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Future Human
by Nokia Bell Labs
Welcome to Future Human, where we explore the human potential of technology. Much of the technology we take for granted was conceived over decades, forged by an ongoing collaboration between researchers, artists and the keenest engineering minds in the world. As the science fiction of days past becomes everyday reality, where will the next great ideas come from? Listen in as today’s most adventurous and creative thinkers unleash their ideas for a more connected, productive and humane world. Future Human is a presentation of Nokia Bell Labs, produced by audiation.fm.
Episodes
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26: If you build it, they will cloud
For the last 22 years, David Neilson has studied light. As Group Leader for Optical Transmission at Nokia Bell Labs, he’s seen the development of fiber optics transform communications and the internet. This unimaginable growth in speed and connectivity has given rise to the cloud, which today...
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25: Simple and smart
Budapest-based Péter Szilágyi, a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff at Nokia Bell Labs, thinks that despite the great technical advances we’ve seen over the years, technology makes us jump through too many hoops – especially when it comes to networks. His work on intelligent intent-based...
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24: Thinking for two
Nokia Bell Labs researcher Sean Kennedy helps de-mystify Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, utilizing lessons from behavioral psychologist Daniel Kahneman to frame a responsible approach to innovation.
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23: Old Wires, New Tricks
With so much focus on wireless and 5G, it's easy to disregard the massive wired infrastructure that runs through our cities and encircles our homes. But with so many transitioning to remote work - and in many cases retreating to heavily insulated steel cages that can hinder wireless signals - it...
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22: Miguel Nicolelis’s Nokia Bell Labs Shannon Luminary Lecture
Presented in its entirety, here is the Shannon Luminary Lecture by Miguel Nicolelis, founder and co-director of the Duke University Center for Neuroengineering. Listen in as Nicolelis describes a future where brain-machine interfaces restore movement to paralyzed limbs and allow humans to...
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21: The kick heard around the world
At the opening of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, 1 billion viewers watched as a paraplegic young man walked on to the field with the assistance of a futuristic exoskeleton and, against all odds, was able to kick a ball using only his mind. Miguel Nicolelis, the colorful Brazilian co-director of…
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20: Better signals, better people
As remote work becomes the new norm in the face of our ongoing health crisis, we explore the technologies that enable us to stay productive and connected. Speaking to Bell Labs President and Nokia CTO Marcus Weldon, Stuttgart-based researcher Stefan Wesemann explains how massive MIMO technology...
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19: The Loneliest Competition In The World
The Vendee Globe – an around-the-world, solo sailing competition – is considered one of the most grueling sporting events of the modern age. As such, it presents an intriguing opportunity to solve one of the most vexing challenges facing technological innovation: the “remote problem.” AI…
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18: Reeps One Meets Reeps Two
So skilled is Harry Yeff - better known as champion beatboxer Reeps One - at his craft that he’s prompted one neuroscientist to note: “[he] can make at least three sounds simultaneously [with his mouth] -- and theoretically you're not supposed to be able to do that.” Having been the subject of...
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17: The Future of AI and Human Society
Presented in its entirety, here is the Shannon Luminary Lecture from Alex “Sandy” Pentland, a data scientist and serial entrepreneur who directs the Connection Science and Human Dynamics labs at MIT. If you haven’t already, please check out Episode 16 to get some behind the scenes insight and...
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16: Better Data Through Diversity
Alex Pentland, who directs the Connection Science and Human Dynamics labs at MIT, has been called “one of the seven most powerful data scientists in the world” by Forbes magazine. Now, he’s taking on what he considers the “one thing” that needs to change in our country: our tribal disconnection....
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15: The future of cancer prevention
Presented in its entirety, here is the full Shannon Luminary Lecture from Dr. Benjamin Ebert – a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Chair of Medical Oncology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, among many other vaunted positions. If you haven’t already, please check out Episode…
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14: Engineering Better Cancer Outcomes
Cancer research is at an inflection point. While the disease is poised to overtake heart disease as the leading cause of death this century, massive strides are being made. Indeed, the US saw a 26% reduction in the cancer death rate from 1991-2015. Dr. Benjamin Ebert – a Professor of Medicine at...
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13: The future of the internet of things - Vint Cerf
Presented in its entirety, please enjoy the full Shannon Luminary Lecture from Vint Cerf – Google’s Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist, and a man considered by many to be a ‘Father of the Internet.’ If you haven’t already, please check out Episode 12 to get some more insight from Vint...
