Hardware Podcasts

16. Lobster Inspired Armor, Wireless EV Charging, Autonomous Solar Farm Setup

The Next Byte Podcast · 4 May 2021 · 21m

What this episode covers

Hosts Daniel and Forbode discuss three engineering breakthroughs: MIT's Professor Ming Guo's research into lobster underbelly membranes for flexible body armor, Cornell's Professor Karama Afridi's work on electric field-based wireless EV charging, and RE2 Robotics' autonomous solar farm installation system funded by the DOE. The conversation covers the material science of biomimicry, the physics of wireless power transfer, and the socio-economic implications of automating renewable energy infrastructure.

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MIT, Cornell University, RE2 Robotics, Tesla, Wevolver
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Kevlar

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