Category: Chaos and Caffeine Podcast
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Chaos and Caffeine Ep. 54: ESA/MCSA Bias Blind Spots and the Rest of the CBM Story
Episode 54 of Chaos and Caffeine takes on the long-standing bias surrounding electrical and current signature analysis in condition-based maintenance. ReliaSquatch and Silas Barnaby discuss why ESA and MCSA are still too often viewed primarily as broken rotor bar tools, despite their ability to identify electrical, mechanical and process-related conditions throughout an entire machine system.…
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Chaos and Caffeine Podcast Ep 53 The Biggest Lie In Reliability and Maintenance
Has reliability really advanced over the past 40 years, or have we simply found faster ways to repeat the same mistakes? In this episode, Reliasquatch is joined by Jun and Silas Barnaby for a lively, often chaotic discussion about why technology alone cannot solve reliability and maintenance challenges. From RCM and predictive maintenance to AI,…
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AI, Chaos and Caffeine Podcast, Data Science, ESA, MCSA, ML, Time to Failure Estimation, UncategorizedChaos and Caffeine Episode 52 Your System Your Data Your Risk
In Chaos and Caffeine Episode 52, ReliaSquatch is joined by red-team ethical hacker Silus Barnaby to examine the hidden risks of continuous condition monitoring. From poorly placed wireless vibration sensors and missed machine faults to exposed operational data, cloud security, AI-only analysis, and cybersecurity vulnerabilities, this episode explores how monitoring systems can fail when installation,…
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Chaos and Caffeine Episode 51 250 Years Strong and Human Potential
In this 4th of July episode, we step away from the usual technical deep dive to reflect on the 250th anniversary of the United States through a personal lens. Howard shares perspectives shaped by growing up in Canada and the U.S., serving in the Navy, traveling internationally, working across industries, and watching how people, culture,…
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Chaos and Caffeine Episode 50 Human Reliability Intelligence Performance by Design
In this we discuss how to improve a mediocre coffee and then Jun and I discuss HRI Labs. The additional discussion relates to Human Reliability Intelligence, Human Performance, Industrial Engineering, and the relationships between all of them. This includes how cobotics impacts human fatigue and vice-versa. The present focus for HRI is coaching and personal…
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Chaos and Caffeine Episode 49 EASA and Insulation Testing
In this episode we discuss our experience at the 2026 EASA conference, electrical insulation testing using IEEE 43 and what’s coming in IEEE P97 (insulation resistance profile and dielectric charge/discharge). We also discuss the launch of HRI Labs (Human Reliability Intelligence Labs), a MotorDoc funded pre-launch startup.
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Chaos and Caffeine Podcast, Data Science, Electric Machine, ESA, MCSA, ML, Reliasquatch, UncategorizedChaos and Caffeine Podcast 48 The Reliasquatch Coffee Test and Machine Intelligence
In this episode we try a sample of potential ReliaSquatch coffee that will be provided at the upcoming EASA conference. We discuss upcoming conferences, workshops and expansions to MotorDoc LLC – and a few other surprises. We end with responses to a few questions and comments we have received in email and social media.
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Chaos and Caffeine Podcast 47 Bigfoot Baselines and Bad Assumptions
In this episode we try a cheap office coffee and then Jun and I discuss the use of counterfactual approaches for energy, waste stream, process, reliability and maintenance. We then use examples of each and provide information on how to make energy and reliability programs survive. Here is the YouTube link if you don’t see…
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Chaos and Caffeine Episode 46 Tech Support PSA Whoops and Tech Updates
Try a fusion of coffee with Joe 2.0 and high caffeine. Discuss workload error due to increased effectiveness with AI. Then updates on what’s coming with MotorDoc tech this summer.
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Chaos and Caffeine Podcast 45 Memorial Day and the Veteran Transition to Civilian Life
A discussion about Memorial Day and veterans. The discussion transitions to the differences between civilian and military leadership and lifestyle using personal US Navy experience. Then at 40:50 we get in-depth on the transition from military to civilian life and personal experience related to the first job.
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