The Future of Everything

Guest Eleni Linos, MD, DrPH, discusses the future of digital health, including telemedicine, AI in dermatology, and challenges in examining diverse skin types. They explore the convenience and disparities of using digital tools for medical care and discuss the impact of chat GPT on healthcare empathy. The future of digital health and AI in radiology are also discussed.

In this episode, Professor Helen Blau discusses using stem cells to rejuvenate aging muscles. They explore the impact of weakened muscles on mobility and health in older individuals. They also delve into the potential of regenerative medicine to improve quality of life as we age. The episode highlights the progressive atrophy of muscles with age and potential research approaches for prevention. They also discuss exciting discoveries in the lab, such as the creation of a bioengineered microenvironment to maintain and rejuvenate stem cells. Lastly, they touch on the development of an oral drug and its potential beneficiaries, including the sports industry.

A curated playlist of episodes covering topics like philanthropy, gut microbiome, 3D printing, linguistics, physical books, and community health improvement. Perfect for the holiday season!

This podcast explores the crucial role of the gut biome in digestion and overall health. It discusses the influence of bacteria and diet on maintaining a healthy microbiome, the impact of antibiotics on the gut, and how bacteria create chemicals that affect our body. The podcast also delves into the absence of TMAO production in vegans, the utilization of chemicals by bacteria for survival, and the potential of engineering the gut biome. Additionally, it highlights the challenges in altering the gut biome, the stability of bacterial communities, and the future of healthcare with microbiome analysis.

Professor Stephen Quake's research focuses on non-invasive blood tests to detect preterm births, genetic disorders, cancer, and organ transplant rejection. The podcast explores the importance of DNA in understanding disease, the discovery of cell-free DNA in blood, and the transformative impact on prenatal testing and transplant monitoring.

Percy Liang, an authority on AI, discusses the paradigm shift in AI powered by foundation models. He explains how they are built, evaluated, and the concerns with lack of openness. Topics include training on trillions of words, context length's impact on predictions, hallucination in models, and alignment in training.

Guest Alex Konings discusses the global cycles of water and carbon and how they shape ecosystems, droughts, and fires. They explore the significance of transpiration in water loss, its implications on weather and solar energy, and the changing dynamics of transpiration due to climate change. The podcast also covers the use of satellite data to measure water content in plants, the transportation process in ecohydrology, and the impact of satellite measurements on addressing challenges like droughts and wildfires.

Dr. Zhenan Bao discusses the development of artificial skin and its applications in creating bendable electronics, restoring touch for amputees, and improving prosthetic limbs. The conversation also explores self-healing properties of artificial skin, potential applications in energy sources like solar cells and batteries, and integrating multiple sensory functions. The podcast highlights the challenges and opportunities in this field of research.

Debbie Senesky, an expert in developing electronics for extreme environments, discusses the challenges of space exploration, the operational temperatures of new materials, the history of Venus missions, and the engineering challenges in other space missions.

Using math to improve photographs, with expert guest Gordon Wetzstein. Such methods have exploded in recent years and have wide-ranging impacts from improving your family photos, to making self-driving cars safer, to building ever-more-powerful microscopes. Somewhere in between hardware and software, he says, is the field of computational imaging, which makes cameras do some pretty amazing things. Wetzstein and host Russ Altman bring it all into focus on this episode of Stanford Engineering’s The Future of Everything podcast.Connect With Us:Episode Transcripts >>> The Future of Everything WebsiteConnect with Russ >>> Threads / Bluesky / MastodonConnect with School of Engineering >>> Twitter/X / Instagram / LinkedIn / FacebookChapters:(00:00:00) Introductions Host Russ Altman introduces the guest, Gordon Wetzstein as well as the concept of non-line-of-sight imaging.(00:02:58) Computational Imaging Gordon Wetzstein explains the concept of computational imaging and the way it integrates hardware and software for optimal image capture.(00:04:22) High Dynamic Range (HDR) Imaging  & Focal StackingAn explanation of what HDR is and how it captures high-contrast scenes, and the similar process of focal stacking, using multiple images to create depth. (00:09:56) Non-Line-of-Sight Imaging (00:15:51) Optical Computing: Extending Hardware Capabilities Insights into optical computing, explaining how specially designed hardware can preprocess data for AI algorithms.(00:18:08) Applications of Optical ComputingExploration of applications for optical computing in power constraint systems and increased efficiency in data centers.(00:23:07) The Intersection of AI, Physics, and Computer Graphics Synergy between AI, physics, and computer graphics in creating 3D content and models. (00:25:47) Generative AI to Create 3D from 2DExploring the challenge of generating 3D digital humans from unstructured 2D images using algorithms(00:32:02) Challenges & Advancements in VR and AR Design  Connect With Us:Episode Transcripts >>> The Future of Everything WebsiteConnect with Russ >>> Threads / Bluesky / MastodonConnect with School of Engineering >>>Twitter/X / Instagram / LinkedIn / Facebook Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.