http://news.cnet.com/8300-30966_3-.html CNET Conversations en-us You ask the questions, CNET gets the answers. CNET Conversations is a series of video interviews with tech luminaries, and CNET users will be submitting the questions. 2010 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved Sun, 02 Dec 2012 21:00:00 PST How Ford makes its cars smarter http://news.cnet.com/8301-30966_3-57556654-262/how-ford-makes-its-cars-smarter/?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=CNETConversations In the fast-evolving world of connected cars, CTO Paul Mascarenas is bringing Detroit and Silicon Valley together to chart Ford's path into the future. http://news.cnet.com/8301-30966_3-57556654-262/how-ford-makes-its-cars-smarter/ Sun, 02 Dec 2012 21:00:00 PST Brian Cooley GPS pioneer takes aim at the future of navigation http://news.cnet.com/8301-30966_3-57551482-262/gps-pioneer-takes-aim-at-the-future-of-navigation/?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=CNETConversations After you help invent GPS, what do you do for an encore? If you're TeleNav's Bob Rennard, you make it eerily smart. http://news.cnet.com/8301-30966_3-57551482-262/gps-pioneer-takes-aim-at-the-future-of-navigation/ Sun, 18 Nov 2012 21:00:00 PST Brian Cooley What's next from the people who invented the PC? http://news.cnet.com/8301-30966_3-57544841-262/whats-next-from-the-people-who-invented-the-pc/?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=CNETConversations Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center is known for its almost eerie capability to be working on what's next before most other companies can see it. CTO Sophie Vandebroek needs to keep that happening. http://news.cnet.com/8301-30966_3-57544841-262/whats-next-from-the-people-who-invented-the-pc/ Sun, 04 Nov 2012 21:00:00 PST Brian Cooley The lights over your head are about to get smart http://news.cnet.com/8301-30966_3-57533990-262/the-lights-over-your-head-are-about-to-get-smart/?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=CNETConversations Bridgelux is building a new kind of lighting that turns your ceiling into a network of smart devices. CEO Bill Watkins has bet his first-class seat on it. http://news.cnet.com/8301-30966_3-57533990-262/the-lights-over-your-head-are-about-to-get-smart/ Fri, 19 Oct 2012 16:50:16 PDT Brian Cooley Mission impossible: Making the green car cool http://news.cnet.com/8301-30966_3-57524628-262/mission-impossible-making-the-green-car-cool/?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=CNETConversations In one of the most tumultuous times in the auto business, Henrik Fisker is on a personal quest to make environmentally friendly vehicles sexy. http://news.cnet.com/8301-30966_3-57524628-262/mission-impossible-making-the-green-car-cool/ Tue, 02 Oct 2012 21:00:00 PDT Brian Cooley Intel's futurist knows what tech you'll want tomorrow http://news.cnet.com/8301-30966_3-57484451-262/intels-futurist-knows-what-tech-youll-want-tomorrow/?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=CNETConversations Brian David Johnson is Intel's guy in charge of knowing what tomorrow will be like. No pressure. He shows CNET's Brian Cooley what's next. http://news.cnet.com/8301-30966_3-57484451-262/intels-futurist-knows-what-tech-youll-want-tomorrow/ Fri, 17 Aug 2012 13:30:00 PDT Brian Cooley Lit Motors thinks we're just driving around in too much car http://news.cnet.com/8301-30966_3-57454939-262/lit-motors-thinks-were-just-driving-around-in-too-much-car/?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=CNETConversations Founder Daniel Kim thinks the answer is to reduce the size of our vehicles dramatically, along with their number of wheels. http://news.cnet.com/8301-30966_3-57454939-262/lit-motors-thinks-were-just-driving-around-in-too-much-car/ Sat, 07 Jul 2012 07:26:41 PDT Brian Cooley Lytro founder Ren Ng wants to make photos an experience http://news.cnet.com/8301-30966_3-57444424-262/lytro-founder-ren-ng-wants-to-make-photos-an-experience/?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=CNETConversations If you think digital photography changed everything, wait till you see light field photography. http://news.cnet.com/8301-30966_3-57444424-262/lytro-founder-ren-ng-wants-to-make-photos-an-experience/ Wed, 06 Jun 2012 12:58:39 PDT Brian Cooley Volkswagen tries to conquer the world with tech http://news.cnet.com/8301-30966_3-57437392-262/volkswagen-tries-to-conquer-the-world-with-tech/?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=CNETConversations The automaker wants to be the biggest in the world by 2018, and that will require great tech from an unlikely outpost in Silicon Valley. As part of CNET Conversations, Brian Cooley visits its Electronics Research Lab. http://news.cnet.com/8301-30966_3-57437392-262/volkswagen-tries-to-conquer-the-world-with-tech/ Sun, 20 May 2012 23:59:00 PDT Brian Cooley