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Incept 3D uses high level, next generation 3D printing technologies to bring your raw concepts to life. Clients can send their raw ideas to Incept 3D, or final CAD files for printing on high end machines. Michael Armbruster, founder, explains what makes Incept 3Ds machines far better than hobbyist, Maker Bot, or low end 3D printers. Industrial quality machines offer better-performing materials, better dimensional accuracy, and finished products that are post processed and ready to use. Visit Incept3d.com to get more information, submit your idea or CAD file, and bring your wishes to life through 3D printing.

3Diligent is a one-stop shop for 3D printing projects of all sizes.  3Diligent provides its customers access to a large network of 3D printing service providers, including machining and casting services, and rapid manufacturing materials such as paper, gypsum, resins, plastics and metals - each of which are used for specific applications. Cullen, as CEO of 3Diligent, provides a secure way to submit projects for fabrication quickly and easily with industrial quality results.  Because of their large network of providers, they are able to provide a wide variety of services - projects large, small, CNC machined, molded/casted and injection molded - can all be quoted and facilitated by 3Diligent. 3Diligent's mission is "To accelerate innovation by providing companies of all sizes seamless access to cutting edge rapid manufacturing services."

  ConsenSys is a venture production studio which builds decentralized apps & end-user tools for block chain systems, with a focus on Ethereum. ConsenSys also organizes, incubates and accelerates different projects through development, resource sharing, acquisitions, investments and the formation of joint ventures. Pelle Braendgaard & Arthur Falls discussed their portable identification application as well as other fascinating use cases of blockchain technology. Here are a few links where you can learn more about the company and the latest updates. The Ether Review: https://medium.com/the-ether-review ConsenSys Media: https://medium.com/consensys-media

Procertas (Professional Certifications and Technology Assessments) offers training on vital, but often dismissed skills such as Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, Excel, and other common office technologies. In Law Firms, Doctor's offices, and other professional firms, you'd be surprised at how much productivity can be improved when you train your staff on these basic programs. Procertas’ flagship product is the Legal Technology Assessment or LTA. The LTA, is a first of its kind to integrate benchmarking, training platform pairing and competence-based assessments with synchronized, active learning in a live environment. Once a client completes the course, they become COBOT Qualified (Certified Operator of Basic Office Technology). Casey Flaherty, founder of Procertas, discusses the importance of legal professionals to be fluent in the tools of their trade and how the LTA benchmark assessment and training program can be used for marketing, professional development, team assembly, on-boarding, provider differentiat

Nano Dimension, based in Israel, focuses on 3d printing of electronic circuits, dialectic inks, and non- particle inks. Their 3D printer allows for  multi-layer printed circuit boards. This allows the manufacturer to create a functional object with electrical functions. Nano Dimension is rolling out technology that allows you to print, layer by layer, both polymers and metals, to create a functional circuit to precision. With the development of their first 3D printer, the Nano Dragon Fly 2020, electronic industries will now be able to 3D print customized designs and prototypes in less time, possibly eliminating multiple stages of design. Listen, subscribe and rate this podcast to help us bring you more future tech!

Legal Sifter uses natural language processing (NPL) & machine learning, to process unstructured raw terms, conditions & words into well-structured data & insights ready to be used to make quick & well informed decisions, saving both time as well as money for both attorneys and anyone facing the reading and interpretation of one or more legal agreements. Kevin Miller, Chief Executive Officer of Legal Sifter explain how their contract interpretation artificial intelligence software helps the lay person and experienced attorney both read and understand contracts faster. The software gives you a second set of eyes to find the hidden terms & conditions that may be overlooked in a contract. The legal industry is being transformed by artificial intelligence, and democratizing tools like Legal Sifter are allowing people who may find it difficult or too time consuming to hire an attorney to interpret contracts and make education decisions.

