# Voice-Activated Everything on the Cheap | Jets & Hoverboards & Reliability | AVs: How Safe is Safe?

- Show: [EE Times Current](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current)
- Published: 2019-09-27
- Length: 41m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2019-09-27-voice-activated-everything-on-the-cheap-jets-hoverboards-reliability-avs-how-saf
- Listen: https://podcast.show/aspencore/episode/49349296/

## Summary

EE Times editors Brian Santo, Junko Yoshida, and George Leopold discuss the tension between reliability and time-to-market, using the Boeing 737 Max crashes and the hoverboard safety crisis as case studies. They analyze the shift in autonomous vehicle safety from driver-assist systems to full autonomy, featuring insights from Phil Koopman of Edgecase Research on the engineering challenges of prediction and required reliability levels. The episode also covers the emergence of edge-based voice processing technologies from companies like Pico Voice and Pietro Electric as alternatives to cloud-based solutions.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2019-09-27-voice-activated-everything-on-the-cheap-jets-hoverboards-reliability-avs-how-saf#t=0) Introduction: Voice, Reliability, and AV Safety
- [3:14](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2019-09-27-voice-activated-everything-on-the-cheap-jets-hoverboards-reliability-avs-how-saf#t=194) Edge Voice Processing: Pico Voice and Pietro Electric
- [13:36](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2019-09-27-voice-activated-everything-on-the-cheap-jets-hoverboards-reliability-avs-how-saf#t=816) Boeing 737 Max: Reliability vs. Time-to-Market
- [23:39](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2019-09-27-voice-activated-everything-on-the-cheap-jets-hoverboards-reliability-avs-how-saf#t=1419) Hoverboard Safety and UL Standards
- [29:07](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2019-09-27-voice-activated-everything-on-the-cheap-jets-hoverboards-reliability-avs-how-saf#t=1747) Autonomous Vehicle Safety with Phil Koopman

## Topics

- [Debugging & failure analysis](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/debugging-and-failure-analysis)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Certification & compliance](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/certification-and-compliance)
- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)
- [Sensors & measurement in products](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sensors)

## Most relevant to

large enterprises

## Mentioned

- Pico Voice (company)
- Pietro Electric (company)
- Boeing (company)
- Airbus (company)
- FAA (company)
- UL (company)
- Edgecase Research (company)
- Raspberry Pi (product)
- TensorFlow Lite (product)
- Xnor (company)

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