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 testing have been done to ensure the safety of the storage for hundreds of years. And finally we go …

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 Olkiluoto. In there the nuclear waste is transferred from the short term storage to copper can…

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 (but not the ending, we managed to avoid that) so if you are a fan of the series get a VR setup an…

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 also explain the fundamental building block needed for the basic fabrication that will then be exp…

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 and some reflection on the status of startups in the space industry. Let us know what you think o…

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 into the gaming experience. Of course then we go forward with speculation about the future of …

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 of the podcast and, of course, some random discussions about some potential future topics. We hope tha…

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 today's internet and how open source could affect in the future. During the summer we will have some hard time keepin…

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 a game is developed and game design. Hopefully this will give some inside view into game development. If yo…

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 planning a continuation episode with more discussion. As always come to talk to us @STG_podcast and share this e…

In this episode Juhana is finally back and we get to have another of the random discussions about different topics. A bit about the Chernobyl HBO series (go watch it), the robot vacuum-cleaner and the value of privacy. This is a topic that comes out here rather often because we apparently really care and, every time, we hope that people would also …

In this episode I'm speaking about some games I'm playing, a short one to fill some holiday time. Games in the episode: AC origins, The Division 2 and Destiny 2, Generation Zero and Rage 2. More traditional discussion with science and tech next week! As always come to talk to us @STG_podcast and share this episode around if you found it interesting…

Again I was left alone for this episodes and these are not easy to do without a proper discussion, the interest feedback is missing when speaking to a screen (at least my cat is here listening to me). Anyway, this time I'm talking about some more EU project from railway network simulation to automatic maintenance and smart sleepers to automatic bee…

In this episode I'm going through some results from a CORDIS results pack about nano-materials (Cordis website) while going a bit deeper into what Microfluidics is, some applications and roll-to-roll fabrication. The at the end a bit about printed electronics in connection with the roll manufacturing. Microfluidics is a research field that focuses …

To all the esteemed listeners, We want to formally thank all of you for listening this podcast for so long. We finally reached the big milestone of 1 year of actual episodes and we are still planning on going. We will try to invite more and more interesting guests (while having easy access to professors in the university) and, hopefully, start the …

In this shorter episode we have a discussion about the articles found on the Research*eu magazine on nuclear power research in the European Union. The discussion starts from a general overview of the nuclear energy in Europe in both technical and political/feelings prospective and moves to the new research and the Generation 4 liquid metal cooled f…

In this episode we have a very interesting discussion with Anna Fait from ETH Zurich (Twitter @AnnaFeit and http://annafeit.de) about her research on inputs methods and optimization of keyboard layouts in particular the research on the new French official layout (more info here and here the layout (in French) ). The discussion is about all the new …

In this episode we discuss with Professor Kujala from Aalto university about his research work in Marine technology with a focus on the arctic (being located in Finland, there is always a focus on ice) and the expertise that the University and companies in Finland have acquired over the years. We go through Ice breaker technology, how does an ice b…

In this episode we are discussing with professor Esa Kallio from Aalto about the satellites built in the university and how do you build a cube satellite with students. The Aalto-1 was the first satellite built in Finland and now, after 2 more built in Aalto University, some commercial cubesat have being built from spin off company. The discussion …

In this episode we are discussing with Aalto University professor Armi Temmes about the future of district heating in Finland. Most of the discussion is revolving around the use of renewable energies for both electricity and direct heat generation. Starting with an introduction to the topic and then following the needs and challenges from a technic…

In this episode we are discussing with Mario about HVDC electricity transportation starting from the electricity war between AC and DC and moving around the topics a lot trying to explain all of it in a understandable manner. Hopefully it was easy to follow, surely it was interesting for us to discuss and learn about! PS Mario had a youtube channel…

In this episode we start speaking about some books we have read and the conversation quickly goes to the difference we think there is between some movies and their relative book. In particular 2001:space Odyssey, Fight Club, The Martian and Gravity even if it is not from a book. As always come to talk @STG_podcast and share this episode around! Fin…

In this episode I'm discussing with Nicola our plans for a series of episode where we will go through generally and in depth into Micro and Nanofabrication as well as how the modern semiconductor industry works. In the meanwhile we are discussing the new battle royale game Apex Legends from Respawn (the maker of the Titanfall series). From there th…

In this episode we are celebrating the 1000 downloads milestone. Might not be much but it is nice to know that people actually want to listen to us (or start to just to making us feel nice) and we hope that we will continue improve the content going forward. Next milestone is 52 episodes, the real 1 year of podcasting. The we go to speak about Anch…

In this episode I talk about mostly gaming

In this episode we have a discussion with Aleksa about the Trigoni project, the tower complex in the Pasila district of Helsinki built by YIT. The Trigoni is a new complex of several towers as high as 180 meters combining residential, commercial (offices and shopping centers) as well as an hotel. The project is utilizing the space left from the old…

In this episode me and Juhana are discussing what the future of electric cars could look. Not much of a deep down in data discussion but some surface issues that do not always capture the media and public atention because they are not flashy or actually showing that electric cars are the solution of everything.As always come to talk @STG_podcast an…

In this episode we are discussing the recent results of Alphastar, the new deep learning algorithm from DeepBlue, playing Starcraft 2. The AI went 10-1 against 2 different pro gamers in Protoss vs Protoss matches. The discussion is not on the technical side unfortunately because we are not expert in deep learning in any way but more on the results.…

In this episode we continue what has become Gaming January. We discuss about our history with videogames, from the first gaming consoles in the 90s to the first PCs and the games we remember from those times. Then we continue somewhat chronologically to these days following our favorite moments and best memories in gaming from the Doom 3 alpha leak…

