Talk Clean To Me

Fab has a vision - increase the deployment of electric vehicles. One big problem? Finding and implementing battery systems with both the power and energy to get the job done. The solution? Listen to find out!

electravehicles.com

@ElectraVehicles

linkedin.com/company/electra-vehicles-inc/

There is an amazing organization of people, right here in Massachusetts, working to create jobs, drive economic growth, and fight climate change. What do these superhero-like individuals call themselves? The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center. They’ve been investing in innovators, de-risking technologies, and being a leader in cleantech for almost a decade. Today, we sit down with Galen Nelson, Senior Director of Innovation and Industry Support, to hear about this state economic development agency and the incredible work they do!

Visit the MassCEC's website at http://www.masscec.com/

Smart homes are easy. Everybody is doing it! But what about smart apartment buildings? Well that’s another can of worms entirely. Join Robert from Embue as we explore tackling a unique challenge that requires unique solutions. Along the way we’ll also hear about the founding of Greentown Labs - from humble (and mildly hazardous) beginnings to the successful cleantech incubator it is today.

Visit http://embue.com/ to learn more about Embue.

As a city council member in Cambridge, MA, Quinton Zondervan advocates passionately for sustainability, affordable housing, and clean transportation. He loves what he does and it shows. Listen in to hear Quinton’s take on innovating public policy, the yin and yang of policy and entrepreneurship, and how motivated young people can make a difference.

Learn more about Quinton's work as Cambridge City Council Member at https://www.cambridgema.gov/Departments/citycouncil/citycouncilmembers/quintonzondervan

If you fill your car with fossil fuels, there is something easy you can do right now to reduce your carbon footprint. You can go to greengasmovement.org and sign up. With Green Gas' ingenious system, it is quick and easy to clean carbon from the atmosphere every time you gas up. In fact, for just ten cents extra per gallon, you’ll support projects that offset all of the carbon your car is about to spew out! Green Gas is the brainchild of Kyle Kornack - join Joe and Chloe to learn how Green Gas started with making juice and quickly landed Kyle on the floor of the United Nations.

This one is for the scientists… and the entrepreneurs… and the mindfulness enthusiasts? That’s right, our show with Latika from Menon Labs has something for everyone! Listen to hear how this materials science professor took her life’s work out of the lab and right into the market. Her secret? Yoga, breathing exercises, and world-class support from Northeastern University and Greentown Labs.

For Silverside Detectors, bigger means better. Better neutron detectors that is - detectors that help protect America from nuclear and radioactive threats. Join Joe, Chloe, and Sarah as they discuss creating a successful startup on DoD money, being a woman in an overwhelmingly male field, designing early for manufacture, and limericks. That’s right, limericks. Enjoy!

Visit Silverside's website at https://sside.co/

Many of our guests aim to fly high, but Ben Glass from Altaeros aims to fly higher than most. Literally. What started as a vision to create high altitude wind turbines has evolved into an innovation many thought was impossible – autonomous aerostats. Join us to hear about how Altaeros is putting payloads way up in the air and transforming what’s possible in clean energy and telecom.

Visit Altaeros' website at http://www.altaerosenergies.com/

Also, Ben's sister's shop in Coolidge Corner at http://alliummarket.com/

The hits just keep coming with Arron. Join us in this second bonus episode about cryptocurrency, peer-to-peer networks, and what it means for renewable energy. Also I think I finally understand bitcoin.

For more information on blockchain, check out this YouTube video: https://youtu.be/_160oMzblY8

For the paper by Konstantinos Sgatzos, see this PDF: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Konstantinos_Sgantzos/project/Implementing-A-Church-Turing-Deutsch-Principle-Machine-on-a-Blockchain/attachment/5a01b45a4cde26d9055d81cc/AS:558051050233856@1510061146342/download/Sgantzos_K_GA-HSCBB17.pdf?context=projectUpdatesLog

In this TCTM bonus episode, we ask Arron a joke question about the coming robot apocalypse. He obliges us with a very serious and thoughtful reply about the nature and future of artificial intelligence.