Newest Episodes
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25: Making SENSE of it all
Listen nowMatt and Sean talk about the Sense energy monitor, machine learning and smart home, and why someone might try to cook eggs on a dehumidifier.
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24: The future is mechanical?
Listen nowMatt and Sean discuss various battery options, mechanical power production, and how cool something as simple as a falling weight can actually be. And more quarantine content … what we’ve been watching to keep our minds off of things.
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23: Home Automation: Where to start?
Listen nowMatt and Sean discuss different ways of approaching home-automation (cheapest, easiest, and most impactful), the balance between freedom and usability, and what songs should play when the lights go out unexpectedly.
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22: I… Am… THOR(ium)
Listen nowMatt and Sean talk about what scares people about thorium reactors and nuclear energy, how to take the long view on difficult projects, and how to eat rice off your pants. We also chat about some more about TV recommendations during the pandemic, like Dea
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21: Cast Iron Bikes and the Sound Barrier
Listen nowMatt and Sean talk about the Rad Power RadRunner 1 E bike, the ins and outs of city cycling, and learning to ride a bike heavier than the Earth itself. Before getting an E bike check to see what is legal in your area.
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20: Not to scale – the truth about graphene
Listen nowNOT TO SCALE: Matt and Sean talk about graphene, how it’s made and how it *might* be used. Everything from graphite to flash graphene. They also discuss interns singing Queen, absurd smiley faces, and the bad B-movie set design that is the SpaceX space pr
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19: Is your mower on fire or are you just happy to see me?
Listen nowMatt and Sean talk about how modern electric mowers give them flashbacks to harder yet simpler times. Plus they share suggestions for some show and movies to enjoy as we continue to isolate into mid-May.
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17: Home office and work-brain/decompression
Listen nowMatt and Sean talk about the physical (home office) and the mental (motivation, anyone?) of a work-from-home situation. They also share some suggestions for decompression entertainment, and Sean explains why he was late to recording in a long-winded bonus
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18: Starlink – when you get caught between the moon and witches
Listen nowMatt and Sean discuss SpaceX’s plans to launch 42,000 (!) Starlink satellites, how goofy that sounds, 50s sci-fi tropes, and great (bad) tv viewing.
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16: Fusion Energy or Captain Planet?
Listen nowMatt and Sean discuss relying on actual experts during a pandemic, fusion energy option and alternatives, and how many horses it would take to create a solar fusion reaction!