This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro
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This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro
WAKR's Jeanne Destro discusses a new tech topic each week!
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Universities Adapt, Adopt, and Cash In On AI
This week, we're exploring how two Universities in Northeast Ohio are using artificial intelligence.
At the University of Akron, their Co...
Retro Tech Rewind: Dawn of The Living VHS!
This week, we're time-tripping back to the 1980s, when hair was big, ties were skinny, and everybody headed over to the video store on Friday night to...
AI, Healthcare, and Ohio Law
When congress declined to implement a provision that would have prohibited states from regulating AI for the next ten years in their recently passed "...
The Moon, The Stars, Mars, & Robots!
This week, it's all things space, as we explore the possibility of life on Mars, Star Trek's upcoming 60th Anniversary, and the University of Akron's...
Cash For Tech Workers: Ohio's New STEM Relocation Incentive
Want highly skilled STEM-skilled workers to permanently relocate to Ohio? Offer their employers cold, hard, taxpayer-generated cash to bring them here...
Safety First: Fairlawn's New High Tech Connected Vehicle Corridor
The City of Fairlawn is embarking on an ambitious new plan to ease traffic flow and prioritize safety on State Route 18.
They're spending...
OK Boomers: Seniors, Technology, and Better Health
It was one of those "I can't believe I fell for it", moments on social media, where somebody was going on about how this "old lady" couldn't figure ou...
This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro
Google took action this week to better protect children from harmful content on YouTube; announcing they're using artificial intelligence (AI) to anal...
The Talking Dead
Two well-known celebrities ignited a firestorm of controversy this week, when they used AI to bring dead people "back to life" by creating video Avata...
Put The Pedal To The Metal In Akron This Weekend!
If you're looking for something fun and maybe a little different to do this weekend in Akron; head on over to Bowery Street, where Akron's Earthquaker...
New Glue Fuses Art & Science @ Akron U
Art conservators at museums worldwide had a very sticky problem, and the University of Akron had the solution.
It's called "Beva 371 Akro...
AI Marks The Spot: High Tech Cancer Treatment @ UH
A new AI-assisted radiotherapy system is giving doctors at University Hospitals in Cleveland the ability to more accurately target and treat certain t...
Rise Of The Machines
Imagine you're in a life and death struggle, and it's you, or the other guy. What would you do? Would you fight dirty?
Well, probably a l...
Streaming Success @ The University of Akron
One of the biggest personalities in streaming media recently put the University of Akron on the map in a new way for a new audience.
That...
Double-Edged Deepfake Dilemma
While the new federal "Take It Down Act" that aims to protect people from the unauthorized sharing of intimate, sexually explicit images, is a really...
One Ring To Connect Them All
Summit County is moving full steam ahead with its ambitious "Summit Connects" , 130 mile fiber ring, which will connect law enforcement, public agenci...
Project Update: Summit County Fiber Ring
Summit County is moving full steam ahead with its ambitious "Summit Connects" , 130 mile fiber ring, which will connect law enforcement, public agenci...
Revenge Porn Smackdown & Robot Bosses
From a new law to protect people from unauthorized intimate images posted online, to why some people think robots would make better bosses; we've got...
Who Is Spying On Your Phone?
Imagine a state-sponsored surveillance app secretly monitoring everything on your phone; recording it all for some shady intelligence agency so they c...
Why "Work From Anywhere" Is Great For Midwest Economy
Despite some corporate leaders' insistence that "return to work" initiatives are a great idea; it turns out, that flexibility about employee location...
Military Cybersecurity & Why Signalgate Still Matters
The national debate over security issues raised in early March when top-level US officials engaged in a Signal messaging app group text chat using the...
Can AI Save Your Kids From Online Predators?
While Instagram's parent company, Meta, battles the government in court over antitrust claims; they're also battling to keep your kids safe online.
Facial Recognition Technology Spotlighted In Cleveland Murder Case
If the foundation of your house is made of sand, it will eventually fall, and if the foundation of a legal case is built on questionable evidence; it...
How Will Tariffs Affect Ohio's Auto Industry?
Because Ohio has the nation’s #2 largest workforce in motor vehicle manufacturing (OEM assembly) and motor vehicle parts manufacturing (auto parts sup...
Tariffs, Trade Wars, & Technology
Because the innovative and advanced technology that powers manufacturing in Ohio relies heavily on imported parts and components; the latest increase...
What's Causing Fatal Fires In Ohio?
The State Fire Marshal's Office recently figured out the root cause for most fatal fires in Ohio, and they did so by using a new data analytics tool.<...
UA Rocket Design Team Plans Big Launch March 29
Something very special is about to happen out in the California's Mojave Desert, on March 29th.
That's when the University of Akron's "Ak...
Cleveland Clinic Docs Embrace AI For Office Tasks
Doctor visits are going high tech at the Cleveland Clinic, where they are now using an AI (Artificial Intelligence) tool for help with notes and recor...
Asteroids, Adventure, & Money!
The vast economic potential of outer space is not just for the few rich and famous entrepreneurs who are flourishing in today's commercial space race,...
"Virtual Nurses" On Call Now At Akron Children's Hospital
The demand for nurses is so great, that the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics reports there will be more than 193,000 more job openings than nurses t...
EVs are the Future, So Why Is America Behind?
American consumers have been more than a little skittish when it comes to whole heartedly adopting Electric Vehicles.
From their comparat...
As AI Gobbles Jobs: How Can Humans Compete?
This week, we're having a conversation with Deborah Perry Psicionne, who co-authored the new book "Employment is Dead: How Disruptive Technologies Are...
Tech Training Spotlighted At Walsh University This Week
It has been a big week at Walsh University in North Canton, as they wrap up up their annual Science and Business Innovation Summit, today. The three-d...
Human Creators Vs. AI: Can Copyright Law Keep Up?
Creatives of all types are waking up to the fact that much of what they have spent their entire lives learning to do, and be, is endangered by Artific...
Why Laws Aren't Enough: Stepping Up To Keep Kids Safe Online
Despite the US Surgeon General's call earlier this year for Congress to approve a law that would require mental health warnings on social media for yo...
Can AI Help Prevent School Shootings?
When I first started writing this story a couple of weeks ago, I had no idea that there would be a horrific school shooting in Madison, Wisconsin, the...
Chinese Tech Trade War Threatens National Security & Ohio Economic Growth
If you've ever had to wait to get your car, or anything else repaired because parts are on backorder; you know how frustrating it can be.
...
Time Magazine Spotlights New U-A Invention
A new medical device that allows surgeons to more easily see while they maneuver around even the tiniest of spaces in the human body, has made TIME Ma...
Art +Technology=Fashion@Kent State University
From mass-produced jeans, to one-of-a-kind designer creations only seen on gorgeous runway models; most of today's fashion is extremely high-tech.
Bigger, Stronger, Better: Ohio's Expanding Tech Boom
From sustainable polymers in Akron, to semiconductors near Columbus, Defense R& D in Dayton, and Solar Panels in Toledo; Ohio is a hotbed of new techn...