When Vandi Verma saw the Spirit and Opportunity rovers land on Mars while she was working toward a Ph.D. in robotics, it set her on a path toward working at NASA in space exploration., Perhaps unsurprisingly, today, as chief engineer for robotic operations at Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Vandi sees the biggest opportunities for artificial intellig ... Show More
Dec 16
Hungry for Learning: Wendy’s Will Croushorn
On today’s episode, Wendy’s product manager Will Croushorn joins Sam to share how FreshAi, the fast-food restaurant’s voice-based AI ordering system, is reinventing the drive-through experience for millions of customers. From handling 200 billion ways to order a Dave’s Double bur ... Show More
31m 34s
Jun 2024
Better Satellite World: The Promise, Episode 6 - Looking to the Future with Christian Keil, Sapna Rao and Glory Sikka
<p>In this Better Satellite World podcast series, we ask the question: "What would you do if you had the power to make the world a better place during your career?" Joining SSPI's Lou Zacharilla to answer that question in the sixth episode are 3 members of the "20 Under 35" cohor ... Show More
44m 10s
Apr 2024
Jony Ive and Sam Altman AI device, SpaceX Mars plans update, GPT-4 trained on YouTube transcripts
We're experimenting and would love to hear from you!In today's episode of Discover Daily, we explore the exciting world of AI and space exploration. First, we delve into the groundbreaking collaboration between Apple's former design chief Jony Ive and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. This ... Show More
4m 36s
Mar 2020
Nasa’s Curiosity rover parachute
Aerospace engineer Dr Anita Sengupta led the team that developed the supersonic parachute which helped land Nasa’s Curiosity rover on Mars in 2012. It’s still on the Red Planet today, and its main goal is to assess whether there is, or ever was, life on Mars. She tells 17-year-ol ... Show More
9m 26s
Jun 2022
Your self-driving robotaxi is almost here | Aicha Evans
We've been hearing about self-driving cars for years, but autonomous vehicle entrepreneur Aicha Evans thinks we need to dream more daringly. In this exciting talk, she introduces us to robotaxis: fully autonomous, eco-friendly shuttles that would take you from place to place and ... Show More
10m 34s
Apr 2023
Two Years of Hope: Celebrating the Emirates Mars Mission
<p>Join us as we celebrate the accomplishments of a truly inspiring space mission - the United Arab Emirates' Hope probe, which has spent two amazing years orbiting Mars! Our guest, Mohsen Al Awadhi, Director of the Space Missions Department at the UAE Space Agency, shares insigh ... Show More
59m 55s