Create the Future
by Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering
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Engineering is for everyone and impacts all our lives. At this crucial moment for humanity, it couldn’t be more relevant to listen to engineers, thinkers, and designers as they debate how our future could - and should - look.
Hosts Roma Agrawal MBE, George Imafidon MBE, and Guru Madhavan facilitate deep conversations about how we might restructure and rebuild the world we live in, from space travel to smart cities to a circular economy.
New episodes every other Friday.
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The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering - the world’s leading award for engineers - champions groundbreaking invention and bold innovation which benefits humanity.
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Episodes
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- Guru & Roma reflect · 25 min · Season 4 Episode 51Two of our podcast hosts, Roma Agrawal and Guru Madhavan, sit down for a conversation about the Create The Future series. Find podcast transcripts on our website. Follow…
- Engineering For Disability · 25 min · Season 4 Episode 50The link between disability, design and engineering tells a complex story. Host Guru Madhavan welcomes two people who have thought deeply on the subject: Dr. Ashley Shew, is…
- The Future of Failure · 33 min · Season 4 Episode 49What happens when a bridge collapses? Or a space mission ends in tragedy? You call in forensic engineers to investigate. Host Anna Ploszajski contemplates the nature of failure…
- The Future of Space Junk · 31 min · Season 4 Episode 48Over decades of space exploration, thousands of rockets have launched, resulting in a sea of debris circling the Earth. It's estimated that there are 30,000 objects over 10 cm…
- The Future of Coffee · 26 min · Season 4 Episode 47When you have your morning shot of caffeine, do you stop to savour the engineering involved? Chemistry and mechanics are vital to the growing, roasting, grinding, brewing, and…
- The Future of 3D Printing Assistive Devices · 30 min · Season 4 Episode 46First described in sci-fi writing in the '50s, the revolutionary dream of 3D printing became a basic reality in the 1980s. One field that is truly has transformed today is that…
- The Future of Engineering Election Systems · 24 min · Season 4 Episode 45It's been a year of elections around the world. How do engineering and design choices affect the candidates running and results generated in our elections? And why do we have far…
- The Future of Super Shoes · 27 min · Season 4 Episode 44Super shoes are reshaping distance running. Thanks to innovative materials and construction, this new type of footwear is engineered to help runners go quicker with less effort…
- The Future of Bamboo Buildings · 23 min · Season 4 Episode 43Stronger than steel, more robust than concrete, more flexible than wood? Is bamboo the construction industry's new miracle material. And do bamboo buildings really perform better…
- The Future of Swarm Robotics · 25 min · Season 4 Episode 42How might flocks of birds, nests of ants, and swarms of bees influence the future behaviour and self-organisation of robots? Welcome to the world of swarm engineering, where…
- The Future of Space Flight · 31 min · Season 4 Episode 41Robotic spacecrafts? Manned missions to Mars? Affordable tourist trips to the stars? New life found? What is the likely future of space flight? Host Guru Madhavan pilots a…
- The Future of Reversible Glue · 20 min · Season 4 Episode 40Could the creation of reversible glue unlock a new future for the way we recycle plastic bottles and their labels? Host George Imafidon gets stuck into a sticky conversation…
- The Future of Concrete · 31 min · Season 4 Episode 39Cement production creates around 7% of man-made carbon emissions. Meanwhile, in the UK crumbling concrete is forcing schools to close ... So how big a problem is concrete…
- The Future of AI Music & Instrument Making · 30 min · Season 4 Episode 38The way we make music is changing. AI songs are everywhere - even The Beatles used the technology last year. So what does a digitised, computerised future mean for the fate of…
- The Future of Plastic Waste · 32 min · Season 4 Episode 37Why do we fixate on plastic as the main waste issue of our time? Is all plastic bad? Have we got Bags For Life and paper straws totally wrong? Anna Ploszajski - materials…
- The Future of Fashion Tech · 21 min · Season 4 Episode 36From AR shopping to new age sustainable materials to wearable AI, the world of fashion tech is starting to look very vibrant. Host Roma Agrawal weaves together a seamless…
- The Future of Sanitary Engineering · 26 min · Season 4 Episode 35What happens after we flush? Sanitary engineers might just be the unsung heroes of civilisation, ensuring the safe disposal of waste water and assuring a supply of safe drinking…
- The Future of Graphene, the "miracle" material · 21 min · Season 4 Episode 34Graphene is the world's thinnest, super-strong, super-flexible material. It could have dramatic applications in everything from engineering tissue to making new technological…
- The Future of Wind Power · 23 min · Season 4 Episode 33In February, the 2024 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering was awarded to Andrew Garrad CBE and Henrik Stiesdal for their achievements in advancing the design, manufacture and…
- The Future of Digital Twin Hearts · 25 min · Season 4 Episode 32In the future, virtual models of our organs could aid the development of personalised medicine. These digital twins can be experimented on to identify the best possible…
