Tech Talks Central
351 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 6 years ago - ★★★ - 2 ratingsThe Tech Talks Central web radio covers all the hot topics and trends in the connected world and features interactive interviews with thought leaders, as well as movers and shakers of the tech industry.
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TTC #202 Can Pollution in the Marine Environment be Stopped? Helen Kaberi
July 20, 2015 08:53 - 11 minutes - 16.6 MBDr. Helen Kaberi is a marine chemist and oceanographer and we talk about how humanity can stop the damage we’ve caused to our environment and more specifically about pollution in the marine environment. Some of the current research projects Dr. Kaberi is working on are those concerning marine litter and the marine strategy framework. She gives her point of view on how we can protect fisheries from invasive species; deal with changes and pollution in the marine ecosystem; and how should a good...
TTC #201 How Natural Language Processing Technologies Benefit Our World, Voula Giouli
July 20, 2015 08:47 - 12 minutes - 17.5 MBVoula Giouli is a research associate and has been working at ILSP / R.C. "Athena" since 1998 conducting basic and applied research in Computational Linguistics, the focus being on the analysis and modeling of natural language and the development of electronic language resources. We talk about how computational linguistics and natural language processing applications can benefit humans and how we can use the information & audio data derived from these. As Voula Giouli mentions, the challenge i...
TTC #200 Monitoring Indoor and Outdoor air pollution, Vasiliki Assimakopoulou
July 19, 2015 14:29 - 14 minutes - 20.8 MBThere are numerous human-caused sources of air pollution. Dr. Vasiliki Assimakopoulou gives us an overview of the most important of them along with factors affecting outdoor pollution in big cities and how these manifest and affect indoor pollution. We discuss her current research activities which, between others, include the aggregation and analysis of pollution data and information from several official sources; on the field measurements and research; and providing recommendations on how t...
TTC #199 Seismic Detection Monitoring Networks, Nikolaos Melis
July 19, 2015 14:29 - 14 minutes - 20.5 MBThe Institute of Geodynamics at the National Observatory of Athens operates and maintains the national Accelerometric Network, a computerized Seismic Detection network of sensors capturing seismic activity by pulling data from more than 350 stations spread across the entire area of Greece. Dr. Nikolaos Melis discusses how this information is being used in or can be extended to practical applications from precaution and warning systems to construction and restoration projects. Having recently ...
TTC #198 X-Rays in Astrophysics, Ioannis Georgantopoulos
July 19, 2015 14:29 - 14 minutes - 19.7 MBSpace astrophysics mostly depend on ground based telescopes for observation. However the most important part has to do with observation from outer space using satellites and space-shuttles. By observing space from outside of earth’s atmosphere it is possible to gather much richer information by using techniques that would be ineffective from ground-level, such as measuring x-ray radiation. Dr. Ioannis Georgantopoulos gives us a glimpse into how x-rays allow scientists to have a much richer vi...
TTC #197 Efficient & Sustainable Management of Resources in Fishery, Paraskevi Karachle
July 16, 2015 17:32 - 13 minutes - 19.4 MBDr. Paraskevi Karachle is a researcher in the field of Fishery Science, a broad field spanning topics such as fish biology, feeding ecology and ecomorphology. We talk about the implications of what do fish eat, why they eat it and how they adapt. Furthermore, Dr. Karachle’s research is related to the management of aquatic resources and fisheries, feeding ecology and diet, and how fish interact with each other and other aquatic organisms. The applications and the repercussions of the this rese...
TTC #196 Leveraging Superfoods for Medicinal Purposes, Marina Sagnou
July 16, 2015 17:29 - 14 minutes - 20.5 MBIn this interview with Dr. Marina Sagnou we discussed the use of natural products, some of which are commonly known as superfoods, for the design and synthesis of new organic molecules for medicinal purposes. Dr Sagnou explains how natural products like Curcumin are strong candidates for applications such as the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease, and the diagnosis and/or therapy of cancer, amongst others. We also talk about Demokritos’ unique expertise and positioning as a producer, banking an...