Purse.io allows you to buy any Amazon product at 5 to 33% discount using BITCOIN. Purse does this by leveraging unused Amazon gift card balances, allowing gift card holders to free up their trapped money and receiving bitcoin instead. As a member of purse.io (which is free to join), you automatically get 5% off any Amazon purchase, and can ask for a discount up to 33% off. The less of a discount you ask for, the faster you will get your item, however 15% discounts are common, sometimes more. Steven McKie, head of Business Development & Product Content talks about purse.io's mission - to leverage Amazon's platform to match buyers who want to spend their bitcoin, Amazon gift card holders to free up trapped money, and Etsy-type merchants who want to offer their wares and receive bitcoin payments. Steven amazed us by explaining Purse.io's network size as of December, 2016 is over 160,000 members and growing. You'll definitely want to tune in to this wide-ranging, easy to understand, and exciting conversa

Rize, a Boston based 3D printing company, has developed a new kind of 3D printing that completely removes the requirement for long post-printing clean-up. An advanced, patented, Augmented Polymer Deposition (APD) 3D printing technology delivers the means to produce one-offs of manufacturing parts easily yet affordably. President and CEO of Rize, Frank Marangell says that they have created this technology specifically for commercial as well as industrial applications, and it is ideal for rapid manufacturing of custom tools & end-use products etc. Rize’s passion is to put an affordable, completely safe and industrial-quality 3D printer in every engineer’s office in the world. To learn more about 3D printing and Rize, listen to the complete interview and make sure to subscribe, share and review the podcast.

Augur is a blockchain-based prediction market platform based on Ethereum's blockchain scheduled for release in Q1 or Q2 2017. Augur allows anyone in the world to create a prediction market easily and quickly on the Ethereum blockchain, and to use smart contracts to take odds from betters and issue automatic payouts once a prediction result has occurred and been vetted. As a creator of a market you will have to make available some opening funds for the market & in return you’ll get half of all the trading fees that would be collected throughout the lifetime of that particular market. Betters can take either side of a prediction by paying a small, odds-based fee. For example, if you think that Leonardo DiCaprio will end up winning another Oscar award, then you can place a bet that favors this particular outcome. If your prediction turns out to be correct, you will win Ether profits in relation to the odds at the time of your bet. This is fascinating stuff and Augur is set to become a global, decentraliz

Neota Logic applications deliver utilizes their advanced Artificial Intelligence platform, consulting knowledge, and custom expert systems to help businesses grow and develop in a smart, strategic manner. Neota Logic applications provides utilize rules, reasoning, resolution management & document automation, among other technology. Matthew Gillis, President of Neota Logic, explains how their system empowers non-programmers to quickly and easily create & deploy rules-based applications. These easy-to-maintain apps deliver improve business process, reduce risk and ensure compliance. Neota Logic applications generally focus on 3 types; Analysis & Advice, Intake Assessment and Document Automation. Intake Assessment guide users through complex fact-collecting & subsequent analysis. To learn more about these exciting applications listen to the podcast and make sure to subscribe, share and review.

Have you ever wondered how computer systems adapt and learn from their experiences? What's the difference between AI and Machine learning? Renowned Professor (Emeritus) and Director of Intelligent Systems at Oregon State University, Thomas G. Dietterich answers these questions and more. In this fascinating talk, Thomas reveals how machine learning can be combined with Artificial Intelligence to build Integrated Intelligent Systems. Thomas' research combines knowledge of machine learning as well as AI fundamentals to solve problems such as computer vision, facial recognition, sorting algorithms and more.

Legal Robot's Artificial Intelligence engine can scan a long form contract, and provide you with a 1 page summary of all the important issues contained in the contract, as well as red flags that may be present. Complex legal language is transformed into digestible, easy-to-understand elements for the lay person. Dan Rubins explains how Legal Robot's AI uses machine learning, deep learning, natural language processing, and more to understand complex legal language, then compare a given contract, lease, or agreement with language in other contracts, quickly identifying the responsibilities, rights, and terms of the contract - all done automatically. For deep understanding of how the whole process works, listen to this interesting podcast, share and subscribe.

Jeremy Gardner is a man of many endeavors and talents. He helped develop Augur, a blockchain based prediction market, scheduled for release in Q1 or Q2 2017, is a member of the Blockchain Education Network, Editor-in-Chief at The Distributed Ledger magazine, and is a venture capitalist and angel investor in various tech companies. Jeremy dives deep into the workings and reasoning behind the creation of Augur, (built on the ethereum platform), an upcoming global, decentralized prediction market. Because it is decentralized, Augur will harness the wisdom of the crowd to set odds and predictions on various events such as "who will win the 2020 presidential election?", "how much rainfall will Buenos Aires experience during May 2016", and more. Jeremy also discusses some the most exciting cryptocurrencies, tokens and blockchain use cases right now and what he considers to be the greatest challenges the industry faces. By listening to influential market makers and people like Jeremy Gardner, you'll be sure to ha

Piper Merriam is a Developer and security researcher, focused on building applications utilizing the Ethereum platform. Piper discusses his development of the Ethereum Alarm Clock (which allows start times for smart contracts to be executed in the future). Piper also discusses the inner workings of Ethereum, proof of stake vs. proof of work mining, smart contracts, and a whole lot more. Want to learn more about blockchain technologies and upcoming changes to how we live and work? Listen, subscribe and rate this podcast.

