We chat with Sami Pippuri, Nokia’s Lumia Product Marketing Director about Nokia’s Imaging SDK and the spaceselfie app which was developed to showcase its capabilities while providing users a fun and out of this world experience. The interview took place at WIPJam, Mobile World Congress 2014.


TTC #22. Nokia, on a Mission to Capture the Imagination of Developers

Dr. Christos Tsambaris, Nuclear Physicist & Oceanographer of the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, talks about nuclear physics, environmental protection, and advancements in marine technology such as the Katerina system he helped develop suitable for detecting radioactivity in polluted waters. Interviewed by Tina Miteko for Tech Talks Central.

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TTC #91 Innovations in Marine Research: Detecting Radioactivity Levels

Dr. Garyfallia Drossopoulou explains in simple terms what neural stem cell development from the human olfactory mucosa(in the nose) means for patients with spine injuries and other related health problems. She dwells into the purpose of cultivating such cells in order to get concentrated populations but also capable of multiplying & self-renewing. She explains the ‘olfactory’ term and the solution it entails to finding the right tissue without ethical boundaries. Ending, she gives us her own insights on whether young students should follow her footsteps in medical research and what they should expect from the science. Interviewed by Vicki Kolovou for Tech Talks Central.


TTC #78 Neural Stem Cells from Olfactory Ensheathing Cells

Prof. Guang-Zhong Yang talks about The Hamlyn Centre and their research focus on sensing, imaging and robotics and how they’re interested in developing technology that is safe and effective for all medical devices, whilst having a strong kinetical value, making technology accessible. He talks about the body sensor network and their pervasive use; starting from wearables up to implanted sensors; how they catch signs that help distinguish possible health issues or how they can implant sensors after surgeries in order to monitor the status of the area ie. inflammation, infections etc. and prevent further deterioration. He goes on to explain how their research in imaging, sensing and robotics is creating smart medical tools with sensors and how they’re all linked with the ultimate goal of minimal invasive surgery, intervening early and preventing problems before they become irreversible. Dr. Yang adds his prediction for the future of predictive, personalised and participative health. Interviewed by Vicki Kolovou for Tech Talks Central.

TTC #103 Leading sensing, imaging and robotics into a new era, Prof. Guang-Zhong Yang

Dr. Kayyali explains the benefits of CANadvice, an Android mobile application tested in 2014 in UK and used by patients receiving oral chemotherapy at home, in order to alert their doctors about possible quite painful side-effects, while undergoing treatment. She also speaks about Welcome, a European project which is in essence a monitoring system for pulmonary diseased patients, based in the cloud. Interviewed by Yannis Rizopoulos for Tech Talks Central.

TTC #117 Monitoring of oral chemotherapy patients at home, Prof. Reem Kayyali

Oren Seliger is a lucky guy, as he and his team are the first to lay hands on and evaluate, every new piece of infrastructure used today by the company - the same infrastructure that Cisco proposes to its customers, as well as its Intelligent Autonomous Cloud, the new generation network with lots of extra benefits offered today. He gives us an insider look to all and even more... Interviewed by Yannis Rizopoulos for Tech Talks Central

TTC #136 Being the first to evaluate infrastructure experience, Oren Seliger

Phil Twist, VP in Portfolio Marketing for NSN/Nokia talks about the goals of the re-invented and refreshed Nokia and its ambitions for the future... He tells us about Nokia Radio Cloud, the proposed migration route of the big telcos to the cloud that may increase their flexibility and capacity. He comments on the exponentially expanding market of the connected machines and things, that includes everything producing or crunching loads of data - from IoT to Smart TVs, connected cars and factory equipment, to home devices and even robotic surgery systems. He also explains all about the LTE-U (or Licensed Assisted Access) technology, which is a small-cell solution using WiFi unlicensed spectrum for additional LTE capacity, with the aim of offering improved network performance and superior customer experience. Interviewed by Yannis Rizopoulos for Tech Talks Central.


