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(1:03) - Self-navigating Smart Cane 🦯
 

(15:16) - Enhanced Touchscreens 📱
 

Episode 41 was brought to you by Mouser Electronics, Farbod & Daniel’s favorite electronics distributor. Click here to learn more about Mouser's Create the Future Design Contest.

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(1:11) - How Patagonia is saving the oceans, one hat at a time 🌊

(12:00) - Samsara - the “infinite recycling” startup ♻️

Episode 40 was brought to you by Mouser Electronics, Farbod & Daniel’s favorite electronics distributor. Click here to learn more about Mouser's environmental commitments, which we are definitely excited about.

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(1:00) - Lightyear One - The EV that runs on solar power

(16:45) - Czinger - The 3D Printed Car That Beat The Best

Episode 39 was brought to you by Mouser Electronics, Farbod & Daniel’s favorite electronics distributor. Click here to learn more about the high school solar car team that was made possible with support from Mouser electronics.

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(1:05) - NASA Grant To Enable Explorations Of Concrete Behavior In Moon-Like Gravity: 

Colonizing Mars and setting up a base on the lunar surface for deep space exploration has been a hot topic for a while, but there is still a major unanswered question: how are we going to build structures in space? Concrete seems to be a pretty solid answer. 

Unfortunately, the microgravity conditions in space pose a challenge for concrete cures which can result in mechanical defects in the end product; however, Professor Yamamoto at Penn State has recently received a grant to study these defects and investigate methods to avoid them which means concrete villas on Mars might not be a far fetched reality in the near future.

(12:17) - Learn About The Universe With The James Webb Space Telescope: 
The observable universe is about to get much bigger and we owe it all to the James Webb telescope. It will be the first to detect the light from the galaxies that were formed shortly after the Big Bang - approximately 13.5 billion years ago - and it is able to accomplish this using the new infrared sensing equipment that it’s predecessor (the Hubble telescope) didn’t have.

But what does this mean for us? Aside from the cool new high definition images of the cosmos, we’re likely going to find answers for some lingering questions but more importantly, stumble onto even more questions than we had before.

Episode 38 was brought to you by Mouser Electronics, Farbod & Daniel’s favorite electronics distributor :) 

This is the video of the space challenge hosted by Mouser Electronics that was discussed in this episode.

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(1:20) - Smart T-shirt measures astronaut vital signs : 

Fun fact: astronauts lose up to 20% of muscle mass during their missions. If we want to make long-term space missions, we need to understand why and how this muscle atrophy takes place. That’s exactly what the German Aerospace Center aims to accomplish with their smart T-shirt and astronaut Matthias Maurer will be the first to bring the modern era of fashion to the new space age during his upcoming mission in the ISS.

(10:35) - Wearable Tech Aids Freedivers, Cardiac Patients: 
Freedivers are essentially superhumans and researchers want to leverage the mechanics of their physiology by using it to prepare cardiovascular patients for surgery. The key to this effort is accurate real time data which is where Carnegie Mellon University’s special headband comes into play. 
 

Episode 37 was brought to you by Mouser Electronics, Farbod & Daniel’s favorite electronics distributor :)

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About the podcast:

Every day, some of the most innovative universities, companies, and individual technology developers share their knowledge on Wevolver. To ensure we can also provide this knowledge for the growing group of podcast listeners, we started a collaboration with two young engineers, Daniel Scott Mitchell & Farbod Moghaddam who discuss the most interesting content in this podcast series. 

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(0:55) - Reinventing The Construction Industry: 

There are 150,000 accidents on construction sites every year and there have been little technological advances to mitigate these risks - until now. University of Michigan is leading research efforts to develop a collaborative robot that can handle all the physically strenuous, and dangerous, tasks on the job site with instructions from seasoned construction workers. 

(11:46) - Software To Increase Mental Strength: 
Have you ever struggled to focus when you really need to? Or worse, find your brain to be incredibly active when you are trying to sleep? Well, ETH Zurich researchers have designed a software program to analyze and display brain activity on a spectrum - MyFlow - to make your life a little easier. MyFlow does this via retinal image analysis and can provide activities to train your brain in a manner that best suits you. 

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About the podcast:

Every day, some of the most innovative universities, companies, and individual technology developers share their knowledge on Wevolver. To ensure we can also provide this knowledge for the growing group of podcast listeners, we started a collaboration with two young engineers, Daniel Scott Mitchell & Farbod Moghaddam who discuss the most interesting content in this podcast series. 

