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Precision Mechanical Engineering for Microelectronics Stability
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1:09:39 - 1:16:44 (07:05)

A team of engineers from MIT and a small company worked together in solving an engineering challenge to make stable tables for microelectronics, which are limited by the table's stability. It was a precision mechanical engineering problem to enhance microelectronic devices' efficiency.

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The task of measuring earthquake motions is one of the biggest precision mechanical engineering efforts ever.
1:09:39 - 1:12:12 (02:32)
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Precision Engineering
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The task of measuring earthquake motions is one of the biggest precision mechanical engineering efforts ever. Using an array of seismometers and shock absorbers, engineers are able to measure the residual motion and direction of the earth's movements.

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Precision Mechanical Engineering for Microelectronics Stability
Episode
#213 – Barry Barish: Gravitational Waves and the Most Precise Device Ever Built
Podcast
Lex Fridman Podcast
The speakers discuss the small-scale experiments they conducted to develop an active system for space manufacturing, including their need for test chambers in a vacuum and adding a second stage to optimize the system.
1:12:12 - 1:14:11 (01:59)
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Space Manufacturing
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The speakers discuss the small-scale experiments they conducted to develop an active system for space manufacturing, including their need for test chambers in a vacuum and adding a second stage to optimize the system.

Chapter
Precision Mechanical Engineering for Microelectronics Stability
Episode
#213 – Barry Barish: Gravitational Waves and the Most Precise Device Ever Built
Podcast
Lex Fridman Podcast
The interviewee discusses the collaboration of his team with a small company near MIT to develop active cancellation technology that could stabilize tables for microelectronics manufacturing, and the engineering challenges they faced during the process.
1:14:11 - 1:16:13 (02:01)
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Active Cancellation
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The interviewee discusses the collaboration of his team with a small company near MIT to develop active cancellation technology that could stabilize tables for microelectronics manufacturing, and the engineering challenges they faced during the process.

Chapter
Precision Mechanical Engineering for Microelectronics Stability
Episode
#213 – Barry Barish: Gravitational Waves and the Most Precise Device Ever Built
Podcast
Lex Fridman Podcast
The speaker talks about building a four-kilometer long spiral stainless-steel pipe and the concerns about its possible leak development.
1:16:13 - 1:16:44 (00:31)
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Construction
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The speaker talks about building a four-kilometer long spiral stainless-steel pipe and the concerns about its possible leak development.

Chapter
Precision Mechanical Engineering for Microelectronics Stability
Episode
#213 – Barry Barish: Gravitational Waves and the Most Precise Device Ever Built
Podcast
Lex Fridman Podcast