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12: The Internet of Common Sense
When Vint Cerf talks, people listen. Whether it’s because he had a hand in creating the first commercial email system or co-developed the TCP/IP protocol - over which all Internet traffic flows – Cerf is considered one of the ‘Fathers of the Internet’. On this episode, Cerf, who now serves as...
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11: I Know What You Did This Summer
If – like me – your high school/college summers were filled with menial office work, flipping burgers or babysitting, well, you did it wrong. In this episode, we check in with a few fearless students who spent their summer on the Nokia Bell Lab campus in Murray Hill, New Jersey. Instead of...
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10: Stalking BHAGS
When Nokia Bell Labs launched their own Prize competition in 2014, its goal was simple but audacious: they were seeking proposals that ‘change the game’ in the field of information and communications technologies by a factor of 10. For the Bell Labs Prize’s 2017 winners, that sounds almost too...
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Bonus Episode: The Artists In Residence Exhibit Opens!
On the eve of the first major exhibition of NEW INC's artists' collaboration with Bell Labs researchers, Marcus Weldon, President of Bell Labs and CTO of Nokia, gives us a sneak peek at what to expect, and how you can view and participate. "Only Human," featuring works and performances by Sougwen...
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9: Go Where You Are Rare
“Our ability to share emotions at a distance using technology is non-existent, and we’re trying to build those aspects into what we do” – Domhnaill Hernon, Nokia Bell Labs. Why has the world’s preeminent communications research facility thrown in its lot with a crew of up and coming multimedia...
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8: Stephen Fry’s Nokia Bell Labs Shannon Luminary Lecture
Presented in its entirety, please bask in the tour de force that is Stephen Fry’s Nokia Bell Lab’s Shannon Luminary Lecture. If you haven’t already, please check out Episode 7 to get some more insight from Stephen himself and Bell Labs President/Nokia CTO Marcus Weldon. Also, you can watch the...
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7: Stephen Fry’s Curious Mind
Actor, author, activist, playwright and student of technology Stephen Fry – a wryly self-described ‘all round national treasure’ – gives us a glimpse into the thinking behind his show-stopping Nokia Bell Labs Shannon Luminary lecture. With his guidance, we’re able to see how the myth of Pandora,...
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6: Stephen Friend’s Nokia Bell Labs Shannon Luminary Lecture
We’re excited to present the full Shannon Luminary Series lecture by renowned cancer researcher Stephen Friend: “The Future of Human Agency: Exploration of the Role of Art and Technology in Determining Risk, Awareness, and Free Will.” Check out Episode 5 to hear why Bell Labs’ President Marcus...
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5: A Friend’s Warning
Revered cancer researcher Stephen Friend has a message: not only do we need to take more agency in our own healthcare, beyond the “priestly experts” we entrust, but we need to reclaim “endangered experiences” where we have a dialogue with ourselves. Bell Labs’ Marcus Weldon calls this lecture…
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4: The Humane Brain
Claude Shannon. “Father of the Information Age.” Inveterate tinkerer. Restless polymath. His work made digital computing possible. Yet he refused to rest on his laurels, always turning his attention to solving the next “problem that interested him most.” Two spiritual descendants, neuroscientists...
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3: Ceremony and Ubiquity
The latest chapter of the Bell Labs relaunch of Experiments In Art and Technology – E.A.T., a 50-years long collaboration between artists and engineers – features a first-of-its-kind album premiere: Beatie Wolfe performing live in one of the quietest rooms in the world, as the imagery and lyrics…
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2: Kindred Spirits In Sound
This episode of Future Human takes us from one of the world’s quietest rooms – Bell Labs’ anechoic chamber – into the voluminous history of sound innovation and the amazing potential of music-based therapy. This episode features the song “Need Somebody” by musician Beatie Wolfe. Find out more…
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1: E.A.T. Then And Now
Welcome to Future Human, an exploration into the human potential of technology. In the series debut, we examine the origins of E.A.T. (Experiments in Art and Technology) – an unlikely pairing of artists and engineers in the 1960s which heralded some of the most impactful technological advances of...
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Coming Soon: Future Human
Welcome to Future Human, an exploration into the human potential of technology. Much of the technology we take for granted has been hatched over decades, forged by an ongoing and unlikely collaboration between emerging artists and the keenest engineering minds in the world. As the science fiction...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to Future Human, where we explore the human potential of technology. Much of the technology we take for granted was conceived over decades, forged by an ongoing collaboration between researchers, artists and the keenest engineering minds in the world. As the science fiction of days past becomes everyday reality, where will the next great ideas come from? Listen in as today’s most adventurous and creative thinkers unleash their ideas for a more connected, productive and humane world.
Future Human is a presentation of Nokia Bell Labs, produced by audiation.fm.
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