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How Can Model Railroading Teach STEM?
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
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Model railroading is uniquely primed for doing educational outreach today, says Stacey Walthers Naffah, President of Milwaukee-based Walthers. Wal...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2020
  • Length: 46:32
negative testing
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Always think positive, unless you're doing negative testing. This is Episode 67 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fasci...

Bought by Enchantment Radio


  • Added: Jun 19, 2018
  • Length: 04:25
  • Purchases: 1
GNU
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Have you heard our GNU software engineering word of the day? This is Episode 55 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fasci...

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Feb 13, 2018
  • Length: 05:55
  • Purchases: 1
WYSIWYG
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Why Would Somebody Insist We Yank Goats? That's not what WYSIWYG stands for. This is Episode 53 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on...

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Jan 28, 2018
  • Length: 04:35
  • Purchases: 1
510(k)
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Submitting a 510(k) might be like saying you're qualified for college because your fraternal twin is already there. This is Episode 52 of Engineeri...

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Jan 22, 2018
  • Length: 06:06
  • Purchases: 1
poka-yoke
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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The delicious flavor of a 0% manufacturing defect rate can come from fresh poka-yoke. This is Episode 51 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informa...

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Jan 07, 2018
  • Length: 04:36
  • Purchases: 1
kanban
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Organize your to-do list efficiently! This is episode 44 of a series about engineering vocabulary, phrases, acronyms, jargon, and slang.

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Nov 06, 2017
  • Length: 04:46
  • Purchases: 1
CSS
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Discussing a cascade of styles all over the sheets.

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 27, 2017
  • Length: 02:55
  • Purchases: 1
blue sky
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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It's customer-centered design versus blue sky design. Who will win?

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 04:05
  • Purchases: 1
operator
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Not just telephone operators, folks!

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 03:48
  • Purchases: 1
UX
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Another design buzzword? Or important field? Both?

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 1
The San Francisco Bookstore Survival Guide
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Green Apple Books before the opening of their second store, Credit: Holly J. McDede
So you want to open a bookstore? Excellent news. Here's your guide to survival.

  • Added: Dec 28, 2014
  • Length: 06:07
Episode 12: Break The Internet
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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In 1999, most of America’s tech hysteria centered around Y2K. But at that same time, a teenager in Canada was messing around in chat rooms, meeting...

Bought by KALH and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 08, 2014
  • Length: 16:26
  • Purchases: 2
The Chicken Whisperer
From: Andrew Davis
Series: Claim Your Fame
Caption: Andy Schneider hosted a lecture and book signing of "The Chicken Whisperer's Guide to Keeping Chickens" on Sunday at Tractor Supply Co. Schneider is the host of an internet radio show called "Backyard Poultry with the Chicken Whisperer" and the editor-in-, Credit: Katie Bell, the Missourian
Andy Schneider IS the Chicken Whisperer. He doesn't profess to talk to chickens, but he does know everything you need to raise backyard poultry AND...

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA


  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 09:16
  • Purchases: 1
The Super Cool Fold of the Week
From: Andrew Davis
Series: Claim Your Fame
Caption: Trish Witkowski, Chief Folding Officer, Credit: Louisa Jonas
Every single Thursday for the last five years Trish Witkowski has uploaded a video just meant for the few thousand people in the world that design ...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2014
  • Length: 22:59
The Retail Revolution And the Road to Remarkable
From: Nancy Lin
Series: Retail Series
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Is it possible to reverse this downward slide of the brick-and-mortar retail stores? Will implementing disruptive technologies alone save the tradi...

  • Added: Jun 11, 2013
  • Length: 49:44
Doctor in Your Palm - Can Mobile Health Care Reduce Medical Bills?
From: Nancy Lin
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Digital health solutions are on the rise. Now X PRIZE Foundation is challenging innovators to create a wireless device that monitors and diagnoses ...

  • Added: May 19, 2013
  • Length: 58:27
The House That Beer -- and Pyrophobia -- Built
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: There's quite a story behind D.C.'s first fireproof residence..., Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/josepha/2977738045/
After losing a home and two breweries to fire, one German beermaker vowed not to let history repeat itself... and built an extraordinary house that...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 09, 2011
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 1
Solar Backpacks
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Today, you can recharge many gadgets with solar power.

  • Added: Jan 12, 2007
  • Length: 01:30
Wind Power's Explosive Growth
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Wind is the world's fastest-growing energy source, with an average annual growth rate of 29 percent over the last 10 years. Wind-driven turbines co...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Dec 17, 2006
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Dowser, Consultant to the Universe
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Water dowser Glen Johnson makes a mistake.

Bought by KPIK-LP, KPIK-LP, SALTcast Podcast, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jan 10, 2005
  • Length: 07:26
  • Purchases: 4