Humm’s Iain McIntyre and Tim Fiori: “A brain-enhancement subscription”

The Times Tech Podcast

Will Morley

Business, Unknown, Technology

4.9 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2019

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Iain McIntyre and Tim Fiori of Humm to talk about creating brain prosthetics, starting out in Australia (3:20), turning a room-sized machine into a band-aid (7:10), improving working memory (8:45), and what that means (11:25), the miniaturisation process (13:40), my own brain test (14:35), tuning the brain’s orchestra (17:55), the business plan (21:20), targeting old people (23:20), marketing it as a wellness product (24:40), bifurcating the human race (27:35), why someone else isn’t doing this (31:20), compounding interest in your brain (35:05), why others have failed (36:40), and a better brain subscription (38:30).

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Danny in the Valley, your weekly dispatch from behind the scenes and inside the minds of the top people in tech.
0:08.3	I am your host, Danny Fortson, and we have big news.
0:14.1	Can we sound the new logo Claxton?
0:19.1	Our graphics wizards back at London HQ have come up with a new logo for the show.
0:26.1	So, first, let's pour one out for the rainbow unicorn.
0:32.0	It galloped with the best of them and served me well as we got this show off the ground two and a half years ago and out
0:39.4	into the world but now we have put it out to pasture in lieu of some more refined artwork
0:48.6	let's say the new one is a take on the thinker. You know that famous sculpture.
0:55.0	Anyway, we're very highbrow around here.
0:58.0	But anyhow, I was thinking about making some rainbow unicorn swag, maybe a T-shirt with the logo on it.
1:05.0	If you're interested, email me at dany.fortson at-hyphen times.co.com.
1:12.0	Maybe we could set up a little something and make some.
1:14.6	If enough people get in touch, we could do it.
1:17.0	And if not, I may do it anyway.
1:19.4	Make some onesies for my kids or something.
1:21.7	That's it.
1:22.2	Now, let's get to today's show.
1:25.1	Yo, technology.
1:27.8	What is it all about?
1:29.4	And now you're feeling some tingling.
1:31.1	I am.
1:31.8	Yep.
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