A conversation about living our lives with technology. Life, Meet Tech explores the ways in which our daily lives intersect with technology and the impact technology has on us, collectively and individually. How does technology help us live our best life and how does it hold us back? How can we harness the power of tech for good and how does it hurt us? Each episode features lively and provocative conversations with an array of notable experts, authors, journalists, and industry leaders on all things tech-life.Life, Meet Tech is a co-production of WKAR Public Media and the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University.
Prabu David is joined by waste expert Aaron Johnson to dive into tech's impact on waste management. From landfills to recycling, explore sustainable innovations.
29 Aug 2023
Child’s Play: Technology and Toys
Prabu David is joined by toy tech enthusiast Stephen Davis to explore how connectivity, AR, VR, and fluid play are reshaping kids' experiences.
29 Aug 2023
The Future of Farming
Prabu David is joined by farming tech expert Brett McClelland to explore the impact of innovation on agriculture, from AI to sustainable practices.
29 Aug 2023
Tech In The Wild
Prabu David is joined by Rachael Bale from National Geographic to uncover tech's role in wildlife conservation. Explore tracking, DNA, and sustainable futures.
29 Aug 2023
How’d They Come Up With That?
Prabu David is joined by tech expert Andy MacMillan to unravel how user data shapes innovative products, exploring privacy, usability, and human-centric tech.
29 Aug 2023
Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War
Prabu David is joined by author Paul Scharre to explore ethics, legality, and tech impact of autonomous weapons in modern warfare.
29 Aug 2023
Body of Data
Prabu David is joined by biometrics expert Arun Ross to unravel the world of facial, iris, and voice recognition. Explore ethics, privacy, and societal impact.
29 Aug 2023
Sonic Humanism
Prabu David is joined by Amy Crawford of Made Music Studio to delve into sonic branding's psychology, emotional impact, and world-shaping potential.
29 Aug 2023
Meet Me In The Metaverse
Prabu David is joined by Scholar Robby Ratan for an insightful exploration of the metaverse's transformative potential. Delve into gaming, ethics, and societal impact.
1 Dec 2021
The Future of Technology
Prabu David is joined by leading global futurist Shawn Dubravac for a peek into his crystal ball at the incredible future of consumer technology and the industrial economy.
24 Nov 2021
The Road Ahead
Prabu David rides shotgun with Fred Jacobs, automotive expert and the godfather of classic rock radio, as they look at the exciting road ahead for automotive technology.
17 Nov 2021
Thought Contagion
Prabu David is joined by Greg Teachout, one of his favorite colleagues and armchair experts, to discuss everything from the thought contagion and Greg’s newfound fascination with the hurdy gurdy.
10 Nov 2021
The Thing About Social Media
In this episode, Prabu David invites Kjerstin Thorson, a researcher and professor at Michigan State University, to discuss how social media uses our own user data to determine what we see.
3 Nov 2021
The Future of Work
In this episode, Prabu David discusses the future of work with IT expert and the president of IDC, Crawford Del Prete, to find out what he thinks about the impact of technology on business and society.
27 Oct 2021
The Attention Economy
Today’s world runs on an attention economy that’s driven by technology, and businesses profit from our attention. In this episode, Prabu David talks with leading researcher, neuroscientist, and author Amishi Jha about the real price of our attention.
20 Oct 2021
Technology and Justice
Picking up where last week’s episode left off, Prabu examines algorithmic bias. Rebecca Wexler explains the black box nature of algorithms used in the criminal justice system and explains why Glenn Rodríguez was denied parole by the COMPAS algorithm.
GUEST: Rebecca Wexler, co-director of the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology.
RELATED LINKS:
More about Rebecca Wexler
https://www.law.berkeley.edu/our-faculty/faculty-profiles/rebecca-wexler/
ARTICLE: When a Computer Program Keeps You In Jail. New York Times.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/13/opinion/how-computers-are-harming-criminal-justice.html
13 Oct 2021
Forensic Technology
Forensic Files, Dexter, Dateline, Bones, CSI. Our streaming queues are full of crime shows that use all sorts of forensic technology -- from DNA sequencing and fingerprint analysis to facial recognition. Have you ever wondered if these technologies are accurate? Prabu takes a close look at how forensic technology is applied in criminal investigations. The episode includes a deep dive into the misapplication of forensic technology and the wrongful conviction case against Mr. Steven Barnes, who spent 20 years behind bars for a murder he didn’t commit until he was exonerated through the Innocence Project.
GUEST: Sarah Chu, senior advisor on forensic science policy for the Innocence Project.
RELATED LINKS
More About Sarah Chu
https://innocenceproject.org/teams/#SarahChu
The Innocence Project
https://innocenceproject.org/
The Innocence Project: Steven Barnes
https://innocenceproject.org/cases/steven-barnes/
13 Oct 2021
Trust in AI
As humans, we generally have an inherent trust in technology. Calculators are correct. ATMs are accurate. Computers are objective. It’s a relationship that begins when we are young, and we don’t even think about it most of the time. Now, we’ve allowed Alexa, Siri, Google and Facebook into our lives. Tech giants use this trust to access our data, both to benefit us and profit from us. In this episode, Prabu examines our trust in machines and the dilemma of a paradox: our willingness to trust machines with our data to give us better experiences even as we fear that are our data could be exploited.
GUEST: S. Shyam Sundar, founder and co-director of the Media Effects Research Laboratory at Penn State University.
RELATED LINKS
More about S. Shyam Sundar
https://www.bellisario.psu.edu/people/individual/s.-shyam-sundar
Scary Pizza Order at ACLU.org
https://www.aclu.org/ordering-pizza
21 Sept 2021
Introducing Life, Meet Tech
How does technology help us live our best life? How does it hold us back?Prabu David introduces the new podcast exploring how our daily lives intersect with technology.
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