pitchable

In this episode, we discuss the world of wearable devices with Desney Tan, principal researcher from the Medical Devices Group at Microsoft, and Amish Patel, director of experiences and design for the Personal Devices Group at Microsoft. Hear about the research & development that went into the Microsoft Band and Health Platform, and how these tools help people improve overall healthcare, fitness, productivity and other aspects of daily life. 

The Next at Microsoft Podcast Ep. 5 - The World of Wearables

At Sci Futures, Ari Popper and his team of visionary engineers, writers, and tinkerers play with the imagined future.  With some of the world's top brands and corporations as clients, his job is literally taking science fiction from movies, books, and television and turning them to actionable products and services we can see today.  From Visa to General Mills to Lowe's (for which they made a real life version of Star Trek's Holodeck), Ford, Crayola and more, Ari has been the puppet master pulling the strings to make the future happen right before our eyes. On Innovation Crush, Ari discusses his tools of the trade, leaving his sales job, what he wanted to be as a kid, his workplace superpower, and what it takes to accurately predict the future through fiction.  

See Ari and others like him live at http://createtech.aaaa.org/#ct2015-1

#102:  Ari Popper - Turning Science Fiction into Fact

Cate Cadell, editor in chief from Technode at Beijing joined us in this episode to discuss the Baidu Group, China’s largest search engine & maps and part of the BAT axis in China. In our conversation, we discussed Baidu from the perspective of the management team & board led by Robin Li, their business structures and current strategies behind Baidu that include their alliances with Facebook & Uber from the West & their heavy investments into O2O services. We also discussed if Baidu is the weakest of the BAT ecosystem. Last but not least, we discussed the ongoing story where Baidu is investigated by the Chinese authorities on their medical ads.

Episode 112: The Baidu Group With Cate Cadell

The Next at Microsoft podcast features prominent guests and thinkers from inside and outside the company to share untold or under-explored stories about technology. We’ll focus on technology, innovation, and the future of Microsoft and the technology industry at-large. Each podcast is hosted by our own David Chen. To find out more, go to http://blogs.microsoft.com/next/.
