All Episodes

Matt and Sean talk about solid state batteries crawling into our lives and whether or not they’re actually here. Are they?

Matt and Sean talk about old designs, new designs, and the coincidences linking them. Wind turbine design goes back centuries, but are they actually linked to newer designs?

Matt talks to Fanni Melles about her PhD research into the future of smarter cities. Her research focused on Melbourne-based city designing professionals and how they’re applying smart city concepts, but this can apply to any city around the world. What is a smart city?

Matt and Sean talk about whether or not networked, cascading heat pumps are viable for home use. Are they worth it?

Matt and Sean talk about whether or not the distrust in sustainable tech, like home solar panels, is based on fact or fiction.

Matt and Sean talk about perovskite breakthroughs and changes in solar energy production. Is it really the future of solar technology?

Matt and Sean talk about analog computing, but these aren’t your grandparents’ analog computers. Why is old new again? And where will we see these in our daily lives?

Matt interviewed Bates Marshall, Co-Founder and CEO of Ambient Photonics, which manufactures a cutting edge high power, low light solar cell for use in things like mice, keyboards, remotes, etc. So how charged up should you be over this piece of solar tech?

Matt and Sean talk about using sand to cut down on energy storage costs. Thermal energy storage is getting really hot now, but will it work for homes as well?

Matt and Sean are joined by Paul Braren, from TinkerTry.com, to talk about Tesla Solar Roof vs. regular solar panels. Why go with one over the other and is it even worth it?