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Finding Genius Podcast

Jun 30, 2017

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 handheld device used by the doctors to find out and diagnose the condition of patients. You could scan someone, and get everything you needed to know. This was the object...


Jun 30, 2017

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 medicine being published every single day. Our knowledge of ourselves and the world is growing at an exponential rate. So how are we going to keep track of all...


Jun 30, 2017

“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 follow the law. When dealing with a lot of money, there’s a lot of risk. Someone needs to be there to help make sure all the money’s being used safely, correctly,...


Jun 29, 2017

Recently I spoke with Alex Mathews, a senior web application developer at Belouga, a free, web-based educational platform connecting classrooms all around the world. This cutting-edge company has quickly been expanding, now offering over 900 classes in 60+ countries since their launch in September 2016. Incorporating...


Jun 23, 2017

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 conversation for him. But you don't get that many letters after your name for nothing. Noble is a longtime public intellectual, having been the first to mathematically describe...