In this episode we are discussing our recent raiding experinces together with Nicola and Joe (we are all friends from back at the university). Finally I manged to convince them to join me in Destiny 2 and the raiding has been a way for us to have a great gaming time while keep in contact while living in different countries all around Europe.Hopeful…

In this first episode of the year me and Juhana are having a relaxed discussion about some news and happenings in the gaming space.It is nice to begin the year with some discussion before trying to go deeper in topics with guests later.As always come to talk @STG_podcast and share this episode around!Find us also on PocketCasts, iTunes, Spotify and…

In this christmas episode I'm reflection on how this 2018 was for this podcast and what I personally learned from this experience. From the first episodes where we were just speaking about some topics to having guests with friends to finally some more real guests that we did not know before.Hopefully we will manage to continue with a better guest s…

This is one of the random episodes without guest and specific topics that always feel like a throw back to the beginning. Hopefully you enjoy some random discussion once in a while, come and let us know on twitter!As always come to talk @STG_podcast and share this episode around!Find us also on PocketCasts, iTunes, Spotify and probably in your favo…

In this episode we recorded in the Aalto studio in the Aalto University's Otaniemi campus with Prof. Sean Barry visiting us from Carleton University in Canada. We are discussing about synthesis of new ALD precursors and the chemistry of the deposition with those precursors. In particular we focus on the deposition of Gold by ALD with the precursor …

This episode we are joined (while recording in his office) by the master distiller of Gin, Whiskey and more Mikko Mykkänen from Helsinki Distilling co. We have a nice discussion on the distillery, the only one in Helsinki at the moment, the business of distilling spirits and in general about Gin and Whiskey.Nice discussion as usual where we are sti…

In this episode we are continuing the ALD series with Professor Gregory Parsons that is joining to speak about area selective ALD. As usual there is a general description on the topic followed by applications and, in the end, some more information about the research done in Parsons' group.Contact links are on the website and @parsonsthinfilm on twi…

In this episode we are continuing the Gin series with another Gin distiller from Finland, Moritz Wüstenberg (@kalevalavodka) from Northern Lights Spirits Oy, the maker of the Kalavala Gin (@kalevalagin).We discuss the small distillery story and how is it to run a distillery in just 3 people. Then we end up in random discussions about Gin as usual a…

In this episode I'm discussing with Esko, from tool manufacturer Picosun, about the industrial side of the technology. What is a small to medium ALD company do and how the industry approaches problems and take care of clients. The industry side brings important points to the technology, first of all the tools that are needed for the research and pr…

In this relaxed episode in between guests me and Juhana are discussing what do we think about how games keep you invested in playing them comparing the different ways. And also we really know that keeping an episode short is not possible.Next week another guest is coming from the industry speaking about that side of ALD! And maybe in general about …

In this episode I'm joined by Simon Elliott (@simon_D_Elliott) from Schrödinger to talk about what computer simulations can teach us about the chemistry of ALD at the atomic level. The discussion starts with some introduction and example of how the ALD deposition works at the smallest scale, too small for the normal analytical technique to analyse.…

In this episode we kick off the ALD series with our first guest, Christophe, coming to speak about in-situ analysis of ALD deposition processes. The different methods (QCM, ellipsometry, Mass spectrometry, IR spectrometry and XPS) are used to probe the film growth and the chemistry of the process happening on the surface and around the deposition c…

In this episode we have our friend Miia from Fazer speaking with us about how food (cookies in particular) is made in an industrial scale. How are new products developed and then what is research in the food industry. Not surprising that a lot of the food is produced in a factory similar to at home but on a bigger scale. Most of the problems are co…

In this episode me and Nicola (he is finally back) are introducing and discussing Atomic Layer Deposition, its use in the industry as well as a comparison with other technologies.This introduction episode is the start of a multi episode series about ALD with several experts from academia and industry. The different experts will delve deeper in seve…

In this quite special episode compare to the usual, we (that is only me actually) invite Miika (@ryemiika) to speak about GIN.The discussion goes from the story of the distillery to how to actually make an award winning GIN while waiting for the distillery's own Whiskey to hang out long enough in the barrels.If you are interested in GIN or in the d…

In this episode me and Juhana ended up talking about some of the games we play and mechanics (mostly raids) in the modern MMO or shared world shooters. Some news and what we like about the games. Nice and casual discussion while waiting for the GIN nerding episode next week!Follow and speak with us on Twitter @STG_podcastFind us also on PocketCasts…

In this episode we have a nice relaxed conversation with Juhana about mostly Nvidia GPUs. The news about the newer card RTX 2080 and what do we think about the market moves of Nvidia. Then there is some discussion about the new tech that is the more interesting part with Juhana then going to explain what is and how CUDA is used for scientific resea…

In this episode I got left alone right after the summer holidays (that are not pver apparently) and I'm speaking about Chemical deposition of thin films. The episode is trying to be more lecture style compared to the usual discussion and hopefully will give better insight into the thin film deposition technology continuing from the introductory epi…

In this second episode we are again discussing with Pietro, a researcher at consorzio RFX in Padova (Italy) about Nuclear Fusion. This week's episode is more focused on the physics of nuclear fusion with focus on Pietro's research on the atomic beam insertion into the plasma and tech in general to sustain the plasma in the reactor.It is really inte…

In this episode we are discussing with Pietro, a researcher at consorzio RFX in Padova (Italy) about Nuclear Fusion. The discussion is divided in 2 parts, in this first one we are presenting the technology in a general form and discussing about the bigger facilities around the world. The next week's episode is more focused on the physics of nuclear…

In this episode we discuss how a frame is drawn by a 3D renderer. Juhana worked on this so the episode is mostly him speaking and trying to explain clearly how the game engine create a frame starting from the geometry to textures and effects at the end.Of course the discussion made us understand that we would need for sure more episodes to discuss …