Finding Genius Podcast
Episodes
NewStore — A Fully Integrated and Personalized Mobile Retail Experience
08 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Ulrike Mueller, CTO of NewStore, talks about the benefits of integrating online e-commerce, inventory, and Point of Sale systems into a seamless mobil...
Jaxx — A Browser for Blockchain
07 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
What the browser was to the Internet, Jaxx is intended to be for Blockchain. COO of Jaxx, Charlie Shrem, explains. "Instead of using four or five diff...
Outlier Ventures — The Intersections of Emergent Technology
07 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
"Outlier ventures was Europe's first Blockchain venture-builder," explains Lawrence Lundy. Specifically, they focused on early stage ventures: spottin...
GeekTime Media — A Global Media Perspective on Start-Ups and Tech Flows
07 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Yaniv Feldman, Co-Founder and Chief Editor of GeekTIme Media, discusses why it's important to look beyond the US for start-up and tech news. When you ...
Rex Real Estate- Offering Digital Alternatives to Traditional Real Estate Agents
04 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The idea of buying or selling a home can be daunting, and the process itself can be a significant expenditure of time and money. But more and more peo...
Unikrn: A Platform and Emerging Cryptocurrency For Legal Betting In eSports
03 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Millions of people from all around the world are interacting with video games in a whole new way: through a bookmaker for eSports called Unikrn. "When...
Max My Interest – Tracking Which Bank Earns You The Most
03 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Gary Zimmerman, CEO and Founder of Max My Interest, sits down to explain the online service that helps investors automatically maximize the interest t...
Christian Merz- Cultivating Digital Solutions for Smallholder Farmers
01 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Thousands of local extension agents equipped with Pico Projectors head into Indian villages and communities with an important objective: improve the l...
Health 2.0 Conference- Promoting High-Tech Innovations in Health Care
31 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
More effective prevention and management of common diseases, better overall health care at lower costs, fewer visits to doctor's offices, and earlier ...
Cryptonomex: The Blockchain Development Company of Speed and Scale
31 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
"That's the real sweet spot of what Dan has done…he invented the real-time blockchain, and that means transactions happen as fast as you can spin a ...
Rivetz — Blockchain Security Built Directly Into Your Devices
26 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Steven Sprague, CEO of Rivetz, discusses how his company leverages the hardware security already in your electronic device's microchips to create a se...
Bitcoin IRA: The First and Only Cryptocurrency-Based IRA
26 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Just over three years ago, Chris Kline had only a basic understanding of cryptocurrency. Fast forward to the present day, and he wears the title of CO...
Bitcrust – A Full-Node Implementation of Bitcoin
25 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
To put it briefly, Bitcrust is a full-node implementation of Bitcoin. (Eventually, intended to become a full software suite for Bitcoin.) But what doe...
Gnosis – A Modular, Decentralized Prediction Market Built on Ethereum
24 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Liston, CSO at Gnosis, explains Gnosis in brief: "Gnosis is a modular, decentralized prediction market platform built on Ethereum." What that mea...
Shapeshift.io (and Prism) – A Simple Interface for Direct, Zero Slippage Trading
24 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
"Shapeshift is a way to change any digital asset into any other, without accounts," explains Erik Voorhees. "It's an easy way to convert." I've person...
AltSpace VR: Virtual Reality In The Human Dimension
20 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine sitting down at your desk, putting on your VR headset, and pulling up an application that transports you to a different world- one where you c...
Recently Launched Blockchain Search and Analytics Engine Boasts Previously Non-Existent Functionality and Speed For Its Users
20 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
As both the size and number of Blockchains grow, so too does the demand for access to their information. CEO and lead developer at Blockchair.com, Nik...
Factom – Storing Massive Corporate Data on the Bitcoin Blockchain
19 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
When you're dealing with huge amounts of data, it's a lot more efficient to have an index to find what you're looking for. Essentially, that's how Fac...
Symbiont – Blockchain-Based, Bank to Bank Trading & Information Sharing
19 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Fundamentally, the application of Blockchain technology to big financial institutions is pretty simple. These institutions duplicate information and r...
Bitmain and BTC.com – Bitcoin Cloud Mining, Mining Pools and a Bitcoin Wallet
19 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Bitcoin mining has become more difficult over the years. Back in the day, you could just set up your own laptop and be minting new Bitcoins with that ...
