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This week, AB has an amazing chat with Paul Stevens, CEO of Voltitude, a company focused on exploring and unlocking the potential of the stratosphere for research and commercial applications. Voltitude is currently exploring the use of small, low-cost, biodegradable latex balloons to carry meteorological sensors (dropsondes) into the stratosphere. Paul discusses the challenges of high-altitude flight and the potential for using machine learning and AI for mission planning and route optimization. The post Episode 025 – Unlocking the Stratosphere with Paul Stevens appeared first on SPAITIAL.

Is point'n'click end-to-end low-code spatial AI... possible? What about *no code*? Spoiler alert: the answers are yes and yes. Knowledge of development patterns and code syntax and how many words you can type per minute are no longer barriers to entry for most of us. It's time to get our hands dirty with spatial data! The post Episode 024 – Is low-code Spatial AI possible? With Grant Case from Dataiku appeared first on SPAITIAL.

This week is a free-flowing conversation between AB and Arseniy Sergeyev - a true 'young gun' of the spatial computing world - and the co-founder of a startup working on Adaptive User Interfaces. Arseniy shares his vision of a future where the world becomes the interface, with smart objects and environments adapting to individual users. The post Episode 023 – Arseniy Sergeyev & Adaptive User Interfaces appeared first on SPAITIAL.

AB and Dr. Mehdi Ravanbakhsh - an expert in the field of geospatial AI (GeoAI) - discuss a wide range of topics related to Mehdi's extensive experience and contributions in the geospatial industry, including photogrammetry, remote sensing, and AI applications in various domains such as agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and insurance. The post Episode 022 – Medhi Ravanbakhsh: the OG of Geo AI & Remote Sensing appeared first on SPAITIAL.

This week, AB talks Alison Keely, the inaugural Director of the Innovative Planet Research Institute at Swinburne University in Victoria Australia. We touch on the institute's focus on achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals, harnessing innovation for real-world impact, and building partnerships within Swinburne and externally. AB also *finally* learns the right way to say the word "geodesists". The post Episode 021 – Allison Kealy & The Innovative Planet Research Institute appeared first on SPAITIAL.

This week, AB talks with Phil Delaney, CEO of MapAI. This new company aims to provide a conversational interface for querying spatial data using large language models fine-tuned for spatial analysis. The post Episode 020 – Phil Delaney & MapAI appeared first on SPAITIAL.

The last month has seen the release of 4 large language models, with one noticeable trait in common - they're all exceedingly fast. Does this open up new horizons for new ways of interacting with these LLMs - or are they still only good for the known use cases... just faster? The post Episode 019 – O my! The rise of fast LLMs appeared first on SPAITIAL.

Mirek and AB give an introduction/primer on ROS - the Robot Operating System - an open-source framework for developing robotic applications. The post Episode 018 – ROS: the Robot Operating System appeared first on SPAITIAL.

We talk through the megatrends we're watching closely in the field of Spatial AI - with links and demos - including a turtle high-dive, because, Hubert. The post Episode 017 – Spatial AI Megatrends appeared first on SPAITIAL.

An introduction to the topic of generative Spatial AI and its potential impact on the design process in the building and construction space. How much assistance can generative AI give to spatial tasks - and where's the inflection point where we use these methods in our everyday ways of working? The post Episode 016 – Generative Spatial AI appeared first on SPAITIAL.

Spatial AI News of the Week, with a serious NVIDIA focus, given their slew of major announcements at their 2024 Developer Conference. The post Episode 015 – Spatial AI News of the Week appeared first on SPAITIAL.

Violet asks "How does an environment become intelligent with spatial sensing?" We discuss the concept of spatial intelligence in environments enabled by interconnected sensors, devices and systems - and the potential benefits like energy optimization in buildings or traffic coordination between self-driving cars, but also limitations around privacy concerns, commercial viability and single-purpose systems. The post Episode 014 – Spatially-aware Environments appeared first on SPAITIAL.

