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In the event the pilot of an airplane is unable to fly, Garmin Autoland can help protect the passengers on board by taking control of the airplane and landing it at a suitable airport. It’s revolutionary automation. And it’s the recipient of the 2020 Robert J. Collier Trophy — the annual award that represents the pinnacle of achievement in aeronautics and astronautics. In this special edition, we talk to Garmin engineers Bailey Scheel and Ben Patel and Executive Vice President, Managing Director of Aviation Phil Straub about the development of this technology — and what it means for the future of aviation.

When you look at Mirinda “Rinny” Carfrae’s bio, the first thing you see isn’t that she is a four-time world champion Garmin-sponsored triathlete. You don’t see that she strikes fear in the hearts of competitors, with an ongoing list of records that she has been stacking since the early 2000s. The first thing you see is that she’s a mom. In this episode we sit down with Rinny and her husband Timothy O’Donnell, also a world-class Garmin-sponsored triathlete, to discuss their athletic careers and what it’s like to be superstar athletes while raising two superstar children.

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Mirna Valerio is an ultrarunner, an author and an inspiration. She’s also one of our Women of Adventure. Mirna may not be what you imagine when you think of an ultrarunner who climbs mountains, and that’s OK. She likes to surprise people. Moreover, she loves to inspire people. Throughout her athletic career, Mirna has spoken about what it’s like to be a larger woman running amidst stereotypical athletes.

Her relentless optimism and athletic feats have been featured in Women’s Running, WSJ. Magazine, Runner’s World, on the “NBC Nightly News,” CNN, The CW Network, “GMA,” “The Kelly Clarkson Show” and in the REI-produced short, “The Mirnavator.” She was also selected as a 2018 National Geographic Adventurer of the Year. In this episode, we sit down to catch up with Mirna and listen to her story.

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What if your smartwatch could tell if you had COVID-19? What if it could predict any illness before you felt symptoms? Garmin is involved in a study with the Stanford University School of Medicine to answer this question. Listen in as we sit down with Michael Snyder, Ph.D., professor and chair of genetics at the Stanford University School of Medicine, to learn about the future of preventive health care and smartwatch technology.