CryptoConsultant – Canada's Number 1 Bitcoin Consulting Company, Investing In The Future of Blockchain Technology
18 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
When James Gonzalez first heard about BitCoin in 2011, he dismissed it. It didn't seem relevant. As a real estate investor, he was interested in more ...
Smart Contracts – Ethereum's Bailiwick – How Do They Really Work?
14 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
If you look at the way many banks and asset manager backends function, internally, there are many different departments. And each department has its o...
Swap Protocol – A Decentralized Crypto Exchange
14 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
It seems like an impossible trade-off: how do you make a marketplace that people can go to—coordinate on—and yet that is decentralized? Here to an...
Dr. Judith Campisi of the Buck Institute Discusses Cell Senescence, Aging, and Quality of Life
12 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Why and how do mice age differently from elephants? Why do humans age differently from both? What is the limit of human longevity and can it be increa...
Omega One's Alex Gordon Brander and the Plan to Transform the Crypto Market
12 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
When the rate of trade on a financial exchange increases 25-fold, and technology in its current form cannot handle the pace, cracks in the foundation ...
The Pirate Party – Securing Freedoms for Future Generations
12 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
"If you look back through history, Richard, people in power have always used their power to grow their power, and to safeguard their power." This is R...
Dash – Digital Cash
11 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
As with many people, Robert Wiecko first started getting interested in Bitcoin in 2013. Since then, he's come to think of cryptocurrency as the greate...
Jan Vijg – How and Why We Age
11 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Since the 80's, Jan Vijg has been fascinated with the process of aging. This, having heard a fascinating talk on the subject back when he was a studen...
CryptoBroker.io – Streamlining Altcoin Exchanges
11 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Right now in the cryptocurrency space, there are a lot of different exchanges out there. And they all have different prices. Let's say you're doing a ...
SciFest Dubai – Celebrating Science Through the Arts
07 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
SciFest Dubai may be exactly what it sounds like: a festival celebrating science in Dubai. But there's more to it than that; there's a whole rationale...
Rik Willard – The Social Impact of BlockChain
07 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
"The banking system, while people don't like to necessarily say this," says Rik Willard, "is a rigged game, in many cases. If you have money: great. I...
Arterys – Improving Medical Imaging
07 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In today's world, all the data from medical imaging is handled at a local level—the hospital level. For physicians, and especially radiologists, thi...
Fidelity Labs – A Culture that Embraces Change
06 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Most large institutions don't want to use about BitCoin. They don't even want to talk about it. As an emergent and in some cases untested technology, ...
R3 Consortium – A New Level of Financial Transparency
06 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The word "Blockchain" gets thrown around a lot these days. Used so often—and in so many different contexts—it's hard to exactly define what it act...
Michael Folkson, Nate Basanese – Winners of BCoin Hackathon
06 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
As of this writing, there's not really much incentive to run a full node as an individual. As just one person, it's not worth the cost. And the cost i...
Kevin Kelly – The Next 30 Years
04 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In Kevin Kelly's book, The Inevitable, the futurist tries to nail down what the next 30 years will look like. For him, this is the short-term. By extr...
Jane Langdale – Designing More Efficient Leaves
04 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Early land plants didn't have leaves. At a certain point, they evolved. In fact, the anatomy found in C4 leaves evolved 60 times, and leaves themselve...
Decentral's Anthony Di Iorio and Charlie Shrem On The Benefits and Pitfalls of Entering the Cryptocurrency Ecosystem
03 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
If you have lofty visions of banking millions off cryptocurrency, Decentral CEO Anthony Di Iorio and COO Charlie Shrem have words to contemplate as th...
Salt Lending – Lending in the Cryptocurrency Space
03 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Salt, in this context, is an acronym for "Secured Automated Lending Technology." And that's what Salt has to do with: blockchain-backed loans. "Basica...
Capella Space – Empowering Satellite Photography
03 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Shooting satellite photography is suboptimal at night. It's also hard to get a good picture through a cloud. But it's night on 50% of the globe at any...
Basil Leaf Team – Making Science Fiction a Reality
30 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Like the tablet and sliding door, the tricorder is a technology inspired by Star Trek that exists today as a reality. In the show, the tricorder was a...
