Intelligent Everywhere

This CEO is building Wall-E for outdoor work around the world. Charlie Andersen, CEO of Burro, explains how 750 autonomous workers are hauling, mowing, spraying, and patrolling, learning from each other as they go.  Next up: voice commands, animalistic design, and more training in a digital twin of the real world. ______ Subscribe to Intelligent Everywhere for conversations with the leaders, think...

Deepfake voices are getting better, but they still can't fake real emotion. Dr. Gloria Washington, Director of the Affective Biometrics Lab at Howard University, explains the race to detect AI-generated voices before the window closes.  Washington’s work covers smart glasses, heart rate data, brainwaves: data sources that could help AI interpret human feeling. ______ Subscribe to Intelligent E...

Where to build the industrial facility? The stakes are high for your business and your community. Didi Caldwell, CEO of Global Location Strategies, explains how AI can - and can’t - help with the process. ______ Subscribe to Intelligent Everywhere for conversations with the leaders, thinkers, and doers of physical AI. Guest suggestions: ie@agerpoint.com The show is a production of Agerpoint, an AI...

How do you measure a forest's impact on carbon? Find out how much it weighs. Louis de Vitry, Co-Founder and CTO of Kanop, uses satellite input and AI-powered analysis to measure how much CO2 a forest sequesters. But companies are holding back some data that could make these measurements even better. ______ Subscribe to Intelligent Everywhere for conversations about AI solutions for humanity&#3...

From thermostats that coordinate with sensors to cut climate costs to cameras that know the difference between a person and a tree branch, AI is making smart homes smarter. Simpler, too. This episode's guest is William Stovall, Senior VP of Marketing at the smart home company Vivint. As energy costs rise and grids strain under demand, Stovall sees smart home AI as part of a larger solution—one...

Marcelo Coelho, Director of the MIT Design Intelligence Lab, brings deep insight to human-computer interaction grounded in real-world experience. He shares why designers should be intentional about a user's cognitive load, why kids should be polite to AI but not treat it like a person, and why his team's "religion" is getting prototypes in front of real users as fast as possible....

What will farms look like in 2031? Michael Gomes, Vice President and General Manager of Intelligent Equipment at Agerpoint, explains how AI in agriculture can transform what farmers actually do with their time. Smart connected machines have been auto-steering for over 25 years—now the real shift is using field intelligence to drive higher-value decisions. Gomes shares why agriculture is struggling...

Waymo's Sandy Karp shows off the sixth generation Waymo Driver on the Ojai at CES 2026. It can work in colder climates and comes with cute little sensor wipers. ——— Subscribe to Intelligent Everywhere and join the conversation about AI in the physical world. Guest suggestions: ie@agerpoint.com The show is a production of Agerpoint, an AI company that brings data and decision making to food sec...

What if the future of mining isn't underground, but in your local warehouse? Don Weatherbee, CEO of Regenx Tech Corp., explains how urban mining derives platinum, palladium, and silicon carbide from old catalytic converters—cutting CO2 emissions by 95% compared to traditional mining while using AI to accelerate development. ——— Subscribe to Intelligent Everywhere and join the conversation abou...

Can AI save the planet even as data centers consume massive amounts of energy and water? Nate Burola, founder of The AI & Environment Resource Hub, argues we can't stop AI's development—so we must maximize its positive impact. From optimizing energy grids to addressing climate challenges, Nate shares his "techno-realist" perspective on AI sustainability. AI & Environment...

Protege CEO Bobby Samuels explains how human motion creates training data that will power AI robots in healthcare, agriculture, and beyond. As robots move beyond factories into hospitals, farms, and human spaces, they need massive datasets of human movement “to flourish and take off.” Samuels believes robots will address critical workforce shortages in areas like nursing, and that robots can help...

The paperwork for a new reactor can take years and hundreds of millions of dollars to complete. CAELUS CEO Alessio Iuvara says AI can cut that dramatically, helping meet the future's high energy demands. Recorded on location at Techtalia in Rome, Italy on October 4, 2025. Alessio Iuvara is the founder and CEO of CAELUS. https://caelus-nuclear.com/ Thanks to Techtalia 2025 and its founder, Gabr...

"AI's implications on the environment are mixed," says Akshat Rathi, Senior Reporter at Bloomberg News. Akshat is an advocate for AI realism. In this interview, he explains why the race to power AI might accelerate renewable energy adoption - and he warns against magically thinking future technology will solve today's problems Akshat Rathi is a Senior Reporter for Bloomberg News...

Swarming drone systems face complex coordination challenges, but nature may already have the answers. Chris describes how different drone types align with specific animal behaviors - fixed-wing drones might be more like starling murmurations, while quadcopters could follow bee-like movements. Chris Benson co-hosts the Practical AI podcast with Daniel Whitenack. He is also a Principal AI/Autonomy R...

Garbage trucks, mail trucks, and other vehicles are getting smarter with AI technology that goes beyond autonomous driving. Jay Iyengar, EVP Chief Technology and Strategic Sourcing Officer at Oshkosh Corporation, explains how industrial vehicles are becoming intelligent teammates through "moments of autonomy" that reduce driver fatigue and transform daily operations. Industrial vehicle o...

Some of the best AI will be invisible to users but revolutionize everyday life. Brian Comiskey, the in-house futurist at the Consumer Technology Association (the producer of CES), explains the potential of smart glasses and agentic AI for enabling a world of ambient artificial intelligence. Brian is the Senior Director of Innovation and Trends & Futurist at the Consumer Technology Association,...

Race cars at 200 MPH are testing autonomous vehicles for everyday highways. Paul Mitchell, CEO of Indy Autonomous Challenge, explains how AI racing improves real-world safety. The Indy Autonomous Challenge uses AI systems to operate identical IndyCar-style race cars, with university teams programming "driver brains" that compete without human limitations like fear or hesitation. Conversa...