The latest podcast series from RS DesignSpark.
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Mission 1: Is it time to stop buying and start repairing our tech?
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INCOMING TRANSMISSION Agents - our intel team have discovered that in 2021 every person on Earth produced an average of 7.6 kg of e-waste (thatâs 57 MILLION tons across the globe!) To see how responsible engineering can help fix our way to the future, weâve sent Agent Clark to interrogate the CEO of Team Repair and find out why theyâre sending brokâŚ
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Mission 2: Meet the engineers quietly fixing noise pollution
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INCOMING TRANSMISSION Agents - our sensors have detected that noise pollution is the second most harmful environmental health issue, contributing to thousands of serious illnesses and premature deaths. To discover how responsible engineering can help us combat noise pollution, Agent Somara must track down the founder of tech startup Mumbli and uncoâŚ
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Mission 3: Decoding the internet of skills
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INCOMING TRANSMISSION Agents - the bods in âDâ Branch believe the recent advances in networks, robotics, VR and haptics mean we could transcend our physical boundariesâŚso is it time we stopped talking about the internet of things and started talking about the internet of skills? To explore how responsible engineering can unlock the future, Agent ClâŚ
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Mission 4: Working smart and living sustainably in the cities of the future
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INCOMING TRANSMISSION Agents - according to our sources, over half the worldâs population live in a city - a figure expected to reach 7 BILLION by 2050. Whatâs more, cities account for 80% of global GDP and over 70% of global CO2 emissions! To investigate how responsible engineering can help build the future, Agent Somara must track down the designâŚ
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Mission 5: Cleaning up the skies and space
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INCOMING TRANSMISSION Agents - intercepted communications show that travel accounts for around one-fifth of global CO2 emissions, while our obsession with space has put almost eight THOUSAND tonnes of waste into orbit! To learn how responsible engineering can clean up the skies and space, Agent Clark must attempt a clandestine rendezvous with the hâŚ
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Mission 6: Can we engineer our food to be better?
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INCOMING TRANSMISSION Agents - according to Professor Susan Jebb, Professor of Diet and Population Health at the University of Oxford, âwe cannot meet Net Zero targets without changing our dietâ. To discover how responsible engineering can help grow the food of the future, weâve asked Agent Somara to get the lowdown on a company creating sushi-gradâŚ
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Your mission - should you decide to accept it - is to join Drs Shini Somara and Simon Clark as they harness their inner spies to explore how responsible engineering can build a better planet. Is it time to stop buying and start repairing? How do we grow the food of the future? Are ready for the internet of skills? Connect with a million other curioâŚ
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