hAIghtened senses: how AI and technology are enhancing and expanding our human senses

Curiosity, creativity, and ambition are the driving forces behind everything Sol does. And horses. In today's episode we chat to an exciting young entrepreneur, to hear how we can make it easier for more young women to join the entrepreneurial community. Sol is on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/sol-michaela-dominique/ Equigent is there, too, at https://www.linkedin.com/company/equigent-of...

To see the visuals we're discussing, and so much more, do check out https://www.andmurals.se/ Bespoke immersive experiences, evolving designs, and corporate data turn into art - this episode has something for everyone. When you're ready to boost your brand with interactive storytelling, head straight to https://www.andmurals.se/contact-us/ Or reach out to Anne-lie on LinkedIn at https://www.linked...

When Peter Ternstron met Tomasz Patan at a Ferrari track day, he saw more than an engineer with a home-built drone platform, he saw a way to realise a Star Wars inspired boyhood dream. And with all of Jetson's 2026 and 2027 production of Jetson One's already accounted for, they are now doign that for themselves and many others! To learn more about Jetson, or even to order your own eVTOL , head on...

Nicole Glaros is a community builder like few others: as arguably the very first employee at Techstars, Nicole helped scale the accelerator from one program to over 50 and, simply put, is a legend in the early-stage startup community. And not surprisingly so, Nicole has, amongst other notable achievements to numerous to fit in here: invested in more than 100 startups; co-founded the new profession...

When technology changes, society changes. When technology changes quickly, society changes quickly. And you might have noticed, technology is changing very quickly indeed. As a result, it's getting very hard to predict what the world will look like in ten years' time. This is challenging for all of us, of course, but the group it will affect the most are often the least equipped to embrace those t...

These days, everyone has a satellite. No seriously, you do, they’re all up there just spinning around waiting for you to take advantage of their elevated viewpoints… it’s just that, traditionally, you needed a lot of training to understand their message. That’s where SlyFi steps in, making it easy to understand the earth in high definition. SkyFi, the earth's intelligence platform, can be found at...

As we wave goodbye to 2024, our thoughts invariably turn to what we hope to achieve in 2025. But while goal setting is common, goal achieving tends to be somewhat rarer - I'll personally be entering my 20th successive 'Year of the Body' with nothing but an even softer belly to show for the previous 19 years of good intentions. So how do we set this right? In this episode, we sat down with John Ass...

The narrative about AI and human decision-makers often pits them against each other as foes. More often than not, though, AI's strength comes not from its ability to outperform a human expert in a single task but from its ability to perform almost as well over and over and over again. So, if we could harness AI's workhorse abilities and cap that off with a human expert's more multi-faceted intelli...

We hear about GenAI stealing artists' jobs, but, is this what the headline writers think or actually what artists think? Sarah Sculley is an Australian street artist & creative business mentor, and she's giving us the inside scoop on AI and artists, and on AI for artists. Sarah is at home online at https://www.sculleydesign.com/ C heck out her works for sale (including this awesome build-your-...

Sorry we're late. And also, sorry, but with Brendan spending the last two weeks camping in England and then drinking in Belfast, we fell behind on the production of our full episode. However, we didn't want to leave you empty-handed, so we've put together a megamix of our episode outros. Those with keen ears may have noticed that every show ends with a unique and themed jingle—those are created us...

The larger eight-toothed European spruce bark beetle has a frightening name and an even more terrifying impact on northern forests, but does it have a weakness we can exploit? In today's episode, we discuss cutting-edge research into how we might use the beetle's pheromones to control its spread more targeted and effectively. Dinesh and Jana are both on LinkedIn, at https://www.linkedin.com/in/din...

We've talked about technology to heighten our senses, today we're heightening our minds. Your first stop for more Satori content is https://satorimateu.com/ but you can also find him on LinkedIn , Instagram , Twitter , and Youtube . His podcast is Halfass to Badass and his book is Unshakeable Wealth You can email us at haightenedsenses@gmail.com or on LinkedIn Christo and Brendan are both active o...

Your favourite wearable tech has been counting each step of your run for the last decade and a bit. Your favourite headphones have been there, too, playing some high-tempo tunes. Maybe it's time we joined those together. In this episode, we're speaking to Carl Thomas of Audiowings who has spent the last decade building the ultimate bearable for the serious amateur runner. Audiowings is at https://...

In South Africa, the biggest manufacturer of glass bottles once ran an advert in which a university student, wanting to impress his new girlfriend who was arriving soon for a dinner date, decanted cheap wine from a box into an empty glass bottle he had to hand. That was tongue-in-cheek, but misrepresenting cheap wine And we're not talking about passing off a bottle of $5 wine as a bottle of $10 wi...

I'm not a great gardener, so I was really impressed when we first got an app that could look at the leaves on my trees and give me some insights into their health and needs. Turns out, that was nothing, Imeshi Weerasinghe has been doing the same thing... but from space 🛰️ Imeshi is the co-founder and CEO of WEO - a company that specialises in environmental management using Earth Observation data,...

A good friend of mine has recently graduated MIT. From the business school, to be fair, but close enough to those hallowed labs that I knew she'd have some good ideas for guests, and the first name on her lips was Aerobotics: a globe-spanning tech firm that is working with the agriculture industry to transform everyday farming operations, using technology that supports smarter business decisions a...

We've chatted about drones before, and the ways they can give us a point of view we couldn't easily achieve on our own. Today we're looking at them giving us a point of view we couldn't safely achieve on our own as award-winning nature photographer, Jeroen Van Nieuwenhove talks to us about learning to fly over volcanoes. Look, volcanoes are just awesome to talk about, so there's that, but there's...

Image recognition has become so common that it almost fades into the background of any app or online experience, but how does it actually work? How can we train a model to distinguish between dogs and wolves or between potato moths and flies? And how is this technology used by industries ranging from medicine to banking? We cover all of this in today's episode of hAIghtened senses . Viviana Siless...

AI is going to change every industry, sure, but it's not going to change every industry evenly or at the same pace. To get a better handle on this, we're speaking to an aerial photographer who's seen his industry completely disrupted by drones, and a drone pilot to hear how complicated it can be to be the disruptor! If you want to start a conversation with Grant Duncan-Smith , you can find him at...

We all face a number of hurdles in our life, some bigger than others, some more permanent than others, but one alone is constant - ourselves. In this episode, we're with Hariett Sloan, a self-development coach and speaker, talking about how to mentally set ourselves for an AI world but, more importantly, to get out of our own way. You can - and should - follow Harriet on Instagram using the handle...

How did a South African helicopter pilot become an AI entrepreneur? Why is he using drones to hunt beetles in Swedish forests? And why is his friend, a career banker, getting involved in all of this? Well, you can find out in this first episode of hAIghtened senses , in which we lay the foundations upon which we'll build the first season of the show. If you'd like to participate in the show, you c...

Dive into the fascinating world where technology extends the capabilities of our human senses - in ways and into places that are beyond us. From drones scanning the forests of Sweden looking for early signs of pest infestations to artificial noses detecting spoiled milk or the presence of mildew to innovators building businesses on top of this fast-changing tech, our podcast uncovers the innovativ...