On today’s show, we chat with Dr. Tom Coughlin, who is the Current President of IEEE-USA. IEEE is the world’s largest technical professional organization for the advancement of technology. He has many publications and six patents to his credit. Tom is also the author of Digital Storage in Consumer Electronics: The Essential Guide, which is now on its second edition with Springer. Coughlin Associates provides market and technology analysis as well as Data Storage Technical and Business Consulting services. Tom publishes the Digital Storage Technology Newsletter, the Media and Entertainment Storage Report, the Emerging Non-Volatile Memory Report and other industry reports. Tom is also a regular contributor on digital storage for Forbes.com and other blogs.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN:

What is IEEE and what is its role in advancing technology in the US and the world?
What are Digital Twins?
Where are the boundaries between human and machine?
Where do ethics play in the advancement of technology?
What should we as a society be thinking about in terms of these?

We would like to give a special thanks to Zahava Stroud who made the introduction to Tomas. Zahava is the founder of Angel Launch and we would not have been able to conduct this amazing interview without her help.

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015 Digital Twins, DNA Storage and More with IEEE USA president Thomas Coughlin