TTC #160 Re-inventing NOKIA, Phil Twist

Raphael Labaca Castro, Security Research at ESET & Chief Editor at WeLiveSecurity.com talked about some well known security threats, malware that could harm your devices, no matter your operating system, platform or technologies. Back in 2004 there was only malware that used bluetooth protocol; this has changed into new threats that encrypt the information of the android user to ask for ransom, to give back access to the data. Of course he mentions how a lot of people don’t really care about their data as they “don’t have nothing to hide or be afraid of” but they are all exposed to threats.  Interviewed by Sakis Triantafyllakis for Tech Talks Central.


TTC #168 What Kind of Threats are Out There for Your Devices, Raphael Labaca Castro

George Dafoulas, internal medicine resident at the University of Athens, talks about how they used data from one of the largest e-prescription databases to develop epidemiology outcomes, and correlations with other diseases, concerning three specific non-biased chronic diseases. With the use of a university grant they analysed the Greek e-prescription data, which includes over 98% of local residents, developing one of the first large epidemiology studies in Europe. He and his team plan to continue developing their algorithm and methodology, well into the future. Interviewed by Vicki Kolovou for Tech Talks Central.

TTC #224  Using 10M Health Records to Develop an Epidemiology Study

Kostas Sarafianos, Commercial Director at mPass explains how their new Internet of Things platform for retailers, Explor IT works. Although the concept is simple they hope to facilitate different retailers, who need something easy and manageable to enhance consumer experience. Interviewed by Vicki Kolovou for Tech Talks Central.


TTC #231 Bringing IoT Functionality to Retailers

Helen Keegan, organiser of Swedish Beers and Mobile Advertising Expert, Troy Norcross, Startup Adviser and Digital Strategy Expert, Ilicco Elia, Head of Mobile at DigitasLBi and Rafe Blandford, Mobile Strategist at DigitasLBi discuss with us all about mobile trends and what they expect to see anew, at this year’s Mobile World Congress. In a beautiful down-town Barcelona apartment we got together on a Sunday morning, just before MWC16 hit off, and talked about mobile advertising, adblocking, educating users, virtual reality and much more. On the microphone for Tech Talks Central is Vicki Kolovou, while the rest of the TTC team Sakis Triantafyllakis, Yannis Rizopoulos and Venetia Kyritsi made sure to capture the whole conversation on image and tweet about it.


TTC #247 Choons ‘n Chat Podcast w/ Heroes of the Mobile Fringe, 2016

PhotOral is the first intra-oral blue light wellness device, suitable for controlling your mouth’s microbiome. Stamatis Astra, CEO at PhotOral, life science startup based in Boston, explains how the product stemmed from biomedical research conducted within the Forsyth Institute; and how they plan to have it in the market by the end of 2016. He also talks about product development costs, investor backup, dental studies and what led them in the development of a new product, this time for pet hygiene. Pantelis Angelidis, founder and president of Vidavo, an mHealth company based in Greece, explains their incentives behind their investment in PhotOral and how they’re contributing to the company’s growth with expertise knowledge derived from their own specialisation in the eHealth domain. Interviewed by Vicki Kolovou for Tech Talks Central.


TTC #262 Bringing Oral Hygiene A Step Further Into The Future

Yvonne Goff - Chief Clinical Information Officer & Richard Corbridge - Chief Information Officer, at the Health Service Executive from the Republic of Ireland, discuss the Irish health ecosystem. Richard talks about their eHealth agenda, Knowledge and Information Plan, e-referrals, the individual health identifier along with other achievements; while Yvonne explains how different stakeholders came together to implement the eHealth agenda. Interviewed by Vicki Kolovou for Tech Talks Central.


