Best Pumps & Systems Magazine Podcasts (2024)

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Pumps & Systems Podcast: Mechanical Seals & Condition-Based Maintenance [Episode 99] 38:38

10d ago38:38

38:38

In this episode of the Pumps & Systems Podcast, we're speaking with Chris Tindell, regional manager at SEPCO, who’s going to tell us all about condition-based maintenance strategies and how they can be used to improve mechanical seal reliability. Learn more about SEPCO at http://sepco.com/Tune in the first Wednesday of every month for new episodes …

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Pumps & Systems Podcast: Direct Steam Injection [Episode 98] 17:33

1M ago17:33

17:33

In this episode of the Pumps & Systems podcast, we’re speaking with Scot Hull, Regional Sales Manager at Hydro-Thermal, who is going to be telling us about direct steam injection in food processing applications. Tune in the first Wednesday of every month for new episodes of the podcast! Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Y7Acnv1yPvQ?si…

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Pumps & Systems Podcast: Package Systems in Water & Wastewater [Episode 97] 20:22

1M ago20:22

20:22

In this episode of the Pumps & Systems Podcast, we’re speaking with Micah Audiss from Romtec, who’s going to tell us all about package systems in the water and wastewater industry - basics, benefits, types and a few real-life examples. Tune in the first Wednesday of every month for new episodes of the podcast! Watch this episode on YouTube: https:/…

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Using AI to Clear Land Mines in Ukraine 28:01

2M ago28:01

28:01

Gabriel Steinberg, co-founder of the nonprofit Demining Research Community and the startup Safe Pro AI talks with Spectrum editor Eliza Strickland about using machine learning to speed up demining operations in former Ukranian battlefields.By IEEE Spectrum

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Never Recharge Your Consumer Electronics Again? 26:54

2M ago26:54

26:54

Founder and CEO of Exeger, Giovanni Fili, talks with IEEE Spectrum editor Stephen Cass about Exeger's Powerfoyle flexible dye-based solar cells for consumer electronics, which can recharge devices even in indoor light, and how Exeger convinced major companies to incorporate its tech into their products.…

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Pumps & Systems Podcast: Eddy Current Drives vs. Variable Frequency Drives [Episode 96] 42:38

3M ago42:38

42:38

In this episode of the Pumps & Systems podcast, we’re speaking with Kevin Haggerty, Garry Queen and Adam Dillon from Dynamatic, who are going to be telling us about the differences between eddy current drives (ECDs) and variable frequency drives (VFDs) in pumping applications.Tune in the first Wednesday of every month for new episodes of the podcas…

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The UK's ARIA Is Searching For Better AI Tech 24:30

2M ago24:30

24:30

The United Kingdom has created a new government agency, the Advanced Research and Invention Agency, or ARIA, similar to the United States' DARPA. ARIA's first foray is into creating new enabling technologies to make AI faster and more energy efficient, and the program director, Suraj Bramhavar spoke with Spectrum editor Dina Genkina about some of t…

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Zipline's Droid Brings U.S. Commercial Drone Delivery Closer 20:16

3M ago20:16

20:16

Zipline originally established itself delivering medical supplies in rural Africa. Now, Zipline cofounder and CTO Keenan Wyrobek talks with senior editor Stephen Cass about recent milestones in bringing commercial drone delivery to the United States, including the development of Platform 2 and its tethered mini-droid that makes precision drop-offs …

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Pumps & Systems Podcast: Metal-Detectable Polymers [Episode 95] 28:04

4M ago28:04

28:04

In this episode of the Pumps & Systems Podcast, we’re welcoming back Cody Kaufmann, Business Development Manager at SEPCO. He's going to tell us all about metal-detectable polymers, their history, how they’re being used in the food and beverage industry today and what might be in store for that technology in the future. Tune in the first Wednesday …

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Heat Pumps Go North 12:49

3M ago12:49

12:49

Governments in America and Europe are pushing the deployment of heat pumps to reduce the energy demands of home heating and cooling. Spectrum's power and energy editor Emily Waltz talks with Stephen Cass about her reporting on new advances that will let heat pumps work in colder climates than before, expanding their range considerably.…

