Tech Trends Explained

Wearables bring the possibility of a future where our health is continuously monitored so we can have the best quality of life, whether that's preventing disease, living healthier or alleviating symptoms of disease. The wearables market grew 22% in 2022 yet only 1 in 5 Americans use wearable. In this podcast, I explore the research that being done on wearables and the gaps in wearables becoming as widely adopted as a mobile phone.

Generative Ai is the hottest tech trend at the moment because it can be applied to almost every industry. I interviewed Chanchal Chatterjee because he has been in the AI field for 6 years and has a PHD in machine learning from Purdue University. Chanchal is a Senior Deep Learning Software lead at Nvidia where he leads software development for Nvidia’s deep learning enterprise server platform. Previously he was a Senior AI infrastructure lead at Meta and before that an AI and Industry Solutions Lead at Google.  Topics covered in this episode: How to learn generative AI  Use cases for generative AI Should there be regulation of generative AI?  Will there be Artificial General Intelligence?

Taxis where there isn't a human driver are starting to make their way onto the streets. On February 13th, Zoox launched the world's first robotaxi on public roads in Foster City California.   You might be wondering: - How safe are these cars? - What does it take for a car to make it on the road?  Anything that is new usually sparks some fear, especially when we feel like we're losing control. That's why I interviewed an engineer at Zoox to explain how Zoox cars work. Olivier is a Principal Software Engineer at Zoox on the Planning and Control team where he helps build the infrastructure that allows Zoox's robotaxis to drive autonomously. He has been supporting the development of autonomous vehicles at Zoox for the past 8 years. Previously, Olivier was a supervisor at NASA at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) where he worked on technologies to enhance the autonomy of unmanned vehicles, such as the Mars exploration rovers. Olivier holds a M.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT and a M.S. in Aeronautical Engineering from SUPAERO (France).

This episode is different from the usual format but I wanted to share this conversation because I'm a big believer in importance of agricultural practices shaping the health of our food which results in the health of our bodies. I interviewed Karen Hildebrand who is a Global Leader for the Partner Solutions Architecture team at Amazon Web Services. Previously she was the World Wide Tech Leader for Agriculture at Amazon Web Services where she worked with agriculture companies to help them utilize technology to solve their business and agricultural challenges. Karen is a fourth generation farmer and has a doctorate in artificial intelligence so she really understands the technology and farming industry! Karen talks about the future of food and how we can learn more about how our food is produced so we can make the best decisions for our health.

The electric vehicle market is expected to grow to 23% by the year 2032. I wanted to find out what the future of electric vehicles looks like which is why I interviewed Charlie Fraser. Charlie has been in the automotive industry for over 10 years and has previously worked at Tesla. He is also the founder of Zero Carbon Racing Driver which is a new motorsport league solely for electric vehicles. He's a fantastic example of someone who has identified an emerging trend and is combining it with his passion to serve an unmet need in a market. Topics covered in this interview: Will there be a safe and carbon neutral way of disposing car batteries? Will electric vehicles replace vehicles fueled by gasoline? How could electric vehicles and self driving capabilities give us access to any car that we want at any time?

If you're not deep into the web3 world, it feels like one day the price of NFTs are up and then the next they're down by a lot. Trades for NFTs in February 2023 surpassed $2.04 billion. Is it all just a bunch of overpriced ape doodles on JPEG's? I wanted to find out so I interviewed Forrest Colyer. Forrest is a Senior Blockchain Specialist Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services where he helps businesses utilize the blockchain. Previously, Forrest was a Blockchain Architect and Developer at Deloitte. 

43 billion devices are expected to be connected to the internet this year. What possibilities does this unlock? What controls over your data do you have? I asked these questions to Seibo Gounteni. Seibo is a Senior IOT Specialist Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services where he helps businesses build their IOT strategy. Previously Seibo was an industrial IOT consultant at Accenture and an Industrial IOT engineer at GE Power.  If there are any tech trends that you want to learn about, let me know on twitter @missjillforde! 

What's the best way to learn AI? How will AI improve how we learn new information? These are topics that we explore with a woman who has extensive experience in AI and teaching AI. Rachel is an applied scientist at AWS Machine Learning University where she teaches machine learning courses to internal and external engineers. She has been leading a few course designs including ML Operations, Accelerated Computer Vision, etc. Rachel is also an AWS senior speaker and she has spoken at top conferenes including AWS re:Invent, Nvidia GTC, KDD, MLOps Summit, etc. Before joining Amazon, Rachel recieved her masters degree of statistics from University of California Berkeley and her bachelors of math from the University of Waterloo.  Rachel Hu on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachelsonghu/ 

By 2030, the metaverse could generate $5 trillion in value. What is the metaverse? Are we in the metaverse? When will all experiences have elements of the metaverse? Find out in this interview with David Randle. David is the Global Head of GTM for Spatial Computing at Amazon Web Services, helping people create immersive experiences at scale.  He brings 17 years of experience marketing 3D as a high value communication medium.  Having democratized real time rendering at a startup called Bunkspeed and subsequently 3D design after an exit to Dassault Systems SolidWorks, he is intimately familiar with the value chain of immersive experiences.  Feedback and topics for future episodes? Let me know @missjillforde on Twitter!  Resources mentioned:  AWS spatial computing blog The Metaverse: And How It Will Revolutionize Everything

Companies have been working on self driving cars for years now. In this episode, you'll learn how far along are companies on achieving fully self driving cars and the type of automation we'll see in the short term to assist drivers on the road. I interviewed  Jeremy who is a senior specialist for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) at Amazon Web Services where he helps companies in the automotive industry to solve their advanced driver assistance system challenges in the AWS cloud. Previously, Jeremy was the Head of Technology Research at Elektrobit.   Let me know what tech trends you want to see on Twitter @missjillforde!