Radio Recap: Tech of the Future
MPOWERD Luci Light In the past century, life expectancy was less than 35 years, 94% of the global population lived in extreme poverty, and less than 20% of the population was literate. Fast forward to the present day where human life expectancy is over 70 years, less than 10% of the global population lives [Read More]
Radio Recap: Playing the Long Game
Inc. Magazine’s Alyssa Satara recently shared the forward-thinking ideas of the Millennial, Forbes’ 30 to Watch Under 30, med-tech founder of NeoLight—a company that aims to bring new technology to neonatal care. Because med-tech is such a highly regulated space it cannot implement innovative solutions quite the same way other tech industries can, but it’s [Read More]
Radio Recap: Live Entertainment in VR
From Johnny English to Weird Al Yankovic, virtual reality is set to take over cinemas this fall with Oculus VR’s new platform, Venues. Created to deliver all sorts of entertainment experiences like live events, sports, concerts, and comedy shows Venues is like streaming TV —but only in VR. The first Venues events were a live [Read More]
Radio Recap: Tech + Society
According to Wikipedia, a ‘technology society’ refers to the cyclical co-dependence, co-influence, and co-production tech and society have upon one other. While it’s no surprise that technology influences society’s values, technology is influenced by our values, too. Our daily needs, comfort and ease depend on tech so the demands for newer, advanced technology keep rising. However, tech has [Read More]
Radio Recap: AI + Venture Capital + Diversity
A recent report from global boutique investment bank, Drake Star Partners, revealed that, in 2017, venture capital investments toward the American artificial intelligence and machine-learning industry reached $6 billion while global investments in AI companies grew to over $12 billion. The report also estimates a compound annual growth rate of almost 40% from 2016 to [Read More]
Radio Recap: Gender Pay Gap in Sports
Working women earn 80% as much as their male counterparts, which is almost .81cents for every dollar men earn. But when it comes to professional athletes that number falls a lot lower. Take the U.S. women’s national soccer team, which generates more revenue than the men’s squad and has taken home the World Cup three more [Read More]
Radio Recap: Women Helping Women
According to a recent University of Phoenix study, more than half of Americans have not worked for a company with a female CEO, but there is statistical data that shows more women succeed when there are higher up female execs. Take the 2015 Columbia and University of Maryland's business school’sstudy of America's 1,500 biggest companies. Setting out [Read More]
Radio Recap: Journalism in 360VR
Virtual reality is giving a never-before dreamed dimension to journalism by immersing audiences inside situations they’d otherwise be unable to experience. Instead of reading or watching 2D news, viewers can dive under melting Antarctic ice, visit the aftermath of a hurricane, or witness the savage destruction of war-torn countries all while raising viewer engagement and [Read More]