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The Cutting Edge of Integrated Circuits: Exploding Chips, How Meta's Stacking It Up For AR, and More 29:21

4M ago29:21

29:21

IEEE Spectrum's semiconductor expert, Samuel K. Moore, talks with Stephen Cass about his visit to one of the key conferences in emerging integrated circuit technology, ISSCC. We talk about Meta's new 3D chip-stacking tech for faster AR, faster AI through in-memory computation, and security technology that can cause a chip to self-destruct if anyone…

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Pumps & Systems Podcast: Pump Industry Outlook 2024 [Episode 94] 28:35

4M ago28:35

28:35

In this episode of the Pumps & Systems Podcast, we’re speaking to Adam Stolberg, executive director of the Submersible Wastewater Pump Association (SWPA) and David Williams, Director of Engineering at Liberty Pumps and president of SWPA. They’re going to discuss the outlook for the pumps industry in 2024, including trends, the impact of Build Ameri…

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Lean Software, Power Electronics, and the Return of Optical Storage 36:21

4M ago36:21

36:21

In this March roundup, IEEE Spectrum's editor-in-chief Harry Goldstein and senior editor Stephen Cass talk about some of the highlights of Spectrum's recent coverage, including a plea for programmers to stop producing bloated programs, a new transistor that could help make how we handle electrical power smarter, and the potential return of optical …

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The Autonomous Research System Lets Robots Do Your Lab Work 30:15

5M ago30:15

30:15

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) recently released the open-source ARES_OS, a key software component of their Autonomous Research System. ARES_OS allows relatively simple robots to perform experiments, and develop new experiments based on the results. The AFRL's Benji Maruyama talks with IEEE Spectrum associate editor Dina Genkina about how…

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Pumps & Systems Podcast: Integrity Testing [Episode 93] 20:55

5M ago20:55

20:55

In today’s episode of the Pumps & Systems Podcast, we’re speaking to Adam Dupps, general manager of Masterleo, and Bryan Rumrill, director of sales and business development at Rodem. They’re going to be telling us all about integrity testing: what it is, its benefits and much more. Tune in the first Wednesday of every month for new episodes of the …

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Figuring Out Semiconductor Manufacturing's Climate Footprint 25:48

5M ago25:48

25:48

The semiconductor industry is in the midst of a major expansion driven by the seemingly insatiable demands of AI, the addition of more intelligence in transportation, and national security concerns, among many other things. What this expansion might mean for chip-making's carbon footprint? Can we make everything in our world smarter without worseni…

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The Brain Implant That Sidesteps The Competition 26:54

6M ago26:54

26:54

We've all seen impressive demos of prototype brain implants being used by paralyzed patients to interface with computers, but none of those implants have entered general clinical use. Biomedical device company Synchron is close to actually coming to market with its stentrode technology, promising less spectacular results than some of its competitor…

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The Finnish Future of Sustainable Electronics 23:56

6M ago23:56

23:56

The EU Sustronics program aims to make creating, maintaining, and recycling electronics more sustainable. Liisa Hakola is a senior scientist and project manager at the VTT Technical Research Center in Finland. She talks with IEEE Spectrum senior editor Stephen Cass about VTT's role in the EU's program, helping manufacturers to develop flexible, pri…

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Pumps & Systems Podcast: Rebates for Energy-Efficent Pumps [Episode 92] 27:17

7M ago27:17

27:17

In this episode of the Pumps & Systems podcast, we're joined by Pete Gaydon from the Hydraulic Institute and Sam Goodman from the Department of Energy’s Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains (MESC). They’ll be discussing the Extended Product Systems Rebate Program the Department of Energy is currently running, which is a program that gra…

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How To Avoid Trusting The Cloud 23:17

