# 15. Charm's Carbon Offsets, Fitness Trainer Drones, MIT Studies Sound Waves In The North Pole

- Show: [The Next Byte Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast)
- Published: 2021-04-27
- Length: 19m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2021-04-27-15-charms-carbon-offsets-fitness-trainer-drones-mit-studies-sound-waves-in-the-n
- Listen: https://the-next-byte-wevolver.simplecast.com/episodes/15-charms-carbon-offsetting-fitness-trainer-drones-mit-studies-sound-waves-in-the-north-pole-nLHBrJmE

## Summary

Hosts Daniel and Forbode discuss Charm Industrial, a company that converts biomass waste into bio-oil to sequester CO2 in abandoned oil wells, achieving a net removal of 1.44 tons of CO2 per ton of oil. They then examine the evolution of fitness drones, from early RMIT University pacers to Hongik University's 'Traverse Drone' concept, which uses a wearable 'pod' and real-time form analysis. Finally, they cover an MIT and ONR expedition to the North Pole, where an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) and buoys were used to study the 'Beaufort lens' effect on sonar propagation in mixing warm and cold water layers.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2021-04-27-15-charms-carbon-offsets-fitness-trainer-drones-mit-studies-sound-waves-in-the-n#t=0) Introduction: Charm Industrial and Carbon Offsetting
- [2:47](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2021-04-27-15-charms-carbon-offsets-fitness-trainer-drones-mit-studies-sound-waves-in-the-n#t=167) Charm Industrial's Bio-oil Injection Process
- [6:13](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2021-04-27-15-charms-carbon-offsets-fitness-trainer-drones-mit-studies-sound-waves-in-the-n#t=373) Charm Industrial's CO2 Sequestration Numbers
- [7:46](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2021-04-27-15-charms-carbon-offsets-fitness-trainer-drones-mit-studies-sound-waves-in-the-n#t=466) Evolution of Fitness Drones: RMIT to Hongik University
- [12:24](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2021-04-27-15-charms-carbon-offsets-fitness-trainer-drones-mit-studies-sound-waves-in-the-n#t=744) Hongik University's Traverse Drone Concept
- [13:44](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2021-04-27-15-charms-carbon-offsets-fitness-trainer-drones-mit-studies-sound-waves-in-the-n#t=824) MIT and ONR's North Pole Sonar Study
- [16:28](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2021-04-27-15-charms-carbon-offsets-fitness-trainer-drones-mit-studies-sound-waves-in-the-n#t=988) AUV Navigation and the Beaufort Lens
- [18:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2021-04-27-15-charms-carbon-offsets-fitness-trainer-drones-mit-studies-sound-waves-in-the-n#t=1080) Pod Giveaway and Conclusion

## Topics

- [Energy & climate tech](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/energy-and-climate-tech)
- [Robotics & autonomy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/robotics-and-autonomy)
- [Sensors & measurement in products](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sensors)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Prometheus Fuels (company)
- RMIT University (company)
- Hongik University (company)
- Traverse Drone (product)
- MIT (company)
- Arduino starter kit (product)

## Related episodes from other shows

- [Putting Oil Back Where It Belongs with Peter Reinhardt, CEO & Co-Founder of Charm Industrial](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hardware-to-save-a-planet/2022-06-09-putting-oil-back-where-it-belongs-with-peter-reinhardt-ceo-co-founder-of-charm-i) (Hardware to Save a Planet)
- [Episode 99: Robots mapping the deep ocean - Joe Wolfel](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2024-11-22-episode-99-robots-mapping-the-deep-ocean-joe-wolfel) (Robot Talk)
- [What climatetech can learn from the oceans](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/catalyst/2022-10-13-what-climatetech-can-learn-from-the-oceans) (Catalyst)
- [Episode Seventeen – Bioinspired Robots: learning from nature](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2022-06-13-episode-seventeen-bioinspired-robots-learning-from-nature) (Robot Talk)
- [Episode Thirty-Six: Ignazio Maria Viola](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2023-02-10-episode-thirty-six-ignazio-maria-viola) (Robot Talk)

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