Document Type

Article

Title

S4E9: How can we get the most out of technology?

Name

Ron Lisnet, University of MaineFollow
Richard Corey, University of Maine VEMI Laboratory
Nicholas Giudice, University of Maine VEMI Laboratory
Caitlin Howell, University of Maine VEMI Laboratory

Streaming Media

Run Time

00:29:13

Release Date

4-22-2021

Episode Description

Refrigerators tell us when we’re out of juice. Digital assistants schedule appointments and alert us to the weather forecast. Driverless cars slide into tight parallel parking spaces. Today, many of us increasingly rely on devices, apps and artificial intelligence in our daily lives.

How can technology be designed to do the most good? How can scientists make it easy to use and put people, rather than the technology, in charge? This is the work of the University of Maine VEMI Lab. VEMI stands for Virtual Environment and Multimodal Interaction. This week, directors Rick Corey, Nick Giudice and Caitlin Howell talk with host Ron Lisnet about the lab’s mission, its many projects, and the answer to the question: How can we get the most out of technology?