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Out NOW! Our new podcast series The Engineering Edge sees Professor Lucy Rogers exploring the UK to uncover the every day tech that is giving people an edge. Plus, all you need to know about The DesignSpark Podcast (series 2) as well as History Makers (series 1).
The DesignSpark Podcast explores a range of exciting topics – Medical Technology, Big Data, Space Exploration, the Future of Transport, Artificial Intelligence and Augmented Humans. Search and subscribe on your favourite podcast platform below to listen now.
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March 18, 2020 13:30
Covid-19 Update: The DesignSpark Podcast
Following the worsening Covid-19 situation and the need to support social distancing efforts, we have taken the decision to cancel the live recordings for series 3 of The DesignSpark Podcast and will instead be recording behind closed doors.
An Audience With... The DesignSpark Podcast Series 3
Comedy is back on the curriculum with the return of the iTunes top-10 Podcast that embraces the silly side of science, and you can join the live audience for the recording!
February 3, 2020 08:43
Episode 4 – Lucy Goes Into Space and Time
How can everyday tech give space-based atomic clocks... The Engineering Edge? Professor Lucy Rogers PhD heads to Surrey Space Centre to find out.
January 6, 2020 00:31
Episode 3 - Lucy Goes Nuclear
How can everyday tech give nuclear fusion energy... The Engineering Edge? Professor Lucy Rogers PhD is heading to the UK's National Research Laboratory for Fusion Energy, the Culham Centre, in Oxfordshire.
December 2, 2019 08:14
Episode 2 - Lucy Goes Animatronic
How can everyday tech give the UK's oldest theme park the engineering edge? Professor Lucy Rogers PhD is heading to Blackgang Chine on the Isle of WIght, which opened in 1840, to find out how they're still going strong with the help of technology.
November 4, 2019 13:50
Episode 1 - Lucy Goes Drone Racing
How can everyday tech give drone racing pilots...The Engineering Edge? And with so many variables, how do you know which component is making the difference? Professor Lucy Rogers heads to the UK Drone Racing Open to find out.
July 11, 2019 14:44
The DesignSpark Podcast: Box Set
To celebrate reaching 10,000 downloads of The DesignSpark podcast we've put together an exclusive "box set" for you to listen at your pleasure... prepare for a side-splitting view of modern technology.
June 24, 2019 08:19
#6 Space Exploration; Using Science to Look Forward. And Back
The key to understanding our existence and, possibly, prolonging it lies beyond our own planet. Our fascination with the stars goes back thousands of years. Astronomy is claimed to be humanity’s oldest science...
June 17, 2019 07:53
#5 The Future of Transport; We’ve Come a Long Way from the Red Flag Man
Change always meets a certain amount of resistance. In our apparently tech-friendly world, we have yet to experience the full heat of the debate about driverless cars.
June 10, 2019 07:58
#4 Robotics & AI; How do I know you're not a robot?
Will robots take over enough of our roles to make humans unnecessary? What have the robots ever done for us? In the workplace and in our homes, we may find robots to be more friend than foe.
June 2, 2019 22:13
#3 Augmented Humans; Can Machine-Like Humans Compete with Human-Like Machines?
There are good reasons for us to want to become superhuman: stronger, smarter, faster, healthier. If we are concerned about losing our place in the world to machines, what better way to compete than to become (at least part) machine ourselves?
May 26, 2019 11:07
#2 Medical Tech; Will it make us Super Healthy Humans?
Aided by the IoT (of course) and enhanced with AI, today’s medical technology has something for everyone
