The Third Angle
Best Business Podcast (Gold), British Podcast Awards 2023
How do you build a fully electric motorcycle with no compromises on performance? How can we truly experience what the virtual world feels like? What does it take to design the first commercially available flying car? And how do you build a lightsaber? These are some of the questions this podcast answers as we share the moments where digital transforms physical, and meet the brilliant minds behind some of the most innovative products around the world - each powered by PTC technology.
- Update frequency
- every 14 days
- Average duration
- 18 minutes
- Episodes
- 63
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Maeving: Classic motorcycle style, modern innovation.
“By getting a bike I saved 26 days a year in commuting time.”
In this episode, we place a magnifying glass on the electrifying world of motorcycles, featuring the innovative Maeving Motorcycle Company…
Marks & Spencer: An exclusive look at their tech-powered transformation
“We want to make sure that we’re really leading from a sustainability agenda.”
Explore Marks & Spencer’s 100 year journey from essential retailer to fashion icon and hear how they’ve embraced sustaina…
Eight Sleep: The tech unlocking a better night’s sleep
“If people could do more with their lives because they’re getting better sleep, that's hugely impactful.”
Eight Sleep is at the forefront of transforming the way we rest - come on a journey with us as…
FarmBot: A journey into digital gardening
“FarmBot will be the best farmer for any crop and any location at any time of year”
Welcome to the world of FarmBot where technology meets agriculture. Have you ever imagined what it would be like gar…
Club Car: Shaping tomorrow’s mobility - where will it take us?
“You may wonder what kind of vehicle is next for Club Car, but the answer is that the future is here, the future is now.”
Known for its brand of gold carts, Club Car is at the forefront of electric ve…
Tatum Robotics: Hands-On Innovation for the DeafBlind Community
“Her favourite show used to be Friends, and growing up she could hear it and she could read the captions, and it was so exciting for her that she could get that moment back.”
In the modern world, we h…
WaterFleet: Creating drinking water where there is no drinking water!
“What the water rig is at its core is a mobile water treatment technology, and it dramatically changed the lives of the people living on that site.”
Having clean, drinkable water is essential for ever…
Innoptus Solar Team: How fast can you go in a race car powered by the sun?
“We try to test new things… our solar cells that we used 5 years ago are now the solar cells on your roof.”
In 2004, a group of Belgian engineering students built a solar car to compete in the World S…
Vestas: How large can wind turbines get, and is bigger always better?
“The technology challenges we are facing as an industry are not so much how do we grow the size of turbines, but how do we increase their efficiency at their current size.”
Wind power is playing a hug…
Volvo Group: The augmented reality keeping first responders safe.
“The rescue services need to know that the vehicle is safe to approach… with this app, we have a 3D view of each truck and this augmented reality view.”
With many governments making commitments toward…
Looking Back: The technology that’s tackling the climate crisis
A special New Year listen back. Here on The Third Angle, we’ve highlighted stories from all over the globe about how companies have used PTC technology to design a greener future. From the architects…
Jabra: Designing the future of audio in 360 degrees
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“Spatialisation or 3D rendering of sound means that you get the feeling that you are pulling your speakers out of your ears… hearing the sound or music coming from around you instead. It i…
Interview: Designing a Zero Waste Economy with Joe Illes from The Ellen MacArthur Foundation
“Identify and eliminate waste and pollution at source, circulate products and materials at their highest value for as long as possible and regenerate natural systems. So, put back at least as much o…
BAE Systems: Vision of the future for fighter pilots
VulcanForms: Laser focused on the production line of the future
“Manufacturing is critical to our national security, our health and our ability to explore new worlds and advance the human condition... VulcanForms exists to move manufacturing forward and be a smal…
AMRC: The Robots Saving Lives in Danger Zones
“Ultimately, we will be looking to save lives, I think, within one to two years that that would be a reality.”
If you are injured in a disaster zone, it is critical that you receive medical care as ur…
Roam: Electrifying Africa’s mobility
“We’re giving the opportunity for people to do a lot of technical work, that generally doesnt happen too often in Kenya”
If you’ve been to East Africa you may be familiar with “boda bodas.” If not, th…
The Third Angle - One Year of Inspiring Moments
From being inside ground control during mission launch at a space centre, to being pelted with virtual fireballs in virtual reality, to riding inside the electric vehicles revolutionising transport i…
Triumph Motorcycles: Iconic motorcycles which were the choice of Steve McQueen and James Bond
“How can we make this so it physically works, but also how can we make it so that it looks amazing as well?”
From James Bond to Mission Impossible to The Great Escape, chances are you have probably se…
OX Delivers: The world first clean-transport ecosystem transforming lives in Rwanda
“We believe that Africa shouldn’t be trailing behind the developing world in green initiatives, but that actually Africa is primed to lead the drive to green initiatives.”
Around the world, over 3 bil…