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Steve Falk from GE Healthcare reviews with us how premature babies gain and lose heat through conduction, convection, radiation, and evaporation, and discover the challenges these tiny fighters face in maintaining their temperature balance. We also discuss the evolution of thermal regulation and share unique methods used to keep babies warm, including hugging incubators and the power of skin-to-skin contact.

In the second segment, we dive into the engineering marvels behind incubators. We discuss the nitty gritty things, portholes, air boost features, and the significance of the double-walled doors and side panels. You'll also hear about the vital role of clinical feedback in the development of new products, and how this has shaped the design of GE Healthcare's innovative Giraffe OmniBed. The concept of the 'golden hour' is also discussed, revealing how this crucial period can be managed to ensure optimal thermal regulation.

This mini series is kindly sponsored by GE Healthcare.

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In this episode we chatted with Dan MacKay, the secretary and board member of Solar Nova Scotia, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and facilitating the adoption of solar energy in Nova Scotia. Dan shares his personal journey of how he became involved with solar energy, his passion for sustainable living and discusses how Solar Nova Scotia has become a driving force in the solar energy revolution within the province. 

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In the daytime, hot air rises as the sun heats the ground. The rising column of air is called a thermal, and it’s the perfect way for a Turkey Vulture to hitch a ride. Like an elevator to the skies, the thermal gently wafts the vultures upward. They move in a slowly ascending spiral around the thermal, rarely flapping and instead coasting on the breeze. When many vultures ride the same thermal, it’s called a kettle.

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Brett Rampal is the director of nuclear and power strategy at Veriten, a Houston-based energy advisory firm. In this episode, Brett, a nuclear engineer, talks about the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s recent approval of NuScale Power's reactor design, why the agency could soon be overwhelmed by the number of companies trying to get permits for their reactors, the emerging fuel-supply challenges, and why the “biggest opportunity for nuclear in the U.S. might be for thermal output, not electricity.” (Recorded January 25, 2023.)

Don saw a black panther or leopard in Derbyshire in 1989 at a time when local farmers and police were reporting sightings of a big black cat in the Derbyshire press.  

Don retained his interest in the topic and brought a thermal camera in 2022 to film local wildlife and hopefully a big cat. Within a few weeks he noticed one of the blobs on his thermal footage was cat shaped, and larger than any foxes and badgers he had filmed. Seeing the shape again Don concluded he was indeed filming a large cat. It is judged to be around 109 cms from nose to rump.   

Don discusses the thermal footage on this episode. A selection of the video recordings and stills taken from the videos are on the Big Cat Conversations website, under ep 84 of the Refs & Links page.     

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In this episode, Stephen continues talking hunting with Ted Nestor.  Stephen talks with Ted about  how to build a DIY snow cover (maybe), and why he likes predator hunting.

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In this episode, Lawrence Tse, a researcher in Mechanical and Chemical Engineering, introduces the concept of fuel cell.

As an example of application, he explains the benefits, challenges and opportunities of using a high temperature solid oxide fuel cell to provide heating, cooling and electric power for a large ship.

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India's power generation capacity is underutilized, and the Indian consumer is still underserved. In this episode, Jisha Cherian talks to Sarthak Pradhan about how the Indian power sector works and some possible ways to reform it.

Jisha is an engineering graduate and a data scientist who likes to use her data analysis skills in evaluating public policies. She has completed a Post Graduate Programme in Public Policy at the Takshashila Institution.

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Interview begins: 6:05
Debrief begins: 45:15

Michael Markesbery is the co-founder and CEO of OROS apparel, an outdoor and sportswear company that has revolutionized the technology in outdoor clothing.

Founded in Cincinnati and now based in Portland, Oregon, OROS makes outdoor apparel using their own NASA-inspired aerogel technology called SolarCore. An online, direct-to-consumer brand, OROS offers several products with the aim of making outwear less bulky and, perhaps one day, eliminating the need for outwear at all.

Michael recounts his inspiration for the product and for the company, and how he and his partner started building the brand as pre-med students and continue to watch it grow.

We discuss:

• Inspiration for a less bulky yet warmer product (6:15)
• The potential of aerogel and it's use in SolarCore (8:00)
• The start of OROS and it's values (11:15)
• Acquiring aerogel (15:54)
• Kickstarter success (17:50)
• Flourishing of the business (22:39)
• How warm is SolarCore? (25:33)
• Target consumers (30:25)
• OROS's goals for today and market potential (32:05)
• OROS's products and finances (33:45)
• Move to Portland (42:04)
• Marketability of eliminating outwear (43:29)

OROS was founded in 2014 and based in Portland, Oregon.

Learn more about OROS: https://www.orosapparel.com/
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