7M ago23:17

23:17

Security researchers Bruce Schneier and Barath Raghavan believe it's time to stop trusting our data to the cloud, where it can be exposed by greed, accident, or crime. In the December issue of IEEE Spectrum, they proposed a plan for "data decoupling" that would protect our data without sacrificing ease of use, and in this episode Raghavan talks thr…

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Pumps & Systems Podcast: Heat Pumps & Decarbonization [Episode 91] 23:29

7M ago23:29

23:29

In this episode of the Pumps & Systems podcast, we're joined by Bill DiCroce, President and Chief Executive Officer of Vicinity Energy. He'll be discussing the role heat pumps can play in decarbonization, as well as the efforts cities like Boston are currently making to strive for sustainability and an eventual goal of net zero carbon emissions. To…

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New MEMS Tech Lets Watches Run For Over A Decade On A Single Battery 18:19

8M ago18:19

18:19

Co-CEO's of Silmach, Pierre-Francois Louvigne and Jean-Baptiste Carnet, talk about their new MEMS technology with IEEE Spectrum editor Glenn Zorpette. The tech has been used to create the first major upgrade to the movement of quartz watches in decades, a power efficient motor that is 50 percent smaller, allows fluid forward-and-back motion of the …

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SUSE, Oracle, And CIQ Create a New Linux Alliance 17:04

8M ago17:04

17:04

Alan Clark of SUSE talks with IEEE Spectrum editor Stephen Cass about the disruption in the enterprise Linux community caused by recent announcements by Red Hat over open source access to its codebase, and the formation of the Open Enterprise Linux Alliance (Open ELA) by SUSE, Oracle and CIQ in response.…

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Pumps & Systems Podcast: Direct In-Line Pumping [Episode 90] 25:10

9M ago25:10

25:10

In this episode of the Pumps & Systems podcast, we're joined by Jay Irwin, chief wastewater operator for Sherman, New York, and Brad Hitselberger, business development manager at Industrial Flow Solutions. They’ll be discussing what happened when the village of Sherman, plagued by sewer overflow, clogging, and maintenance and safety concerns, decid…

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Justine Bateman's Fight Against Generative AI In Hollywood 27:12

9M ago27:12

27:12

Justine Bateman is an author and filmmaker. She also holds a degree in computer science from UCLA and is the AI advisor to SAG-AFTRA, the actors' union currently striking against movie and television studios. In this episode, Bateman talks with IEEE Spectrum senior editor Stephen Cass about actors' demands for control and compensation over digital …

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Your Life As A Digital Ghost 25:58

9M ago25:58

25:58

Wendy H. Wong is a professor of political science at the University of British Columbia, and author of the just released book, We, The Data: Human Rights in the Digital Age. An excerpt from the book regarding the emerging prospect of digitally reanimating the departed is available on IEEE Spectrum's website. In this episode of Fixing The Future, Wo…

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Pumps & Systems Podcast: Medium Voltage Drives [Episode 89] 26:51

10M ago26:51

26:51

In today's episode of the Pumps & Systems podcast, we're talking to Kyle Harrison and Chico Januszkiewicz from Eaton about medium voltage drives, synchronous transfer systems, maintenance and safety, and a variety of other topics. Tune in the first Wednesday of every month for a new episode of the podcast!To view the video version of this podcast, …

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The Future of Moore's Law Is Inside This Willy Wonka Machine 27:31

10M ago27:31

27:31

IEEE Spectrum's resident semiconductor expert Samuel K. Moore talks with host Stephen Cass about ASML's enormous machine that's at the heart of chip manufacturing and explain the latest tricks with extreme ultraviolet that will keep Moore's Law going. In addition, new technologies from Edwards and Nvidia should make manufacturing chips greener and …

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Finding Battery Minerals With AI 23:07

10M ago23:07

23:07

Reducing our global carbon footprint by switching to electric vehicles means we need a lot more batteries. And that means we need a lot more copper, nickel, cobalt, and lithium to make those batteries. Josh Goldman of KoBold Metals talks to senior editor Eliza Strickland about using AI to decipher geological formations and find new deposits of thes…

