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This week, we’re joined by Guy Parsons, a content creator who is recently focused on platforms such as DALL.E 2, Midjourney and Stable Diffusion. These models utilise many different prompts to generate images using AI. They draw from millions, or even billions, of images to create specific responses to the user’s query.

Guy discusses the unlimited possibilities of these platforms, such as the specificity of the users prompts. They can respond to searches about certain art styles, time periods, lighting, camera type and the weather, to name a few. An open source of discovery, these platforms encourage exploration of multiple different images, for a plethora of different uses. Artists, programmers and those who work in advertising can use the tool to help with image creation, design inspiration and mood boards.

We touch upon the different debates surrounding AI generated images and explore how DALL.E, alongside other platforms, can develop in the future. Guy is particularly excited by the possibilities of new platforms that can take the broad searches of DALL.E and make it more niche and focused on specific use cases.

Guys expertise and interest in using DALL.E has led to his curation of the dall.ery gall.ery, which features Guys free prompt book and interesting resources for those who are navigating DALL.E and other AI image generators. Check it out!

This week we speak to John Grabowski from Move.ai about 3D motion capture technology.

We discuss the accessibility and democratization of suitless motion capture technology, the metaverse and other current virtual worlds, as well as a speculation of future technological possibilities.

We also touch upon the different platforms and content opportunities where motion capture can be utilised such as the music and sporting industries, and gamification within platforms like Fortnite and Unity.

Move.ai merges the ease of technology, such as using a phone, with the quality of optical systems. It also makes working with talent much easier and brings in a more naturalistic human element with good quality technology.

In this week's episode, we speak to two guys who have been at the heart of the interactive storytelling and digital experience since it's beginnings.

Robin Cowie, the director of experience and technology at Helo, has had many career highlights. In his early days, he worked as one of the producers on the original Blair Witch Project, the world's first experiential film making experience.  Now Rob is at the heart of developing incredible interactive experiences that keep audiences engaged. 

John Buzzell from Epic Games works closely with creative agencies, animation studios, and AR / VR creators to leverage Unreal Engine's real-time visuals for breakthrough experiences and compelling storytelling.

The guys join us to discuss the immersive digital ecosystem. How has it evolved over the last 30 years? What can we expect in the future? What will be the impact of 5g enabled game engines? And how these changes could shape the future of storytelling and culture.

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The Ericsson Innovation Awards are a global university competition, giving students the opportunity to produce innovations based on Information Communication Technology (ICT) potential.

Jack Morton’s internal innovation practice, Genuine X traveled to Stockholm earlier this year to meet the finalists and discuss their ideas.

This year's theme was water, encouraging entrants to Dive Deeper into nature as our largest resource for technology. Ericsson’s search for the future in tech innovation brought us to all four corners of the globe, where just 4 finalists were selected from over 2,000 entries.

Each team has the chance of winning the grand prize of €25,000 and the opportunity to see their innovation bought to life.

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“Underwater communication uses acoustic waves that affect marine creatures in terms of hunting, navigating and communication.”

This team from Istanbul Bahçeşehir University have created a safe new method for underwater communications. Diver’s Mate is a sophisticated diving torch that uses non-intrusive light beams, with full duplex voice communication and data sharing capabilities. The invention can illuminate the darkest underwater environments and provide wireless optical voice communication.

We explore the cost-effective and environmentally friendly aspects of the Diver’s Mate underwater torch invention, as well as its wider implications for fast and effective data sharing.

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The Ericsson Innovation Awards are a global university competition, giving students the opportunity to produce innovations based on Information Communication Technology (ICT) potential.

Jack Morton’s internal innovation practice, Genuine X traveled to Stockholm earlier this year to meet the finalists and discuss their ideas.

This year's theme was water, encouraging entrants to Dive Deeper into nature as our largest resource for technology. Ericsson’s search for the future in tech innovation brought us to all four corners of the globe, where just 4 finalists were selected from over 2,000 entries.

Each team has the chance of winning the grand prize of €25,000 and the opportunity to see their innovation bought to life.

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“While millions of dollars have been spent on floating offshore wind projects, a huge amount of energy from the ocean currents just under the floaters hasn't been tapped into.”

These four engineers from Japan have designed an economical network of smart systems that can extract energy from natural wind and aquatic resources, in a bid to reduce the need for fossil fuel and nuclear energy. The potential network will be able to self-configure to optimise power production from these renewable energy sources, before autonomously returning to a base for maintenance.