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(1:23) - Robot Mimics Mantis Shrimp: 

Meet the mantis shrimp; a 2-7 inch crustacean capable of creating temperatures near that of the sun’s surface by the flick of their wrists. A group of scientists from numerous institutions have been investigating this curious sea dweller to understand how the mechanics of this phenomena work and how we can replicate it to be utilized in different applications.

(13:15) - Collagen For Biohybrid Robots: 
Is the renowned HBO original Westworld the first thing that pops into your mind when you hear “biohybrid robots”? Well, us too! However, a research team from Carnegie Mellon University wants to change that by developing robotic systems composed of biological matter so that underwater explorations or search and rescue missions don’t damage the ecosystem in which they operate.

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About the podcast:

Every day, some of the most innovative universities, companies, and individual technology developers share their knowledge on Wevolver. To ensure we can also provide this knowledge for the growing group of podcast listeners, we started a collaboration with two young engineers, Daniel Scott Mitchell & Farbod Moghaddam who discuss the most interesting content in this podcast series. 

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(1:00) - Biomedical Engineers Grow 3D Bioprinted Blood Vessel: 

Do you ever read about a groundbreaking new drug and then wonder why it never actually becomes available to the general public? Well, a group of Texas A&M researchers plan to address that by mimicking human biology using functional 3D printed blood vessels. 

(9:10) - 3D Printed Eardrum Graft: 

Eardrum damage is difficult to address with most treatments being intensive, expensive, and ineffective. To address this problem, researchers developed a 3D printed eardrum graft that can be implanted via a non-invasive procedure and return full functionality.

About the podcast:

Every day, some of the most innovative universities, companies, and individual technology developers share their knowledge on Wevolver. To ensure we can also provide this knowledge for the growing group of podcast listeners, we started a collaboration with two young engineers, Daniel Scott Mitchell & Farbod Moghaddam who discuss the most interesting content in this podcast series. 

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(1:09) - Scientists Set New Record With Bifacial Solar Cells: 

Australian National University just broke a world record for solar efficiency by harvesting solar energy reflected from the ground behind a solar panel using their novel double sided approach.

(7:27) - Smart Laser Cutter System Detects Different Materials: 

Have you ever wanted to use a laser cutter without needing to research the right settings for the material you want to cut? Well, MIT has developed an AI powered optical sensor that can determine whether your material is safe and if so, it’ll tell you the exact parameters to use!

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About the podcast:

Every day, some of the most innovative universities, companies, and individual technology developers share their knowledge on Wevolver. To ensure we can also provide this knowledge for the growing group of podcast listeners, we started a collaboration with two young engineers, Daniel Scott Mitchell & Farbod Moghaddam who discuss the most interesting content in this podcast series. 

To learn more about this show, please visit the shows page. By following the page, you will get automatic updates by email when a new show is published.

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(1:04) - Facial Recognition AI Helps Save Multibillion Dollar Grape Crop:

Powdery mildew causes multi-billion dollar losses of grape crops on a yearly basis so it is no surprise that researchers like Professor Lance Cadle-Davidson from Cornell University are working on developing more fungus resistant varieties. The process of analyzing grape leaf samples is quite cumbersome and would’ve required 6 months of manual labor had engineer and computer scientists - Professor Yu Jiang - not stepped in. Professor Jiang was able to reduce the analysis timeframe down to just 1 day by developing a robot powered by a modified facial recognition artificial intelligence model and equipped with an optical microscope.

(7:50) - Metallic Glass Gears Up For 'Cobots,' Coatings, And More: 

Robots are composed of many mechanical components, the most important of which are the gears. NASA has leveraged the benefits of robotics in many missions (Mars rovers being the most famous) but the harsh atmospheric conditions have proven to be problematic for operation since the necessary lubricant for the gears has to be constantly heated up before conducting any task. NASA JPL recruited the help of Douglas Hoffman to address this problem and through his work they were able to develop bulk metallic glass gears which possess the hardness of crystals, maintain the favorable mechanical properties of metals, can be injection molded for mass manufacturing, and do not require lubrication. This breakthrough is a substantial move in the right direction concerning affordable robotics since gears account for ~50% of the price in robotic applications.

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