IRIS.ai – Synthesizing the World's Research
30 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
There are about 150 million research papers in the world. Just consider that briefly: 150 million. There are 3,000 papers in science, technology, and ...
Outlier Canada – Managing Big Risks Effectively
30 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
"We're compliance nerds," says guest Amber Scott. What this means, in essence, is that Amber—and her co-workers at Outlier Canada—help people foll...
Belouga – Connecting Classrooms Around The World
29 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Recently I spoke with Alex Mathews, a senior web application developer at Belouga, a free, web-based educational platform connecting classrooms all ar...
Denis Noble – The Cutting Edge of Biology
23 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Denis Noble CBE FRS FRCP FMedSci has a veritable alphabet soup after his name. It's kind of hard to pronounce, and it always becomes a point of conver...
How J.R. Skok and the "Made of Mars" Initiative Could Save Humanity
23 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
"We're either going to go into space or we're going to go extinct here on Earth," says explorer and planetary geologist J.R. Skok. That's why Skok has...
Pavel Bains, CEO of Singapore-Based Bluzelle, Talks Blockchain Technology's Surprising Impact on the Financial Industry
23 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Bluzelle CEO Pavel Bains likes to make the complicated seem uncomplicated, as when he describes blockchain as simply an "authentication and verificati...
Learn How Via Science Uses Big Math on a Tiny Scale to Improve AI and Solve Huge Problems
23 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
When your house loses power, it's irritating, even problematic. But what if the power outage is scaled up—across the region, state, or even nation? ...
Chris Harrison – Making Human-Computer Interaction Delightful
22 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
What if touchscreen technology could be applied to whole environments? Could you have a multi-touch sensitive house, with all the walls receiving inpu...
Equibit – Trading Securities with a Blockchain
22 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Like dollar bills, securities are a tradeable financial asset. And like dollar bills, ultimately, when it comes right down to it, securities are just ...
Help Scout – Starting a Much Needed Conversation
22 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Historically, customer service (CS) is an impersonal experience. You get assigned a ticket, and a case number, and you receive emails from a no-reply ...
Worried about the Safety, Monitoring, and Storage of Your Data? Here's How BigID Is Helping to Protect It
20 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Your data is a fundamental right, according to Dimitri Sirota, CEO of BigID, and everyone "has a legal right to their data." "Companies that…collect...
Mass Migration of Humans into Space? Daniel Faber, former CEO of Deep Space Industries Explains How, Why & When
20 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
"It'd be a good thing to get people off Earth," and with that, this Future Tech podcast, Exploring Deep Space, really begins as we visit with Daniel F...
How Singularity University Is Saving the World and You Can Be a Part of It With Nicholas Haan
19 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to Nicholas Haan talk about Singularity University's flagship program, Global Solutions, a 10-week session where 80 innovators from around the ...
Why a Robot Named Tarzan May Be The Key To Our Children's Food Security with Jonathan Rogers of Georgia Tech
19 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan Rogers is a professor at Georgia Tech who's focused on designing and prototyping new robots for use in nontraditional environments. In his ne...
How Tech-Augmented Meditation Can Help You De-Stress with Mikey Siegel of Stanford University
16 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Do you have trouble falling asleep at night because your mind won't shut off? Do your thoughts constantly wander? Do your body and mind show signs o...
David Bailey on Rebranding the 'Let's Talk Bitcoin' Network and the Bright Future of Crypto
16 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
"Bitcoin is not a hobby anymore. It's a $30 Billion industry, and it's going to be a $300 Billion industry in the next 10 years." That's just one exci...
Flash Coin & the Bitcoin Ecosystem – Chris Kitze Discusses Where the Blockchain Industry is, and Where It's Headed
16 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
If you've been thinking about getting into cryptocurrency or are new to it, this podcast is for you. Chris Kitze, CEO of FlashCoin, a private blockcha...
A.I. Coin – Investing with Crypto
15 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
For ages, I've been saying there's a moat, or a chasm, between cryptocurrency and fiat currency. There are just some things you can't do with crypto y...
Anti-Aging Specialist Peter de Keizer of Erasmus University Medical Center Discusses Senescent Cells and Why They Are Of Such Interest to Anti-Aging Researchers
15 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Senescent cells play a uniquely dual role in the body: in the younger stages of life, they are crucial in helping heal wounds, yet later in life, they...
