One of the few things every human on this planet, and every other living thing for that matter, shares is the fact that everything gets 1,440 minutes per day. Our planet makes one rotation on its axis, the sun comes up, the sun goes down and we start the dance all over again. Part of the human experience is how we spend that time. Multiple sources, including the Mayo Clinic and the World Health Organization, suggest humans need 7-10 hours of sleep. The average workday is also 7-10 hours depending on where you live. The time in between can be consumed with breaks from work or between classes, meals, getting ready for the day and getting ready for bed, not to mention time spent commuting to and from work or school; if you have children, they take most of the rest of your time. With only a few precious minutes per day to ourselves, under the best of circumstances, what would an additional 30 of those minutes mean to us? How could Microchip Technology help to create a time machine to give us this part of our lives back? URLs from the episode: ttps://www.microchip.com/inductive-position-sensors ttps://www.microchip.com/thermocouple-ic  Guest: Dr. Mark Smith Mark Smith | LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-smith-2910704a/ Beyond the Microchip is available as an audio podcast on these platforms: Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beyond-the-microchip/id1728516679 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/2hzAvBT7mkwaU9Ean4IHxN?si=41203272f6ef480e Podbean - https://www.podbean.com/pu/pbblog-picfu-106ee69