John Cohn | Play and Prototyping with the Veremin project | In the Open with Luke and Joe

In this episode, we are pleased to bring you a conversation with the engineer and scientist John Cohn. John is an IBM Fellow based at the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab and holds over 100 worldwide patents. In addition to being a brilliant engineer and scientist, John is also a well-known television and live event personality who promotes science, technology, and creativity to audiences of all ages.Key Takeaways:[00:00 - 01:46] Intro to the episode[03:32 - 05:22] Introduction to John Cohn[05:41 - 06:57] John & IBM[08:34 - 17:31] Having a passion and love for technology and learning, and how that led to The Veremin Project[23:35 - 27:13] Working on projects that might not have an outcome[35:55 - 39:04] What's going on with John now, and what he is excited for in the future[40:22 - 42:46] Call for Code[43:01 - 45:25] John on the show The ColonyResources:https://veremin.mybluemix.net/https://github.com/vabarbosa/vereminhttp://johncohn.org/base/Satori Super ComputerWhat you are about to hear is a new podcast and live stream show entitled, “In the Open with Luke and Joe”.  In this series my cohost Joe Sepi and I  bring you conversations with community and technical leaders from the world of open source and enterprise tech.   We do this live twice a month on Fridays at 12 noon eastern time.  You can catch us on a variety of streaming platforms or here as replay on your favorite podcast app. To find out all the details go to ibm.biz/intheopen. There you will find our show schedule, an embedded the live streaming video player as well as embeds of past video episodes.  Or you can link directly to the podcast page with ibm.biz/intheopenpodcast