! Drop us an email at wcn@granttree.co.uk FIND US ONLINE For the latest updates, and even more content, make sure you follow us online Twitter: @wcnpod Instagram: @wcnpod

There are so many questions about lab-grown meat. What does it taste like? What will it mean for the food industry? When can we try it?! To answer these questions, and many more besides, we talk to Benjamina Bollag, Founder and CEO of cellular-agriculture startup Higher Steaks. FIND OUT MORE - Highersteaks.com - Lab-Grown Meat: How Does It Work and When Can I Eat It? bit.ly/2EacB1I - 3D Printing a Steak in Space: https://bit.ly/3hH2vD4 GET IN TOUCH Questions? Comments? Fiery opinions? We’d love to hear them! Drop us an email at wcn@granttree.co.uk FIND US ONLINE For the latest updates, and even more content, make sure you follow us online Twitter: @wcnpod Instagram: @wcnpod

We talk to Alex Young, founder of Virti, a company combining mixed reality and artificial intelligence into a mind-blowing training platform. By harnessing data, and allowing users to build their own immersive scenarios, Virti is hoping to bring limitless personalized education to every corner of the globe, unlocking the full power of human potential. FIND OUT MORE - Guest: Alex Young, Founder or Virti - Website: virti.com - Digital Reasoning on Twitter: @virtimed - Virti's 'The Human Performance Podcast' - https://virti.com/resources-2/podcast/ GET IN TOUCH Questions? Comments? Fiery opinions? We’d love to hear them! Drop us an email at wcn@granttree.co.uk FIND US ONLINE For the latest updates, and even more content, make sure you follow us online Twitter: @wcnpod Instagram: @wcnpod

Time for another game of Next or Not! Kweku, Amy and Rob debate whether three cutting-edge technologies will be the next big thing or the next big flop. Contestant 1: Quantum Orchestration Platform, Quantum Machines Contestant 2: Liopa, Voiceless Speech Recognition Contestant 3: Lithium batteries made from seawater, IBM Find out more: https://www.zdnet.com/article/quantum-orchestration-platform-a-virtual-machine-for-quantum-computing/ liopa.ai/voiceless-speech-recognition/ https://www.intelligentliving.co/ibm-lithium-ion-battery-seawater-materials/ GET IN TOUCH Questions? Comments? Fiery opinions? We’d love to hear them! Drop us an email at wcn@granttree.co.uk FIND US ONLINE For the latest from the show, and even more content, make sure you follow us online Twitter: @wcnpod Instagram: @wcnpod

We're joined by Digital Reasoning's co-CEO Tim Estes to discuss the intriguing world of Conduct Surveillance. Digital Reasoning has already pitted their bleeding-edge platform against financial misconduct and child sex traffickers. So, what's next for this powerful but some would say controversial technology? FIND OUT MORE - Guest: Tim Estes, Executive Chairman and Co-CEO of Digital Reasoning - Website: digitalreasoning.com - Digital Reasoning on Twitter: @dreasoning - The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Data: bit.ly/3j5H2pw - On YouTube, a network of paedophiles is hiding in plain sight (WIRED): bit.ly/2CCWWqJ GET IN TOUCH Questions? Comments? Fiery opinions? We’d love to hear them! Drop us an email at wcn@granttree.co.uk FIND US ONLINE For the latest updates, and even more content, make sure you follow us online Twitter: @wcnpod Instagram: @wcnpod

We're joined Tim Alatorre, senior design architect at Gateway Foundation. A fiercely ambitious startup, Gateway wants to build laboratories, hotels, and even an entire city in space. Tim discusses microgravity gyms, designing holidays in orbit, and how you to become a Citizen Astronaut! #AllRoadsLeadtoSpace FIND OUT MORE Guest: Tim Alatorre, Senior Design Architect at Gateway Foundation Website: gatewayspaceport.com Join the crew: bit.ly/3im0Fck Gateway on Twitter: @gatewayfound GET IN TOUCH Questions? Comments? Fiery opinions? We’d love to hear them! Drop us an email at wcn@granttree.co.uk FIND US ONLINE For the latest updates, and even more content, make sure you follow us online Twitter: @wcnpod Instagram: @wcnpod

