Predicting The Top 10 Consumer Tech Trends and The Challenges of Trusting Big Tech with Mellie Chow

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Make Sense with Lindsay Tabas, The Lady Engineer

Lindsay Tabas, Lady Engineer®

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Make Sense is a video podcast where my guests and I untangle the way technology impacts our everyday lives and shapes our world, pragmatically and without the jargon. Whether you're totally hyped on artificial intelligence and ready for the robot takeover, or you want to crawl into a cave after deleting all of your social media accounts, I'm here with my guests to help MAKE SENSE of what's going on so you can design your human experience into the future.

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Predicting The Top 10 Consumer Tech Trends and The Challenges of Trusting Big Tech with Mellie Chow

Make Sense with Lindsay Tabas, The Lady Engineer

54 minutes 50 seconds

1 year ago

Predicting The Top 10 Consumer Tech Trends and The Challenges of Trusting Big Tech with Mellie Chow

On this week’s episode of Make Sense, Lindsay sits down with seasoned angel investor, Mellie Chow to predict the top 10 consumer technology trends for the next five to 10 years. They discuss the future of work, Generative AI assistance, electrification, robots and drones, and augmented mental and physical health and touch on the challenges and concerns associated with trusting big tech companies with personal data and brain-computer interfaces. We highlight the importance of balancing technological advancements with ethical considerations and inclusivity.

Timeline

00:00 The Future of Work: Spatial and Augmented

06:08 Gen AI Assistance and Bring-Your-Own AI

08:59 Electrification of Everything That Moves

12:07 Robots and Drones Take Over Everywhere

14:52 Augmented Mental and Physical Health

26:56 The Metaverse: Immersive and Interactive Experiences

27:40 In-Game Advertising: Reaching Consumers Where They Are

33:35 Sustainability and Regeneration: Addressing the Climate Emergency

39:53 Super Apps: Consolidating Services into One Platform

45:47 Democratizing Accessibility: Inclusive Design for All

49:35 Biometric Authentication: Enhancing Security and User Experience

49:35 Synthetic Creativity: Redefining Reality with AI

Make Sense is a video-first podcast that simplifies complex issues at the intersection of tech & people. Whether you’re ready for the robot takeover or want to delete all your socials, I’m here to help you make sense of what’s going on so we can design the human experience into the future.

Top 10 Clips from the first 30 episodes! Dive into the most insightful clips without having to watch full episodes by visiting LindsayT.com/MS-Top10.

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About Mellie Chow

Mellie Chow is an angel investor/venture capitalist, entrepreneur, IT/Technology and Management/Strategy Consultant and Product Innovation Executive with 20+ years of experience across multiple industries including telecommunications & cable, utilities & power generation, banking, healthcare, government, and food. She is a Venture Partner for Archangel Axion and the former Executive Director of Competitive Intelligence, Research and Strategy of a fortune 50 Company.Mellie holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Waterloo and an MBA from Kellogg (Northwestern) and the Schulich School of Business (York University). She is currently pursuing her executive leadership and management certification from MIT Sloan. Mellie resides in Philadelphia but will always call Canada home.To Connect With MellieFollow Mellie on linkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mellie-chow/Axion Fund Report: https://www.archangelnetwork.ca/axion/