Today on Bytemarks Café, Burt will catch up with the Maritime RobotX Challenge, and find out what teams built for their autonomous ocean vessels. It's been two years since the RobotX Challenge was last held in Hawai?i, and Burt will find out how the University of Hawai?i team has prepared to compete against this international roster.

Today on Bytemarks Café, Burt will find out what aloha ??ina looks like through an urban planning concept called decolonizing cities. He will find out how indigenous knowledge and place making practices combine the modern and traditional to address perennial urban dilemmas.

Today on Bytemarks Café, Burt will find out about the application of blockchain technology in the agriculture industry. He'll talk to the organizers of the IEEE Blockchain for Agriculture Forum, and learn how blockchain can help address issues with food traceability, safety and counterfeits.

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On this show, Burt will discuss smart cities and find out what creates a smart city. He'll talk to Hawaiian Electric and find out their smart cities pilot, and how electronic sensors help better manage the smart grid.

Today on Bytemarks Café, Burt will talk about the Purple Prize, where Kanaka Maoli values and technology are woven together. In its third year, the Purple Prize has evolved to take ideas beyond the prototype phase and to nurture teams poised to launch startups.

Today on Bytemarks Café, Burt will talk about how the Hawaiian language is finding more platforms to be shared around the world. He'll talk to the course curriculum developers about Duolingo, and how Hawaiian can now be learned there.

Today on Bytemarks Café, Burt will talk to the organizers of the Cyber Success Program which introduces students to IT fundamentals. The aim of the program is to introduce youth in economically disadvantaged areas on O?ahu to the opportunities in IT and cybersecurity.

Today on Bytemarks Café, Burt will help to kick off National Cyber Security Awareness Month which starts in October. He will talk to representatives from the International Information System Security Certification Consortium, and the Hawai?i State Library about a series of cyber safety presentations delivered statewide.