This week on The Digital Life, we discuss the creative jobs of the future with special guest, Daniel Harvey, Head of Product Design and Brand at The Dots. With current technology trends in mind, from AI to robotics, and their
The Digitial Life #257: Sustainable UX
On The Digital Life this week, we discuss the environmental price of technology and the growing need for sustainable design and UX. A series of research studies has detailed the increasing carbon footprint of the tech industry. The largest contributor
The Digital Life #153: Smart Cities and Sidewalk Labs
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 #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)
The Digital Life #149: Artificial Intelligence
Episode Summary On The Digital Life this week, we chat about the evolution of artificial intelligence in light of recent public failure and success by tech giants in the AI space. First, Microsoft had to terminate Tay, its teenage chatbot,
The Digital Life #145: Robot World
Episode Summary This week on The Digital Life, we discuss a world filled with robots and what this could mean for humanity as we adjust to another type of “being” in our midst. It’s coming sooner than we might think.
The Digital Life #143: Clothing and Technology
Episode Summary On The Digital Life this week, as a part of our trendspotting series, we discuss the intersection of high tech and clothing. Clothing is one of humanity’s original technologies — it has protected our bodies for thousands of
The Digital Life #139: Hacking Power
Episode Summary This week on The Digital Life, we chat about hacking power grids, the IoT, and the escalation of cyber warfare. Power grids are becoming increasingly subject to cyber attacks and now, at least one has been successful. In
The Digital Life #137: The Need for Speed: Mobile vs. Broadband
Episode Summary This week on the podcast, we discuss accessing the digital life in 2016. How do you get online? A recent Pew Research Center study indicates that fewer Americans have high-speed Internet at home in 2015 than they did
The Digital Life #136: A Year Talking Design
Episode Summary For our final podcast of 2015, we chat about the big themes on the show and our favorite episodes over the past year. We had conversations on design and tech with some wonderful guests including Niti Bahn, Madeleine