Toasting Design
By SoMIAE
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Engineering design has a lot of nuances and caveats. This podcast discusses those and a few side tracks from time to time. Brought to you by the School of Mechanical, Industrial and Aeronautical Engineering at the University of the Witwatersrand
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2nd Year Design 2026 - Part 4
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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2nd Year Design 2026 - Part 3
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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2nd Year Design 2026 - Part 2
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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2nd Year Design 2026 - Part 1
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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#280 How much can you (fork)lift?
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Dec 19, 2025 |
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#279 Keep up Billy
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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#278 A fruity zing to design
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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#277 Traffic Control
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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#276 On the road again
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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#275 ArcheologyX
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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#274 Boer and Schekman's National Lampoon Vacation 2
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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#273 Reinventing the trailer
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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#272 Water-ifying land stuff
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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#271 Drowning a hand above the rest
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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#270 Designing to promote technology development
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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#269 Battery Replacement Design Evaluation
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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#268 Definition of Solution to Complex Engineering Problem (again)
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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#267 Definition of Complex Problem (Again)
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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#266 Laying it all out
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May 23, 2025 |
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#265 Realisation of missing details
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May 09, 2025 |
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#264 Your Design Process
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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#263 Ice Jumping
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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#262 Schekman and Boer vs Wild
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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#261 Delivery system projects
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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#260 Campus transport of the future
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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#259 Tightropes and Squirrel Suits
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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#258 Cleaning Runways
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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#257 Nothing against cats
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Jan 17, 2025 |
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#256 Pogo Go-Go
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Jan 03, 2025 |
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#255 You broke us
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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#254 Train of the Phoenix
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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#253 Navigation without landmarks
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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#252-November
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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#251 Concerns about projects
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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#250 Explosions, bad practices and why does that still exist
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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#249 Getting bicycles wrong
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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#248 Spitballing: Cooling off
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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#247 Thinking like a Designer
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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#246 Test tracks
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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#245 Improving or redoing
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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#244 3rd year projects Sem 2
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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#243 Gamifying It
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May 31, 2024 |
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#242 Snow Mobiles and Land Yachts
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May 17, 2024 |
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#241 Cracking on with it
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May 03, 2024 |
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#240 Considering Habits to Identify Problems
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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#239 Improving Productivity
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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#238 Catering for the "bad" users
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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#237 Sport vs Design
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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#236 Scaling in Design
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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#235 Problem Types for Non-Engineering
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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#234 Another Rescue System
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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#233 Sand Dunes
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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#232 4th Year Project 2024 Part 1
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Dec 29, 2023 |
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#231 Unique Sidecars
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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#230 A problem with projects
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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#229 Starting with Apples
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Nov 17, 2023 |
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#228 The shapes of engineering
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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#227 A Quick Disclosure
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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#226 Still no catwalks
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Oct 06, 2023 |
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#225 Not the one with catwalks
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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#224 Post Options
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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#223 Magnets!
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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#222 Concrete Wings
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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#221 The URS Clocks
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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#220 The analysis in problem ID
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Aug 18, 2023 |
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#219 3rd year projects Sem 2
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Aug 11, 2023 |
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#218 Invisibility
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Aug 04, 2023 |
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#217 Parking and Dyson Spheres
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Jul 28, 2023 |
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#216 Drop tanks and Jet packs
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Jul 21, 2023 |
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#215 The Aftermath
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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#214 Conversions or Repercussions
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Jul 07, 2023 |
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#213 A little less reckless
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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#212 Windsurfing but without arms
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Jun 23, 2023 |
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#211 Charging plug and play
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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#210 Windsurfer concepts part 2
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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#209 Windsurfer concepts
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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#208 Patenting Flight
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May 26, 2023 |
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#207 Communicating in hostile territories
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May 19, 2023 |
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#206 Efficient Cooking
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May 12, 2023 |
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#205 Refining problems, sub-problems
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May 05, 2023 |
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#204 Electric Public Transport
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Apr 28, 2023 |
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#203 Planning
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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#202 New Materials
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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#201 Transforming Chairs
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Apr 07, 2023 |
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#200 Robot Wars V2
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Mar 31, 2023 |
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#199 Wheelchair Storage
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Mar 24, 2023 |
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#198 3rd year mech/aero design projects 2023
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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#197 The 2nd year design projects 2023
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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#196 Complex Engineering Problem (again - 2023 - part 2)
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Mar 03, 2023 |
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#195 Complex Engineering Problem (again - 2023)
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Feb 24, 2023 |
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#194 Cleaning up Everest
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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#193 Critically evaluating designs we have seen
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Feb 10, 2023 |
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#192 When Life Gets You Down Make a Podcast
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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#191 I'm not locked in here with you
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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#190 I hear clearly now that the rain is gone
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Jan 20, 2023 |
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#189 Hot Topics 2023
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Jan 13, 2023 |
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#188 Making bad ideas sound ok
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Jan 06, 2023 |
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#187 Design Series Part 28
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Dec 30, 2022 |
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#186 Design Series Part 27
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Dec 23, 2022 |
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#185 On the edge of your seat
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Dec 16, 2022 |
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#184 Can it be done better
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Dec 09, 2022 |
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#183 What came first the stylus or the digital pen?
