STG podcast (Science, Technology, Gaming and Other Stuff)
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Ep.66 Discussion about Nuclear Waste storage with Jarkko Stenfors from Posiva Part 2
In this second part of the discussion about nuclear waste storage with Jarkko Stenfors from Posiva, we are discussing how the copper canisters containing the waste are treated and store in the long term. Also some explanation on what experiments and testi
Ep.65 Discussion about Nuclear Waste storage with Jarkko Stenfors from Posiva Part 1
In this first part of the episode we are discussing about Posiva, how the nuclear waste is generated in the power plants and its short term storage. Then we start the discussion about Posiva's plans for long term storage in their underground facilities in
Ep.64 Half Life: Alyx discussion (contains spoilers)
We finally got to play the new VR Half Life game after 13 years of wait and it was so much more that we expected. In this episode we discuss about VR and how the game fits in the VR landscape as well as the game itself. There are spoilers of the story (bu
Ep.63 Microfabrication Series Ep.1 - Introduction
In this episode we are finally starting the Microfabrication series, sorry that took so long to get this done. In the introduction we are trying to define what Microfabrication is, where and why we need to use it and the concept of miniaturization. We als
Ep.62 Satellites in Aalto and Space Science with Jaan Praks
In this episode I'm discussing with Jaan Praks about the many satellites that are being built in Aalto University and in general about space science. The discussion is really interesting starting from the student projects to space technology in general an
Ep.61 Introduction to Virtual Reality (VR)
In this episode we are discussing our first impression of VR and some games we tried. I recently got a Windows mixed reality headset while Nicola has had a Valve Index for a while so we are also discussing some hardware differences and how those translate
Ep.60 First of 2020, Plans for the next year and some random topics we want to discuss
In the first episode of 2020 we finally got together again after a pause that ended up being longer than expected with my 2 months trip to Japan after the summer holidays. This is an easy episode to start the new year with our plans for the future o
Ep.59 Open source and privacy in 2019
In this episode we are having an organic discussion starting with open source smartphone hardware and software to the future of open source and privacy. This was an interesting discussion moving naturally to the issues of privacy in toda
Ep.58 Discussion about game design of Starbase with Artturi
In this episode we are discussing the upcoming game Starbase from Frozenbyte with Artturi. He was missed in the podcast for a while and he has been working on the game for a while. We are discussing a bit the technology behind the engine, how
Ep.57 2019 E3 discussion (our opinins about the most interesting games)
In this episode we are discussing the year's E3 conference, which games interested us the most and the news in hardware (both GPU and CPU) annouced at the conference. There is no talk about consoles and many games were missing but we are