Imperfect

Imperfect

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Imperfect episodes

  • 23: Metrics
    Metrics can be very useful if they are carefully chosen. Badly chosen metrics can do more harm than good, so how can you tell the difference?
    With John Chidgey.

    Links of potential interest:

    • Metrics Definition

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      11 min
    • 20: Stava Dam
      On the 19th of July, 1985 in Tesero, Northern Italy, a tailings dam gave way and killed 268 people. With the most common tailings dam design in the world, what went wrong and how widespread are the risks?
      With John Chidgey.

      Links of potential interest:

      • Stava tailings dam failure
      • Water Management Considerations for Conventional Storage
      • Conventional Impoundment Storage - The current techniques
      • The Stava Mudflow of 19 July 1985 PDF
      • Liquefaction
      • The Val di Stava Dam Collapse
      • Mine Tailings Safety Stava Report PDF
      • Val di Stava Dam Collapse
      • Tailings Dam
      • The Stava Tailings Dam Failure
      • Fondazione Stava 1985 [Italian]

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        Episode Gold Producer:
        'r'.
        Episode Silver Producers:
        Chris Stone, Eivind Hjertnes and Carsten Hansen.
        22 min
      • 22: Teamwork
        Teamwork is often thrown around as a concept, but do we each really understand whether we're team players or not? What will you choose?
        With John Chidgey.

        Links of potential interest:

        • Teamwork Definition

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          12 min
        • 21: Rugs
          Have you ever heard the expression, to have the rug pulled out from under you? Life does that to us all and sometimes you can do it to others without realising.
          With John Chidgey.

          Links of potential interest:

          • Pull The Rug Out

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            11 min
          • 84: Space X
            Elon Musk is considered by many to be a technological visionary. In this, the third in a series of shows about Elons projects, we look at Space X, its history, its rockets, capsules and Elon's dreams of going to Mars.
            With Radek Pietruszewski and John Chidgey.

            Links of Potential Interest:

            • Rocket
            • Space X
            • Elon Musk
            • Falcon 1
            • Falcon 9 v1.0
            • Falcon 9 v1.1
            • Falcon 9 Full Thrust
            • Elon Musk shows off first photo of SpaceX space suit
            • RP-1
            • Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39
            • Saturn V
            • Why is it better to launch a spaceship from near the equator?
            • Interplanetary Transport System
            • Dragon 2
            • MV Delta Mariner

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              Episode Gold Producer:
              'r'.
              Episode Silver Producers:
              Chris Stone, Eivind Hjertnes and Carsten Hansen.
              2 hr
            • 20: Music
              Music can connect us to the emotions of others and ourselves yet so many of us won't give all it has to offer a chance. We explore how it help and why it's amazing.
              With John Chidgey.

              Links of potential interest:

              • Music

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                11 min
              • 19: Smiler
                In 2015 at Alton Towers in the UK, The Smiler Rollercoaster experienced a major incident leading to severe injuries for multiple riders. We look at how pressure to get the ride running again and mis-communication defeated the system designed to protect the riders.
                With John Chidgey.

                Links of potential interest:

                • Alton Towers
                • The Smiler
                • How Alton Towers Smiler Crash Unfolded
                • Alton Towers Smiler Crash Footage Released
                • Alton Towers Smiler Ride Reopens

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                  Episode Gold Producer:
                  'r'.
                  Episode Silver Producers:
                  Chris Stone and Eivind Hjertnes.
                  20 min
                • 83: Tesla Part Two
                  Elon Musk is considered by many to be a technological visionary. In this, the third in a series of shows about Elons projects, we look at Tesla, its history, its cars the practicalities of what Elon's trying to achieve.
                  With Caleb Elston and John Chidgey.

                  Battery:

                  • Tesla Thermal Management System
                  • List of Battery Sizes
                  • Inconel
                  • Aviation Stack Exchange

                    • AutoPilot:

                    • Autonomous Driving Levels
                    • Intels $15B Acquisition of Mobileye

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                      Episode Gold Producer:
                      'r'.
                      Episode Silver Producers:
                      Chris Stone and Eivind Hjertnes.
                      1 hr 26 min
                    • 82: Tesla Part One
                      Elon Musk is considered by many to be a technological visionary. In this, the second in a series of shows about Elons projects, we look at Tesla, its history, its cars the practicalities of what Elon's trying to achieve.
                      With Caleb Elston and John Chidgey.

                      People:

                      • Martin Eberhard
                      • Elon Musk
                      • Marc Tarpenning
                      • Ze’ev Drori

                        • Vehicles:

                        • Roadster
                        • Roadster In Depth
                        • Model S
                        • Model S The Quickest Production Car in the World
                        • 2017 Model S P100D 0-60mph New Record
                        • Model X
                        • Hardest Car to Build in the World
                        • Model 3

                          • Patents:

                          • All Our Patent Are Belong To You
                          • List of Tesla Patents

                            • Charging:

                            • Supercharger Stations
                            • Tesla Supercharger
                            • Tesla joins Charging Interface Initiative

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                              Episode Gold Producer:
                              'r'.
                              Episode Silver Producers:
                              Chris Stone and Eivind Hjertnes.
                              1 hr 42 min
                            • 19: Effort
                              Effort put into a team effort can steer the end result. If it’s good, that’s great! But what if it’s not?
                              With John Chidgey.

                              Links of potential interest:

                              • Effort Definition

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                                12 min

                              About Imperfect

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                              Most people can look past the imperfections of everyday things in the world. For those that are unable to, this is for you.