In this episode, we discuss the potential of the εswift design system to generate power, while simultaneously solving ongoing renewable resource challenges.

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The Ericsson Innovation Awards are a global university competition, giving students the opportunity to produce innovations based on Information Communication Technology (ICT) potential.

Jack Morton’s internal innovation practice, Genuine X traveled to Stockholm earlier this year to meet the finalists and discuss their ideas.

This year's theme was water, encouraging entrants to Dive Deeper into nature as our largest resource for technology. Ericsson’s search for the future in tech innovation brought us to all four corners of the globe, where just 4 finalists were selected from over 2,000 entries.

Each team has the chance of winning the grand prize of €25,000 and the opportunity to see their innovation bought to life.

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“There is insufficient research on the distribution of microplastics in oceans”

Having met at school, this team now studies at The National University of Singapore. They collaborated to create a self-sustaining, fully automated "smart" ocean filtration system. Inspired by manta-ray filtering mechanisms, the MANTA collects microplastic pollution in oceans.  Different from current static solutions, the MANTA is incorporated into ships' ballasts, reducing the need for independent energy use. The MANTA also gathers data on areas with high-volumes of pollution, providing a deeper understanding of ocean currents and where they are transporting microplastics.

We find out more about the dynamic filtration system that could help reduce the worrying levels of pollution in our oceans.

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The Ericsson Innovation Awards are a global university competition, giving students the opportunity to produce innovations based on Information Communication Technology (ICT) potential.

Jack Morton’s internal innovation practice, Genuine X traveled to Stockholm earlier this year to meet the finalists and discuss their ideas.

This year's theme was water, encouraging entrants to Dive Deeper into nature as our largest resource for technology. Ericsson’s search for the future in tech innovation brought us to all four corners of the globe, where just 4 finalists were selected from over 2,000 entries.

Each team has the chance of winning the grand prize of €25,000 and the opportunity to see their innovation bought to life.

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“While technology is rapidly becoming more automated, we have barely changed the way we access our oceans over the last century”

Inspired by cuttlefish technology, this beach dwelling group of friends from Adelaide, Australia has designed a Bio-AUV with a unique propulsion system enabling otherwise untraversable underwater exploration. The team hopes to create a commercially viable Autonomous Underwater Vehicle to assist scientists in crucial data gathering from complex reef systems.

We find out how the non-invasive technology will benefit research and commercial organisations, whilst potentially reducing the effects of climate change in underwater ecosystems.

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Welcome back to the Genuine X Podcast.

In this episode, Martyn and Tom talk to Dr. Shama Rahman - A scientist, artist, and creative technologist. We discuss the science behind creativity. How is it measured? Can it be commoditised? And is brainstorming a waste of time?

We also talk about creativity's unpredictability, and how AI is being used to support lateral thinking and could become the creative partner of the future?

Enjoy

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Welcome back to the Genuine X Podcast. In this episode, Martyn and Tom talk to the founder of Naaut, Co-founder of the London Space Network and NASA Advisor Anushka Sharma.
 

Anushka or Nush to those who know her is a self-confessed 'expert generalist'. Her passion for space travel and love for people has led her from working with startups in London's Silicon Roundabout to become an advisor for NASA in what could be considered to be the ultimate pivot.
 

Welcome to the Genuine X Podcast.
  
We've all heard the Silicon Valley startup stories, so it's refreshing to hear one from a different place.
  
Genuine X is working with the Government's lnnovate UK initiative to seek out some of the UK's brightest start-ups who are the potential future of the British tech scene.
  
Through this process, we met Norfolk locals Ryan and Tim from Viewing Online -  a startup who are working with local governments to map the virtual world.

We wanted to get them on the podcast because we were struck by their passion and commitment to create something that could change the world and have an open and honest conversation about what it's like being a startup without VC funding, driven purely by talent and persistence.

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This week we speak to Gareth and Jon from MagicBeans about the future of sound.

We discuss the current landscape of the audio world. Could 3D sound be the key to unlocking the brain's ability to accept the digital world? And what is the deal with ASMR?

In this episode, we catch up with Christophe Mallet, the co-founder and Strategy Director at Somewhere Else: The Immersive Tech Agency.