{"id":870,"date":"2019-03-11T11:11:09","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T18:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/?p=870"},"modified":"2019-03-11T11:11:16","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T18:11:16","slug":"213-nick-tovar-scientific-thinking-it-for-surgical-imaging-technology-viewpoints-and-gaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/213-nick-tovar-scientific-thinking-it-for-surgical-imaging-technology-viewpoints-and-gaming\/","title":{"rendered":"213: Nick Tovar | Scientific Thinking, IT For Surgical Imaging, Technology Viewpoints, And Gaming"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2592\" height=\"1944\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20190310_231954-1.jpg?fit=840%2C630\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-872\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20190310_231954-1.jpg 2592w, https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20190310_231954-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20190310_231954-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20190310_231954-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20190310_231954-1-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2592px) 100vw, 2592px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scientific thinkers get along. Guest Nick Tovar on episode 213 is my friend of a long time, and both of us think about and keep up with recent science and technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nick does IT for a company that makes imaging products that doctors use for surgeries and related applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Show notes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>how we met and our background in activities we have done<\/li><li>why upcoming technology is valuable and how it is being used<\/li><li>what Nick thinks about AI, 3D printing, VR, and ore<\/li><li>where we went to school or were at during different times of our life<\/li><li>what kinds of games Nick has played, along with my connection to such games<\/li><li>how Nick thinks about life perspective in relation to productivity, competition, learning, and more<\/li><li>what Nick has in mind as a goal or goals for 2019<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Glad to have Nick on the show~. He may return at a later time to discuss specific scientific research articles or related concepts with me.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7254\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-870-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/thearmenshow\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/episodes\/tas213nick.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/thearmenshow\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/episodes\/tas213nick.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/thearmenshow\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/episodes\/tas213nick.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/thearmenshow\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/episodes\/tas213nick.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/?powerpress_pinw=870-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/thearmenshow\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/episodes\/tas213nick.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"tas213nick.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientific thinkers get along. Guest Nick Tovar on episode 213 is my friend of a long time, and both of us think about and keep up with recent science and technology. Nick does IT for a company that makes imaging products that doctors use for surgeries and related applications. Show notes: how we met and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[124],"tags":[71,69,51,70],"class_list":["post-870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interviews","tag-gaming","tag-it","tag-science","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=870"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":873,"href":"https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870\/revisions\/873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}