The Next Byte
We're two engineers on a mission to make interesting technology easy to understand. In each episode, we explore tech that is going to change the world – and keep it entertaining along the way.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 23 minutes
- Episodes
- 228
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
167. How Hydrogen Will Replace Batteries
(3:00) - Getting Hydrogen Out of Ammonia
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166. Jellyfish Cyborgs Help Explore The Oceans & Solve Climate Change
(3:09) - Building Bionic Jellyfish for Ocean Exploration
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165. Sticker to Monitor Your Internal Organs
(3:48) - This ultrasound sticker senses changing stiffness of deep internal organs
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164. Dyson’s Automated, Self-sustaining Strawberry Farm
(6:11) - Engineering the Fields: Dyson's Leap from Gadgets to Agriculture
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163. Creating 3D Objects With AI
(0:40) - Teaching AI CAD Is Hard
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162. Matching “Unmatchable” Fingerprints
(3:30) - AI Discovers That Not Every Fingerprint Is Unique
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161. Stress Sensing Stickers
(3:12) - Measuring Stress
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160. AI Model Tests AI Models To Tell Us How They Work
(0:50) - AI agents help explain other AI systems
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159. AI Makes Catheters 100 Times Safer
(3:13) - Aided by AI, New Catheter Design Prevents Bacterial Infections
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158. Step Aside Rogaine, 3D Printed Hair Is Here
(1:00) - Scientists 3D-print hair follicles in lab-grown skin
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157. Exoskeleton To Help Parkinson’s Patients Walk
(3:55) - Soft robotic, wearable device improves walking for individual with Parkinson's disease
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156. 2023 Recap & First Annual Saucies!🥫🍾
4:00) - Most Interesting | 126. Amputees Feel Warmth In Their Missing Hand
(8:40) - Listener Favorite | 118. Robotics & AI in Sheet Metal Forming
(12:23) - Most Impactful | 112. Bringing Humans Back In…
155. Why Robotic Limbs Are Critical To The Human Race
(3:29) - Cognitive strategies to augment the body with an extra robotic arm - EPFL
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154. The 3D Printer That Teaches Itself To Print
(3:23) - This 3D printer can watch itself fabricate objects
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153. Robot Farmers Bring Back Biodiversity
(3:15) - Agricultural Robots Can Help Improve Biodiversity
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152. How To Make a Honda As Quiet As a Rolls Royce
(4:19) - Active Noise Cancellation in Electric and Autonomous Vehicles
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151. Battery Chemistry GPT
(3:50) - Building a chemical 'GPT' to help design a key battery component
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150. Ed Mehr & Machina’s Robot Army Transform Manufacturing (Interview)
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149. Reverse Engineering The Brain With AI
(2:46) - Using AI To Optimize For Rapid Neural Imaging
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148. Converting CO2 To Clean Fuel
(0:50) - Engineers develop an efficient process to make fuel from carbon dioxide
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