LANGUAGE with Kimberly Bryant and Eli Kerry

06/08/22 • 26 min

The lightning-fast pace of innovation brought on by the rapid advances in our testing technology owes at least part of its success to building, writing, and deploying a coding language that allows humans to follow and track it in a way that resembles how we think. This week, we explore how software-defined test has helped us improve and optimize our test, the differences between spoken language and coding, and the opportunities that arise when you are armed with a new vocabulary. To explore how we can better speak the language of test, host Derek Burrows welcomes Kimberly Bryant, founder and CEO of Black Girls Code, and NI’s Eli Kerry.

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What is Kimberly’s perspective on the differences between spoken language and coding language? What are the similarities?
How has software-defined test helped us improve and organize in the automotive domain and beyond?
While spoken languages may help us navigate and define the world around us, coding languages help us build them.
Why was LabView created, and what does LabView code look like?
With novel technologies like AI, we are teaching the computer how to solve problems sequentially by following a set of algorithmic steps, much like the teacher teaches their student.
As our computers get smarter, will we see the line between our language and theirs start to blur?

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Learn More About:

What is Kimberly’s perspective on the differences between spoken language and coding language? What are the similarities?
How has software-defined test helped us improve and organize in the automotive domain and beyond?
While spoken languages may help us navigate and define the world around us, coding languages help us build them.
Why was LabView created, and what does LabView code look like?
With novel technologies like AI, we are teaching the computer how to solve problems sequentially by following a set of algorithmic steps, much like the teacher teaches their student.
As our computers get smarter, will we see the line between our language and theirs start to blur?

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POWER with Seth Mansur and Peter O’Brien

Before we can live in a renewable future, we will have to build and test the technology that will get us there. We have developed quite impressive innovation where we can pull power quite literally out of thin air, but once we have all this energy from the wind and sun, where do we store it? To help us answer those questions, along with giving us a glimpse into the future about economically storing our power and using energy efficiently, we welcome Seth Mansur, Regional Sales Manager of Genie Solar Energy, and Peter O’Brien, the Vice President of Sales and Marketing at NH Research. Seth and Peter talk to host Derek Burrows about the future of electric cars replacing fossil fuel, vampire energy, and the rigorous test that goes into batteries and solar panels.

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Seth shares how his time in Iraq serving for the Marines sparked his interest in creating a sustainable way to use solar-powered energy.
The biggest challenge is finding a way to store our power economically. How does Seth see this adapting in the future?
What is Vampire Energy, and why is it important to pay attention to how much energy our equipment uses when it’s not on?
Having the data to know what’s going on in your facility and what’s causing a vampire energy load is the first step for people to really be able to take control and ownership of your energy.
Peter discusses how battery innovation and testing are improving, and that the future of electric vehicles may be here even sooner than we think.
Better batteries are going to require a lot of testing. How does the Evie battery emulate real-world conditions in its testing process?
What is abuse testing?
Flash Testing is one of the technologies used by solar panel manufacturers.

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VR with Paul Mitchell and Dr. Will Roper

Whether we are talking cars, buildings, or aircraft, the future of test may just be entirely digital. However, in order to understand, build, and execute those tests, the right strategies and preparation must be in place. To walk us through the future of test in virtual reality, host Derek Burrows first heads over to the Yard of Bricks at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the most iconic place in the world for motorsports. There, he meets Paul Mitchell, Chairman and President of the Indy Autonomous Challenge, and learns how Paul’s team has pioneered virtual testing for their races. He then meets with Dr. Will Roper, Professor, and Former U.S. Air and Space Forces Weapons Chief. Will has worked with the Missile Defense Agency and the Air Force to develop exciting new systems, some of which might not even exist yet in the physical world. He explains what a digital thread is and how our digital twin can help us create faster, at lower cost, and have less impact on the environment.

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Before anyone from Paul Mitchell’s Indy Autonomous team touched a tool, the challenge was an entirely virtual competition. What did they learn while working in simulated environments, and how did that impact testing?
Paul discusses how their simulation tools got better once they began on-track testing.
Those who were leading the racecar team weren’t necessarily automobile experts, but the best in computer science and AI. In fact, one of the team leads didn’t even have a driver’s license!
The virtual component is not more valuable than the real world, but the two can support one another in gathering data and giving important feedback.
Will Roper explains how the focus of test engineers and testers in the future will be overcoming the new things that have been left in Pandora’s box for us to open.
How will virtual reality affect the way we test and design in aviation?
Will explains what a digital twin is, and how we can use it for more efficiency, out-of-the-box innovation, and less cost.
Virtual reality will help us fold AI more into our design.

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