TTC #195 Understanding Protein Biomolecules and the Human Immune System, Efstratios Stratikos
July 16, 2015 17:25 - 12 minutes - 16.9 MBOur talk with Dr. Efstratios Stratikos begins with an overview of the research currently being performed within his research group focused around the study of protein biomolecules and specifically their predominant role in medical diagnosis and in the design of new drugs. Centered around the mechanics of the human immune system Dr Stratikos’ group research applies to the diagnosing, prognosis and curing of a very broad spectrum of diseases including cancer. The second part of our talk is abo...
TTC #194 Being a Researcher is Not a Job, It’s a Passion, George Mousdis
July 16, 2015 17:23 - 11 minutes - 15.4 MB“Love what you are doing and get paid for that!” That’s the aphorism that Dr. George Mousdis, a seasoned researcher of 30-plus years, kept for his interview with TTC, when asked to describe the greatest benefit of his job, followed by the declaration “which is not a job - it is more of a hobby you love!” That’s why young researchers-to-be must like it, first of all. Of course, he admits that everyday life for a researcher is not exactly rosy... Research is time consuming, which means limited ...
TTC #193 Getting a Better Idea About Our World, Theodoros Geralis
July 16, 2015 17:16 - 13 minutes - 18.5 MBThe close collaboration between the NCSR “Demokritos” and CERN is illustrated once more during our interview with Dr. Theodoros Geralis, Research Director at the Institute of Particle & Nuclear Physics of the historic institution in Athens, and also President of the 300-strong Hellenic Society for the Study of High-Energy Physics. Dr. Geralis gives us a first-hand account on their common activities, explaining the different kinds of NCSR participation in the famous CMS experiment which lead t...
TTC #192 Rising Air Temperature in Athens Rings Warning Bell, Demetra Founda
July 16, 2015 17:15 - 10 minutes - 14.1 MBA senior researcher at the National Observatory of Athens, Dr. Demetra Founda focuses on the “hot” topics of climate change and global warming in the whole area of SE Europe and, most obviously, in Athens. She tells us about the importance of the more than 150 years old temperature records kept by NOA and alerts us about the significant change observed during the last decades. She warns us of the significant increase in air-temperature; approximately one degree Celsius per decade which amount...
TTC #191 Numismatics: Lessons From the Past, Sophia Kremydi
July 16, 2015 17:15 - 12 minutes - 17 MBDr. Sophia Kremydi describes the history of her discipline, Numismatics, the study or collection of coins, paper currency, and medals. She tells us all about its origin and its evolution from the private to the public collections we admire today; and explains that the reason we collect ancient coins is not only, out of curiosity, but because they’re an important primary source of historical information that we can’t find from other sources. She also compares the ancient economies to the moder...
TTC #190 Realizing a Conservation Strategy for Marine Life Ecosystems, Stamatis Zogaris
July 16, 2015 10:20 - 12 minutes - 16.9 MBAn associate researcher and member of the 35year-strong Institute of Marine Biological Resources & Inland Waters at Hellenic Centre of Marine Research, Dr. Stamati Zogaris focuses on biodiversity conservation and protected area planning. He has extensive experience on monitoring ecosystems (fish / birds / wild life/ aquatic etc), so he underlines the urgent need for strategies, priorities and measures to be taken in order to protect our natural heritage. He tells us about the Natura 2000 net...
TTC #189 A Bright Future for Dark Matter, George Fanourakis
July 16, 2015 10:20 - 11 minutes - 16.6 MBParticle physicist and Research Director at NCSR “Demokritos”, Dr. George Fanourakis, talks about the scientific revolution that has improved our understanding of the Universe, during the last 15 years, as we try to decipher the mystery concerning dark matter and dark energy, and describes the important part the NCSR scientific team plays in the CAST experiment at CERN. He describes the special equipment they’ve developed to detect axions converted to x-rays, which are easier to study and tal...
