Episode Summary On this episode of The Digital Life we discuss Google’s Sidewalk Labs and its radical plans to design a smart city from scratch. Sidewalk Labs wants to work with cities to build applications that solve big urban problems
The Digital Life #152: Putting the E in Sports
Episode Summary On The Digital Life podcast this week, we chat about the ever changing world of eSports and how it’s evolving. Esports are becoming increasingly important and varied. For instance, at the collegiate level, the Big 10 Network is
The Game Design Round Table #144: Chris Zinsli and Cardboard Edison
Description Dirk and David are joined by designer and board game community member Chris Zinsli. Chris and his wife Suzanne are the founders of Boardgame Edison, a resource for designers of board games. Their blog and other media have helped
The Digital Life #151: AI Goes to Art School
Episode Summary Can an AI create art? This week on The Digital Life we chat about the brand new “Rembrandt”, which was 3D-printed by an artificial intelligence algorithm, trained by analyzing the artist’s catalog of 346 paintings. The Next Rembrandt
The Digital Life #150: Engineering Synthetic Biology
Episode Summary On The Digital Life this week, we chat about the intersection of computer science / engineering and synthetic biology and Cello, a programming language for living cells. At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Boston University (BU)