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Pumps & Systems Podcast: The Future of Bioplastics [Episode 88] 26:35

10M ago26:35

26:35

Welcome to the new Pumps & Systems podcast! In today's episode, we're talking to Cody Kaufmann from SEPCO about the future of bioplastics in both industrial settings and the world as a whole. Tune in the first Wednesday of every month for a new episode of the podcast!To watch the video of this podcast, head over to our YouTube channel at youtube.co…

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Intel's Open Source Strategy 22:40

10M ago22:40

22:40

IEEE Spectrum's Stephen Cass talks with Arun Gupta, vice president and general manager of Open Ecosystem Initiatives at Intel and chair of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, about Intel's contributions to open source software projects and efforts to make open source greener and more secure.By IEEE Spectrum

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Finding The Wisest Ways To Global AI Regulation 30:17

11M ago30:17

30:17

Around the world, legislators are grappling with generative AI's potential for both innovation and destruction. Russell Wald is the Director of Policy for Stanford's Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence. In this episode, he talks with IEEE Spectrum senior editor Eliza Strickland about creating humane regulations that are able to cop…

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Why Cyberwar is Overhyped 23:09

12M ago23:09

23:09

Scott Shapiro is the author of Fancy Bear Goes Phishing: The Dark History of the Information Age in Five Extraordinary Hacks. You can read an excerpt of Fancy Bear at IEEE Spectrum, but in today's episode of Fixing the Future, Shapiro talks with Spectrum editor David Schneider about why cybersecurity can't be fixed with purely technical solutions, …

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Episode 87: Kristi Hartwell of John Crane Shares Her Industry Journey 22:22

1y ago22:22

22:22

Kristi Hartwell of John Crane is being featured as one of five notable pump industry veterans in the July 2023 issue of Pumps & Systems magazine. Here, she shares her engineering journey.By Pumps & Systems Magazine

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Episode 86: Lantern Rings & Their Role With Pumps 19:35

1y ago19:35

19:35

Cody Kauffman of SEPCO joins the podcast to talk about lantern rings and their role with pumps.SEPCO is the presenting sponsor of the podcast. Questions asked include:What are lantern rings and what is their purpose with pumps? What materials are ideal for lantern rings?What are PTFE & PEEK strengths and weaknessesHow Is a lantern ring installed?Wh…

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Episode 85: Active Front End vs. 18-Pulse Drives 23:55

1y ago23:55

23:55

On this episode, listen to a chat with Rob Fenton and Austen Scudder of Eaton as we compare and contrast Active Front End and 18-pulse drives and see which is best for your solution.Questions include:What are the primary applications for 18-Pulse drives? What’s the difference between 18-Pulse and AFE from a technology standpoint? Where are AFE driv…

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Explainer: Why No-Code Software Isn't Just For Developers 27:29

1y ago27:29

27:29

As large language models like GPT4 and Bard continue to take the world by storm, one of their most high-profile applications is their most unexpected: writing code. AI programming systems like Github Copilot are primarily used by software developers as a writing partner, but no-code programming tools can also help non-programmers find new ways to u…

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Episode 84: Protect Bearings From Electrical Current Damage 17:06

1y ago17:06

17:06

In this episode of the Pumps & Systems podcast, learn why bearings can fail and how to mitigate electric current arcing with Schaeffler Sr. Application Engineer Paul McNeill.Schaeffler Group is the presenting sponsor of the podcast. Visit them on the web at www.schaeffler.com.Questions asked include: What are ways that bearings could deteriorate in…

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Episode 83: Pump & Motor Industry Insights with Tim Albers of Nidec 25:22

1y ago25:22

25:22

Tim Albers of Nidec Motor Corporation joins the podcast. Albers will be featured in the July 2023 issue of Pumps & Systems magazine as one of our Industry Veterans.Albers, a U.S. Navy Veteran, talks about how the movie "Top Gun" shaped his career, among other things. Albers gives some career insights and shares what the industry means to him.Email …

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How Our Body's Electrome Defines Us 35:45

