How Do You Engineer?

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Episode 34 - Who are Markov and Bayes? Jul 22, 2016

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This week, Simon runs headlong into an explanation of Markov processes and Bayesian networks before anyone else realizes the episode has started. We learn why your phone never wants to swear, and why the subtitles on YouTube videos are sometimes hilariously wrong.

Episode 33 - Do Kids Need to Code? Jul 15, 2016

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This week we question the need for educational engineering toys for kids, and more specifically toys that teach kids to code. Pete acts as an advocate for the devil, in this case questioning the ethics and necessity for kids to learn about coding. We ramble a bit, but in the end come to a consensus that great toys are great, and crap toys aren’t the best. Despite being able to clearly see the destination, we hope you enjoy the journey.

Episode 32 - How Do You Engineer Robots in Space? Jul 07, 2016

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Space: hopefully not the final frontier. These are the voyages of the podcast How Do You Engineer? back from summer break with Kamran of the Canadian Space Agency to discuss robots in space. Join us as we explore the day-to-day life of an International Space Station Robotics Flight Controller, and learn what it takes to be part of the team behind the Canadarm2. From remotes that drop down from the ceiling to being a student at the coolest sounding university, Kam walks us down the winding path that led him out of this world.

Summer Break! Jun 17, 2016

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We're going to a break for two weeks while we drum up some new and awesome content!

Episode 31 - How Can We Artfully Engineer? Jun 09, 2016

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This week we follow up on our discussion about the relationship between art and technology. We explore the difficulties of evaluating artistic endeavours in an engineering context, as well as the dangers of seeing art as simply something to be "added on" to engineering. We talk about the philosophy of both art and engineering, inventing, and finding satisfaction in our own esoteric kinds of art. If you've ever found beauty in a particularly artful subroutine, or a beautifully balanced equation, then this episode is for you. Perhaps we don't have to add art to anything, it may have been there all along.

Episode 30 - How Do You Engineer Art? Jun 02, 2016

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Some of the most creative applications of technology have always come from the art world. This week Nick joins us to share his projects, and his philosophical views on how art can inform and be informed by technology. Join us as we learn about the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of DIY technological art from android snakes, to blankets, and file cabinets.

Episode 29 - What is Drag? May 27, 2016

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This week Victor from Aerovelo is back to talk about the ins and outs of drag. We cover wind, water, trains, planes, automobiles, and bicycles. If you want to go faster and fly higher, let Victor be your guide.

Episode 28 - What's The Deal With Bots? May 19, 2016

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This week we prove that we are a “tech news” podcast by talking about something often discussed in the media: bots. No, not butts. From ordering thin-crust pizza to adjusting the thermostat, bots have the ability to make our lives easier. The question then is, are we ready for them? I don’t know about you, but I wouldn’t want to buy pants any other way.

Episode 27 - How Do You Engineer Reliability? May 12, 2016

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This week we talk to our friends Leo and Kitty from the Afterburn 739 podcast about Leo's serendipitous journey through engineering. Leo tells us about his time in the US Navy, and the many positions he held on his way to being a reliability engineer. We learn the difference between a stationary engineer and a rotating equipment engineer and find out how you make the leap between those positions. After a storied history we reach Leo's current role as a reliability engineer and learn how preventative maintenance programs work and how they make manufacturing processes better. Of course it's not all serious, in keeping with the tone of Afterburn 739 we also engineer the latest invention that will make us millionaires: the robo-keggerator.

Episode 26 - What is Neuro-fuzzy? May 06, 2016

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This week Pete does his best to try to explain what neuro-fuzzy systems are all about. They’re a little difficult to explain without visuals, but hopefully this episode will make the mathematical concepts and structures around this important approach to control a little “crisp”. This is an introduction to some of the concepts that are emerging in technology that are making computers and systems smarter and better able to interpret what humans want. We’re going to try to do some episodes in the future to talk about some others.

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