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HardwareX Podcasts

27 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratings

Interviews with the leading technology experts in open source hardware for the journal HardwareX from Elsevier Publishing Company

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From Gaza to Ukraine: Exploring the Glia open-source tourniquet and scaling decentralised manufacturing during conflict

March 18, 2024 14:00 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MB

How can we make life-saving medical equipment more accessible in areas under blockade, with low infrastructure, or with limited resources? In a time where almost every region in the world is seeing a rise in conflict, tourniquets have become increasingly necessary for avoiding excessive civilian casualties. Yet, proprietary tourniquets remain largely geared toward male military personnel, not women and children. Even if this changes, proprietary tourniquets remain expensive and largely inac...

HILO Studio for Innovations in Textile Manufacturing (with Sara Diaz Rodriguez, Natalija Krasnoperova, and Lukas Schattenhofer from Berlin, Germany)

June 12, 2022 04:00 - 41 minutes - 28.9 MB

In this episode, we talk to the creators of Studio HILO that offers open source technologies for local yarn production, along with remote workshops and vocational training to facilitate user-driven experimentation. Our three guests are Sara Diaz Rodriguez (co-founder of Studio HILO, textile design and technologies consultant), Natalija Krasnoperova (co-founder of Studio HILO, innovation and coaching consultant), and Lukas Schattenhofer (member of Open Source Ecology in Germany managing the c...

Music Composition and Environmental Sensing (with Chet Udell)

May 02, 2022 22:00 - 44 minutes - 30.5 MB

In this fourth episode of HardwareX Season 2 podcasts, our guest is Chet Udell who is an Assistant Professor of Biological and Ecological Engineering at Oregon State University (USA). Dr. Udell is the Director of the Openly Published Environmental Sensing (OPEnS) lab at his university. His lab is an NSF and USDA funded Makerspace led by a staff of over 30 undergraduate researchers across Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Biological and Ecological ...

Portable, open-source wireless spectrophotometer (with Katrina Laganovska from Riga, Latvia)

March 20, 2022 22:00 - 24 minutes - 16 MB

In this third episode of HardwareX Season 2 podcasts, our guest is Katrina Laganovska from the Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia, Riga LV-1063, Latvia . She is the first author of an HardwareX article titled “Portable low-cost open-source wireless spectrophotometer for fast and reliable measurements” along with co-authors Aleksejs Zolotarjovs, Mercedes Vázquez, Kirsty Mc Donnell, Janis Liepins, Hadar Ben-Yoav, Varis Karitans, and Krisjanis Smits from Latvia, Ireland, and...

Portable, open-source wireless spectrophotometer (with Katrina Laganovska from Riga, Latvia)

March 20, 2022 22:00 - 24 minutes - 16 MB

In this third episode of HardwareX Season 2 podcasts, our guest is Katrina Laganovska from the Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia, Riga LV-1063, Latvia . She is the first author of an HardwareX article titled “Portable low-cost open-source wireless spectrophotometer for fast and reliable measurements” along with co-authors Aleksejs Zolotarjovs, Mercedes Vázquez, Kirsty Mc Donnell, Janis Liepins, Hadar Ben-Yoav, Varis Karitans, and Krisjanis Smits from Latvia, Ireland, and...

Open-source pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (with Diego Lagos-Susaeta from Santiago, Chile)

February 25, 2022 23:00 - 16 minutes - 11.6 MB

In this second episode of HardwareX Season 2 podcasts, our guest is Diego Lagos-Susaeta who is affiliated with the Centre for Biotechnology and Bioengineering (CeBiB), Department of Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology and Materials, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile. Our guest is the first author of an HardwareX article titled “openPFGE: An open source and low cost pulsed-field gel electrophoresis equipment” along with co-authors  Oriana Salazar and Juan A. Asenjo from the same university...

