#stilltbd — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #stilltbd, aggregated by home.social.
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Latest follow-up podcast is out! YouTube: https://youtu.be/qDQ3N51WYgQ Audio version: https://share.transistor.fm/s/be1206d9 Sean and I talk about solar panels that imitate the self-repairing traits of plants. Might this tech take hold, or is it too far away from practical applications?
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Latest follow-up podcast is out! YouTube: https://youtu.be/dRkqXHvU71o Audio: https://share.transistor.fm/s/3938d41f Matt reconnects with Polyfloss co-founders Audrey Gaulard, Émile De Visscher, and Christophe Machet to discuss how they're putting plastic recycling directly into people's hands.
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Latest follow-up podcast is out! YouTube: https://youtu.be/kAYdIpcDnZk Audio: https://share.transistor.fm/s/10222990 Today is a very brainy conversation. Matt had the chance to chat with Dr. Kyle Wedgwood and Wiktor Wiejak from University of Exeter in England about using FinalSpark's organoid computer.
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Latest follow-up podcast is out! YouTube: https://youtu.be/jLEO9Gbba0k Audio version: https://share.transistor.fm/s/80dfe6e2 Sean and I talk about the scramble to develop AI that could undermine the very underpinnings of … well… everything. Don’t panic. (Yet.)
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Latest follow-up podcast is out! YouTube: https://youtu.be/UWOAjs7ruGI Audio version: https://share.transistor.fm/s/6807f723 Sean and I talk about desalination efforts deep under the ocean, and how it may play a part in solving water shortages. Don’t get salty before taking a listen.
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Latest follow-up podcast is out! YouTube: https://youtu.be/lE1-DprTJ0M Audio version: https://share.transistor.fm/s/fb556b22 Sean and I talk about a battery design that is both battery and the body structure of the device being powered. It’s not massless, but is two birds one … battery?
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Latest follow-up podcast is out! YouTube: https://youtu.be/dnRSrU8Gwmc Audio version: https://share.transistor.fm/s/8ba9f9c9 Matt had the chance to chat with Julie Slaughter from the Ames National Laboratory about their research into magnetocalorics (using magnets for heating and cooling). Do you think this is an attractive idea? Or does it repulse you?
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Latest follow-up podcast is out! YouTube: https://youtu.be/5gs1Gr8BhQo Audio: https://share.transistor.fm/s/cc243a29 Sean and I talk about how AI is impacting us today. As well as a recent change in lithium-sulfur battery research, and how that might change the energy storage market. Stinky sulfur may finally be leaving its mark.
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Latest follow-up podcast is out! YouTube: https://youtu.be/Tq3IS1J3Lyo Audio version: https://share.transistor.fm/s/8a046aa2 Sean and I talk about using ice to generate heat. Yes, it’s actually a thing, but does it make sense for the future of heating?
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Latest follow-up podcast is out! YouTube: https://youtu.be/XoHn9-42DI8 Audio version: https://share.transistor.fm/s/906761f9 On today’s episode Matt & Sean are talking about flow batteries and how this old tech is finally starting to take off. But does it actually have a shot?
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Latest follow-up podcast is out! YouTube: https://youtu.be/6GImikPccQY Audio version: https://share.transistor.fm/s/b06709af Sean and I talk about how recycling renewable energy tech is a major step forward, and what comes next. Do we have this problem solved?
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Latest follow-up podcast is out! YouTube: https://youtu.be/uO7rNzZeaxg Audio version: https://share.transistor.fm/s/63952da3 Sean and I talk about new battery research, potential shifts in cost, and why we’re having this conversation in the first place.
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Latest follow-up podcast is out! YouTube: https://youtu.be/Bif5xp62fyY Audio version: https://share.transistor.fm/s/3a108224 Sean and I talk about the crazy logistics of building a Canadian wind-turbine project. How difficult is it to build a wind farm?
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Latest follow-up podcast is out! YouTube: https://youtu.be/ogtiwDEAKik Audio: https://share.transistor.fm/s/b64f160d Matt had the chance to chat with Dr. Ramin Mehdipour and Professor Seamus Garvey from the University of Nottingham about their research into ice source heat pumps.
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Latest follow-up podcast is out! YouTube: https://youtu.be/h-js4IJSGb8 Audio version: https://share.transistor.fm/s/99b1d2e2 Matt had the chance to chat with Teague Egan, founder and CEO of Energy X, about the latest updates on their progress for direct lithium capture.
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Latest follow-up podcast is out! YouTube: https://youtu.be/QeRBh13g8k4 Audio version: https://share.transistor.fm/s/1c789ff4 Sean and I talk about Matt’s hunt for the holy grail: a solid state battery definition.
