Did you know that imec is celebrating its forty year anniversary this year? This week, Olivier Rousseaux (imec) joins me to chat all about how imec is encouraging start up innovation with its DeepTechVentures. We investigate how imec can help you with your deep tech startup, the steps included the Imec.DeepTechVentures research process, and some of Olivier’s favorite startups that have been supported by imec.

Are you ready to jump feet first into the world of infrared sensor technology? In this week’s podcast, Phlux Technology CEO Ben White and I chat all about Plux Technology’s groundbreaking avalanche photodiode (APD) infrared sensor technology. We investigate the benefits that these sensors will bring to a variety of different applications and where Ben sees sustainable photonic technology development headed in the future. Also this week, I check out a new stretchy electronic skin developed at the University of Texas Austin that could equip robots with the same softness and touch sensitivity as human skin.

This week’s Fish Fry podcast is all about digital signal processing! Pulin Desai (Cadence Design Systems) joins me to chat about recent developments in vision, radar and lidar applications, AI inference trends that are driving the need for flexible and programmable digital signal processing, and why DSPs are indispensable in the new world of artificial intelligence. Also this week, I check out a new PCB prototype developed at the University of Washington that is almost completely recyclable. (Spoiler Alert: It can turn into jelly!)

Low Earth Orbit satellite communication takes center stage in this week’s Fish Fry podcast! Mike McLernon from MathWorks joins me to chat all about the advantages of Low Earth Orbit satellites versus traditional Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) satellites, the challenges of this kind of satellite technology, and the tools and practices that engineers can use to overcome these challenges. Also this week, I investigate new research from the University of Helsinki that contends that we can accurately predict LEO satellite movement with the help of weather models.

My podcast guest this week is Tim Stewart, Director of Business Development at Aitech. Tim and I investigate how AI is enabling decision superiority, the details of the OODA Loop, and the role that project convergence will play in the future of battlefield technologies. (We also talk about Tim’s Titanic lego project!) Keeping with our military theme, I also check out a new autonomous submarine developed by the Australian government called the Ghost Shark!

My podcast guest this week is Femtosense CEO Sam Fok! Sam and I chat about the role that sparsity will play in the future of AI, the details of Femtosense’s SPU hardware platform and how Femtosense’s AI technology is being used for AI speech enhancement in hearing aids. Also this week, I check out how you can design your own function warp drive with the help of a new groundbreaking open source software toolkit called Warp Factory.

I am happy to announce that longtime friend of the show Alissa Fitzgerald is my guest this week! Alissa and I discuss MEMS product development, the details of AMFitzgerald’s unique innovation process, and why recent developments in thin-film PZT MEMS chips will change the future of MEMS applications.