Ciara and Rachel

Luminexus

Technology EN ↓ 29 episodes

Welcome to the Luminexus podcast where we shine a light on radical new technologies to impact the most pressing problems of our time. Here at Luminexus, we talk with leading researchers, scientists, innovators, and thought leaders about the role of emerging sciences and technologies to solve problems like world hunger and climate change and connect the dots between each of these problems and solutions to create an exponentially brighter future.

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Ciara and Rachel

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Machine Learning X Brain Computer Interface X Neuroscience X Healthcare 17.12.2021 41:39

Davide Valeriani This is a classic Luminexus podcast episode - a conversation where we explore the intersection of several technologies, and a problem to apply these technologies to. In this episode, we talk with Davide Valeriani, previous lead data scientist at Neurable, and now senior research scientist at Google.    We start by breaking down the technology of brain computer interface...

The Woman Who Is Increasing Crop Yields in Sub Saharan Africa with Genomics 29.11.2021 43:32

Laura Boykin | Cassava Virus Action Project The whitefly is a deadly pest that destroys close to half the total yields in Africa. Take the cassava plant for example, a staple crop that 800 million people rely on for their daily calories. The whitefly transmits diseases that kill the cassava, like cassava mosaic disease, and cassava brown streak disease.    This is what we call on the Lum...

The Physics of Turning Sunlight Into Energy (and how we can do this better) 22.11.2021 27:38

Jacinto Sá | Peafowl Solar Power The sun showers enough light on Earth to power the planet 10 000 times over. So the million dollar question is how can we harness all this power?    This is the question we talk with Jacinto Sá, professor in physical chemistry and and co founder and CTO of Peafowl Plasmonics, about.    But before we can begin to understand the answer to this que...

What is AI and Why is Everyone Talking About It? 28.10.2021 50:30

Meryam Al-Waadh AI, AI, AI, it’s all we hear about! It clutters news headlines, company websites, articles, bios and everywhere in between. But with all this recent advancement and attention with artificial intelligence, it begs the question, what *is* AI? What is a neural network? And why is AI the thing that everyone is talking about?    So in this episode of the Luminexus podcast we c...