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Michael Snyder: Insights from medicine’s most-measured man
Mar 03, 2023With the advent of wearable devices and omnipresent monitoring of heart, lungs, blood and more, scientists can now gather unprecedented amounts of personal medical data. Just ask guest Michael Snyder,...
Barbara van Schewick: Net neutrality and the future of the internet
Feb 24, 2023While many users remain blissfully unaware, a battle is raging for the future of the internet. On the one hand are the large phone and cable companies who want to promote their services and to charge ...
Beatriz Magaloni: Data illuminate the cycle of police violence in Latin America
Feb 17, 2023Beatriz Magaloni is a lawyer and a professor of political science who studies the challenges at the intersection of governance, poverty, and police violence in Latin America. On this episode of Stanfo...
Nicholas Bloom: Home is where the work is
Feb 10, 2023Guest Nicholas Bloom has studied telecommuting for 20 years. Prior to the pandemic, he says, just five percent of days were “worked from home,” but the number is now closer to one in three. It looks l...
Mac Schwager: How engineers are putting the ‘auto’ in autonomous
Jan 27, 2023On this episode of Stanford Engineering’s The Future of Everything podcast, guest Mac Schwager talks safety in multi-robot systems, like those controlling the autonomous vehicles that will soon fill o...
Ilan Kroo: Better ways to build an airplane
Jan 20, 2023Our guest on this episode of Stanford Engineering’s The Future of Everything podcast, Ilan Kroo, is an expert in aircraft design. But when Kroo talks of aircraft, he means a new generation of flying v...
Helen Blau: New life for old muscles
Dec 16, 2022Helen Blau is a stem cell biologist and expert in why, as we age, our muscles weaken, even if we get exercise and try to stay fit. In an age when humans are living longer, our muscles are critical to ...
Lawrence Wein: Computation cracks cold cases
Dec 02, 2022This episode's guest on Stanford Engineering’s The Future of Everything podcast is Lawrence Wein, an expert in the science of catching criminals using DNA left behind years or even decades prior. All ...
Doug James: Computer-generated sound catches its graphical sibling
Nov 18, 2022Natural sounds in the world around us are based on the principles of physics. Today’s guest on Stanford Engineering’s The Future of Everything podcast, Doug James, uses those same principles to create...
Melissa Valentine: The rise of the flash organization
Nov 11, 2022This episode's guest on Stanford Engineering’s The Future of Everything podcast, management science and engineering professor Melissa Valentine studies a workplace phenomenon known as the flash organi...