Inspired by Failure

Episodes

1. 10

   EMPAD by Kayla Nguyen

   The guest on this episode of the Inspired by Failure podcast is Kayla Nguyen, EMPAD co-inventor. EMPAD stands for Electron Microscope Pixel Array Detector, which is a highly efficient detector for the electron microscope. EMPAD benefits a large number of researchers across a wide range of...

   Oct 26, 2019
2. 9

   Portal Entryways by Josh Horne

   The guest on this episode of the Inspired by Failure podcast is Josh Horne, Inventor of Portal Entryways. Portal Entryways is a smart phone accessible App that allows compatible doors to open upon approach. This is possible with Bluetooth low energy technology, and is specifically targeted to…

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   Sep 22, 2019
3. 8

   Anaerobic Digester by Enid Partika

   The guest on this episode of the Inspired by Failure podcast is Enid Partika, creator of an anaerobic digester that is turning food waste into fertilizer and biogas. Enid and her team at the Rogers Urban Farmlab are working with medium sized vendors such as university dining halls to collect food...

   Sep 1, 2019
4. 7

   Micro Electric Turbine System by Christopher Bean

   Christopher Bean and his team are using their Micro Electric Turbine System (mETS) to create electricity with no combustion and no byproducts. They capture this energy through the pressure that occurs through the flow of gas. Their main target customers are off-shore oil producers who are looking...

   Jul 30, 2019
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   AI-Powered Video Editing by Jack Chernov

   On this episode of Inspired by Failure, we talk with Jack Chernov, founder of an AI-powered video editing software. Jack is from Siberia and he recently moved to San Francisco to pursue his dreams of helping people tell their best story through their video content. Jack found that he was always...

   Jul 30, 2019
6. 5

   Aclarity by Julie Bliss Mullen

   Julie Bliss Mullen grew up loving and appreciating the outdoors, and after a trip to rural Guatemala during high school to study the water issues of that community, she knew that she had found her life’s purpose. She took environmental engineering and sustainability courses in college and after…

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   Jun 13, 2019
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   Acoustic Wells by Sebastien Mannai

   Acoustic Wells was created by Sebastien Mannai as a robust solution to oil well pumping issues. This device is able to listen to how the fluid is flowing (or being inhibited from properly flowing) to diagnose problems in oil wells such as machine failure and other functional metrics. While he has...

   Jun 13, 2019
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   Founders Space by Steve Hoffman

   Steve Hoffman has experience as an electrical computer engineer, television executive, and video game designer. He has started 3 venture-funded and 2 non-venture-funded startups during his career, so he has plenty of startup experience to draw from in his latest venture, Founders Space. Steve...

   May 6, 2019
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   Sticky Pesticide by Maher Damak

   Maher Damak has a passion for solving tough and important problems. He first realized that pesticides were so inefficient about 6 years ago and he quickly set out to come up with a solution, now called Sticky Pesticide. In fact, 98% of sprayed pesticides do not serve their purpose because of...

   Apr 20, 2019
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    Libsonic by Bill Cox

    Bill Cox is the creator of Libsonic, a software that can speed up or slow down speech. Bill began this creation journey out of necessity: he was losing his sight and he needed a TTS software that would work effectively at the high speed he needed. The options out there at the time were not good...

    Mar 24, 2019