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Dec 02, 2022 |
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#182 What's Happening Today (back then)
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Nov 25, 2022 |
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#180 Pulling it together
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Nov 18, 2022 |
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#181 Keeping busy to keep good
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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#179 More Words
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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#178 Inspirationally structural in a situation
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Oct 28, 2022 |
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#177 To sleep or go crazy
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Oct 21, 2022 |
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#176 Design Series Part 26
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Oct 14, 2022 |
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#175 Not thinking things through
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Oct 07, 2022 |
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#174 Specifying a Solution
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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#173 Reinventing the food processor
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Sep 23, 2022 |
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#172 Fire!
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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#171 Heated Torpedoes
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Sep 09, 2022 |
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#170 Reflection
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Sep 02, 2022 |
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#168 Design Series Part 25
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Aug 25, 2022 |
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#169 Designing for rare occasions
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Aug 19, 2022 |
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#167 Design Series Part 24
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Aug 12, 2022 |
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#166 Design Series Part 23
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Aug 05, 2022 |
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#165 Drone Soccer
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Jul 29, 2022 |
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#164 Design Series Part 22
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Jul 22, 2022 |
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#163 Inverse Design
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Jul 15, 2022 |
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#162 Design Series Part 21
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Jul 08, 2022 |
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#161 Novel Innovation
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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#160 Go Figure, Skating
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Jun 24, 2022 |
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#159 Irrationally Unconservative
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Jun 17, 2022 |
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#158 Shopping in the dark
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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#157 Drones....
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Jun 03, 2022 |
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#156 Being Better than Britain
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May 27, 2022 |
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#155 From Wham O's to Beards
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May 20, 2022 |
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#154 3rd year design Sem 2
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May 13, 2022 |
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#153 The unknown paths
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May 06, 2022 |
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#152 Design Series Part 20
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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#151 Internal Users
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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#150 Design Series Part 19
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Apr 15, 2022 |
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#149 Swarming Casualties
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Apr 08, 2022 |
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#148 Design Series Part 18
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Apr 01, 2022 |
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#147 Teflon
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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#146 Design Backwards
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Mar 18, 2022 |
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#145 Design Series Part 17
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Mar 11, 2022 |
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#144 MECN4005/6 2022
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Mar 04, 2022 |
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#143 Marsh mellows at a distance
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Feb 25, 2022 |
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#142 Design Series Part 16
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Feb 18, 2022 |
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#141 Project Ideas 2022 Part 4
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Feb 11, 2022 |
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#140 Project Ideas 2022 Part 3
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Feb 04, 2022 |
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#139 Project Ideas 2022 Part 2
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Jan 28, 2022 |
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#138 Project Ideas 2022 Part 1
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Jan 21, 2022 |
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#137 The Need for Speed
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Jan 14, 2022 |
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#136 Dyson
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Jan 07, 2022 |
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#135 Clean Sunlight
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Dec 24, 2021 |
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#134 Design Series Part 15
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Dec 24, 2021 |
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#133 Design Series Part 14
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Dec 17, 2021 |
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#132 Burgers and Boats with Influence
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Dec 10, 2021 |
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#131 From wet to dry
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Dec 03, 2021 |
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#130 Never Enough Criteria
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Nov 26, 2021 |
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#129 Design Series Part 13
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Nov 19, 2021 |
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#128 Design Series Part 12
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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#127 Design Series Part 11
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Nov 05, 2021 |
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#126 Falling with Style
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Oct 29, 2021 |
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#125 Design Series Part 10
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Oct 22, 2021 |
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#124 Design Series Part 9
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Oct 15, 2021 |
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#123 Design Series Part 8
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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#122 Design Series Part 7
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Oct 01, 2021 |
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#121 Design Series Part 6
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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#120 Trains
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Sep 17, 2021 |
