Collaborators: Holoportation™ communication technology with Spencer Fowers and Kwame Darko
On this episode, I’m talking to Dr. Spencer Fowers, a Principal Member of the Technical Staff at Microsoft Research, and Dr. Kwame Darko, a plastic surgeon at the National Reconstructive Plastic Surgery and Burns Centre at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, Ghana. Spencer and Kwame are working on 3D telemedicine, a project they hope will increase access to specialized healthcare in rural and underserved communities by using live 3D communication, or Holoportation. We’ll learn much more about that in this episode. But first, let’s meet our collaborators.
Spencer, I’ll start with you. Tell us about the technical staff in the Special Projects division of Microsoft Research. What kind of work do you do, what’s the research model, and what’s your particular role there?
SPENCER FOWERS: Hi, Gretchen.