The Newsletter That Helps Leaders and Investors Understand Blockchain (With Brandon Thomas)
14 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The world of Blockchain is a very complex space. And it's a space that's easy to get lost in. Blockchain is quickly evolving from the mere backbone of...
PIOTR PIASECKI: THE BIRTH OF BITCOIN AND THE FUTURE OF CRYPTOCURRENCIES
14 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The rise of the cryptocurrency sector and Bitcoin especially, is one of the most exciting advances of the last seven years. What lies behind these inc...
The Online Brain Training System That Could Save Your Life (With Dr. Henry Mahncke)
13 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Just like you can go to the gym to train your body, you can also learn exercises to train your brain. These brain workouts are clinically proven to im...
Anand Iyer on The Childcare App That Pairs Busy Parents With Trusted Care Givers
13 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
From unexpected school closures to battling sickness yourself, there are times when you need last minute help caring for your children—and it's not ...
CryptoConsultant – Investing in the Future of Blockchain Technology
12 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jason has over fifteen years of financial as well as technical experience. He has spent seven years managing different software technologies at BlackB...
Blockchain Association of Canada – No Taxation Without Representation
12 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
As the Blockchain space has grown, it's started to be noticed by national governments. There's more money at stake than ever before. More people invol...
Ethan Siegel On technology's Future, inspired by Star Trek's vision
10 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A lot of the technologies that we use today were first imagined in Star Trek: cell phones, flash drives, tablets, sliding doors, voice-command for com...
ClearLabs.com – Sequencing DNA in Food
10 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The Human Genome Project took 13 years and cost 3 billion dollars. That was for just one human genome. Now the cost of DNA-sequencing has fallen drama...
Raya Bidshahri – Disruptive Trends in Education Tech
09 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
300 events. 40,000 audience members. 500,000 social media followers. This is SciFest Dubai, co-founded by social entrepreneur and science journalist R...
Robin Farmanfarmaian – Hacking Healthcare
09 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
As a teenager, Robin Farmanfarmaian was mis-diagnosed with an auto-immune disease. All told, she ended up having forty-three hospitalizations, six sur...
Dr. Stephen Long – Adapting Plants to Global Change
09 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
How do you feed 7 billion people? How do you grow that much food? That's the question that confronts plant biologists. Over the past sixty years, our ...
What If You Had the Power to Control Your Health—From the Palm of Your Hand? Eleonore Pauwels of the Wilson Center Explains How Close This Is to Reality
08 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine this: you're out with friends, and you're contemplating another glass of wine despite the fact that you feel a bug coming on. Normally, you'd ...
Donnie Gebert – Empowering the Electorate with BlockChain
08 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Fundamentally, the role of the BlockChain's open ledger is to provide transparency. "Because of the nature of the BlockChain, you can look at all thos...
DigitalFutures.co – The Near Future of Digital Currency
08 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
People love plastic. Despite the advantages of digital currency, people still love their credit cards; secure and familiar in the old paradigm, the sh...
Can New Tech Reduce Crime? With Robert Muggah of Igarape Institute
07 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Statistics show that crime, especially violent crime, is hyper concentrated within certain times, places and people. Just look at these stats: 90-95 %...
Justyna Zander – Cars that Drive Themselves
07 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
To paraphrase the sci-fi writer William Gibson, "The future is already here. It's just unevenly distributed." The fact is, the technology for self-dri...
RealWear – Wearable Computers
07 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
RealWear, as the name might suggest, is a wearables company. "Wearable whats?" you may be wondering. Well, wearable computers. Their flagship product ...
Could Genetic Engineering Cure Cancer? With Wilson Wong
06 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
What if was possible to turn your body's cells into mini computers and then program them to kill cancer? According to synthetic biologist, Wilson Wong...
Factom – Securing Data with Bitcoin
06 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
As you may already know, Bitcoin requires an ever increasing amount of proof of work, as more and more computers are working on the problem of securin...
Timothy Draper – A Bird's Eye View of Bitcoin
06 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Let's start with the most salacious bit of news. Legend has it that Timothy Draper once won 33,000 Bitcoins in one fell swoop. This, from the auction ...
