The Engineering Edge

S2 E4: The Everyday Tech Students Have Launched with NASA

In Episode 4 Lucy discovers how students flew RF tags (as used in passes and security labels) into space to test a new way for satellites to communicate. She talks to mechanical engineer Julie Cox about how she launched her experiment, Mission Manager Scott Higginbotham about why NASA likes to work with student innovators and Professor Hiroaki Akiyama about other everyday tech being used in space research. 

Plus, what happens when Lucy gets given a load of RFID tags to play with?

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S2 E3 Expansion Pack: Revealing Wildlife Secrets

The show that explores how everyday tech can be used in extraordinary ways. In this expansion pack for Episode 3 - Accelerometers, Lucy takes you behind the scenes on how she built a smart collar for Encke.

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S2 E3: The Everyday Tech Revealing Wildlife Secrets

In Episode 3 Lucy discovers how accelerometers are helping conservationists better understand animals in the wild. She talks to researcher Danielle Brown about why accelerometers are a game-changer compared to GPS and animal movement expert Rory Wilson shares the mystery of the kicking albatrosses... 

Plus, what happens if you attach a smart collar to your pet dog?

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S2 E2: Expansion Pack: Lucy Builds a Navi-hat

The show that explores how everyday tech can be used in extraordinary ways. In this expansion pack to Episode 2 - Haptic Motors, Professor Lucy Rogers shares a step by step guide to how she built her Navi-hat. 

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S2 E2: The Everyday Tech Giving Humans a Sixth Sense

In Episode 2 Lucy discovers how haptic motors are being used to give humans a sixth sense. She talks with feelSpace founder Susan Wache about the innovative Navibelt, Dario Madani about how as a blind user it’s transformed his life, and science writer Matthew Hutson about the other ways researchers are trying to give humans a sixth sense. 

Plus, can Lucy use a home-made Navi-hat to find herself some ice-cream?

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