Tech Talks Central @ eHealthWe

TTC #271 Republic of Ireland and its eHealth Agenda

Vangelis(or Vangos) Pterneas, honoured by Microsoft with the title of Most Valuable Professional for his contributions to the technical community and CTO of Kinetisense, explains the impact their product has in motion analysis for patients and clinicians and how they use Microsoft Kinect to accomplish it. Kinetisense is a real-time motion analysis tool for practitioners, physiotherapists and personal trainers. It can analyse the range of motion for the patient’s shoulders, the back, the elbows and the knees allowing the practitioner to understand the improvement (or not) in motion. Kinetisense is useful to clinicians but also to athletes and even dentists, as Vangos explains, due to posture change after dental surgery. He goes on to talk about the rest of the team and the funding the Canadian company has received. Interviewed by Vicki Kolovou for Tech Talks Central during the eHealth Forum Festival in Technopolis, October 2016.

Tech Talks Central @ eHealth Forum 2016 

TTC #293 Kinetisense is a Real-time Motion Analysis Tool

Everyone has come across the need to get a second or third medical opinion, from a top doctor abroad, only to find it comes at a high cost and it’s difficult to find the right lead. Sorin Dragomir, CEO of Healthcare Software Alliance, explains how Webhippocrates connects patients with top doctors from all over the world on a reasonable fee. He goes on to talk about the story behind the platform and why he personally experienced the need for such a solution. Webhippocrates is in private beta and has already been involved in 40 serious cases in Romania. Interviewed by Sakis Triantafyllakis for Tech Talks Central during the eHealth Forum Festival in Technopolis, October 2016.

TTC #299 Medical Consultation From Doctors All Over The World

We had the pleasure to interview Dr. Athanasios Dimoulas in the past and it seems that this interview is as interesting as the previous one. Athanasios Dimoulas is the head of Epitaxy and the Surface Science Laboratory at NCSR “Demokritos” and he gives us an update with the latest developments of new novel materials in nanoelectronics. The explosion of big data and IoT has resulted in a great need for energy efficient smart devices. Dr Dimoulas shares some of the problems and insights with their research on these hard to develop materials like graphene, Weyl fermions and others. He then reveals how crystals could simulate a “particle accelerator” and test some of the fundamental principles and assumptions in high energy, elementary particle physics and cosmology. This could result in discovering new interesting properties and being able to integrate them faster in electronic devices, capacitors and transistors, in the hope of impacting emerging Quantum Technologies. Interviewed by Sakis Triantafyllakis for Tech Talks Central.

Tech Talks Central @ ERN16

TTC #279 Nanomaterials Improve Speed, Computing and Storage Capacity in Smart Devices

Dimitrios Niarchos, Director of Research at NCSR Demokritos, talks about his specialty - magnetic materials; a multibillion dollar industry with a very bright future and the effort to get to new materials with better properties, that open the way for new markets in the coming Age of Magnetic Materials. Dr Niarchos tells us that his lab in NCSR produces innovative and novel materials like permanent magnets containing less or no rare (and expensive) earths, and has already several breakthroughs to be proud of. They are also working on recording media, passing  -in a short of mini revolution- from 2D to 3D recording and, finally, they are putting a lot of research on transformers for mobile devices, having already increased their efficiency to over 95% meaning a longer life for batteries and many benefits for the environment. Interviewed by Yannis Rizopoulos for Tech Talks Central.

TTC #288 Preparing for the Age of Magnetic Materials

Given the fact that millennials and Generation Z visitors rarely get attracted by the content of museums, even open-air ones, the need to find a kind of “bait” for them in order to visit, is more than an urgent one. Maria Roussou, Assistant Professor in Interactive Systems at UoA and senior researcher at “Athena” Research Center, explains how she tries to offer new and immersive experiences to them, clad in a digital storytelling costume, in the framework of an EU - funded (Horizon 2020) project that exploits the special dynamics of Human - Computer Interaction. Interviewed by Yannis Rizopoulos for Tech Talks Central.

TTC @ ERN2017

TTC #342 Innovative Digital Storytelling for Cultural Applications

Vicki talks with Maya Thomine Desmazures, from La French Tech and finds out what France is doing for its ecosystem of startups. Ever wondered how you can move your startup to Paris? There’s a VISA for that now. Interviewed by Vicki Kolovou for Tech Talks Central.

