Tangible Computing
The Tangible Computing podcast is about where computing meets the real world, from the fast and complex like controlling an engine, to imaging a patient or scheduling an airline. We want to trigger your curiosity by talking to the people behind the scenes of making the modern world happen, deepening your understanding of where computation plays a role in our everyday lives and motivating you to help engineer a better world.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 40 minutes
- Episodes
- 22
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2022
Why Tangible Computing Season 2
Short conversation between Andrew and Gareth about the highlights of Season 1 (first 20 episodes) and the rational for the second season.
#20 Benno Broer: Quantum Processing Units
In this episode, we talk with Benno Broer, CCO of PASQAL, about what types of problems Quantum Computing will help solve. We also dive deeper into what it takes to develop algorithms for quantum com…
#19 Vincent Warmerdam: Teaching People to Teach Machines to Understand
Vincent Warmerdam is a research advocate at Rasa – we discuss some of the challenges of making good chatbots, such as different languages and mistaken intents. We also touch on the career path to a r…
#18 - Roos and Geert - Data Science with Purpose
Roos Rooijakkers and Geert Jongen are data scientists at Pipple. We discuss some of the different roles in data science and data engineering, what makes a problem a good fit for data science and how …
#17 Cor Datema: For a Safer World
In this episode, Cor Datema co-founder and managing director of Dynaxion Security shares how by using neutrons, analyzing the resulting gamma rays with artificial intelligence we can have a deeper un…
#14 Albert Maas: Making the building blocks for robotics
Albert Maas is the CEO of Avular, they make drones and robots, but more importantly the building blocks and platforms to help others put them together quickly. Albert talks about some of the key ins…
#13 Koen Vossen: Sport Analytics
Koen Vossen in this episode shares what inspired him to create his company called TeamTV which focuses on Sports Analytics. We discuss the challenges in capturing data and video for different sports …
#12 Dennis Ramondt: Role of AI in Eliminating Industrial Energy Waste
Dennis Ramondt shares his views on how his company Sensorfact uses AI to help reduce energy bills for large factories. He talks about the amount of data, the infrastructure used at Sensorfact to mana…
#11 Daniel Rohr: Improving Trucking with Data Science
Daniel Rohr discusses helping trucks predict fuel efficiency and produce less CO2 with data science at Tracks. He talks about how much data is available from telematics, how to use random forests an…
#10 Iris Soute: The World is Our Playground
This episode we interview Iris Soute, an entrepreneur in the Netherlands who founded Picoo which creates toys for children to play outside, empowered with technology. Picoo faces unique challenges in…
#9 Wouter Kuijpers: The Value of Student Competitions - RoboCup Explained
Wouter Kuijpers a former team captain of Tech United one of the most successful teams in the RoboCup (Middle Size League) explains the motivation for having a team of robots playing football autonomo…
#8 Giel van den Broeck: Building Design Tools for DC Microgrids
Giel Van den Broeck, co-founder of Direct Energy Partners is building software to help design and simulate DC microgrids. We also discuss value of DC compared to AC distribution, programming in Juli…
#7 Christopher Bailey: Teaching the world python
Christopher Bailey , @digiglean is the host of the Real Python podcast, which helps people around the world learn, and master python. He talks about his experiences starting from recording engineerin…
#6 Bartosz Górecki: Using simulations to help batteries last longer
Bartosz Górecki, CEO of QuickerSim shares some real examples of running CFD simulations to help predict battery degradation, discusses some of the challenges and tradeoffs of doing simulations and ta…
#5 Joost Brilman: The Story Behind String Art
Joost Brilman is an electronics expert in Eindhoven who runs Studio String Art (https://www.studiostringart.nl/tc) Joost creates personalized art using a robot to wrap a single string, sometimes kilo…
#4 Luís Oliveira: Optical Wireless Communication - The Last Mile
Luís Oliveira shares his motivational story from doing volunteer work to explaining how his company, Aircision, helps people stay connected using free space optics instead of putting down expensive f…
#3 Rudie Verweij: Cooling down the planet one server at a time.
Rudei Verweij the CEO of Incooling, shares his passion for cooling servers with 2 Phase technology which allows the same silicon to do more computing; and how simulation helps to design it better. In…
#2 Gareth Thomas: Technical and Scientific Computing Landscape
Gareth Thomas is the co-founder of VersionBay (https://www.versionbay.com) and is one of the co-hosts of Tangible Computing. In this episode, you will about his company and his views on the Technica…