ROSS uses its in house artificial intelligence to help human lawyers research faster and better advise their clients Jimoh Ovbiagele, Cofounder/CTO at ROSS Intelligence explains how ROSS can be understood and mastered in minutes and there’s no need to interrupt your workflow with lengthy training sessions just to learn its basics. Just ask any direct question and Artificially Intelligent lawyer, ROSS will use its AI to find the answer for you in seconds from the law and thousands of keyword based results. ROSS helps the human lawyers save potentially un-billable research time without compromising on the accuracy of the research. Artificial intelligence is poised to transform the legal profession and you're going to want to listen to this fascinating interview. Listen, subscribe and share

Unsung is a non-profit whose goal is to end hunger in America by leveraging the ‘sharing economy’. Food isn't something most Americans think about because for most, food is over abundant. It's surprising to hear that over 49 million Americans live with food insecurity (meaning these people don't know where their next meal is coming from). Meanwhile, Americans throw 500 billion dollars of food each year! UNSUNG is leveraging the sharing economy to solve this hunger problem. With the unsung app, if you're a restaurant or a catering service or you just have extra food, log on to their app, describe the food you have available, and it will be picked up and delivered to the needy (you'll get a tax deduction, and save money on your garbage bill, too. Every meal donated can be seen on their Live Feed. People can view the good deeds being done in their community in real time transparently. Leaderboards and badges show you the most active unsung heroes in your community. UNSUNG is growing rapidly and has been gro

Airbitz started out as a mobile wallet for bitcoin and has evolved into a single-sign on security platform for blockchain apps. Paul Puey explains how Airbitz is an easy to use and secure bitcoin wallet. You can logon to decentralized blockchain apps by scanning a barcode and your private keys are instantly created, encrypted, and backed up and all this happens automatically. Airbitz uses exceptionally rich functionality & features. Automatic client-side encryption guarantees that bitcoin keys are always protected from malware making it very secure. Listen to this interesting interview to find out more about Airbitz and don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast and post a review.

Civic.com helps people protect their identity and process immediate alerts through text message if their identity appears to have been compromised. Jonathan Smith, CTO, explains how Civic.com helps empower its users choose how to control their identity, and keep and safeguard their own data on a mobile device and make it available for the products and services - sharing their data without being compromised. Civic notifies its customers in real-time when their personal details like credit cards are used anywhere (even thousands of miles away), helping people identify fraud before or while it happens. If, for some reason you become a victim of identity theft or fraud, Civic.com will spend up to $1 Million to help your recovery, they will hire the attorneys, investigators and accountants to help recover your loss. Tons of valuable information in there, listen, subscribe, and rate this podcast.

ShapeShift.io is a digital cryptocurrency exchange that allows you to buy or sell hundreds of digital cryptocurrencies, from Bitcoin to zCash to Ethereum and more. Erik Voorhees, CEO of Shape Shift, talks with Richard Jacobs about how the cryptocurrency exchange works, how customers' data is secure, because customer accounts are not needed and no customer info is kept by Shape Shift, and more. You'll find this to be a fascinating podcast. Listen, subscribe, and rate us.

Sean Dennis, Co-Founder of Loyyal.com, an emerging blockchain-based loyalty program facilitator, discusses how Loyyal.com works to reduce costs for big companies (like Hotels, Airlines, etc) to offer loyalty programs and work with partner companies. Loyyal is a worldwide loyalty & rewards platform, which utilizes blockchain & smart contract technology. Loyyal helps remove the current obstructions from loyalty relationships and enables more refined custom incentification. Sean gives comprehensive details about how loyyal.com works and how rewards can now be multi-branded, for example an “Airline/Bank” co-branded reward or even an “Airline/Retailer/Consumer” multi-branded reward. Listen, rate us, and subscribe below. You can download the free PDF "Making blockchain real for customer loyalty rewards programs" for deeper understanding of Loyyal's services and offerings. Here's where you can Download the PDF.