Tech Talks Central

TTC #335 Choons n’ Chat with Helen Keegan & Friends at MWC17

20 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Helen Keegan, organiser of Swedish Beers and Mobile Advertising Expert, Ilicco Elia, Head of Mobile at DigitasLBi and Rafe Blandford, Mobile Strategis...

TTC #343 MWC18 Trends and AI Ethics

20 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Choons n’ Chat with Helen Keegan and her friends is back for Mobile World Congress 2018 where else? Yes, once more in Barcelona. This time Helen Kee...

TTC #344 Smart Cities and a Changing Future

20 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Helen Keegan, the organiser of Swedish Beers; Paul Stringer, Head of Mobile at Equal Experts; Alex Barth, VP of Business Development at Mapbox; and Je...

TTC #319 AI and Cybervision for Autonomous Navigation

02 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Yiannis Rizopoulos speaks with Luca Verre, founder of the startup Chronocam, which develops a unique artificial vision and cybervision technology to b...

TTC #328 One Mobile for All Your Identities

01 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Vicki believes she discovered an innovative solution to the “I need 2 or 3 mobile phones” to separate “my different identities”. She spoke wit...

TTC #334 Qualcomm’s Xprize and Connected Care

01 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Venetia talks with Founder and leader of Qualcomm's healthcare subsidiary Qualcomm Life, Rick Valencia, about the two finalists dueling out to win the...

TTC #332 Language Translator Using AI, Voice & Gesture Controls

01 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Venetia talks with Lennart van der Ziel and Nick Yap - the team that created "Travis the Translator" a device that uses AI, Voice Control and Gesture ...

TTC #333 Gesture Control in the Classroom

01 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Venetia talks with Carl Tonsgard of Crunchfish a company that's developing AR and VR gesture control for the classroom. Carl shows us the devices and ...

TTC #331 Behavioral Patterns, AI and Elderly Care

01 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Rafi Zauer, head of marketing at Essence, discussed about their newly deployed home care system for seniors and people with special needs. Their softw...

TTC #329 Security and Mobile Phones

01 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Vicki spoke with John Shier, senior security advisor at Sophos and experienced security expert, about why we need to take every precaution when it com...

TTC #330 EU and The Newly Established IoT Unit

01 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Nikolaos Isaris, Deputy head of the IoT Unit at the European DG Connect office, discusses with Vicki about their newly established unit on IoT and act...

TTC #327 What’s for Dinner? There’s an App for That

01 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Iikka Salo co-founder and CEO of Trybe talks to us about their mobile app at 4YFN during Mobile World Congress 2017. You know how they say “it takes...

TTC #321 A Gamer and A Nurse Combines Two of Her Biggest Loves

01 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Anna Sort aka @LostNurse, CEO of Play Benefit, and a World of Warcraft hard core gamer talks about gamefication and health. She explains how she got i...

TTC #326 The Story of a Video that’s Made Up of Thousands of Our Videos

01 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Adrian Domenech, CEO of Vitcord, tells us the story his community connecting and engaging people around the world through video at 4YFN during Mobile ...

TTC #325 Professional 360 Mobile VR Video at Your Fingertips

01 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Paul Gailey Alburquerque, founder of Everywoah, talks to us about their experience in NUMA Barcelona and the company’s 360 video middleware apps for...

TTC #323 Adobe and 180 VR

01 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Venetia talks with Campbell Foster, Director at Adobe Primetime, about Adobe’s strategy around 180 VR cinema, TV, and cross-device solutions. They d...

TTC #324 Lock Your Bike With Your Phone

01 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Venetia talks with Siri Sung Marketing director of BISECU a startup that developed a smart bike lock that works with your phone to help you "forget th...

TTC #322 4YFN Leading in the Startup World of 2017

01 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Esteban Redolfi is the Director of 4YFN. Vicki asked him all sorts of questions on 4YFN 2017; how many startups and investors are participating; how m...

TTC #320 What do Auto Companies Need to do to Cash In?

01 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We talk with Brendan O'Brien , Co-Founder & Chief Innovation officer Aria Systems during Mobile World Congress 2017. Brendan, an IoT and connected car...

TTC #315 Skolkovo, An Innovation Centre in Moscow

27 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Skolkovo is the state owned innovation centre, in Moscow, with over 12 hundred startups under its wings. Vicki interviewed Alexey Belyakov, Vice Presi...