TTC #188 Preparing the Next Generation of Scientists, Vangelis Karkaletsis
July 16, 2015 10:20 - 11 minutes - 16.2 MBDr. Vangelis Karkaletsis, the seasoned Research Director at NCSR “Demokritos”, dives into the quite significant educational activities at the historic Greek Research Center. He focuses on the ever increasing synergies it holds with American and European universities in joint PhD programs, the classic annual summer school for Greek students that this year turns 50 (!), as well as the successful biannual international school for young researchers. He also talks about the strengthening of intern...
TTC #187 From the Gulf Stream to the Mediterranean Seas, Charilaos (Charis) Kontoyiannis
July 15, 2015 20:42 - 14 minutes - 20.6 MBDr. Kontoyiannis is a physicist of the sea, a sea-going researcher who extracts valuable results based on the wealth of data obtained during his expeditions with the Hellenic Center of Marine Research. The main area of his vast experience has to do with sea currents, starting from the open seas (i.e. the Gulf Stream, which was the topic of his thesis) and reaching to a coastal ocean, like the Mediterranean, and more specifically the Aegean Sea. He talks about an interesting recent project he’...
TTC #185 Including Human Behaviour, Interaction & Communication in Machines, Spyros Raptis
July 15, 2015 20:41 - 16 minutes - 23.4 MBDr. Spyros Raptis has a degree in Electrical & Computer Engineering and a doctoral degree in computational intelligence. He talks about his main field of research and expertise which is speech and signal processing, and explains why sentiment analysis is significant, when it comes to building better interaction and communication processes in machines. To strengthen his point he presents the new HUBIC Lab: a state-of-the-art lab for studying human behaviour, interaction and communication by ca...
TTC #186 Green Chemistry, a Growing Environmental Need, Ioannis Costas
July 14, 2015 20:39 - 14 minutes - 20.6 MBDr. Ioannis Costas holds a doctoral degree in Chemistry and specialises in Catalysis and Organic Synthesis. His research, a palladium complex for the Suzuki reaction, is commercially available. He explains how Catalysis is a widely used process in chemistry & engineering with over 80% of all industrial processes involving it. Used in energy, food, industrial products, pharmaceuticals and many more fields, life as we know it, would be impossible without catalysis. Dr. Costas talks about his fi...
TTC #184 Loukanikos is Back! Demetris Gerogiannis
June 18, 2015 12:07 - 10 minutes - 14.4 MBDemetris and his team (Dimitrios Dessylas, Rox Kulliye and Spyridon Michelakis) chose to combine tourism with philanthropy in their proposition for BattleHack. Their idea is that visitors may use the PayPal platform to donate an amount of money in exchange for hearing and viewing a story about historical monuments of world heritage in Athens. Receivers of the donations will notify the donor about the progress of their cause via social media and SMS. Demetris, a PhD researcher from Ioannina U...
TTC #183 Developing Solutions for Social Good Apps. Pawel Sawicz
June 08, 2015 17:22 - 12 minutes - 16.9 MBPawel Sawicz is the API Developer and Developer Evangelist at JustGiving, a global social platform for giving, consisting of more than 24 million users. He talks about their participation in the Athens Battlehack 2015, which does have as main theme the creation of an app for social good. Since he was born and raised in Poland, is now working in the UK and travelling a lot, he lists the similarities and differences of the startup ecosystems. We also talk about social entrepreneurship and how c...
TTC #182 The Right Skills for a Developer. Robin Johnson
June 08, 2015 16:44 - 11 minutes - 16.6 MBRobin Johnson shares with us some interesting facts about Sendgrid, their amazing services and APIs and why they’re taking part at the Athens Battlehack 2015. He talks about the hackathons he’s taken part in and what his role, as a Developer Evangelist, encloses. We ask him about the core skills a developer should possess and he reveals some nice insights from his own experience. Last but not least we talk about which programming languages and frameworks are now hot or will be in the next yea...