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#119 Design Series Part 5
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Sep 10, 2021 |
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#118 Equivalence and Alternatives
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Sep 03, 2021 |
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#117 Unique Solutions
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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#116 Making the Problem Real
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Aug 20, 2021 |
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#115 Post Release Iteration
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Aug 13, 2021 |
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#114 Jet Packs
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Aug 06, 2021 |
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#113 Keeping Busy
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Jul 30, 2021 |
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#112 Design Series Part 4
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Jul 23, 2021 |
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#111 Design Series Part 3
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Jul 16, 2021 |
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#110 Training Day
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Jul 09, 2021 |
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#109 Design Series Part 2
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Jul 02, 2021 |
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#108 Learning from history
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Jun 25, 2021 |
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#107 Design Series Part 1
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Jun 18, 2021 |
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#106 We have gone to far
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Jun 11, 2021 |
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#105 Using the Users
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Jun 04, 2021 |
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#104 We save the Olympics
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May 28, 2021 |
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#103 Combatting bad habits
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May 21, 2021 |
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#102 The Misused Toaster
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May 14, 2021 |
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#101 That's not how you are supposed to use that
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May 07, 2021 |
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#100 Episode 100: The Hundredth Episode (+3)
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Apr 30, 2021 |
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#99 The Seven Steps Part 2
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Apr 23, 2021 |
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#98 The Seven Steps Part 1
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Apr 16, 2021 |
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#97 Complex Problems: The Definition Part 2
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Apr 09, 2021 |
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#96 Complex Problems: The Definition Part 1
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Apr 02, 2021 |
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#95 The glue that holds our thoughts together
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Mar 26, 2021 |
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#94 Washing up on problems
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Mar 19, 2021 |
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#93 Being Considerate
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Mar 12, 2021 |
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#92 Design Specification
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Mar 05, 2021 |
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#91 Details III: This time it's detailed
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Feb 26, 2021 |
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#90 Problem Defining and Refining
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Feb 19, 2021 |
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#89 Details, details, details
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Feb 12, 2021 |
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#88 Its all in the details
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Feb 05, 2021 |
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#87 Packing it in
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Jan 29, 2021 |
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#86 4th year design topics 2021
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Jan 22, 2021 |
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#85 Bring the holiday home
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Jan 08, 2021 |
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#84 Jumping over Leonardo
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Jan 01, 2021 |
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#83 Festivities and Design in Hindsight
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Dec 25, 2020 |
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#82 Mowing down the concepts
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Dec 18, 2020 |
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#81 We told you so
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Dec 11, 2020 |
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#80 Designing between the designs
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Dec 04, 2020 |
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#79 Drawing out design to make it faster
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Nov 27, 2020 |
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#78 A lit bit of different design ideas
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Nov 20, 2020 |
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#77 Completely inconsistent
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Nov 13, 2020 |
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#76 Heisenberg's uncertainty with design
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Nov 06, 2020 |
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#75 The What If's in Design Part 2
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Oct 30, 2020 |
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#74 The What If's in Design Part 1
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Oct 23, 2020 |
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#73 Getting Functional Part 2
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Oct 16, 2020 |
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#72 Getting Functional Part 1
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Oct 09, 2020 |
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#71 Matching your habits to your thoughts
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Oct 02, 2020 |
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#70 Assessing what should be assessed
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Sep 25, 2020 |
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#69 Designing research
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Sep 18, 2020 |
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#68 Requiring regulation regarding requirements
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Sep 11, 2020 |
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#67 Playing with grounded constraints
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Sep 04, 2020 |
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#66 Less waffle, more toast
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Aug 28, 2020 |
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#65 On a more serious note
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Aug 21, 2020 |
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#64 Student Projects Part 2
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Aug 14, 2020 |
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#63 Student Projects Part 1
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Aug 07, 2020 |
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#62 Con - wait for it - cepts
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Jul 31, 2020 |
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#61 Concepts again
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Jul 24, 2020 |
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#60 Concepts à la Boer and Schekman
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Jul 17, 2020 |
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#0 Introductions
