I tēnei ata Jesin James talks about her research with speech and language technologies (think Siri and Alexa) and how to create smart tech for less widely spoken languages, like New Zealand English and Te Reo Māori. Whakarongo mai! You can also check out more of Jesin's work with speech research here.
PhD candidate Isurie Akarawita gives us the info on her doctoral thesis on Smart Chewing Robots ~ and how robots can help circumvent the emotional bias present in human studies on how we enjoy our kai.
Alesha Wells a Doctoral student at the School of Psychological Medicine joins Jonny for Ready Steady Learn to yarn about a current trial of LSD microdosing in late-stage cancer patients at the University of Auckland.
Lachlan spoke with Green MP Golriz Ghahraman and bFM reporter Harry Willis spoke with JustSpeak's Tania Sawicki mead about the ban on prisoner voting rights and their campaigns to get the ban lifted.
The Privacy Commissioner says smart electricity meters could be compromising the security of people through data collection. We speak with John Edwards about this.
On the Wire today we have Dear Science as usual with Allan Blackman talking about possible interstellar probes, luminescent fingerprints and nuclear fusion.
Conor Knell speaks with NZEI president Lynda Stuart about getting rid of National Standards.
Lisa Boudet talks with Ian Musson, the programme manager for Kōkiri, a new Māori startup accelerator and Māori entrepreneurship.
Finally, Lillian Hanly investigates a new game played on your smart phones called The Problem.
The Spinoff is an online magazine that publishes a wide range of news, media criticism, and cultural observations. They’re self-described as ‘smart, funny and provocative.’ The magazine’s founder, Duncan Greive just announced he was stepping aside from his role as editor with Toby Manhire taking his place. Joel talked to Duncan about his journey to editor and why he made the move to managing editor.
Summer is well and truely coming (as it does every year) and Penelope is back with us to talk about hats. But not your standard, sun-smart hat, we're talking bicornes and tricornes in all different colours and sizes. Is it time to bring this trendy number back?
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