TTC #318 A Chatbot for Hotels

27 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We interviewed Pedro Concalves, COO for Hi Jiffy. He explains how the hotel chatbot works over Facebook messenger, communicating with potential custom...

TTC #317 All The Foodies Network

27 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Vicki interviewed Anthony Rovito from All The Foodies. "All the Foodies" is a creative cooking network show with a hipster twist. Random chefs or wann...

TTC #316 What do Poker and Face Recognition have in Common?

27 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Gesture and face recognition including emotions is the next big thing in the future of driving and safety when it comes to the automotive industry. Ro...

TTC #314 Millions of GPS Connected Palettes

27 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

How about a smart palette? You might think of it as trivial, but GSMA surely thinks different, as it has awarded RM2 with the innovation award for its...

TTC #313 Intel & The LIQD Program for IoT

27 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Vicki was in the Innovation City speaking with Intel and AT&T on IoT and sensor kits, that cut back time and cost for ventures who are looking for way...

TTC #312 AT&T Avnet Starter Kit

27 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Ever wanted to get started with sensors and create your own Internet of Things? AT&T has a starter kit solution for developers with limited developmen...

TTC #311 A Mobile That You Don’t Have To Change Every Two Years

27 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Bas Van Abel, Founder and CEO of Fairphone talks to Vicki about the concept behind the mobile phone Fairphone. It all started from the awful mining co...

TTC #308 BMW Garage

27 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Gregor Gimmy founder and head of the BMW Startup Garage talks to Tech Talks Central and Vicki about the term he’s coined "Venture Client", where a b...

TTC #310 DIY HTML5 Ads

27 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel Cohen, Product Director at Fluid Ads, a UK startup, discusses with Vicki about their easy to use HTML5 ad creation platform. Daniel says it tak...

TTC #309 La French Tech issues a Startup Visa

27 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Vicki talks with Maya Thomine Desmazures, from La French Tech and finds out what France is doing for its ecosystem of startups. Ever wondered how you ...

TTC #307 Iconectiv on IoT Security and Authentication

27 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Yiannis Rizopoulos speaks with Suresh Subramanian VP of Global industry relations of Iconectiv, an Ericsson subsidiary on the standards of the MZM and...

TTC #340 Precision Medicine for Lung Cancer & Alzheimer’s Disease

18 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Anastasia Krithara, research associate at the Insititute of Informatics and Telecommunications (IIT) of NCSR "Demokritos" talks about IASiS, an EU fun...

TTC #341 How a Small NLP spin-off Got Acquired by Samsung

18 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Speech to text and vice-versa is a technology that is driving a lot of AI innovation. One of which is virtual interactive assistants like Siri, Alexa ...

TTC #338 The Many Useful Applications of Monte Carlo Simulations

18 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Modern powerful computers open a whole new era for the application of the Monte Carlo method for the simulation of physical systems of higher complexi...

TTC #339 BehavioralSignals Going Beyond Emotion Recognition in Speech

18 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Nassos Katsamanis, researcher at the ILSP Lap for the Athena Research Centre, and VP of Engineering for the Behavioral Signals startup, discusses the ...

TTC #336 Breakthrough for the Production of Nanomaterials, in Waiting...

18 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Combustion processes (SCS) are advantageous for the production of nanomaterials, as an express and simple technology; using this method, which allows ...

TTC #337 Pancreatic Stem-cells as a Source of Hope for Diabetes Patients

18 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

What is going on in diabetic research? Can we revitalize pancreatic stem cells to prevent kidney failure and help diabetes patients? Dr. Garyfallia Dr...

TTC #342 Innovative Digital Storytelling for Cultural Applications

18 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Given the fact that millennials and Generation Z visitors rarely get attracted by the content of museums, even open-air ones, the need to find a kind ...

TTC #306 Hack_D_Gap challenging Women to Excel

13 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Renée Jiménez, Head Marketing Communications, Manager GSMA talks to us about Hack_D_Gap, the global startup challenge, ahead of Mobile World Congres...

TTC #290 Humans Role in the IoT Era

28 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Costas Spyropoulos, Director of Research at the Institute of Informatics & Telecommunications at NCSR “Demokritos” describes the many benefits of ...