TTC #180 Preaching Real Time Web Technologies. Pusher
June 08, 2015 16:37 - 11 minutes - 16.6 MBHamilton Chapman talks about Pusher, what services it offers through its APIs and why they’re taking part at the Athens Battlehack 2015. We ask him about real time web technologies, where we find them and what we can hope to see in the future. Will it be only notifications, chat and dashboards, as we’ve seen most apps use it up to now, or can we expect to see more interesting instances appearing in IoT, health and other fields that will start to really impact our lives. Follow him on Twitter ...
TTC #181 Being Part of BattleHack for the Fun of It! Manolis Nikiforakis
June 08, 2015 16:29 - 7 minutes - 10.6 MBManolis Nikiforakis and his team (Dimitris Karagiannis and Thanasis Daglis) set out to create a multiplayer reactive game, using mostly Arduinos and Particle (Spark) Cores, where the losers’ money would automatically be donated to charity! Well, that was the main idea, but -unfortunately- time was not enough for them to fully implement it during the 24-hour duration of BattleHack. Nevertheless, Manolis (a seasoned researcher and developer with 12+ years of experience), confessed to us that he...
TTC #179 Getting Developers Pumped on Code. Alberto Lopez Martin
June 08, 2015 16:22 - 10 minutes - 15.1 MBAs the title suggests it’s all about taking care of the Developer Community, PayPal and Braintree have created, and Alberto Lopez Martin sure has the way to get everyone motivated. A very lively Spaniard, he himself is an experienced developer and understands the pains and gains. He talks about BattleHack, as a member of the team for the past year; what it strives to accomplish and which are the best apps he has seen being created up to now. He looks forward to joining the next BattleHack in ...
TTC #178 Matching Candidates to Vacant Positions, QuizJob. Fotos Georgiadis
June 08, 2015 16:15 - 8 minutes - 11.9 MBFotos Georgiadis and his team (Dimitris Zorbas, Giannis Hatziioannidis, Javie Gonel) tried to find a viable solution, during BattleHack 2015 in Athens, to a very big problem, nowadays in Europe, mainly in Greece and Spain, but in other countries as well: the soaring unemployment amongst young people. Yet, many of them play and excel in trivia games. What if there was a mobile app that could match their skills and interests to prospective employees and vacant positions? Their idea proved to be...
TTC #177 It’s All About the Code. BattleHack’s John Lunn
June 08, 2015 16:04 - 13 minutes - 18.8 MBJohn Lunn, the main evangelist for the BattleHack series of events, has become a sort of legend. The great marketing efforts of Braintree_dev has contributed to this but also, his years of expertise in development and the genuine admiration of the developers that attend the event in every city. During the Athens event, held in May of 2015, John told us what BattleHack aims to achieve; whether PayPal is looking to hire developers through the event and whether it has been successful all these y...
TTC #176 Analysing the Genome, e-nios
May 21, 2015 16:20 - 40 minutes - 74.1 MBDr. Aristotelis Chatziioannou, Electrical & Computer Engineer, Dr. Lefteris Pilalis, Biochemist and Dr. Ioannis Valavanis, Computer Engineer, all with a degree in Bioinformatics present http://e-nios.com, a spin-off they created from the National Hellenic Research Foundation. They talk about the solutions e-nios offers for analysing and interpreting data derived from modern high throughput Genomics technologies and the opportunities that open up for them in the future. They mention what it me...
TTC #175 The winner of the BattleHack 2014 Axe speaks out, Shai Mishali
May 14, 2015 17:44 - 10 minutes - 20.5 MBShock, happiness, ecstasy, pure adrenaline and tiredness – those were the feelings moments after the announcement of the coveted victory… Shai Mishali, the global winner of BattleHack Competition Finals (https://2014.battlehack.org) in November 2014 (along with Pavel Kaminsky, as representatives of vibrant start-up city Tel Aviv, where they had won in the local competition), remembers the hot atmosphere, the VIP treatment and the unique experience of holding the Axe of Victory at San Jose, CA...
