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  • Episode 10: Live!

    https://enginerds.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/episode-10.mp3

    On this episode we talked live about:

    • Trains that use lasers remove leaf jam:
      • Aeroplanes with memory shape alloy wings:
        • Landing on the far (dark…) side of the moon:

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          38 min
        • Episode 9: Christmas Engineering
          https://enginerds.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Episode-9.mp3

          This episode we talked about:

          • Christmas tree syphoning
          • The worlds longest straw:
            • Flying Reindeer
            • The acceleration of Santa

              • Enginerds LIVE!!

              https://www.facebook.com/events/293741771475006/

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              33 min
            • Episode 8: Aerodynamics
              https://enginerds.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Episode-8.mp3

              Things we talked about in this episode:

              • Mercedes F1 rim details

                • A better descriptions of entropy:
                  • Overtaking your wake
                  • Enginerds live!

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                    42 min
                  • Episode 7: Pumpkins & Wedding Rings
                    Thomas Kienzle/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images
                    https://enginerds.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/episode-7.mp3

                    Things we talked about on this episode:

                    • The JPL pumpkin carving competition:
                      • World record breaking pumpkin statistics:

                        • Spinning wedding rings:

                          • Video of wedding ring spinning on Teflon
                            • GPR for autonomous vehicles: link

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                              44 min
                            • Episode 6: Whips, TNT and flying

                              https://enginerds.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/episode-6.mp3

                              Things we talked about in this episode:

                              • Research article on bullwhips
                              • The healing effects of TNT
                              • How To Fly (book by Richard Ferris)

                                • This months article on AI gliders

                                  • This podcast is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://enginerds.co.uk/

                                  46 min
                                • Episode 5: Helicopters and Space

                                  https://enginerds.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/episode-5.mp3

                                  Things we talked about in this episode:

                                  • The “Long-Lance” torpedo
                                  • Torpedoes
                                    • Landing a helicopter on Mt Everest
                                    • The Tennis Racket Effect
                                      • The cost of putting things into space

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                                        44 min
                                      • Episode 4: Snurfers and Phil Collins

                                        https://enginerds.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/episode-4.mp3

                                        Things we talked about on this episode include:

                                        • High-frequency anti-loitering devices
                                        • Human hearing test:
                                          • How the sound of the 80s was invented by accident:
                                            • Snurfers!
                                            • Spiders flying with electricity
                                            • Wake power monthly article
                                            • This episode also features a short audio clip of “In the air tonight” (1981) by Phil Collins.

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                                              41 min
                                            • Episode 3: Slides and Aerofoils

                                              https://enginerds.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/episode-3.mp3

                                              This month we talked about:

                                              • Aerofoils in supermarket fridges
                                              • Antipodal points

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                                                This podcast is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://enginerds.co.uk/

                                                39 min
                                              • Episode 2: Trains, Bridges and Robots

                                                https://enginerds.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/episode-2.mp3News/Research article:

                                                https://www.theengineer.co.uk/human-corneas-bioink-newcastle/

                                                Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel:

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                                                45 min
                                              • Episode 1: Pilot

                                                News article:

                                                http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-43823883

                                                Research article:

                                                http://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6387/eaao1082

                                                https://enginerds.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/episode-pilot.mp3

                                                Music is Enthusiast by Tours and is provided via a Creative Commons license.

                                                This podcast is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://enginerds.co.uk/

                                                33 min

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                                              A monthly podcast about all things engineering hosted by @ND_Martin @DrCraigWarrent and @ml_combrinck. We are academics at Northumbria University, Newcastle.