HardwareX in the Limelight (with Editors-in-Chief Joshua Pearce and Todd Duncombe, and Associate Editor Santosh Pandey)

February 12, 2022 16:00 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MB

In this first episode of HardwareX Season 2 podcasts, our new host is Dr. Sanli Faez who is the Assistant Professor (tenured) of Physics at Utrecht University. Our guests are Dr. Joshua Pearce and Dr. Todd Duncombe who are the Editors-in-Chief of HardwareX and have edited the Special Issue: COVID-19 Medical Hardware. We also invite Dr. Santosh Pandey who is an Associate Professor in Electrical Engineering (Iowa State University) and was the host/producer of the HardwareX Season 1 podcast epi...

HardwareX in the Limelight (with Editors-in-Chief Joshua Pearce and Todd Duncombe, and Associate Editor Santosh Pandey)

February 12, 2022 16:00 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MB

In this first episode of HardwareX Season 2 podcasts, our new host is Dr. Sanli Faez who is the Assistant Professor (tenured) of Physics at Utrecht University. Our guests are Dr. Joshua Pearce and Dr. Todd Duncombe who are the Editors-in-Chief of HardwareX and have edited the Special Issue: COVID-19 Medical Hardware. We also invite Dr. Santosh Pandey who is an Associate Professor in Electrical Engineering (Iowa State University) and was the host/producer of the HardwareX Season 1 podcast epi...

Author Interview: Open source hardware for plant phenomics and livestock healthy monitoring (with Dr. Pete Marchetto)

October 12, 2021 20:00 - 19 minutes - 13.4 MB

In this episode of HardwareX podcasts, we talk to Pete Marchetto who is a Research Engineer and Instrumentation Scientist with Conservify, and Principal at Sensing, LLC. His research interests lie in environmental sensing, and creating tools for those in the life sciences who need them. Some of his projects have included applying automated imaging and high-throughput measurement techniques for plant phenotyping, assessing plant stress, and remote health monitoring of poultry, livestock, and ...

Author Interview: Open source microbalance autosampler

October 12, 2021 20:00 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MB

In this episode of HardwareX podcasts, we talk to Dr. Matheus Carvalho who is a Senior Research Associate at the Southern Cross University in New South Wales, Australia. He is affiliated with the Centre for Coastal Biogeochemistry Research, Environmental Analysis Laboratory, and Southern Cross Analytical Research Services. His research interests have been to improve the understanding of photosynthesis and respiration by algae. In particular, he has developed, together with his colleagues Kai...

Author Interview: Open source microbalance autosampler (with Dr. Matheus Carvalho)

October 12, 2021 20:00 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MB

In this episode of HardwareX podcasts, we talk to Dr. Matheus Carvalho who is a Senior Research Associate at the Southern Cross University in New South Wales, Australia. He is affiliated with the Centre for Coastal Biogeochemistry Research, Environmental Analysis Laboratory, and Southern Cross Analytical Research Services. His research interests have been to improve the understanding of photosynthesis and respiration by algae. In particular, he has developed, together with his colleagues Kai...

Discussions with the Publishing Director at Elsevier

October 12, 2021 20:00 - 22 minutes - 15.3 MB

In this episode of HardwareX podcasts, we talk to Sarah Jenkins who is the Publishing Director at Elsevier. She is currently located at Oxford, UK. Sarah has served Elsevier in various capacities over the past 19 and a half years, and has led many successful projects at Elsevier. It is an absolute pleasure to chat with Sarah on her initiatives and vision for HardwareX and open access journals from Elsevier. This podcast episode was recorded, edited, and produced by Santosh Pandey from Iowa S...

Discussions with the Publishing Director at Elsevier (Sarah Jenkins)

October 12, 2021 20:00 - 22 minutes - 15.3 MB

In this episode of HardwareX podcasts, we talk to Sarah Jenkins who is the Publishing Director at Elsevier. She is currently located at Oxford, UK. Sarah has served Elsevier in various capacities over the past 19 and a half years, and has led many successful projects at Elsevier. It is an absolute pleasure to chat with Sarah on her initiatives and vision for HardwareX and open access journals from Elsevier. This podcast episode was recorded, edited, and produced by Santosh Pandey from Iowa S...