The sequel to episode 18 'Tech vs. The Coronavirus'. We talk to three more tech companies taking on the Coronavirus - Distributed computing company, Hadean Supercomputing; microtransit innovator Spare Labs; and Butterfly Network, developers of 'Ultrasound on a Chip' technology. HADEAN SUPERCOMPUTING (3:00) Guest: Mimi Keshani, VP Operations Website: hadean.com Twitter: @hadeaninc Hadean's work with the Francis Crick Institute: https://www.crick.ac.uk/news/2020-03-16_tackling-covid-19-at-the-francis-crick-institute SPARE LABS (15:00) Guest: Jerome Mayaud, Lead Data Scientist Website: sparelabs.com Twitter: @SpareLabs BUTTERFLY NETWORK (34:45) Guest: Dr. John Martin, Chief Medical Officer Website: butterflynetwork.com Twitter: @ButterflyNetInc GET IN TOUCH Questions? Comments? Fiery opinions? We'd love to hear them! Drop us an email at wcn@granttree.co.uk FIND US ONLINE For the latest updates, and even more content, make sure you follow us online Twitter: @wcnpod Instagram: @wcnpod

We're joined by Lyric Jain, CEO and Founder of fake-news-filtering platform, Logically. Lyric discusses the scale of the fake news epidemic, and how AI can help protect our elections and public discourse. FIND OUT MORE Guest: Lyric Jain, CEO and Founder of Logically Lyric's Ted Talk: bit.ly/2MK3tl4 Website: logically.co.uk Logically on Twitter: @LogicallyHQ GET IN TOUCH Questions? Comments? Fiery opinions? We’d love to hear them! Drop us an email at wcn@granttree.co.uk FIND US ONLINE For the latest updates, and even more content, make sure you follow us online Twitter: @wcnpod Instagram: @wcnpod

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The finale of ‘AI for Good’, a four-part series exploring how some of Britain’s brightest entrepreneurs are using artificial intelligence to solve some of the world’s biggest problems. THIS EPISODE Andy Smith, CPO of miiCARE (starts at 1:30) Zsuzsa Mayer, Co-Founder of EcoSync (starts at 19:15) Amy, Kweku and Rob look back on the series (starts at 37:00) This series was produced in partnership with Microsoft UK and the Social Tech Trust. All of our guests were part of Microsoft UK’s AI for Good programme, in partnership Social Tech Trust. Follow the conversation with #AIforGood FIND OUT MORE miiCARE: miicare.co.uk miiCARE's COVID-19 information page: miicare.co.uk/covid-19 AgeUK's resources on loneliness: ageuk.org.uk/information-advice/health-wellbeing/loneliness/ EcoSync: ecosync.energy EcoSync's energy-saving calculator: ecosync.energy/calculator Microsoft UK’s AI for Good programme, in partnership with the Social Tech trust: microsoft.com/en-gb/business/ai-for-good/ Social Tech Trust website: socialtechtrust.org GET IN TOUCH Questions? Comments? Fiery feedback? We’d love to hear from you! Drop us an email at wcn@granttree.co.uk FIND US ONLINE For the latest updates, and even more content, make sure you follow us online! Twitter: @wcnpod Instagram: @wcnpod

Part 3 of ‘AI for Good’, a four-part series exploring how some of Britain’s brightest entrepreneurs are using artificial intelligence to solve some of the world’s biggest problems. THIS EPISODE Jordi Fernandez, CEO of BeneTalk (starts 00:51) Ben Wilkins, CEO of Good Boost (starts 19:00) Akshat Kulkarni, CEO of OrxaGrid (starts 36:30) This series was produced in partnership with Microsoft UK and the Social Tech Trust. All of our guests were part of Microsoft UK’s AI for Good programme, in partnership Social Tech Trust. Follow the conversation with #AIforGood FIND OUT MORE BeneTalk: benetalk.com BeneTalk explainer video: youtu.be/gRjVBC_bWlI Stamma's resource library: stamma.org/resources BeneTalk's study with the University of Reading: stamma.org/benetalk-device-study Good Boost: goodboost.org What does a Good Boost session look like? youtu.be/hrFx_ov5lNI OrxaGrid: orxagrid.com Clean energy technologies threaten to overwhelm the grid. Here’s how it can adapt. (Vox): bit.ly/2Zn0yWU How the UK's energy grid will cope with the electric car revolution (WIRED): https://bit.ly/3bMhadu Microsoft UK’s AI for Good programme, in partnership with the Social Tech trust: microsoft.com/en-gb/business/ai-for-good/ Social Tech Trust website: socialtechtrust.org GET IN TOUCH Questions? Comments? Fiery feedback? We’d love to hear from you! Drop us an email at wcn@granttree.co.uk FIND US ONLINE For the latest updates, and even more content, make sure you follow us online! Twitter: @wcnpod Instagram: @wcnpod