TTC #289 Understanding Earthquakes and Preventing Tsunamis

28 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Athanassios Ganas is the Research Director for Active Tectonics, GPS, Geological Remote Sensing at the Institute of Geodynamics of the National Obs...

TTC #288 Preparing for the Age of Magnetic Materials

28 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Dimitrios Niarchos, Director of Research at NCSR Demokritos, talks about his specialty - magnetic materials; a multibillion dollar industry with a ver...

TTC #287 Open Science - Supporting Collaboration Amongst Scientists & Researchers

27 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Natalia Manola, Assoc. Researcher at Athens University and Athena Research Centre, guides us through the initiatives taken in the EU on open access fo...

TTC #286 Looking at the Dark Side of the Moon… and Counting Hits!

27 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Alceste Bonanos, a passionate astronomer and Assoc. Researcher at the National Observatory of Athens talks about two very interesting research project...

TTC #285 Digital Libraries With Their Own Intelligence

26 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Dimitris Gavrilis, Senior Researcher at the Digital Curation Unit of the Institute of Information Systems at the Athena Research Centre, talks about d...

TTC #284 Going Nano to Create Everyday Technology

26 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Konstantinos Giannakopoulos is a Research Officer of the Laboratory of Electromicroscopy and Nanomaterials at the National Center for Scientific Resea...

TTC #283 Researching Ovarian and Breast Cancer in Young Women

26 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Drakoulis Yannoukakos, Director of Research at NCSR “Demokritos” and Director of the Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, talks about hereditary ovar...

TTC #282 A Food Sniffer That Detects Pathogens In Production

26 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Ioannis Raptis, Senior Researcher at NCSR “Demokritos”, discusses food safety. He starts out by mentioning several dangerous food scandals like th...

TTC #281 Super Performing Buildings Run On Zero Energy

26 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Sakis Triantafyllakis interviews Dr. Elena Dascalaki, senior researcher at the Institute for Environmental Research and Sustainable Development of the...

TTC #280 Quantitative Assessment of Pollutants for Emission Control

26 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Evangelia Diapouli, Postdoc Researcher in the institute of Nuclear Technology & Radiation Protection at NCSR "Demokritos", talks about their internati...

TTC #279 Nanomaterials Improve Speed, Computing and Storage Capacity in Smart Devices

26 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

We had the pleasure to interview Dr. Athanasios Dimoulas in the past and it seems that this interview is as interesting as the previous one. Athanasio...

TTC #305 Assistive Care for Elderly and Chronically Diseased Patients

22 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Combining elements from Internet of Things and social media, the Greek startup company Bioassist offers services that will bring mobile health in the ...

TTC #304 A Humane World For People With Disabilities or Chronic Diseases

22 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Humane is a Greek social enterprise, a network empowering people with chronic diseases and disabilities; they believe in these people’s abilities, p...

TTC #303 Insybio Is Taking the First Steps Towards Personalised Medicine

22 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Insybio (from Intelligent Systems Biology) is a bioinformatics company focusing on biomarker discovery while their main product is a software platform...

TTC #302 Bloode Motivates People to Donate Blood

22 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Bloode is a social enterprise aiming to change the perception we have for blood donors in Greece (and not only…), where less than 1% of the populati...

TTC #301 Promoting Family Well-being in Finland and Germany

15 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Anni Pakarinen, project researcher at the University of Turku and coordinator of the WellWe project, explains how their platform promotes a family’s...

TTC #300 A Mobile App That Detects Harmful Danger

15 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Mobiltron is developing an app called WOVER that uses Artificial Intelligence algorithms and your smartphone sensors to better understand your activit...

TTC #299 Medical Consultation From Doctors All Over The World

15 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Everyone has come across the need to get a second or third medical opinion, from a top doctor abroad, only to find it comes at a high cost and it’s ...

TTC #298 Giving Redundant Drugs To Those In Need

15 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Medicine waste is a big issue worldwide. Only in Greece, over 14 tons of medicinal drugs are thrown away while more than 2 million people live under t...

TTC #297 Intelligent Sensing for Dementia Patients

15 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Thanos Stavropoulos, CEO & Co-Founder at Carealia, a spinoff of Dem@Care, a FP7 European funded project. Thanos explains how they worked together with...

