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This Week in Engineering - ENGINEERING.com

Summary: Every Wednesday Dan and Vince review the engineering week that was. From renewable energy to robotics, space exploration and civil engineering wonders, no engineering subject is safe from their jibes and jokes.

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Podcasts:

 Electronics in Living Tissue | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 5:11

Electronics in living tissue; mind-controlled exoskeletons; phones in space; human-powered helicopter record; weighing a molecule; and solar-powered toilet.

 Solar Flare Prediction | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 4:16

Solar flare prediction; amphibious tank; tidal power plant; printing resolution record; cameras for kitties; and molecule-thin semiconductor.

 Hypersonic "Waverider" Aircraft Breaks Apart | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 5:23

Tiny cubesat thrusters; hypersonic Waverider crashes; bird-friendly glass; robot inchworm; room-temperature masers; and DNA data storage.

 Collecting deep sea trash | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 4:29

This week Dan and Vince cover an autonomous robot designed to collect trash from the ocean, a bicycle made of cardboard that can be built from less than $10 in materials, and how buildings could be constructed in less than a day using 3D Printing techniques.

 Inflatable Heat Shield | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 4:24

Paint absorbs weaponized chemicals; Pioneer anomaly solved; tires from dandelions; nanobots target Hepatitis-C; Japanese trashcan bot; and inflatable heat shield.

 Lasers Create Rain | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 4:26

Extinguish fire with sound; geoengineering shade in New Mexico; rechargeable lithium air batteries; lasers create rain; searching for lunar water; and mind-controlled video game.

 Lightest Solid Ever Developed | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 4:27

Self-healing graphene; exoplanet pictures; cancer cell camera; lightest solid ever; domestic drones; and sheep with cell phones.

 Smart Headlights Make Raindrops Disappear | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 4:29

Higgs boson discovered; diamond qubits; robot struts like a person; ultrasound tweezers; graphene sheets for desalination; and smart headlights.

 TWIE In Depth - NASA's Mars Science Lab | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 5:40

On August 6 2012 the new Rover will land on Mars to look for signs of water and life. In this special edition Dan and Vince explain the engineering behind the MSL mission.

 Bamboo Buildings | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 4:25

This Week in Engineering: Bamboo Buildings; Glucose-powered implants; Rooftop solar contest; Self-deicing metal; Space greenhouses; Retinal prosthesis.

 Crustacean Battle Armor | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 5:24

This Week in Engineering - African teens win $50,000; armor like crustacean claws; autonomous sewing factories; transits across other stars; NASA gets free satellites; and quadcopter jogging partner.

 Transparent Smartphone | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 4:36

This Week in Engineering - Paralyzed rats walk; splitting the SKA; self-stirring pot; Alpine space equipment tests; transparent smartphone; and radiation-detecting smartphone.

 Bionic Snail | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 4:23

This Week in Engineering - SpaceX docs with ISS; robot builds tools with glue gun; laser weedkiller; bionic snail; blanket produces biochar; and robot climbs cloth.

 Manned Mission to Asteroid | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 4:53

Wifi-connect anything; bulletproof vests with air conditioning; electricity from viruses; robot sailboat; manned asteroid mission; and DOD stimulates 3D printing.

 Real Weapon Inspired by Call of Duty Game | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 4:55

Watching Venus on the Moon; military drone from video game; pneumatic car; glass stays clean; robots imitating high heels; and paralyzed woman completes marathon.

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