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4. 3D Printing Organs, The AI DJ, Next-Gen Weather Satellites

The Next Byte Podcast · 9 Feb 2021 · 16m

What this episode covers

Hosts Daniel Scott Mitchell and Farbod Moghaddam discuss three engineering breakthroughs: Dr. Adam Feinberg’s team at Carnegie Mellon using FRESH technology to 3D print soft tissue hearts for surgical practice; Jessica Charmine Rahman’s AI model at Australian National University that predicts music preference via physiological data; and the Sentinel-6 satellite from NASA JPL and ESA monitoring sea levels and weather via microwave radiometry and radio occultation.

Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists, early-stage companies and large enterprises

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Carnegie Mellon, Australian National University, Spotify, Apple, NASA JPL, European Space Agency
Products
Sentinel-6
Tools
microwave radiometer, radar altimeter
Materials
alginate
Also
Dr. Adam Feinberg, FRESH, Jessica Charmine Rahman, Justin Bieber

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