TechRadio Best of 2017

This week we pick some highlights form the floor of CES 2017 in Las Vegas. Also, Niall takes a trip to UCD for a sit down with Digital Chair of Computer Science and Director of the Insight Centre for Data Analytics Barry Smith.

Cognitive Computing explained with Prof Barry Smith, UCD

This week Niall meets Accenture Digital managing director Paul Pierotti to talk about how analytics and machine learning are bringing a new slant to this year's 6 Nations Championship. 
Back in the studio we cover Donald Trump's migrant ban and how it could be good news for tech companies in Ireland.

Accenture Digital's Paul Pierotti talks machine learning at the 6 Nations

On this week's show IBM Research VP and chief science officer for Cognitive Computing Dr Guruduth Banavar explains ethics in AI.
Back home we look at the unlikely highlights of this year's Mobile World Congress and explain the current 'scandal' of EU roaming charges.

IBM Research's Guruduth Banavar talks ethical AI

This week Niall meets Nikki Lannen, CEO of Dublin-based game studio Warducks. Back in the studio Dusty recaps the headlines for the week.

Warducks CEO Nikki Lannen talks Sneaky Bears and VR

How will tech change our shopping experience in years to come?  Retail futurist Howard Saunders has some amazing insights.  We also find out the real meaning behind this week's Google I/O.

Howard Saunders on the scary future of retail

In this extended interview Niall Kitson meets Bank of Ireland head of design thinking Lesley Tully to find out how business can benefit from a more creative approach to problem solving.

TechRadio Extra: The value of design thinking with Bank of Ireland's Lesley Tully

This week Google gets hit by a record EU fine; ransomware (Not)Petya goes international; and Dusty talks to astronaut Dan Tani as part of Cork Institute of Technology's 2017 Space Studies Programme.

One step beyond with astronaut Dan Tani

Do you have a licence for that hydraulic hand? Can your employer decide how you shouild be rebuilt after an accident on the job? We explore these ideas and more with legal researcher Shane P. McNamee.

Legally cyborg with Shane P. McNamee

Can you be tricked into handing over personal information? Have you ever gotten into a concert without a ticket? How secure are help desks? Jenny Radcliffe is an expert in social engineering who knows all about getting what you want through the power of persuasion. This week Jenny got Niall Kitson to devote an entire show to interviewing her.

Hacking the human with Jenny Radcliffe

Where does the science of data end and the art of data begin? This week Niall explores this idea with Jer Thorp, co-founder of The Office for Creative Research, Adjunct Professor at New York University's ITP programme and innovator in residence at the Library of Congress.
In other news, Facebook, Google and Twitter get a grilling over Russia.

Jer Thorp on the art and science of data

Technology news from Ireland to the world

TechRadio Best of 2017

Tech Radio Ireland