In dieser Episode geht es um moderne ELoks am Beispiel der Bombardier TRAXX. Mitte April hatte ich die Gelegenheit Bombardier in Mannheim zu besuchen. Dort habe ich mich zunächst mit Michael Weinhardt über die technischen Grundlagen der TRAXX unterhalten. Später sind wir dann zum Gueterbahnhof gefahren wo Bombardier zusammen mit der DB einen Wartungsstützpunkt für die TRAXX unterhält. Zusammen mit Willi Denk haben wir uns dann eine TRAXX genauer angesehen und auch diese Besichtigung aufgezeichnet. Ich habe auch einige Fotos gemacht.

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This episode is a conversation with NASA “space doctor” Jim Logan about space medicine and telemedicine. We start by defining the two concepts and how they relate. We then delve deeper into various specific medical issues in space (such as fluid shifts, bone mass loss and radiation). Next up is a discussion of the history of telemedicine and its relationship to space medicine, which leads us to looking astronauts can be treated for “normal” diseases from ground. We concluse the episode with an outlook on how telemedicine might develop in the future.

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This episode is a conversation with John Chatterton about deep wreck diving. We cover some of the dangers and challenges, as well as the fascination of the sport. We also talk about the discovery of U 869, which was mainly John Chatterton’s achievement (as documented in the book Shadow Divers).

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Diese Episode ist ein Gespräch mit Roland Stelzer über das Roboat, ein autonomes Roboter-Segelboot. Wir gehen ein auf einige Grundlagen des Segelns, die Technik des Segelbootes (Sensoren, Aktoren, Regelung, Routenplanung) sowie auf Anwendungsfelder für autonome Segelboote bspw. in der Ozeanforschung.

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This episode is a conversation with Volker Springel about the Millenium Simulation, which at the time was the largest simulation of the growth of cosmic structure, including a detailed model for the formation of galaxies and supermassive black holes. In the episode we talk about the physical/cosmological background, the simulation process and approach as well as some details about the hard- and software.

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This episode is a conversation with CERN’s Rolf Landua about the Large Hadron Collider. We start out by discussing the science and theory behind the LHC what the LHC aims to research, including the higgs boson, the standard model, super symmetry and extra dimensions. We then talked about how the LHC works (proton source, acceleration, superconducting magnets). We conclude the conversation by looking at the LHC experiments and discussing in some detail how the ATLAS detector works.

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In dieser Episode unterhalte ich mich mich mit Prof. Dr. Manfred Bischoff vom Institut für Baustatik und Baudynamik der Uni Stuttgart. Wir unterhalten uns über die Auslegung von Gebäuden und Brücken sowie über mathematische Verfahren zur Berechnung und Simulation, insbesondere die Finite Elemente Methode.

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This episode covers neutron science at the Institut Laue Langevin in Grenoble. Helmut Schober and Ulli Köster cover what neutron science is used for, some interesting scientific experiments conducted at ILL as well as the physical fundamentals and the workings of the reactor and the detectors. We conclude the epsiode with a discussion of the ILL as a “research service facility” that offers all-around research support to visiting scientists.

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Gespräch mit Professor Heiner Igel über Erdbeben und Seismologie. Es geht darum, wie ein Erdbeben entsteht, welche Art von Wellen sich ausbreiten, wie man diese messen und die Stärke des Erdbebens bestimmen kann. Außerdem sprechen wir darüber, welche weiteren Informationen man aus den Messdaten gewinnen kann und an welchen Themen aktuell geforscht wird.

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This is an episode on how satellites work with James Penson from Surrey Satellite Technology. Specifically we talk about satellite buses, the infrastructure part of the satellite on which the (typically scientific) payload is mounted. The conversation covers structure, thermal protection, energy supply, communication, guidance and attitude control as well as propulsion. This will be the last episode on space related topics for the time being :-)

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