Create the Future: An Engineering Podcast
By Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering
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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Latest episode
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The Future of Bamboo Buildings
Stronger 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 in earthquakes?Host -
The Future of Swarm Robotics
How 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 sci-fi meets bio-mimicry. -
The Future of Space Flight
Robotic spacecrafts? Manned missions to Mars? Affordable tourist trips to the stars? New life found? What is the likely future of space flight?Host -
The Future of Reversible Glue
Could the creation of reversible glue unlock a new future for the way we recycle plastic bottles and their labels?Host George Imafidon gets stuck in… -
The Future of Concrete
Cement 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, exactly?! -
The Future of AI Music & Instrument Making
The 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 artists and their acoustic instruments?Episode host -
The Future of Plastic Waste
Why 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 Plosz… -
The Future of Fashion Tech
From AR shopping to new age sustainable materials to wearable AI, the world of fashion tech is starting to look very vibrant.Host Roma Agrawal… -
The Future of Sanitary Engineering
What 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 water.Host -
The Future of Graphene, the "miracle" material
Graphene is the world's thinnest, super-strong, super-flexible material. It could have dramatic applications in everything from engineering tissue to making new technological devices.
