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156. 2023 Recap & First Annual Saucies!🥫🍾

The Next Byte Podcast · 9 Jan 2024 · 28m

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Hosts Daniel and Forbode of The Next Byte Podcast present their 1st annual 'Saucies' awards, reviewing their top episodes from 2023. They highlight EPFL's technology allowing amputees to feel warmth in prosthetic hands, Machina's robotics for sheet metal forming, and a University of Michigan/Copenhagen Business School study on keeping humans in the AI loop. The hosts also discuss an MIT implantable diabetes device and smart retail technologies from Wevolver, while outlining goals for more in-person interviews and multi-channel growth in 2024.

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EPFL, Machina, University of Michigan, Copenhagen Business School, MIT

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