Part 2 of ‘AI for Good’, a four-part series exploring how some of Britain’s brightest entrepreneurs are using artificial intelligence to solve some of the world’s biggest problems. THIS EPISODE Tiernan Mines, CEO of Hello Lamp Post (starts 1:00) Victor Dewulf, CEO of Recycleye (starts at 18:30) Guy Stern, CEO of Baobab Connect (starts at 36:00) This series was produced in partnership with Microsoft UK and the Social Tech Trust. All of our guests were part of Microsoft UK’s AI for Good programme, in partnership Social Tech Trust. Follow the conversation with #AIforGood FIND OUT MORE Hello Lamp Post: hellolamppost.co.uk Playable City Award: playablecity.com Melbourne treemail: bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-33560182 Recycleye: recycleye.com How does recycling actually work?: science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/recycling.htm Baobab Connect: baobab.law Baobab's work in South Africa: youtu.be/ugNpBmh23wA Microsoft UK’s AI for Good programme, in partnership with the Social Tech trust: microsoft.com/en-gb/business/ai-for-good/ Social Tech Trust website: socialtechtrust.org GET IN TOUCH Questions? Comments? Fiery feedback? We’d love to hear from you! Drop us an email at wcn@granttree.co.uk FIND US ONLINE For the latest updates, and even more content, make sure you follow us online! Twitter: @wcnpod Instagram: @wcnpod

Part 1 of ‘AI for Good’, a four-part series exploring how some of Britain’s brightest entrepreneurs are using artificial intelligence to solve the world's biggest problems. THIS EPISODE Mark Applin, CEO of Signly (starts 1:50) Keiron Sparrowhawk, CEO of MyCognition (starts 20:38) Tom Cox, CTO of Akari Solutions (starts 44:07) This series was produced in partnership with Microsoft UK and the Social Tech Trust. All of our guests were part of Microsoft UK’s AI for Good programme, in partnership Social Tech Trust. Follow the conversation with #AIforGood FIND OUT MORE Signly: signly.co Download Signly's extension: signly.co/how-it-works What is Deaf Culture? (BDA): bda.org.uk/what-is-deaf-culture What is the difference between deaf and Deaf? (SignHealth) signhealth.org.uk/resources/learn-about-deafness/deaf-or-deaf/ MyCognition: mycognition.com Case studies: mycognition.com/case-studies Akari Solutions: akari.io Microsoft UK’s AI for Good programme, in partnership with the Social Tech trust: https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/business/ai-for-good/ Social Tech Trust website: socialtechtrust.org GET IN TOUCH Questions? Comments? Fiery feedback? We’d love to hear from you! Drop us an email at wcn@granttree.co.uk FIND US ONLINE For the latest updates, and even more content, make sure you follow us online! Twitter: @wcnpod Instagram: @wcnpod

Introducing AI for Good, a four-part series exploring how some of Britain’s brightest entrepreneurs are using AI to solve the world’s biggest problems. Make sure you subscribe so you don't miss an episode! This series was produced in partnership with Microsoft UK and the Social Tech Trust. All of our guests were part of Microsoft UK’s AI for Good programme, in partnership Social Tech Trust. Follow the conversation with #AIforGood FIND OUT MORE Microsoft for Startups: startups.microsoft.com/en-us/ Microsoft AI for Good accelerator programme: microsoft.com/en-gb/business/ai-for-good/ Social Tech Trust: socialtechtrust.org GET IN TOUCH Questions? Comments? Fiery opinions? We’d love to hear them! Drop us an email at wcn@granttree.co.uk FIND US ONLINE For the latest updates, and even more content, make sure you follow us online Twitter: @wcnpod Instagram: @wcnpod

We talk to BIOS, a company replacing drugs with software sent straight to your nervous system. FIND OUT MORE Guest: Oliver Armitage, Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer Website: bios.health BIOS on Twitter: @BIOShealth GET IN TOUCH Questions? Comments? Fiery opinions? We’d love to hear them! Drop us an email at wcn@granttree.co.uk FIND US ONLINE For the latest updates, and even more content, make sure you follow us online Twitter: @wcnpod Instagram: @wcnpod

