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Jeff Beckham

Instant Classics: The Future of Sports Fandom

Advanced statistics and our love of quantifying achievements have turned sports into a battle of numbers. Debates over which team or player is better are settled with a barrage of statistics. But what happens when you try to measure something immeasurable? Like how exciting a game will turn out…

Connected Clothes: Smart Shirts Could Help Save Lives

Smart shirts, like those produced by Hexoskin, could help save lives with better and quicker health monitoring. When Roxanne Vogel stepped back into her Berkeley, California, apartment just before midnight on May 24, she had been away for almost exactly two weeks. During that 14-day stretch, she’d made her way…

The Hitmakers: AI in Hollywood to Determine Next Big Movie

StoryFit and Slated are using data and technology to help producers determine what movies will be a big hit at the box office. Let’s dive in to find out more about how AI in Hollywood is making a big difference in the movie scene. “NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING.” Those three…

An FBI Negotiator Translates His Tactics to the Boardroom

Most people wouldn’t think that negotiating the details of a new contract in a conference room compares with freeing American hostages in the jungles of the Philippines. But Chris Voss, one of the few people who has done both, says they’re more similar than you might think. Voss faced…

The Driverless Future of Racing

Since the beginning of auto racing, the stars of the sport have been the drivers, whose skill and fearlessness make them internationally famous and fabulously wealthy. But what happens as the world moves closer to self-driving cars? Will racing be the same without these daredevils behind the wheel? That’s…