Tech Talks Central @ MWC17

TTC #309 La French Tech issues a Startup Visa

Bas Van Abel, Founder and CEO of Fairphone talks to Vicki about the concept behind the mobile phone Fairphone. It all started from the awful mining conditions in Congo. It’s not often we talk about fair construction. Interviewed by Vicki Kolovou for Tech Talks Central.

TTC #311 A Mobile That You Don’t Have To Change Every Two Years

We talk with Brendan O'Brien , Co-Founder & Chief Innovation officer Aria Systems during Mobile World Congress 2017. Brendan, an IoT and connected car monetization expert, explains how (IoT) has created an entirely new market in the automotive industry with connected car services that are driving new streams of revenue growth and transforming the industry. He explains how much of the connected-car opportunity is “recurring revenue” due to the way connected car services are consumed, measured and paid for.  We talk about connected cars being the new big thing and Brendan explains how industrial applications for these connected vehicles could be just as profitable. Finally Brendan gives us the scoop on companies like Audi, Cadillac, Subaru, Ford and GM who are already getting on the bandwagon of leveraging innovative connected car services. Interviewed by Venetia Kyritsi for Tech Talks Central.

TTC #320 What do Auto Companies Need to do to Cash In?

Venetia talks with Siri Sung Marketing director of BISECU a startup that developed a smart bike lock that works with your phone to help you "forget the lock and enjoy the ride". Interviewed by Venetia Kyritsi for Tech Talks Central.

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TTC #324 Lock Your Bike With Your Phone

Adrian Domenech, CEO of Vitcord, tells us the story his community connecting and engaging people around the world through video at 4YFN during Mobile World Congress 2017. In this real-life-honest-to-goodness tale Adrian unfolds the process of how users contribute their videos through Vitcord to create a living 'mosaic', a continuously evolving body of experiences that come together to tell a life story. Vitcord and its growing community is creating a new way of seeing the world through video. We all create content individually on a daily basis, but in this hyper-connected digital environment Vitcord makes us collaborators through an app that allows us all to add clips of an event creating unique content that grows as our community of contributions grow. With Vitcord, events and social media viral content take on a life of their own enhanced and embellished by each of our personal perspectives while still remaining unique enough to call our own. Interviewed by Venetia Kyritsi for Tech Talks Central.

TTC #326 The Story of a Video that’s Made Up of Thousands of Our Videos

Anna Sort aka @LostNurse, CEO of Play Benefit, and a World of Warcraft hard core gamer talks about gamefication and health. She explains how she got involved and what BeEnergy is trying to accomplish. Interviewed by Vicki Kolovou for Tech Talks Central.

TTC #321 A Gamer and A Nurse Combines Two of Her Biggest Loves

Iikka Salo co-founder and CEO of Trybe talks to us about their mobile app at 4YFN during Mobile World Congress 2017. You know how they say “it takes a village”? Well that’s exactly what the guys came up with, a smart way to connect the hungry with those who love and are great at feeding people, all while making a connection, a community, a “tribe”. Crazy right? Well, if you pay the rent checking spreadsheets 9 to5 but have mad skills in the kitchen, there’s no reason why you couldn’t cook for your neighbors and make a pretty penny while you’re at it. Trybe is SaaS enabled marketplace for independent chefs to set up, operate and promote an online food business. With over 1000 chefs and 10,000 customers so far, Trybe connects chefs who prepare food with the hungry patrons who are looking to purchase some excellent quality eats. Hey! Step away from the microwave and explore your Trybe, I bet a real person is making you dinner, around the block, with love, and no, it is not your mother. Interviewed by Venetia Kyritsi for Tech Talks Central.

TTC #327 What’s for Dinner? There’s an App for That

Nikolaos Isaris, Deputy head of the IoT Unit at the European DG Connect office, discusses with Vicki about their newly established unit on IoT and actions they’re taking on promoting IoT while provisioning for standardisation, regulations, security and privacy.  Interviewed by Vicki Kolovou for Tech Talks Central.