MI.MU’s gloves have torn down the walls between music and performance. But what does this mean for gigs, creativity, and the future of composition? MD Adam Stark joins us to discuss. FIND OUT MORE Check out MI.MU’s gloves in action: https://bit.ly/3dXSvVs Follow the fantastic Chagall on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2JNuqD9 MI.MU’s Website: mimugloves.com MI.MU’s YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/2VdMT0K GET IN TOUCH Questions? Comments? Fiery feedback? We’d love to hear from you! Drop us an email at wcn@granttree.co.uk FIND US ONLINE For the latest updates, and even more content, make sure you follow us online Twitter: @wcnpod Instagram: @wcnpod

In this special episode, we're talking to three tech companies taking on the Coronavirus - drug designer Exscientia, crowdsourcing platform Operation COVID-19, and textile conditioning company Sonovia. #StayHomeSaveLives EXSCIENTIA Website: www.exscientia.ai Twitter: @exscientialtd OPERATION COVID-19 Website: opcovid.com Twitter: @OpCovId19 SONOVIA Website: sonoviatech.com Twitter: @SonoviaLtd GET IN TOUCH Questions? Comments? Fiery opinions? We'd love to hear them! Drop us an email at wcn@granttree.co.uk FIND US ONLINE For the latest updates, and even more content, make sure you follow us online Twitter: @wcnpod Instagram: @wcnpod

Enter the world’s first AI broker! We’re talking to Jos Evans, Founder & CEO of AiX, whose NLP-powered chatbot connects human traders directly, replacing the middlemen altogether. The system is simpler and smoother, and more secure - a perfect use of AI. But what will it mean for the broking world? Could this be the start of an AI arms race? Jos answers our questions and shares his vision for interconnected finance. FIND OUT MORE AiX’s website: aixtrade.com Demo of AiX’s platform trading aluminium: bit.ly/2QJP0Z0 Check out AiX’s YouTube Channel for more awesome demos and content: bit.ly/2WIEQeW For all the latest cryptocurrency news: coindesk.com GET IN TOUCH Questions? Comments? Fiery opinions? We’d love to hear them! Drop us an email at wcn@granttree.co.uk FIND US ONLINE For the latest updates, and even more content, make sure you follow us online Twitter: @wcnpod Instagram: @wcnpod

Imagine an entire city filled with holograms. Yelp reviews hovering over restaurants; neighbourhoods transformed into lunar landscapes; dragons and unicorns soaring through the sky. This isn’t magic, this is the future! A future made possible by Computer-Generated Holography, and a deep tech company called VividQ. VividQ's Co-Founder and CEO Darran Milne joins us to chat physics, the future of AR, and how holograms will change the world. FIND OUT MORE VividQ’s Website: vivid-q.com VividQ on the future if display technology: youtube.com/watch?v=Ff1idSsqfaM Young’s Two Slit Experiment: physicsworld.com/a/the-double-slit-experiment Ultraleap’s website: ultraleap.com GET IN TOUCH Questions? Comments? Fiery feedback? We’d love to hear from you! Drop us an email at wcn@granttree.co.uk FIND US ONLINE For the latest updates, and even more content, make sure you follow us online! Twitter: @wcnpod Instagram: @wcnpod

Human communication. It’s a subtle, tricky, mysterious thing. And far too messy for machines to understand...until now. This episode we’re talking to Winningminds.ai, a company using AI to provide astonishing insights into meetings, sales calls and many other kinds of personal interaction. After analysing a conversation, Winning Minds' algorithms can figure out how engaged a speaker is, when a lead lost interest, and even how creative a discussion was. Founder and CEO Maria Kolitsida joins us to talk reasoning AI, the company’s telling analysis of the Brexit debate, and whether this technology could help us snag the person of our dreams. FIND OUT MORE Winningminds.ai GET IN TOUCH Questions? Comments? Fiery feedback? We’d love to hear from you! Drop us an email at wcn@granttree.co.uk FIND US ONLINE For the latest updates, and even more content, make sure you follow us online Twitter: @wcnpod Instagram: @wcnpod Website: what-comes-next.simplecast.com