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Radio for manufacturing and engineering professionals. New industrial products, news and technical articles.

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Average duration
2 minutes
Episodes
938
Years Active
2019 - 2025
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Fingerprint Smudges Can Unlock Certain Phones

Fingerprint Smudges Can Unlock Certain Phones

Last year, we brought you a story about how easy it is to fool your phone’s facial recognition security tech, by simply scanning and photographing your head and then 3D printing it. Not a big deal.

We…

00:01:30  |   Wed 23 Oct 2019
Tesla Gets Green Light in China

Tesla Gets Green Light in China

Last week, Tesla was approved to begin production in China.

The company is building a $2 billion Gigafactory, its first overseas manufacturing site, in Shanghai. 

According to Reuters, Tesla was includ…

00:01:18  |   Wed 23 Oct 2019
NSC Takes Firm Stance on Cannabis

NSC Takes Firm Stance on Cannabis

Even as laws regarding the use of marijuana become more lax in many states, the grey areas seem to be widening. Take for example, rules regarding cannabis use by workers. Whether or not your state al…

00:02:00  |   Wed 23 Oct 2019
Microsoft CEO Nets 66% Pay Bump

Microsoft CEO Nets 66% Pay Bump

 When the economy is good, and your company is performing, it’s not unreasonable to ask for a raise, right?

 And if you’re a CEO of a major Fortune 500 business, you might just get one. A big one. But…

00:02:20  |   Wed 23 Oct 2019
Taking the Car-Driver Relationship to the Next Level

Taking the Car-Driver Relationship to the Next Level

Integrating the latest creature comforts and connectivity-laden technologies with new automotive offerings has become increasingly common. But the latest concept from Toyota takes these comforts to a…

00:02:30  |   Wed 23 Oct 2019
Hyundai Enters Flying Car Game

Hyundai Enters Flying Car Game

This week, Hyundai threw its hat into the flying car ring. You know what? With all of the players and collaborations, someones got to get it right. Right? 

The Hyundai Motor Group's big move was that …

00:01:15  |   Thu 17 Oct 2019
Researchers Use Giant Gun to Test Hypersonic Flight

Researchers Use Giant Gun to Test Hypersonic Flight

The future of hypersonic flight is exciting.

Companies currently building experimental craft are shooting for Mach 1.5 to Mach 2. Boom Supersonic, for example, is now assembling the XB-1 supersonic de…

00:01:52  |   Thu 17 Oct 2019
Robot Flies

Robot Flies

Flies are annoying. Thus the phrase "shoo fly, don't bother me." Perhaps you've heard of it. 

However, its fly movement that interests the researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Rig…

00:01:53  |   Thu 17 Oct 2019
Faraday Backer Files for Bankruptcy

Faraday Backer Files for Bankruptcy

The founder of secretive electric vehicle startup Faraday reportedly declared bankruptcy in the U.S. after running up more than $2 billion in debts.

Bloomberg, citing court documents filed in Delaware…

00:01:23  |   Thu 17 Oct 2019
The Northern Clingfish Sucks

The Northern Clingfish Sucks

Other than being a slimy devil, the Northern Clingfish sucks ... and it's really good at it. 

The Clingfish clings to rough and slimy surfaces, and it can hold up to 230 times its weight. Researchers …

00:01:47  |   Thu 17 Oct 2019
Dyson Scraps Electric Vehicle Plans

Dyson Scraps Electric Vehicle Plans

British company Dyson is most famously known for its high-end vacuum cleaners touted on the air by founder, chief engineer and namesake James Dyson.

But the company also makes a wide variety of other …

00:01:15  |   Thu 17 Oct 2019
World's Largest 3D Printer Prints Fully Functioning Boat

World's Largest 3D Printer Prints Fully Functioning Boat

Yesterday, the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center unveiled the world's largest polymer 3D printer. The printer is capable of printing parts up to 100 feet long, and at a ce…

00:01:57  |   Thu 17 Oct 2019
Amputees Merge with New Limbs

Amputees Merge with New Limbs

Advancements in prosthetic technology continue to amaze me, we've seen everything from 3d printing low-cost limbs to advanced robotics incorporated into new designs. 

What struck me in the new work fr…

00:01:29  |   Thu 17 Oct 2019
Stealth Sub Builder Accused of Falsifying Tests

Stealth Sub Builder Accused of Falsifying Tests

Huntington Ingalls is regarded as the largest shipbuilder in the U.S. And if a recent suit filed against the company comes to fruition, it will also be responsible for one of the largest fraud cases …

00:02:01  |   Wed 16 Oct 2019
Grenades Use Building Block Concept

Grenades Use Building Block Concept

The use of hand grenades on the battlefield goes back to the 1500s. Weighing up to six pounds, these early versions were basically hollow metal balls filled with gun powder and attached to slow-burni…

00:01:18  |   Wed 09 Oct 2019
Corvette Stingray Debuts First Hardtop Convertible

Corvette Stingray Debuts First Hardtop Convertible

When GM announced this summer that they’d be moving the engine in the 2020 Corvette, people went bonkers. It was like Beatlemania. 

That’s because the change to a mid-engine was just one piece of a co…

00:01:43  |   Wed 09 Oct 2019
$1.2B Scandal Takes Networking Giant Back to the 90s

$1.2B Scandal Takes Networking Giant Back to the 90s

Back in the late 90s and early 2000s Ericsson was one of the leading names in an emerging product category – mobile communication devices, or cell phones. This was a time before Android and Apple, so…

00:02:12  |   Wed 09 Oct 2019
Gov’t Paid Millions in EV Tax Credits for Ineligible Vehicles

Gov’t Paid Millions in EV Tax Credits for Ineligible Vehicles

Let’s just be real: Doing your taxes is complicated and hard, and even the most honest of individuals can find themselves making a mistake here and there. And if you do, that’s what the auditors are …

00:02:30  |   Wed 09 Oct 2019
HR Shames Applicant on Social Media

HR Shames Applicant on Social Media

Social media continues to make the human resource waters murkier than ever, especially when it comes to deciding what to share on your accounts, but also what companies peruse when considering new ap…

00:02:38  |   Wed 09 Oct 2019
Chinese EV Startup Slashes Jobs

Chinese EV Startup Slashes Jobs

Nio delivered fewer cars as the government phases out subsidies for electric vehicles. 

Electric vehicles are considered part of the future of transportation, but in the present day, conventional auto…

00:01:34  |   Wed 02 Oct 2019
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