The Third Angle

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Best Business Podcast (Gold), British Podcast Awards 2023

How do you build a fully electric motorcycle with no compromises on performance? How can we truly experience what the virtual world feels like? What does it take to design the first commercially available flying car? And how do you build a lightsaber? These are some of the questions this podcast answers as we share the moments where digital transforms physical, and meet the brilliant minds behind some of the most innovative products around the world - each powered by PTC technology.

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FarmBot: A journey into digital gardening

Apr 22 2024 18 mins

“FarmBot will be the best farmer for any crop and any location at any time of year”Welcome to the world of FarmBot where technology meets agriculture. Have you ever imagined what it would be like gardening without getting your boots stuck in the mud? Introducing…FarmBot! This robotic tech can plant, water and nurture your crops until harvest - all through the use of a savvy a

Club Car: Shaping tomorrow’s mobility - where will it take us?

Apr 08 2024 16 mins

“You may wonder what kind of vehicle is next for Club Car, but the answer is that the future is here, the future is now.”Known for its brand of gold carts, Club Car is at the forefront of electric vehicle innovation, reinventing utility vehicles that work just about anywhere you can think of. They're all about designing vehicles that are fun, practical and of course eco-fr

Tatum Robotics: Hands-On Innovation for the DeafBlind Community

Mar 25 2024 18 mins

“Her favourite show used to be Friends, and growing up she could hear it and she could read the captions, and it was so exciting for her that she could get that moment back.”In the modern world, we have an abundance of technology that helps us with our communication, information gathering, and entertainment needs. But most of this is inaccessible for DeafBlind individuals whose

WaterFleet: Creating drinking water where there is no drinking water!

Mar 11 2024 21 mins

“What the water rig is at its core is a mobile water treatment technology, and it dramatically changed the lives of the people living on that site.”Having clean, drinkable water is essential for everyone, no matter where they are. For some on-site workers on remote oil and gas drilling sites, this means transporting in large amounts of bottled water. The result is a large amoun

Innoptus Solar Team: How fast can you go in a race car powered by the sun?

Feb 12 2024 22 mins

“We try to test new things… our solar cells that we used 5 years ago are now the solar cells on your roof.”In 2004, a group of Belgian engineering students built a solar car to compete in the World Solar Challenge, a 3021km endurance race through the Australian Outback. Twenty years later, the Innoptus Solar team is still going strong, with new students coming together to bui

Vestas: How large can wind turbines get, and is bigger always better?

Jan 29 2024 19 mins

“The technology challenges we are facing as an industry are not so much how do we grow the size of turbines, but how do we increase their efficiency at their current size.”Wind power is playing a huge role in the global renewable energy landscape. In the United States, electricity generation from wind power is on course to potentially surpass coal-fired electricity generation b

Volvo Group: The augmented reality keeping first responders safe.

Jan 15 2024 22 mins

“The rescue services need to know that the vehicle is safe to approach… with this app, we have a 3D view of each truck and this augmented reality view.”With many governments making commitments toward zero-emission targets, more and more of the trucks on our roads are becoming electric. Whilst good news for the environment, it can present challenges for emergency responders, w

Looking Back: The technology that’s tackling the climate crisis

Jan 01 2024 27 mins

A special New Year listen back. Here on The Third Angle, we’ve highlighted stories from all over the globe about how companies have used PTC technology to design a greener future. From the architects using clever design to create low-energy use homes to the engineers revolutionising electric transport in Africa, we’ve heard from some inspiring people.In this episode, we’re ta

Jabra: Designing the future of audio in 360 degrees

Dec 11 2023 20 mins

DESCRIPTION“Spatialisation or 3D rendering of sound means that you get the feeling that you are pulling your speakers out of your ears… hearing the sound or music coming from around you instead. It is actually proven through various studies that that is a more natural way of listening. ”Jabra’s owner company GN is an audio and video communications technology company which w

Interview: Designing a Zero Waste Economy with Joe Illes from The Ellen MacArthur Foundation

Nov 27 2023 34 mins

“Identify and eliminate waste and pollution at source, circulate products and materials at their highest value for as long as possible and regenerate natural systems. So, put back at least as much or more than you take out from the natural ecosystems on which we depend. And do all that by design.”This podcast is no stranger to innovation that drives positive change. We’ve met