STG podcast (Science, Technology, Gaming and Other Stuff)

STG podcast (Science, Technology, Gaming and Other Stuff)


Latest Episodes

Ep.66 Discussion about Nuclear Waste storage with Jarkko Stenfors from Posiva Part 2
May 08, 2020

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
April 25, 2020

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)
March 27, 2020

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
March 16, 2020

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
February 09, 2020

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)
January 24, 2020

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
January 10, 2020

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
January 08, 2020

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
January 08, 2020

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)
January 08, 2020

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