Discussions with the Publishing Director at Elsevier (Sarah Jenkins)

October 12, 2021 20:00 - 22 minutes - 15.3 MB

In this episode of HardwareX podcasts, we talk to Sarah Jenkins who is the Publishing Director at Elsevier. She is currently located at Oxford, UK. Sarah has served Elsevier in various capacities over the past 19 and a half years, and has led many successful projects at Elsevier. It is an absolute pleasure to chat with Sarah on her initiatives and vision for HardwareX and open access journals from Elsevier. This podcast episode was recorded, edited, and produced by Santosh Pandey from Iowa S...

HardwareX and Open Source Hardware

October 12, 2021 20:00 - 25 minutes - 17.6 MB

In this episode of HardwareX podcast, we talk to Professor Joshua Pearce who is the co-Editor-in-Chief of HardwareX. Dr. Pearce is the Thompson Chair in Information Technology and Innovation, cross-appointed in the Richard Ivey School of Business and Western University’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Dr. Pearce is a renowned expert on open hardware, low cost 3D printing, and solar photovoltaics. We talk to him about his driving motivation, projects, and vision about the ...

HardwareX and Open Source Hardware with co-Editor-in-chief (Joshua Pearce, PhD)

October 12, 2021 20:00 - 25 minutes - 17.6 MB

In this episode of HardwareX podcast, we talk to Professor Joshua Pearce who is the co-Editor-in-Chief of HardwareX. Dr. Pearce is the Thompson Chair in Information Technology and Innovation, cross-appointed in the Richard Ivey School of Business and Western University’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Dr. Pearce is a renowned expert on open hardware, low cost 3D printing, and solar photovoltaics. We talk to him about his driving motivation, projects, and vision about the ...

The Journey of HardwareX

October 12, 2021 20:00 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MB

In this episode of HardwareX podcasts, we talk to Todd Duncombe who is the co-Editor-in-Chief of HardwareX. Todd is a Postdoctoral researcher at the renowned ETH Zurich, Department of BioSystems Science and Engineering in Basel, Switzerland. He has published several impactful papers and inventions on Droplet Microfluidic, Analytical Chemistry, Mass Spectrometry, MEMS, and Electrokinetic Transport. He developed assays to streamline biomanufacturing pathways and combinatorial screening, often ...

The Journey of HardwareX with co-Editor-in-chief (Todd Duncombe, PhD)

October 12, 2021 20:00 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MB

In this episode of HardwareX podcasts, we talk to Todd Duncombe who is the co-Editor-in-Chief of HardwareX. Todd is a Postdoctoral researcher at the renowned ETH Zurich, Department of BioSystems Science and Engineering in Basel, Switzerland. He has published several impactful papers and inventions on Droplet Microfluidic, Analytical Chemistry, Mass Spectrometry, MEMS, and Electrokinetic Transport. He developed assays to streamline biomanufacturing pathways and combinatorial screening, often ...

Author Interview: A low-cost acoustic device for monitoring biodiversity and the environment

October 12, 2021 20:00 - 23 minutes - 16.3 MB

In this episode of HardwareX podcasts, we talk to Andrew Hill and Peter Prince from Open Acoustic Devices, which is a UK-based company that designs, supports and deploys open-source acoustic hardware and software for our user community, as well as our own environmental and wildlife monitoring projects. In October 2019, their team published a paper in HardwareX titled “AudioMoth: A low-cost acoustic device for monitoring biodiversity and the environment”. The paper is part of the Special Issu...

The Journey of HardwareX with co-Editor-in-chief (Todd Duncombe, PhD)

October 12, 2021 20:00 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MB

In this episode of HardwareX podcasts, we talk to Todd Duncombe who is the co-Editor-in-Chief of HardwareX. Todd is a Postdoctoral researcher at the renowned ETH Zurich, Department of BioSystems Science and Engineering in Basel, Switzerland. He has published several impactful papers and inventions on Droplet Microfluidic, Analytical Chemistry, Mass Spectrometry, MEMS, and Electrokinetic Transport. He developed assays to streamline biomanufacturing pathways and combinatorial screening, often ...