TTC #296 Healthy Club Monitors its Clients Progress 24/7

15 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Alex Itsios, Team Manager and Konstantinos Koliousis, Design & UI/UX at Healthy Club introduce us to a very simple, professional meal & exercise plann...

TTC #295 Ingredio, a Warning App for Food & Cosmetic Toxicity

15 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Zetta Korda and Anaxagoras Fotopoulos, two members of the Ingredio team (Dr. Zoe Kournia, the founder and CEO was not available at the time of this in...

TTC #294 Vitabroad, a Venture Accommodating Healthcare Tourism

15 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Katerina Exakoustidou Co-Founder of Vitabroad talks about their full-service facilitator for medical tourism in Greece, which creates personalised med...

TTC #293 Kinetisense is a Real-time Motion Analysis Tool

15 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Vangelis(or Vangos) Pterneas, honoured by Microsoft with the title of Most Valuable Professional for his contributions to the technical community and ...

TTC #292 Blueline, an ‘Uber’ Version of Doctors

15 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Nikos Naoum, Head of Product and Co-founder at Blueline talks about their mobile app, a real time on demand matchmaking-tool which connects patients a...

TTC #277 The Digital Health Compass

07 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Do we know how to use our health data and what are the best choices for us? Although we often hear about patient empowerment, are we literate enough t...

TTC #276 The Patient is Ahead of Us When it Comes to Technology

07 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Steve Lieber, President & CEO of HIMSS, talks about HIMSS, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting a better understanding of health care ...

TTC #275 By Exposing our NHS Data, We Are Open to Scrutiny

07 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Henrique Martins, President of the SPMS board talks about the NHS implemented services they’re working on in Portugal. He discusses their choices an...

TTC #274 EU Member States Learning From Each Other in eHealth

07 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Tapani Piha, Head of eHealth Unit in the European Commission discusses eHealth and the European Commission, and how it facilitates member states to le...

TTC #273 The eHealth Network and its Objectives

07 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Clemens Martin Auer, Chair for the eHealth Network & Director General at the Ministry of Health in Austria, sat down with us and discussed the outcome...

TTC #272 Free & Open Development of Interoperable IoT Applications

07 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

During the last 2 years we’ve seen several IoT development platforms spring up and they all strive to be the common ground that every IoT app and de...

TTC #271 Republic of Ireland and its eHealth Agenda

07 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Yvonne Goff - Chief Clinical Information Officer & Richard Corbridge - Chief Information Officer, at the Health Service Executive from the Republic of...

TTC #270 Philips and HealthCare in Asia, Europe and the US

07 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Hans Notenboom, Global Head of Digital at Philips Healthcare discusses Philips positioning when it comes to health care. They had a dominant presence ...

TTC #269 Health & The EU General Data Protection Regulation

05 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Petra Wilson, an experienced legal consultant on EU health directives & regulations, and Director of Health Connect Partners explains the new General ...

TTCvoice #4 Can Podcasting Evolve?

25 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

The team got together to discuss podcasting and its intricacies. Prior to sitting in front of our microphones, we interviewed Stathis Koutsogeorgos - ...

TTC #268 What A UK-based VC Can Offer A Promising Startup?

25 Apr 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Having an interview with a London-based VC was pretty exciting as for the European startup ecosystem London is the closest thing to Silicon Valley. Ax...

TTC #267 The Solar Weather Seeker

25 Apr 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Their “love story” started back in the 90s, when Angelos Vourlidas went to the States initially to study black holes - he chose the Sun, instead, ...

TTC #266 The Youngest Humanoid Robot Maker In The World

20 Apr 2016

Contributed by Lukas

When he was only 12, Dimitri Chatzis built his own large 3D printer that he consequently used to build, two years later, a big humanoid and highly sop...

TTC #265 Connectivity Is Important As Water

18 Apr 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Michail Bletsas, Research Scientist & the Director of Computing at MIT’s Media Lab was one of the founding members of the ‘One Laptop Per Chil...

TTC #264 A Javascript Framework For All Your Smart Devices

18 Apr 2016

Contributed by Lukas

As a Lord of the Rings fan... Netbeast fits the“One platform to control them all” description, meaning that Netbeast will be able to control all y...

TTC #263 Tackling HealthIT Hazards and Safety Issues

28 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Ronni Solomon, Executive Vice President and General Counsel for the ECRI Institute, a non profit organisation, dedicated to improving healthcare throu...

