In this episode of EDJ Podcast, we speak with Lee McKnight, the inventor of Edgeware (a software model that connects cloud applications together), and an Associate Professor at the iSchool, Syracuse University. We speak about how to securely connect together IOT (Internet of Things) and Mesh Networks, internet penetration in Africa, and how to teach blockchain tech in Universities.

Relevant Links:

Commodifying Trust

Internet Penetration in Africa

Blockchain & IOT

Music:

N.U.T.S

www.thepassionhifi.com

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In this episode of EDJ Podcast, we speak with Jason Babcock, the CEO, and Founder, of Positive Science, a company that develops custom eye-tracking systems for Mac OS. We speak about why eye-tracking is pivotal for understanding human action and what the start-up journey is like. Jason Babcock has been developing eye-tracking solutions for over eleven years and has been in the imaging technology industry for almost twenty.

Relevant Links:
Who is Yarbus?

Music:

Soul Power

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In this episode of EDJ Podcast, we speak with Jamison Clark, the Chief Design Officer of Goose Design Co., and the inventor of Updraft (the app for activism). We speak about bringing creative people together, revitalizing Rochester, and what it means to be an activist. Jamison is a young serial entrepreneur and shares his philosophy of business in this episode.

Relevant Links:
https://medium.com/@GuilhermeCuri/why-transdisciplinary-design-99577199cc4a

 Music:

Soul Power

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In this episode of EDJ Podcast, we speak with Antonio Calabrese, the co-founder of Tokenraise, about his autodidactic education in design & tech, ICO’s & Tokenization emigrating out of the country, and on building your portfolio. Antonio is an avid twitter personality and blogger and shares important tips on how to change your career at any age on his twitter and his website.

Antonio Calabrese is the founder of Boonle (a platform that connects freelancers with those that need help completing projects), the co-founder of Tokenraise (a company that provides support & certification services to crypto-asset projects using the highest industry standards), and the founder of Unraveled Media (a Website Design and SEO company).

Relevant Links:
https://www.nasdaq.com/article/what-is-an-ico-cm830484

Music:

Soul Power

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In today’s episode of EDJ Podcast, we speak with Collin Paran, the co-founder of Finditly, the app that utilizes mesh networks to help you find your stuff fast. Finditly utilizes the incentive structure of blockchain consensus protocols together with mesh networks to help people find their things. Most importantly, Finditly abstracts blockchain concepts so you don’t have to worry about mining, Byzantine-Fault Tolerance, or Proof-of-Anything. It just works! Finditly, found it!

Music:

Soul Power

https://soundcloud.com/user-404640977

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WARNING! EXPLICIT CONTENT!

In today's episode of EDJ Podcast, we speak with Kevin Hill, the co-founder of Funguana Inc., the analytics and crypto-trading bot company. It was a privilege to have Kevin on the show.

Kevin Hill is a recent graduate of the Rochester Institute of Technology and “...focuses himself towards using Complexity Science, Software Development and User Experience to solve wicked problems we have as a society (poverty, poor education, social injustice, etc).” -KH

Kevin’s Current Projects:

Funguana

Relevant Links:

Complexity Science

Music:

Soul Power

https://soundcloud.com/user-404640977

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In today’s episode of EDJ Podcast, we interview Kieran Nolan and Matt Riddle about their project, Rocketshoes. RocketShoes creates a dynamic collection of smart systems that allow for an open educational content platform that can support the decentralized web and provide key features like assignment submission, discoverability, and interoperability at an API level.

Kieran Nolan is an educational technologist at Woorana Park Primary School. "Under Kieran’s leadership, Wooranna Park Primary School (WPPS) has established itself as an exemplar in introducing the digital world to students. The school has led the way in establishing a ‘24/7 International Virtual Learning Environment’ in Minecraft, Victoria’s first CoderDojo, Australia’s first Immersive Education Club (iED Club), the World’s youngest Cisco class, and the very first ‘School on the Blockchain’" - edutech.NET.AU

Kieran’s current projects:

Rocketshoes: IPFS for Education

Knowledger: Learning Incentivized Income

STEaM Centre: Open-Source Learning Space

Kieran’s Bio:

steemit.com/bio/@kdnolan/bio-kieran-nolan

Matt Riddle is the Director of Educational Innovation at La Trobe University and he is currently studying for his PhD in Mobile Learning at the University of Melbourne. Matt has over two decades of experience in leading digital innovation, transformation and strategy, with a focus on learning environments and mobility. Matt was a key member of the team to establish La Trobe Online. Prior to joining La Trobe he was a Research Associate at the Centre for Applied Research in Educational Technologies at the University of Cambridge.

Matt’s current projects:

Rocketshoes: IPFS for Education

Relevant Links:

RocketShoes

RocketShoes NEM Vote

RocketShoes Telegram

RocketShoes Intro Video

RocketShoes Twitter

Music:

Soul Power

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In today’s episode of EDJ Podcast, we interview Richard R. Brooks, a professor of computer engineering in the Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA. Richard. R Brooks is part of the Internet Freedom in West Africa project where he works on making internet anonymity accessible to journalists and bloggers in West Africa. The program terminated in 2016 and its technical products were taken over by the Internet Without Borders NGO. The program enabled the Africtivistes movement, League of African Bloggers, and Cyber-Activists for Democracy to come into existence.

In this interview, Richard talks about his unique stories around internet security, the journalistic climate in West Africa, and what Internet anonymity means for society.

A big thank you to Pavel Rusakov for help with recording this episode. Pavel is a photographer, podcast producer, and creative media associate.

Relevant Links are below:

Richard R. Brooks Bio

Scrybe Blockchain Whiteboard Challenge Winner

Internet Freedom in West Africa

Africtivistes

Richard R. Brooks Webpage

Music:

Soul Power

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Music:
Soul Power
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In today's episode of EDJ podcast, we interview Jason Hilton. Also known as Jason Savior, an indie-league wrestler, coffee/comic-book shop owner, blockchain enthusiast, and father-of-two. His cafe, POP ROC, can be found on 337 East Ave, Rochester, NY, providing a taste of pop-culture, caffeine, professional wrestling, comics, video games, cartoons, and more. He also speaks on how his difficult childhood, his faith, and being different or discredited for most of his life has helped to bring him to where he is today.

Links to Jason Hilton are below:
www.linkedin.com/in/jasonadamhilton/ 
www.poprochester.com/ 
www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/rochester/east-avenue-gets-a-comics-coffee-cereal-bar/Content?oid=5983726