1y ago35:45

35:45

Sally Adee's new book, We Are Electric: The New Science of Our Body’s Electrome, exams the centuries-long quest to understand how the body uses electricity. Beyond just how neurons send electrical signals, new research is showing how ancient biological mechanisms use electricity to heal our bodies and dictate how cells behave. Adee, a former editor…

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Episode 82: Air Seals & Their Uses 23:32

1y ago23:32

23:32

Zach Nepa of SEPCO joins the podcast to talk about the basics of air seals and where they are commonly used.The presenting sponsor of the podcast is SEPCO. Visit them on the web at www.sepco.com.Nepa discusses what the basics of an air seal are as well as what separates air seals from other seals.He also hits on where air seals can be used, such as…

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The Race To Link Chips With Light For Faster AI 19:32

1+ y ago19:32

19:32

Samuel K. Moore, IEEE Spectrum's senior editor and semiconductor beat reporter, talks about the competing technologies that hope to dramatically speed up computing, especially for machine learning.By IEEE Spectrum

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Functional Programming: The Biggest Change Since We Killed The Goto? 28:50

1+ y ago28:50

28:50

Charles Scalfini, the CTO of Panoramic Software, makes the case for why programmers should make the leap to functional programming, which promises more maintainable code, and eliminates some of the problems inherent to conventional languages.By IEEE Spectrum

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Episode 81: Inflation Reduction Act's Effect on the Pump Industry 22:34

1+ y ago22:34

22:34

Repeat guest Patrick Hogg of Nidec Motor Corporation joins the podcast to give the latest on how the pump industry is reacting to several pieces of government legislation.Questions include:Last August, congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act – what are the key components to this?How will this impact motor and pump efficiency?What water/ pump pr…

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Truepic's Glass-to-Glass Fight Against Digital Fakes 25:41

1+ y ago25:41

25:41

Nick Brown, vice-president of product at Truepic, describes how the company's technology and standards developed by the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity is fighting fakes and other forms of image tampering, by securing data from the camera lens to the users' screens.By IEEE Spectrum

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Rerouting Intention And Sensation In Paralyzed Patients 24:27

1+ y ago24:27

24:27

Patients who have traumatic nerve injuries can face significant paralysis, including paraplegia and quadriplegia. Chad Bouton's research is on developing devices that can decode and recode the electrical signals that normally flow between a limb and the brain, allowing damage to be bypassed.By IEEE Spectrum

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Episode 80: Seal Water Reduction Strategies & Improvements in Water Quality 29:48

1+ y ago29:48

29:48

This episode features a chat with Ram Venkatadri and Bill Pritchett of John Crane on seal water reduction strategies and ways to improve water quality.The presenting sponsor of the podcast is John Crane. Visit them on the web at www.johncrane.com.Questions/discussion points include:History and trends in sealing technologyWhat is seal water?What is …

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Better Carbon Sequestration With AI 18:52

1+ y ago18:52

18:52

One potential path to tackling climate change due to rising carbon dioxide levels is to lock the carbon dioxide away in geological reservoirs deep underground. Deep learning AI technologies can produce better models of these reservoirs, essential if they are to be used at a big enough scale to make a difference.…

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Episode 79: Inline Pumping Benefits 26:37

1+ y ago26:37

26:37

This podcast will feature a discussion on inline pumping benefits with Jim Huck of Industrial Flow Solutions. Jim was also selected as one of Pumps & Systems' 10 up and coming pump professionals to watch, and he is featured in the December 2022 issue.This podcast is sponsored by Industrial Flow Solutions. Visit them on the web at www.flowsolutions.…

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The Bionic-Hand Arms Race 24:29

1+ y ago24:29

24:29

Britt S. Young talks with IEEE Spectrum senior editor Stephen Cass about her investigation into high-tech prosthetic hand design: "We are caught in a bionic-hand arms race. But are we making real progress? It’s time to ask who prostheses are really for, and what we hope they will actually accomplish. Each new multigrasping bionic hand tends to be m…

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