• Robots and Farming in the UK
    Jan 28 2022

    In this episode I speak with Florian Richter, co-founder of the company Muddy Machines. We discuss the benefits of a machine learning system, the insights robots can provide, how it changes the labour market in farming and the benefits it can provide.

     

    For more about Muddy Machines: https://www.muddymachines.com 

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    22 mins
  • Humanitarian Mobile Phone Apps
    Aug 2 2021

    In this episode I speak with Richard Strachan from 3 SIDED CUBE about how mobile phone applications can be used in the humanitarian sector. Richard is the Managing Director of 3 SIDED CUBE and is passionate about building technology for good and finding digital solutions that save and change lives. We discuss the apps that 3 SIDED CUBE has developed for organisations such as the World Resources Institute and the Red Cross.

    For more about these apps and the work of 3 SIDED CUBE: https://3sidedcube.com

     

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    32 mins
  • AI, Data and Climate Change
    Apr 14 2021

    In this episode I speak with Peter Clutton-Brock from the Centre for AI and Climate about how artificial intelligence and data science can be used to tackle climate change. We discuss digital twins, market regulation and data innovation.

     For more about the Centre for AI and Climate: https://www.c-ai-c.org

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    20 mins
  • A Data Rights movement in Africa: #RestoreDataRights
    Jan 13 2021

    In this episode I speak with Al Kags from the Open Institute and Tom Orrell from DataReady about their involvement in a grassroots movement in Africa. The #RestoreDataRights movement aims to protect individual's data rights in the face of the mass collection of personal data in the COVID-19 pandemic.

    For more about the movement: https://restoredatarights.africa 

    Also see: https://openinstitute.africa and https://dataready.org 

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    20 mins