Chris Anderson — Robocars, Drones, and WIRED Magazine

Chris shares his journey starting from playing in R.E.M, becoming interested in physics to leading WIRED Magazine for 11 years. His robot fascination lead to starting a company that manufactures drones, and creating a community democratizing self-driving cars.Chris Anderson is the CEO of 3D Robotics, founder of the Linux Foundation Dronecode Project and founder of the DIY Drones and DIY Robocars communities. From 2001 through 2012 he was the Editor in Chief of Wired Magazine. He's also the author of the New York Times bestsellers `The Long Tail` and `Free` and `Makers: The New Industrial Revolution`. In 2007 he was named to "Time 100," most influential men and women in the world.Links discussed in this episode:DIY Robocars: diyrobocars.comGetting Started with Robocars: https://diyrobocars.com/2020/10/31/getting-started-with-robocars/DIY Robotics Meet Up: https://www.meetup.com/DIYRobocarsOther Works3DRobotics: https://www.3dr.com/The Long Tail by Chris Anderson: https://www.amazon.com/Long-Tail-Future-Business-Selling/dp/1401309666/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=The+Long+Tail&qid=1610580178&s=books&sr=1-1Interesting links Chris sharedOpenMV: https://openmv.io/Intel Tracking Camera: https://www.intelrealsense.com/tracking-camera-t265/Zumi Self-Driving Car Kit: https://www.robolink.com/zumi/Possible Minds: Twenty-Five Ways of Looking at AI: https://www.amazon.com/Possible-Minds-Twenty-Five-Ways-Looking/dp/0525557997Topics discussed:0:00 sneak peek and intro1:03 Battle of the REM's3:35 A brief stint with Physics5:09 Becoming a journalist and the woes of being a modern physicis9:25 WIRED in the aughts12:13 perspectives on "The Long Tail"20:47 getting into drones25:08 "Take a smartphone, add wings"28:07 How did you get to autonomous racing cars?33:30 COVID and virtual environments38:40 Chris's hope for Robocars40:54 Robocar hardware, software, sensors53:49 path to Singularity/ regulations on drones58:50 "the golden age of simulation"1:00:22 biggest challenge in deploying ML modelsVisit our podcasts homepage for transcripts and more episodes!www.wandb.com/podcastGet our podcast on these other platforms:YouTube: http://wandb.me/youtubeApple Podcasts: http://wandb.me/apple-podcastsSpotify: http://wandb.me/spotifyGoogle: http://wandb.me/google-podcastsJoin our bi-weekly virtual salon and listen to industry leaders and researchers in machine learning share their work:http://wandb.me/salonJoin our community of ML practitioners where we host AMA's, share interesting projects and meet other people working in Deep Learning:http://wandb.me/slackOur gallery features curated machine learning reports by researchers exploring deep learning techniques, Kagglers showcasing winning models, and industry leaders sharing best practices.https://wandb.ai/gallery