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Latest follow-up podcast is out! YouTube: https://youtu.be/snzxccZUSuQ Audio version: https://share.transistor.fm/s/7295c6dd Sean and I talk about recent breakthroughs in Zinc batteries, and how it may not be soon that we see any of this on the store shelves.
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Latest follow-up podcast is out! YouTube: https://youtu.be/Az6ryVaxHd8 Audio version: https://share.transistor.fm/s/f09d6d83 Sean and I talk about the items at CES that people should be–but aren’t–talking about. Was there anything you saw that think should have been covered?
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Latest follow-up podcast is out! YouTube: https://youtu.be/hIZbGfNbKpM Audio: https://share.transistor.fm/s/8f059de8 Matt sat down with Soheil Akbari, CEO of Teal EV, to talk about the challenges and innovations in EV charging. From rugged, cold-weather-ready chargers to simplifying the user experience, Teal is rethinking what reliability and affordability mean in this space.
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Latest follow-up podcast is out! YouTube: https://youtu.be/gbRn1j39M0E Audio version: https://share.transistor.fm/s/a43ca901 Matt had the chance to chat with Dr. Chris Case, CTO of Oxford PV, about the future of solar energy and their breakthrough perovskite tandem cells. With decades of experience in photovoltaics, Chris shared how this cutting-edge technology is pushing solar panels to unprecedented efficiency levels, all while keeping sustainability and scalability at the forefront.
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Latest follow-up podcast is out! YouTube: https://youtu.be/_1hgPAx1fEo Audio: https://share.transistor.fm/s/b146986c Matt had an opportunity to talk to the co-founders of Edison Motors, Chace Barber and Eric Little, about how they’re electrifying trucks. Their approach is really unique and one that makes you wonder, why haven’t we been doing this all along.
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Latest follow-up podcast is out! YouTube: https://youtu.be/vQr6rVBxcHM Audio: https://share.transistor.fm/s/7ef1d424 Sean and I talk about shape-memory alloys and the future possibility of solid state cooling technology. Don’t get bent out of shape, but could this be the future of cooling tech?
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Latest follow-up podcast is out! YouTube: https://youtu.be/zX-frOmbW00 Audio version: https://share.transistor.fm/s/54b754d8 On today’s episode of Still To Be Determined we’re talking about graphene batteries, as well as an interview with Dr. Ichiro Takeuchi about how a shape changing metal alloy could be the future of heating and cooling. Sci-fi or Sci-real?
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Latest follow-up podcast is out! YouTube: https://youtu.be/Sg2tUn6v1tI Audio version: https://share.transistor.fm/s/5d2f397c Matt had an opportunity to talk to Tom Sahagian about retrofitting apartment buildings in NYC over to heat pumps and why they landed on the model of heat pump they did.
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Latest follow-up podcast is out! YouTube: https://youtu.be/M0UHj5rsQJQ Audio version: https://share.transistor.fm/s/1cf583c1 Sean and I talk about what’s creating a hydrogen boom. Will hydrogen finally find a niche in our renewable energy future?
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Latest follow-up podcast is out! YouTube: https://youtu.be/6-yAMfUQbDw Audio version: https://share.transistor.fm/s/e9cc3ef3 Sean and I talk about some new and interesting solar panel technology, and what’s happened to some of the weirder proposals. How many pieces of solar panel tech have ended up in the garbage pile?
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Latest follow-up podcast is out! YouTube: https://youtu.be/82oImZLFY5s Audio version: https://share.transistor.fm/s/87d7630f Sean and I talk about a solar panel technology that may deserve some time in the sun. Does this solar cell tech deserve the spotlight?
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Latest follow-up podcast is out! YouTube: https://youtu.be/ikukEEHTkeY Audio: https://share.transistor.fm/s/81244df5 We talk about a slow year for wind, and what might be a better future, as well as more feedback on Matt’s net zero home build motivations and results. Does wind energy really blow?
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Latest follow-up podcast is out! YouTube: https://youtu.be/bTN011lzSUk Audio version: https://share.transistor.fm/s/cf3bd135 Sean and I talk about one year in Matt’s net zero house (with Sean living in the walls). Was it worth it? Plus, a little sidetrack talking about existential dread and AI.
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Latest follow-up podcast is out! YouTube: https://youtu.be/sLvptLrKzJM Audio: https://share.transistor.fm/s/50adcac7 Sean and I talk about wind farms, expectations, and corrections. How much wind is too much wind?