Skip to main content
Back to Show
SciTech Now

Digital assistants

From cell phones to espresso machines, smart devices are ubiquitous in modern day living. And tech companies are racing to offer the slickest, most efficient digital assistants for everything, from managing your calendar to monitoring traffic. Richard waters of the financial times explores some of the many artificial intelligence companions on the market. Are they really working?

Support Provided By
Season
SciTech Now Episode 536
26:46
The effects of language brokering; revisiting the moon; a new key to medical supplies.
SciTech Now Episode 535
26:46
Preserving the past through VR; body cams for classrooms; biometrics for sports injuries.
SciTech Now Episode 534
26:46
The farthest object ever studied; sharks and citizen scientists; a smaller space race.
SciTech Now Episode 533
26:46
In this episode; secrets of Dino poop, reinventing high school; transmitting body signals.
SciTech Now Episode 532
27:16
Robot human collaborations; invisibility cloak; space exploration; science fact & fiction.
SciTech Now Episode 531
27:16
Fighting cybercrimes; an anticancer mouthwash; and redesigning the spinal tap.
SciTech Now Episode 530
27:16
Box jelly Venom; chocking under pressure; the ultracold work; & the future of engineering.
SciTech Now Episode 529
26:46
Video game storytelling; NASA's dying robot; 3D printing & medical devices
SciTech Now Episode 528
27:16
Robotics; Computers trained to identify wild animals; and Astronauts.
SciTech Now Episode 5E27
27:16
Understanding emergence; octopus intelligence; and understanding dementia in humans.
SciTech Now Episode 526
26:46
GPS for your body; how the brain processes information; hackers; beautifying freeways
SciTech Now Episode 525
26:46
The minds of Raccoons; working on combating computer hackers; and an underwater discovery.
Active loading indicator