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Jul 14, 2020 |
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#59 WFH Police
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Jul 10, 2020 |
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#58 Guessing
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Jul 03, 2020 |
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#57 Practical Recaps and Intros
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Jun 26, 2020 |
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#56 The office
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Jun 19, 2020 |
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#55 The never leave home - home Part 2
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Jun 12, 2020 |
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#54 From problem to function
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Jun 05, 2020 |
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#53 The never leave home - home Part 1
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May 29, 2020 |
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#52 Grinding through beans to find problems
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May 22, 2020 |
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#51 Medical Transport Part 2
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May 18, 2020 |
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#50 Medical Transport Part 1
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May 15, 2020 |
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#49 Cleaning Clothes by Design
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May 11, 2020 |
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#48 Design Tools Part 2
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May 08, 2020 |
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#47 Sport is boring
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May 04, 2020 |
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#46 Design Tools Part 1
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May 01, 2020 |
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#45 Emergency: Ostrich
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Apr 27, 2020 |
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#44 Filming sci-fi golf
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Apr 24, 2020 |
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#43 social distancing by design
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Apr 20, 2020 |
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#42 formula lockdown
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Apr 17, 2020 |
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#41 The ultimate triathlon
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Apr 14, 2020 |
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#40 Multipurpose vs Single Purpose
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Apr 10, 2020 |
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#39 searching and rescuing
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Apr 06, 2020 |
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#38 keep it simple steve
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Apr 03, 2020 |
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#37 not so naked on Mars
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Mar 27, 2020 |
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#36 Failing to fail is not failure
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Mar 23, 2020 |
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#35 Antarctic brainstorm
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Mar 20, 2020 |
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#34 Dominant ideas
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Mar 16, 2020 |
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#33 Why are some things just so?
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Mar 12, 2020 |
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#32 Design criteria
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Mar 09, 2020 |
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#31 fixing a bad design
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Mar 06, 2020 |
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#30 Designing outside your comfort zone
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Mar 02, 2020 |
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#29 Bad Habits: "Laziness"
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Feb 28, 2020 |
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#28 Functional Analysis
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Feb 24, 2020 |
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#27 What we don't lecture in the design courses Part 1
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Feb 21, 2020 |
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#26 Painting Cheese on Toast
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Feb 17, 2020 |
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#25 Open ended problem examples
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Feb 12, 2020 |
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#24 Keep your eye on the problem
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Feb 07, 2020 |
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#23 Mission Planning (Mech edition)
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Feb 05, 2020 |
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#22 Mission Planning (Aero Edition)
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Jan 31, 2020 |
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#21 How we learn and why
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Jan 29, 2020 |
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#20 Intro to Design Planning
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Jan 24, 2020 |
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#19 UG Projects 2020 Part 3
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Jan 22, 2020 |
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#18 UG Projects 2020 Part 2
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Jan 18, 2020 |
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#17 Biker Problems
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Jan 15, 2020 |
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#16 UG Projects 2020 Part 1
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Jan 10, 2020 |
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#15 Skateboard design
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Dec 15, 2019 |
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#14 The Design Trinity: the process, the product and the report
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Dec 11, 2019 |
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#13 We approach design differently
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Dec 09, 2019 |
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#12 Deduction and Induction
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Dec 02, 2019 |
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#11 Optimization and Iteration
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Nov 29, 2019 |
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#10 Moons and UAV's
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Nov 29, 2019 |
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#9 TRIZ Part 2
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Nov 29, 2019 |
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#8 TRIZ Part 1
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Nov 29, 2019 |
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#7 Role Playing Design
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Nov 29, 2019 |
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#6 4th year projects
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Nov 29, 2019 |
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#5.5 How not to ask questions part deux
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Nov 29, 2019 |
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#5 How not to ask questions
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Nov 29, 2019 |
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#4.5 First years...
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Nov 29, 2019 |
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#4 Levels of Design
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Nov 29, 2019 |
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#3 Hypersonic Trains
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Nov 29, 2019 |
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#2 The Boy/Girl Problem
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Nov 29, 2019 |
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#1 DJ Dogs and Hands Free Kitchens
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Nov 29, 2019 |