TTC #173 How to Keep the Network Reliable and its Customers Satisfied, Paul Carter
April 01, 2015 11:55 - 11 minutes - 13.8 MBOne of the greatest problems that network operators face in a daily basis, is how to keep their customers satisfied, in order to minimize churn. So, any serious proposal and solution on how to succeed in this endless battle, via controlling, configuring and testing a network, deserves attention. Paul Carter, president and CEO of Global Wireless Solutions, a data collection company specializing on information and competitive benchmarking, describes what it takes for the networks to ensure that...
TTC #168 What Kind of Threats are Out There for Your Devices, Raphael Labaca Castro
April 01, 2015 11:49 - 16 minutes - 18.7 MBRaphael Labaca Castro, Security Research at ESET & Chief Editor at WeLiveSecurity.com talked about some well known security threats, malware that could harm your devices, no matter your operating system, platform or technologies. Back in 2004 there was only malware that used bluetooth protocol; this has changed into new threats that encrypt the information of the android user to ask for ransom, to give back access to the data. Of course he mentions how a lot of people don’t really care about ...
TTC #174 Privacy & Security, Two Sides of the Holy Grail of WiFi, Michael Geer & Craig Vachon
April 01, 2015 11:25 - 15 minutes - 17.8 MBMichael and Craig of AnchorFree tell us about their company and its more than 300 million customers that increase by 200.000 per day! They also talk about their vision, that is to sell everybody the ability to be private and secure in WiFi environments, by utilizing encryption, regardless of the device and the network being used. They’re interested in selling their WiFi security application to big carriers, who will then distribute it to their subscriber base to making them happier - and this...
TTC #172 Geolocation Incorporated Within the SIM Card, Steevie Ooi
April 01, 2015 11:17 - 10 minutes - 11.9 MBA different approach to location-based services is being presented by Stevie Ooi, who is chief locationist at W-locate. While most other services are based on GPS signals (with all the relative problems of this solution, in the absence of signal, for eg. within buildings) their product is based on the SIM card itself, which pinpoints the position of the mobile phone and its owner. He tells us about the first rollout of their special network and device agnostic SIM card in Singapore and Thaila...
TTC #171 Apps & Games have their own Master’s Degree, Ramon Reig Bolano
April 01, 2015 11:12 - 13 minutes - 15.2 MBProfessor Ramon Reig Bolaño describes the new Master’s degree on Mobile Apps & Games that runs for the second year at Vic University, in Barcelona, and gives us useful information about the courses themselves, the goals of this innovative program and the different ways someone can enrol. He also talks about the latest trends in the gaming industry, including the recent turn to serious, health and education games, and, finally, he explains why the capital of Catalunya is an ideal place to nurt...
TTC #170 A Common Platform for Telehealth… We’re Getting Older! Joe Killen
April 01, 2015 11:05 - 11 minutes - 13.7 MBJoe Killen of Tunstall Group talks about the technology and services his 60-year-old company is offering to elders or people with chronic diseases, still living in their homes. He tells us a lot about the quite new (about 5-years-old) and innovative tele-health monitoring schemes, which are gaining ground, all over the world. Joe points out the need for standards, now that we have an abundance of biometric data concerning millions of people, as European population is getting older, and propos...
TTC #169 Referencing Citations & Bibliographies with a Click, Tom Hatton & Ian Forshew
April 01, 2015 10:59 - 12 minutes - 14.7 MBRefME is a free tool to generate citations, reference lists and bibliographies in just a click. It allows students to scan book and journal barcodes very quickly. It saves and syncs in the cloud meaning they can manage work across multiple devices from anywhere at any time. With over 7000 formats from university specific styles to choose from, RefME is a one-click free and super easy referencing tool that has been taking campuses by storm, attracting over 500,000. Tom Hatton and Ian Forshew t...
