Predicting Our Future Podcast
1) Episode 16: How Homes Powered by Artificial Intelligence Will Know You and Take Care of You
For most of human history, we’ve accepted that keeping a home clean and filled with essentials is a burden that we must bear. But are we on the cusp of witnessing a technological revolution where our ...Show More
2) Episode 15: Amazon, Walmart, & The Home That Shops for Itself
If you’re incredibly proficient at using your Amazon Echo, you might already being giving it directions to order more toilet paper or laundry detergent. But how long will it be before the home is comm...Show More
3) Episode 14: Your Home’s Operating System & The Artificial Intelligence That Will Power It
Over the past few years, the public has mostly come to associate the voice activation capabilities of Amazon’s Echo and Google Home with smart speakers. But in fact these devices and others like them ...Show More
4) Episode 13: Designing A Smart Lighting Plan: Voice Control, Presence Detection, & Light Switches
The most influential companies in lighting are reimagining one of the most fundamental features of our homes: the light switch. Will the smart home of the future understand our lighting needs without ...Show More
5) Episode 12: Honeywell vs. Nest: The Battle for the Smart Thermostat
While Nest wasn’t the first company to offer a smart thermostat, its first product quickly developed rock star status. Nest helped turn the thermostat -- a relatively forgettable device -- into a sexy...Show More
6) Episode 11: Searching Kickstarter for the Next Killer Smart Home Product
The David and Goliath story of startups entering an entrenched industry and disrupting its leading players isn’t a new one. Yet within the smart home space, an unlikely development has birthed a parti...Show More
7) Episode 10: Smart Homes & IoT: A Century in the Making
The idea of a home that can take care of its inhabitants has been around for over 100 years. But only in the last few decades have we seen technological breakthroughs that can make smart homes a reali...Show More
8) Episode 9: Disinterested Voters & 500,000 Elected Officials
In the United States, there are over 500,000 elected officials. In the overwhelming majority of elections, less than half of eligible voters participate, resulting in one of the lowest levels of voter...Show More
9) Episode 8: Hacking Elections, DDoS Attacks, & Online Voting Around the World
In a 2016 testimony addressing the House Committee on Space, Science & Technology, Dan Wallach warned that the country’s voting infrastructure was vulnerable to hacking by foreign governments. Compute...Show More
Episode 8: Hacking Elections, DDoS Attacks, & Online Voting Around the World
38:56 | Jun 12th, 2017
10) Episode 7: Can Online Voting Defeat the Broken Electoral College?
In the 2016 U.S. presidential election, a little over a half of the voting age population cast their votes and the candidate who won the presidency lost the popular vote. Is the problem with low U.S. ...Show More