7 episodes

Your mission - should you decide to accept it - is to join Drs Shini Somara and Simon Clark as they harness their inner spies to explore how responsible engineering can build a better planet.

Is it time to stop buying and start repairing? How do we grow the food of the future? Are ready for the internet of skills?

Connect with a million other curious minds and sign up at designspark.com to start your own responsible engineering journey.

Mission Responsible RS DesignSpark

    • Technology
    • 4.8 • 8 Ratings

Your mission - should you decide to accept it - is to join Drs Shini Somara and Simon Clark as they harness their inner spies to explore how responsible engineering can build a better planet.

Is it time to stop buying and start repairing? How do we grow the food of the future? Are ready for the internet of skills?

Connect with a million other curious minds and sign up at designspark.com to start your own responsible engineering journey.

    Mission 6: Can we engineer our food to be better?

    Mission 6: Can we engineer our food to be better?

    INCOMING TRANSMISSION
    Agents - according to Professor Susan Jebb, Professor of Diet and Population Health at the University of Oxford, “we cannot meet Net Zero targets without changing our diet”.To discover how responsible engineering can help grow the food of the future, we’ve asked Agent Somara to get the lowdown on a company creating sushi-grade salmon without growing any fish(?). Meanwhile Agent Clark must use his very best puns to infiltrate a farm using tech to grow food faster with less water, pesticides and fertiliser.PLUS what happens when Grieg Cameron from ‘D’ Brand puts our team through a sustainable snack taste test?If you enjoy the show, why not like, subscribe and tell a friend?
    For all the missions in this series, visit DesignSpark Mission Responsible 
    Mission: Responsible is a Why did the Chicken? production for RS DesignSpark.

    • 37 min
    Mission 5: Cleaning up the skies and space

    Mission 5: Cleaning up the skies and space

    INCOMING TRANSMISSION
    Agents - intercepted communications show that travel accounts for around one-fifth of global CO2 emissions, while our obsession with space has put almost eight THOUSAND tonnes of waste into orbit!To learn how responsible engineering can clean up the skies and space, Agent Clark must attempt a clandestine rendezvous with the head of ESA's Clean Space Initiative, while Agent Somara is ready to jet off on a mission to interrogate the team developing the world’s first fully certified hydrogen powered plane...PLUS can our crime-fighting duo give Greig Cameron from ‘D’ Branch an idea for a new mode of transport for busy spies?If you enjoy the show, why not like, subscribe and tell a friend?
    For all the missions in this series, visit DesignSpark Mission Responsible  Mission: Responsible is a Why did the Chicken? production for RS DesignSpark.

    • 34 min
    Mission 4: Working smart and living sustainably in the cities of the future

    Mission 4: Working smart and living sustainably in the cities of the future

    INCOMING TRANSMISSION
    Agents - according to our sources, over half the world’s population live in a city - a figure expected to reach 7 BILLION by 2050. What’s more, cities account for 80% of global GDP and over 70% of global CO2 emissions!To investigate how responsible engineering can help build the future, Agent Somara must track down the designer of a city that’s literally out of this world. Meanwhile Agent Clark’s assignment to hack his way into (and hopefully out again) the world’s smartest office building…PLUS Greig Cameron from ‘D’ Branch challenges our spies to design the perfect city of the future for Scientists and Engineers…If you enjoy the show, why not like, subscribe and tell a friend?
    For all the missions in this series, visit DesignSpark Mission Responsible  Mission: Responsible is a Why did the Chicken? production for RS DesignSpark.

    • 38 min
    Mission 3: Decoding the internet of skills

    Mission 3: Decoding the internet of skills

    INCOMING TRANSMISSION
    Agents - the bods in ‘D’ Branch believe the recent advances in networks, robotics, VR and haptics mean we could transcend our physical boundaries…so is it time we stopped talking about the internet of things and started talking about the internet of skills?To explore how responsible engineering can unlock the future, Agent Clark needs to channel his inner Bond and charm global innovator, serial entrepreneur (and the potentially secret lair owning?) Mischa Dohler. Meanwhile Agent Somara’s mission is to get to grips (literally) with a shadowy robot hand…PLUS Greig Cameron from ‘D’ Branch challenges our spies-in-training to invent a gadget to revolutionise how engineers learn new skills.If you enjoy the show, why not like, subscribe and tell a friend?
    For all the missions in this series, visit DesignSpark Mission Responsible  Mission: Responsible is a Why did the Chicken? production for RS Designspark.

    • 37 min
    Mission 2: Meet the engineers quietly fixing noise pollution

    Mission 2: Meet the engineers quietly fixing noise pollution

    INCOMING TRANSMISSION
    Agents - our sensors have detected that noise pollution is the second most harmful environmental health issue, contributing to thousands of serious illnesses and premature deaths.To discover how responsible engineering can help us combat noise pollution, Agent Somara must track down the founder of tech startup Mumbli and uncover his plans for saving the planet. Meanwhile Agent Clark listens carefully while he sneaks into a soundscape modelling lab in the second noisiest city in Europe…PLUS will it be music to our ears when Greig Cameron from ‘D’ Branch challenges our spies to come up with the ultimate noise cancelling gadget?If you enjoy the show, why not like, subscribe and tell a friend?
    For all the missions in this series, visit DesignSpark Mission Responsible Mission: Responsible is a Why did the Chicken? production for RS Designspark.

    • 39 min
    Mission 1: Is it time to stop buying and start repairing our tech?

    Mission 1: Is it time to stop buying and start repairing our tech?

    INCOMING TRANSMISSION
    Agents - our intel team have discovered that in 2021 every person on Earth produced an average of 7.6 kg of e-waste (that’s 57 MILLION tons across the globe!)To see how responsible engineering can help fix our way to the future, we’ve sent Agent Clark to interrogate the CEO of Team Repair and find out why they’re sending broken tech to schools. Meanwhile Agent Somara has been dispatched undercover to infiltrate a repair party run by the sinister sounding ‘Restart Project’...PLUS sparks (almost literally) fly as Greig Cameron from ‘D’ Branch challenges our intrepid agents to fix a games console against the clock…If you enjoy the show, why not like, subscribe and tell a friend?
    For all the missions in this series, visit DesignSpark Mission Responsible
    Mission: Responsible is a Why did the Chicken? production for RS Designspark.

    • 37 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
8 Ratings

8 Ratings

Luke Robert Mason ,

Incredible Collaboration

Fantastic choice of hosts. Love their enthusiasm and knowledge on the subject matter each week.

CTFC Mad ,

Brilliant

Really interesting first episode, looking forward to listening to the rest.

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