Author Interview: A low-cost acoustic device for monitoring biodiversity and the environment (with Dr. Andrew Hill and Dr, Peter Prince from Open Acoustic Devices)

October 12, 2021 20:00 - 23 minutes - 16.3 MB

In this episode of HardwareX podcasts, we talk to Andrew Hill and Peter Prince from Open Acoustic Devices, which is a UK-based company that designs, supports and deploys open-source acoustic hardware and software for our user community, as well as our own environmental and wildlife monitoring projects. In October 2019, their team published a paper in HardwareX titled “AudioMoth: A low-cost acoustic device for monitoring biodiversity and the environment”. The paper is part of the Special Issu...

Author Interview: Low-cost, open-source 3D printed antibody dispenser

October 12, 2021 20:00 - 15 minutes - 10.4 MB

In this episode of HardwareX podcasts, we talk to Dr. Joong Ho Shin and Won Han. Dr. Shin is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Pukyong National University, South Korea. Dr. Shin is an expert in microfluidics, lab-on-a-chip, biosensors, diagnostic devices, biotechnology and molecular biology. His work has been published in very reputable journals in these fields. In April 2021, his team published a paper in HardwareX titled “Low-cost, open-source 3D printed a...

Author Interview: Low-cost, open-source 3D printed antibody dispenser (with Dr. Joong Ho Shin)

October 12, 2021 20:00 - 15 minutes - 10.4 MB

In this episode of HardwareX podcasts, we talk to Dr. Joong Ho Shin and Won Han. Dr. Shin is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Pukyong National University, South Korea. Dr. Shin is an expert in microfluidics, lab-on-a-chip, biosensors, diagnostic devices, biotechnology and molecular biology. His work has been published in very reputable journals in these fields. In April 2021, his team published a paper in HardwareX titled “Low-cost, open-source 3D printed a...

Author Interview: Open source device for disinfecting N95 masks with UV-C radiation

October 12, 2021 20:00 - 19 minutes - 13.7 MB

In this episode of HardwareX podcasts, our guests are Dr. Marcel Bentancor and Dr. Horacio Failache from Montevideo, Uruguay. Their research interests are in Optics and Experimental Physics. In February 2021, their team published a paper in HardwareX titled “LUCIA: An open source device for disinfection of N95 masks using UV-C radiation”. The paper is part of the Special Issue: COVID-19 Medical Hardware edited by Todd Duncombe and Joshua Pearce. This podcast episode was recorded, edited, and...

Author Interview: Open source device for disinfecting N95 masks with UV-C radiation (with Dr. Marcel Bentancor and Dr. Horacio Failache)

October 12, 2021 20:00 - 19 minutes - 13.7 MB

In this episode of HardwareX podcasts, our guests are Dr. Marcel Bentancor and Dr. Horacio Failache from Montevideo, Uruguay. Their research interests are in Optics and Experimental Physics. In February 2021, their team published a paper in HardwareX titled “LUCIA: An open source device for disinfection of N95 masks using UV-C radiation”. The paper is part of the Special Issue: COVID-19 Medical Hardware edited by Todd Duncombe and Joshua Pearce. This podcast episode was recorded, edited, and...

Author Interview: Open source hardware for plant phenomics and livestock healthy monitoring

October 12, 2021 20:00 - 19 minutes - 13.4 MB

In this episode of HardwareX podcasts, we talk to Pete Marchetto who is a Research Engineer and Instrumentation Scientist with Conservify, and Principal at Sensing, LLC. His research interests lie in environmental sensing, and creating tools for those in the life sciences who need them. Some of his projects have included applying automated imaging and high-throughput measurement techniques for plant phenotyping, assessing plant stress, and remote health monitoring of poultry, livestock, and ...

Author Interview: Open source hardware for plant phenomics and livestock healthy monitoring (with Dr. Pete Marchetto)

October 12, 2021 20:00 - 19 minutes - 13.4 MB

In this episode of HardwareX podcasts, we talk to Pete Marchetto who is a Research Engineer and Instrumentation Scientist with Conservify, and Principal at Sensing, LLC. His research interests lie in environmental sensing, and creating tools for those in the life sciences who need them. Some of his projects have included applying automated imaging and high-throughput measurement techniques for plant phenotyping, assessing plant stress, and remote health monitoring of poultry, livestock, and ...