HardwareX Podcasts
Interviews with the leading technology experts in open source hardware for the journal HardwareX from Elsevier Publishing Company
Podcasting since 2021 • 20 episodes
HardwareX Podcasts
Latest Episodes
A Co-benefits Approach: Preserving more than one species with open-source hardware
Did you know that our understanding of basic functions such as memory, learning and sleep is largely thanks to a giant sea slug? For more than 50 years, Aplysia Californica, a type of slug also known as the California Sea Hare,...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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27:46
Microwaves Against Malaria: Life-saving technologies and the question of patenting.
Urgent needs require urgent solutions, but is open-source always the answer?The UN aims to eradicate malaria in all countries by 2030. However, in some parts of the world, incidents are increasing as the parasites transmitting the disea...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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31:52
High-tech Prosthetics: Granting locomotion to all with open-source robotics.
How inclusive are advanced prosthetics technologies?The global demand for prosthetics and orthotics is only expected to rise. Yet, access to affordable and innovative solutions varies greatly at local, national and international levels....
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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28:30
Drones for Data Gathering: How open-source hardware is making environmental research more viable
What does it take to make research catch up with climate change? The Arctic regions hold crucial information about the environmental impact of rising temperatures. Calving glaciers and treacherous territories make it a life-threatening ...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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23:18
The Future of Food: (Re)growing vertical farming with open-source automation
Why did high-tech farming go bust?Vertical Farming was one of the big new technologies of the early 2010s. By growing crops vertically with less water and no pesticides, big vertical farms promised to revolutionise food productio...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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33:16
