Science Innovation Tour

This is the second episode focused on Artificial Intelligence (AI). Dr Olaf Witkowski, Director of Research at Cross labs and lecturer at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, is a disruptive thinker who has gone beyond AI. He is focused on accelerating AI academic discoveries and translating them into practical industry solutions.He is also exploring the principles of intelligence; for example by putting together a dictionary for the robots to intelligently communicate via learnings from Buddhism. Listen to this episode if you want to imagine how a future would look like using the findings of AI. (Thanks to Daniels Joffe for the episode art)

In this episode, I am talking to a 3d printing entrepreneur: Dr Manuel Schaffner, CEO of Spectroplast ( https://spectroplast.com). He is a Harvard University graduate that has found the gap in market for mass customisation of Silicone parts, such as hearing aids, via additive manufacturing.

This is our first AI episode: I am talking to Dr. Simon Sonntag, the CEO of Virtonomy (https://virtonomy.io) that is ending the human clinical trials by conducting data driven studies on virtual patients. Since he is also a guest lecturer at TUM, focused on ‘Trends in Medical Technology’, this is THE episode for investors in future medical technologies.

SPECIAL EPISODE- A cosy discussion with Dr Dave Richards from his back garden. He is the author of the book ‘The Seven Sins of Innovation: A Strategic Model for Entrepreneurship’ and Co-founder of MIT innovation Lab. Dave is currently a member of a global think tank helping policy makers in War against Covid-19. Listen to this episode since its packed with practical advice on idea generation, innovation management and a bit of COVID-19 chat.

This episode is all about drug delivery systems. Dr Antonios Pouliopoulos who is an academic in Columbia University, NY explains about the benefits of multi-disciplinary research in successful development of a cutting edge drug delivery technology platform. So if you are interested in getting involve or invest in development of future Medical devices, listen to this episode. 

In this episode, a very interesting discussion with Dr Sam Illingworth(https://www.samillingworth.com) author of the book ' A sonnet to science'. He has been described by one of his colleagues as an intellectual powerhouse in the field of science communication and a true renaissance person who joyfully and effortlessly crosses the boundaries between intellectual domains – poetry, science and game studies. Listen to this episode to find out why?

In this episode, I am talking to Daniel Alves Dalla Corte, ex-MIT academic is now the CTO and Co-Founder of Sphere-Energy (https://sphere-energy.eu). He will tell us what solid state batteries are and how they are going to change our future.

These guys are very smart and come up with a robust test that can measure the characteristics of these batteries. So if you are either an investor in technology or a student looking to find an area for research, this episode is for you.

Hi There, Welcome to Science Innovation Tour. Join us as we go around the globe talking to scientific innovators, creating our future. Podcast Hosted by Kambiz Kalantari. Check us @ www.scienceinnovationtour.com