Spatial AI News of the Week – the weekly round up and dissection of hot news items from the co-hosts at SPAITIAL. Topics include: a new humanoid robot with subtle conversational abilities from Figure AI that combines multiple neural networks to understand its environment; a software engineer AI called Devin that can fix bugs, build websites, and perform other coding tasks across technologies; a handheld CNC machine called Origin for precision woodworking; and a potential future Apple laptop design with up to 7 cameras for spatial tracking and 3D avatar creation. The post Episode 013 – Spatial AI News of the Week appeared first on SPAITIAL.

How do you make Spatial AI more accessible to everyone without needing to learn coding from scratch? Topics include the potential for natural language programming interfaces, the role of low/no code tools, whether coding will still be necessary, and how to design interfaces that allow non-experts to create things with Spatial AI. The post Episode 012 – Spatial AI for all / the future of coding appeared first on SPAITIAL.

Spatial AI News of the Week – the weekly round up and dissection of hot news items from the co-hosts at SPAITIAL The post Episode 011 – Spatial AI News of the Week appeared first on SPAITIAL.

Interview with Dr Scott Pezanowski, focusing on Scott's background and experience in geospatial analysis, machine learning, and public health. We discuss Scott's past projects relating to disease prediction and control, the integration of geospatial data and AI for predictive modeling - and future directions for 'geo-AI'. The post Episode 010 – Geo AI in Public Health with Dr Scott Pezanowski appeared first on SPAITIAL.

The field of Spatial AI is changing so rapidly. If you're already on the leading edge, then congratulations, The burning question of today is how do you get there? How does someone fast follow? How do you catch up? The post Episode 009 – Getting started in Spatial AI appeared first on SPAITIAL.

Spatial AI News of the Week - the weekly round up and dissection of hot news items from the co-hosts at SPAITIAL The post Episode 008 – Spatial AI News of the Week appeared first on SPAITIAL.

This week, we talk about the differences between the range of large/massive/general AI models - versus localising an AI to a language, a nation, a culture, a team - and finally - a person... you! How might that work? When will we see these models emerge? And when can I go on a date with my AI? The post Episode 007 – General vs. Local AI appeared first on SPAITIAL.

Hollywood's version of robots has shaped both our perceptions AND our fears of a future world where robots are commonplace - but what is the current state of robotics in 2024 - and what converging technologies are we seeing now that gives us hope to one day have our own robot buddy? The post Episode 006: Spatial, AI & Robots appeared first on SPAITIAL.

We're all-in on the new Apple Vision Pro this week: what we love, what we hate, and what impact we foresee it bringing to the fields of spatial computing and spatial AI. The post Episode 005: Apple Vision Pro – love it or hate it – it’s here appeared first on SPAITIAL.

Fast Five from all the 5 hosts, then a Deep Dive into the challenges of designing intuitive and seamless Spatial User Experiences. Mirek Burkon details his multi-year efforts in building an operating system for human to work with multiple robots, drones and machinery, and Violet Whitney wonders how these challenges can contribute to Spatial UX initiatives for future human collaborations. The post Episode 004: Spatial UX appeared first on SPAITIAL.

Four big items in Fast Five, our news of the week - then William Martin leads the discussion on spatial LLMs, and their ability to recognise/respond to spaces - or it that... places? Now we're getting into semantics! The post Episode 003: Spatial LLMs – the semantics of place & space appeared first on SPAITIAL.

News of the week for the second week of January 2024 from Violet, Helena, Mirek and AB - then on into our Deep Dive: What IS Spatial AI? How do you define it? A discussion on how much the human factor influences our interactions with the digital world - and how much the physical world used to / then didn't / now will firmly come back and interact with the digitial world. The post Episode 002: What is Spatial AI? appeared first on SPAITIAL.

In this very first episode, we introduce ourselves: AB, Helena, Mirek, Violet and William. In Fast Five, we cover a news item from the previous week each - then we head into a Deep Dive, where we look back at 2023, and the topics within the field of Spatial AI that brought us together, why we're all so enthralled with the emergence of these two fields, and what we're looking forward to in 2024. The post Episode 001: Introductions / 2023 in Review appeared first on SPAITIAL.