How Augmented Reality Upgrades Your 2D Computer Screen Into A 3D Workspace and Much More With Jodi Medich of Singularity University
05 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine you're sitting at a perfectly organized desk. All your important papers are arranged in front of you in the order that you need them. When you...
Barry Spielman – Staying Safe on the DarkWEB
05 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In today's world, cybersecurity's at the top of everyone's mind. But the DarkWeb seems beneath everyone's attention. Why should most companies care ab...
Omni Foundation – Bonds in BlockChain
05 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On the day of the interview, Patrick Dugan had been having a good day. He'd been coding, and had gotten up some momentum. Everything was clicking. It ...
Blockchain and Bitcoin: Just a Fad?
02 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Radia Perlman has been designing network and routing protocols for a long time. In the early days, they were pretty fragile. It's been Perlman's work ...
Why the Gas is Always Greener at Filld, With Christopher Aubuchon
02 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Gasoline gets a pretty low rating on the "green scale" and several companies like Uber and Lyft are helping to lessen its bad effects on our atmospher...
How to Get Your Customers To Happily Advertise for You On Their Mobile Messaging Apps With Christian Brucculeri of Snaps
02 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
People don't like to be sold—especially online. From spam filters to pop-up blockers, people do their best to stop unwanted advertisements from inte...
Mike Weisend – Treating the Brain from the Outside
01 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
"You can do stupid things with electricity," says Mike Weisend. Take poorly executed electroshock therapy for example. People end up literally frying ...
Emily Leproust – Making DNA from Scratch
01 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We're living in an age where not only can DNA be synthesized, but it can be applied as a technology. The applications of DNA are manifold, and some, n...
How New Software from Brainvivo Transforms MRI's into Microscopes and What That Means for Those With Brain Disease with Yaniv Assaf
31 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Previously, the only way to see cells inside brain matter was to dissect a corpse's brain and put it under a microscope. Not so useful if you're a bra...
How Space Manufacturing is Paving the Way for Life on Mars With Andrew Rush of Made In Space
31 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Putting a man on the moon was amazing, but Andrew Rush, the CEO of Made In Space, is intent on helping humankind settle in space—not just camp there...
How Exponential Tech Can Make or Break Your Business With Michael Leadbetter of Singularity University
31 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Technologies are growing and changing so fast it's hard for humans to keep up, much less the companies they create. So how can businesses stay relevan...
Francois Binette – Healing the Blind
30 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Macular degeneration is the leading cause of blindness worldwide. This, especially in the aging population: you reach a certain age, and you can't see...
David Knight – Starting Small With Petabytes of Data
26 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
When David Knight founded the data company terbine.com, he had big plans. "We're not a broker, we're not an analytics firm, we're not an IOT platform,...
How the Clinical Trial, Braingate, Transforms the Human Brain Into A Computer Interface and What That Means for Quadriplegics, With Dr. AjiBoye
25 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine having a spinal cord injury that prevents you from performing everyday tasks without assistance. Though your brain is still intact, you can't ...
Self-Aware Robots: How Close Are We? An Interview With Hod Lipson of Singularity University
25 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Self-awareness is not black and white. There are grey areas. For example, some animals are considered self-aware but on a much lower level than humans...
Fast.AI – Bringing "Deep Learning" To The Mainstream
25 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
"Deep Learning" is an area in artificial intelligence research and design where a "ton of breakthroughs are happening right now," says Fast.AI co-foun...
Block Chain Education Network (BEN) – Educating future Financial Tech Leaders
24 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Aaron Schwartz Director of Engagement and Michael Gord Director of Technology at BEN, explain how they help college and high school students discover ...
Migrainex – Helping 38 Million Americans Get Rid Of Migraines
24 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
John Donahue, head of marketing at Cirrus Healthcare, who explains how their product Migraine X is fighting and controlling migraines. Around 38 milli...
Lastline.Com – Anti Malware Technology Keeping Computer Security Threats Away
24 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Tens of thousands of viruses, in different shapes and sizes threaten computers everyday. That's why Giovanni Vigna CTO and Co-Founder of Lastline.com,...
Common Ground – Perry Marshall's Third Side In the Debate between Religion and Science
24 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In Evolution 2.0, author Perry Marshall doesn't take a side in the Darwinism-Creationism debate. He takes his own, third side: the Perry Marshall side...