TTC #330  EU and The Newly Established IoT Unit

Vicki spoke with John Shier, senior security advisor at Sophos and experienced security expert, about why we need to take every precaution when it comes to privacy and our mobile phones.  Interviewed by Vicki Kolovou for Tech Talks Central.

TTC #329 Security and Mobile Phones

Rafi Zauer, head of marketing at Essence, discussed about their newly deployed home care system for seniors and people with special needs. Their software algorithm creates and monitors behavioural patterns, notifying their carers at varying levels of alarm. Interviewed by Vicki Kolovou for Tech Talks Central.

TTC #331 Behavioral Patterns, AI and Elderly Care

Venetia talks with Carl Tonsgard of Crunchfish a company that's developing AR and VR gesture control for the classroom. Carl shows us the devices and explains how they will help kids and teachers in classrooms around the world. Interviewed by Venetia Kyritsi for Tech Talks Central.

TTC #333 Gesture Control in the Classroom

Venetia talks with Lennart van der Ziel and Nick Yap - the team that created "Travis the Translator" a device that uses AI, Voice Control and Gesture Control to translate in 80 languages in real time.  The boys explain their plan to break the language barrier around the world bringing people together. Interviewed by Venetia Kyritsi for Tech Talks Central.

TTC #332 Language Translator Using AI, Voice & Gesture Controls

Venetia talks with Founder and leader of Qualcomm's healthcare subsidiary Qualcomm Life, Rick Valencia, about the two finalists dueling out to win the 10 million dollar tri-corder XPrize in the next 2 months, the path of getting to connected care being the standard of healthcare the Connect event he created to connect the tech industry under the responsibility to work together on bringing health innovation to scale for consumers as soon as possible.

TTC #334 Qualcomm’s Xprize and Connected Care

Vicki believes she discovered an innovative solution to the “I need 2 or 3 mobile phones” to separate “my different identities”. She spoke with Rob Grapes, from Graphite Software, about “spaces” and how they are segmenting your ONE phone -at kernel level- to serve your different profiles including a…hidden one.  Interviewed by Vicki Kolovou for Tech Talks Central.

TTC #328 One Mobile for All Your Identities

Yiannis Rizopoulos speaks with Luca Verre, founder of the startup Chronocam, which develops a unique artificial vision and cybervision technology to be used for autonomous navigation and new IoT applications. Interviewed by Yiannis Rizopoulos for Tech Talks Central.

TTC #319 AI and Cybervision for Autonomous Navigation

Helen Keegan, the organiser of Swedish Beers; Paul Stringer, Head of Mobile at Equal Experts; Alex Barth, VP of Business Development at Mapbox; and Jeff Beene, Head of New Devices at Orion Labs, got together, during the Mobile World Congress 2018 in Barcelona, to discuss smart cities, what’s happening right now and what we should be expecting. The podcast was sponsored by Equal Experts and hosted by Tech Talks Central.

Tech Talks Central @ MWC18

TTC #344 Smart Cities and a Changing Future

Choons n’ Chat with Helen Keegan and her friends is back for Mobile World Congress 2018 where else? Yes, once more in Barcelona. This time Helen Keegan, organiser of Swedish Beers and Mobile Advertising Expert hosts Rafe Blandford, Mobile Strategist at DigitasLBi and Paul Swaddle, Chairman and Co-founder of PocketApp. They get together to discuss mobile trends, what they expect from this year’s Mobile World Congress, and interestingly enough they don’t shy away from hot topics like the new GDPR, that comes into full affect May’18; and ethics, involving the use and development of AI use cases.  Interviewed by Vicki Kolovou for Tech Talks Central.

TTC #343 MWC18 Trends and AI Ethics

Helen Keegan, organiser of Swedish Beers and Mobile Advertising Expert, Ilicco Elia, Head of Mobile at DigitasLBi and Rafe Blandford, Mobile Strategist at DigitasLBi discuss mobile trends and what they expect to see anew, at this year’s Mobile World Congress. Interviewed by Vicki Kolovou for Tech Talks Central.

TTC #335 Choons n’ Chat with Helen Keegan & Friends at MWC17

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