TTC #167 How Secure are Your Devices, Phil Zimmermann
April 01, 2015 10:53 - 12 minutes - 14.7 MBPrivacy and security are important in the digital and data world and especially after Snowdens’ revelations. Phil Zimmermann, the creator of PGP and Zfone and currently the Co-Founder of Silent Circle is the most suitable person to talk about the privacy and security issues we face. How enterprises and their employees can protect their data including an average user. Social media and various devices make it really easy for people to reveal important information about their lives, without them...
TTC #166 How Connectivity can Really Change the World as we Know it, Rami Avidan
April 01, 2015 10:45 - 13 minutes - 15.9 MBConnectivity and Internet of things will be changing our lives. Rami Avidan the M2M Director of Tele2 Group mentions some really interesting case studies that Tele2 has been involved in. We will see new business models implemented as companies will try to offer better and personalised services. How can customers protect their data, is another topic Rami Avidan talks about, focusing on how important it is for the buyer to know where his data is shared and for what reasons. He also foresees new...
TTC #165 Smart Bottle, NFC Labels and Technologies, Jennifer Ernst
April 01, 2015 10:35 - 14 minutes - 16.7 MBJennifer Ernst, Chief Strategy Officer for Thinfilm explains how Near Field Communication(NFC) labels and new technologies can revolutionize personalisation and create dynamic marketing content. Thinfilm has partnered with Diageo to produce Smart Bottles and offer their customers a unique, premium brand, experience. These type of technologies like OpenSense have already been applied to cosmetics, medicine distribution and industries where counterfeiting is a serious issue. The label also perm...
TTC #164 Personalisation of Services, David Chalmers
April 01, 2015 10:20 - 15 minutes - 18 MBInternet of Things, wearables, new devices and NFV are some of the new technologies that David Chalmers Chief Technologist, VP EMEA at Hewlett-Packard talks about. How technology will impact society from driverless cars, to sensors in everything we will own. He also talks about the opportunity for enterprises to personalise their services improving customer experience based on preferences and location. Interviewed by Sakis Triantafyllakis for Tech Talks Central.
TTC #163 The Future of Cashless Societies, Corrado Tomassoni
April 01, 2015 10:08 - 13 minutes - 15.2 MBPayPal is one of the largest players in online and mobile payment systems. They have many programs supporting startups and developers like BattleHack, Blueprint, Start Tank and have partnered with many top incubators, accelerators and VCs like 500 startups, Techstars, Google Ventures, Seedcamp, Startupbootcamp and much more. Corrado discusses with us how mobile payments will lead to cashless societies and some interesting fintech startups that will drive the innovation in the industry. Interv...
TTC #162 Democratizing Access to Financial Information, Alexandra Pontikis
April 01, 2015 10:00 - 13 minutes - 16 MBThe Fin-tech industry is booming and Alexandra Pontikis, Social Media and Marketing Manager explains what Invstr is and offers. With 50.000 downloads, invstr is a social network for finance that provides high quality information to users that was previously accessible only to certain elite groups. Alexandra talks about their business model, their plans for this year and their vision. Interviewed by Sakis Triantafyllakis for Tech Talks Central.
TTC #161 We absolutely have to be prepared for IoT! Fotis Karonis
March 27, 2015 00:50 - 11 minutes - 13.7 MBJust a few days, after being named CTO for the Year 2015 by Mobile Europe, due to his critical contribution to the successful LTE rollout by EE, Fotis Karonis talks to TTC Web Radio about this great honour and what it means for him. He talks about his company - EE, which boasts about its fastest and largest 4G network and subscriber base in Europe; recently acquired by British Telecom for 12,5 bn pounds - describing the challenges and the opportunities he faces in his job. Among them, the eve...
TTC #160 Re-inventing NOKIA, Phil Twist
March 27, 2015 00:42 - 12 minutes - 14.4 MBPhil Twist, VP in Portfolio Marketing for NSN/Nokia talks about the goals of the re-invented and refreshed Nokia and its ambitions for the future... He tells us about Nokia Radio Cloud, the proposed migration route of the big telcos to the cloud that may increase their flexibility and capacity. He comments on the exponentially expanding market of the connected machines and things, that includes everything producing or crunching loads of data - from IoT to Smart TVs, connected cars and factory...