TTC #262 Bringing Oral Hygiene A Step Further Into The Future

22 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

PhotOral is the first intra-oral blue light wellness device, suitable for controlling your mouth’s microbiome. Stamatis Astra, CEO at PhotOral, life...

TTC #261 Wearables can produce Activity Data that refer to Behaviour

17 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Christopher J. James, Professor of Biomedical Engineering at University of Warwick and Senior member of IEEE explains how patient care is now changing...

TTC #260 Automating Google Adwords for Efficiency and High ROI

17 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

If you’re into digital marketing and Google Adwords, then this is an interview you should be listening to. RocketROI is a marketing automation tool,...

TTC #259 IoT & Blockchain Technology for Renting, Selling, Sharing

17 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Slock.it was the winner of the IoT competition at 4YFN, for 2016. Their system allows anyone to rent, sell or share anything without the use of a midd...

TTC #258 Remote Assistance Through Smart Glasses & Augmented Reality

17 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Jordi Boza, CEO at Remote Eye, explains how his 3rd startup focuses on remote technical assistance to enterprises, saving them money and time. By usin...

TTCvoice #3 Discussing Barcelonian Startup Ecosystem with Barcinno

16 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Our 3rd TTCvoice podcast was recorded and broadcast live from Mobile World Congress 2016, in Barcelona. The biggest mobile technology event along with...

TTC #257 Connected Car Driving Simulation Game for Kids

15 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

"Are we thereeeee yet?" Grownups no longer will you suffer the ear piercing drama of children on long, or short, car trips. Igor Ponikarchik, CMO-Head...

TTC #256 An App That Understands Speech Impairment

14 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Talkitt was designed to help people who have been speech impaired after a stroke, Parkinson's, Cerebral Palsy or other diseases and afflictions that m...

TTC #255 How Mobile Payments Can Benefit Brands, Retailers and Customers

14 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Alain Falys and Michael Rolph are two of the Co-founders of yoyowallet, a mobile wallet that enables brands and retailers to answer the big three ques...

TTC #254 OJOO is the Wordpress of Gaming

14 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Who hasn't thought of creating a game at one stage of his or her life?! Peter Symons, Managing Director at OJOO, wants to gamify the world with ‘the...

TTC #253 Electronic Health Records (EHR) as enabler of Digital Health

10 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

We caught up with Tim Carter, Health Innovation Technologist at Equinix, after his presentation and panel discussion at ECHAlliance Digital Health & W...

TTC #252 World’s First Portable Smart WiFi Device That Protects Your Privacy

10 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Online freedom means protecting your privacy and security and at the same time enjoying a free and open internet. That’s what Keezel is all about ac...

TTC #251 Identity Verification From Your Mobile in Less Than 60sec is a Reality

10 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Have you ever tried to verify your identification through the internet, in order to do business? A nightmare in some cases. Forget all about it, as Au...

TTC #250 Crowdfunding on the Same Level as Venture Capital

10 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Pepe Borrell, Managing Director at CrowdCube Spain, a subsidiary of CrowdCube UK explains how their crowdfunding service works and how the opportunity...

TTC #249 Breakthrough Technology for Looking Through Walls & Our Body

09 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Ever dreamed of looking through walls or your own skin with the use of supervision? Well it’s here and very soon the technology can be incorporated ...

TTC #248 IoT Is Based On Open Source Components & RedHat Is The Expert

09 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Chris Wright, VP Chief Technologist at RedHat explains how the Internet of Things is being built on an infrastructure with core source components base...

TTC #247 Choons ‘n Chat Podcast w/ Heroes of the Mobile Fringe, 2016

09 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Helen Keegan, organiser of Swedish Beers and Mobile Advertising Expert, Troy Norcross, Startup Adviser and Digital Strategy Expert, Ilicco Elia, Head ...

TTC #246 Higher Resolution Biometric Security

08 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Vkansee produces miniaturized high resolution fingerprint sensors with a resolution of 2000 ppi which is 4 times higher than what is being used today ...

TTC #245 Charging Your Mobile Phone in 1 Minute

08 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Combining organic chemistry, physics and electricity, StoreDot has created a chemical compound which, along with a complete redesign of the battery, a...