TTC #159 Smart Plates that Convert Showrooms to Scan and Buy spots, Tomohiro Hagiwara
March 20, 2015 18:42 - 12 minutes - 14.8 MBTomohiro Hagiwara from the Tokyo based Aquabit Spirals company talks about their new product Smart Plate, an IoT connected card which delivers digital content to smartphones, directly. The actual plates connect, through an application, to the mobile which means the user can change the content on the fly. He explains how retailers in Japan -where real estate is very expensive and inventories are costly- prefer to create product showrooms, with a visual display or a single number of the item fo...
TTC #158 Mobile Efficiency for the Construction Industry, Tom Erik von Krogh-Martinsen
March 20, 2015 18:35 - 8 minutes - 9.89 MBTom Erik von Krogh-Martinsen, CEO and founder of CHECKD, a mobile software as a service application for the construction industry. CHECKD was launched in Nov.2013 by a small Oslo based team and Tom Erik explains how he came about the idea, from his vast personal experience in construction and the need to solve the issue of over 30% waste in all construction projects. Although there are many office solutions that can help you control production they wanted to move everything in the field, whic...
TTC #157 Enriching CRM Data with Customer Voice and Emotions, Leslie Cottenje
March 20, 2015 18:29 - 10 minutes - 12.6 MBLeslie Cottenje, coFounder at the Belgian startup ‘Hello Customer’ talks about their B2B service which keeps things simple by asking one question Would you recommend such product or company to your friends or family? With their second open question they offer text and sentiment analysis, taking away the burden from their customers of surveying, analysing and storing of customer feedback. Leslie explains how she wants to help companies listen to their customers and how her own company is growi...
TTC #156 Discovering New Markets & Services in Healthcare, Jorge Fernandez Miranda
March 20, 2015 18:19 - 19 minutes - 22.3 MBJorge Fernandez Miranda, Global Health of Consumer Digital Health B2C at Telefonica talks about the number one Spanish multinational Telco and how they hope to transform healthcare through three basic areas, a. the digital hospital & transforming healthcare processes, b. population health management, changing the way healthcare is delivered (remote management & telemedicine) and c. consumer digital health services. He mentions that very few telcos are approaching the end-consumer market, whil...
TTC #155 Converting Paper Maps into Digital with Geolocation, Jonathan Falon
March 20, 2015 14:07 - 7 minutes - 9.2 MBTrimaps converts any classic image map to an actual digital interactive map with geolocation. Jonathan Falon, founder at Trimaps, explains how the application works on mobiles and how it can be used for hotels, recreation parks, golf courses and many more. They have an API for website use and an SDK for developers. Jonathan talks about their monetization model, their team and how they utilized their initial seed funding. He goes on to explain the use of their other product, called Tricount, w...
TTC #154 Context Aware Technology Provider with High Accuracy, Filip Maertens
March 20, 2015 14:00 - 17 minutes - 20.1 MBFilip Maertens, Founder and Chief Product Officer of Sentiance a Belgian B2B startup that builds a rich contextual profile on the true behaviour of a user by using the built-in sensors of his/her mobile or wearables. As the company moto goes it makes Smart devices intelligent! Their product is a software development kit with revenues from daily active users. Filip mentions how they were surprised to find that the industry with the biggest interest in their product was the insurance companies ...
TTC #153 IoT will need Security of Data & better Management of Devices, Costis Papadimitrakopoulos
March 20, 2015 13:52 - 17 minutes - 20.6 MBCostis Papadimitrakopoulos, CEO of Globo presents GLOBO, an international leader and technology innovator delivering multi-platform enterprise mobility management and telecom software solutions. He talks about the significance of security in the era of IoT and how his company is evolving it’s product architecture to offer security of data and better management of devices. He also adds that their future plans are to provide their software as open source in order to create a larger ecosystem. I...