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WTP 174: Stem Cell Breakthrough, Gitmo Wikileaks, and Bio-tech Tackles Obesity
The World's Technology Podcast Thanksgiving Early Edition, or something. This week, two separate teams of scientists in America and Japan claim a major scientific breakthrough in stem cell science. We have the details. Also, a manual of standard operating procedures at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility is leaked online. And we end with an in-depth look at how the bio-tech industry is trying to combat a growing global health issue -- obesity. All that, plus we pardon the Thanksgivi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WTP 173: Yahoo Settles China Lawsuit, Robo-Roaches, and Por Que No Te Callas? We're filled to the gills this week folks. Yahoo, charged with handing over information on two Chinese writers to the Chinese government, settles a pending lawsuit in the US. Also, Kenya's dreams of going fiber-optic, and one South Korean beats out tens of thousands of others to become the country's first astronaut. Then, what's better than a roach? A robo-roach! And we finish with something of a cyber-spat between Spain and Venezuela.
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WTP 172: Yahoo Goes to Washington, Blogging Spanish Granny, and Electric Kulintang On this week's podcast, Yahoo execs go to Capitol Hill to defend their business practices in China. Also, what's it like to go for a few days WITHOUT the internet? Come to think of it, what's it like to go a few days with NOTHING BUT internet? We'll find out. Also, a Spanish granny gets her blog on, and we finish off with a teched up, tripped out take on the kulintang. Look it up.
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WTP 171: Wind-Up Lights for Africa, Burmese Activists Online, and CCTV in the UK This week we're going first to Africa, where we'll hear about an ingenious idea for bringing light to rural areas. Hint -- think wind-up. Also, Yahoo executives will be in Washington next week to testify before Congress on their activities in China. We'll have a podcast preview. Also, a new generation of Burmese pro-democracy activists are embracing new tools like Facebook. Finally, is it possible to go from Point A to Point B in the UK WITHOUT being filmed by a CCTV camera? We'll f ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WTP 170: DARPA's Urban Challenge, Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales, and Facebook in Lebanon This week's podcast is full of fun and frolics. First, the Bush Adminstration's offered to let NGOs and faith-based groups set up computers and internet access in Cuba. We'll look at whether that's likely to happen. Also, Darpa, the research wing of the US Defense Department, is offering $2 million to anyone that can build a robotic car than can drive itself through a simulated urban environment. Then, an interview with Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales. And we'll end with a segment look ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WTP 169: Maternal Health Tech, Yahoo! Goes to War, and Halo 3's French Inspiration This week's podcast finds us exploring technologies that might mitigate maternal bleeding, a leading cause of death among women in the developing world. We also have an extended interview with Kevin Sites, Yahoo's first full-time correspondent. Then, we'll hear about how a British intelligence outfit is going to embed recruitment advertisements in popular video games. And we'll end with an item on Halo 3. Hint -- you'll need to get a little French religion to complete the level known ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WTP 168: Blocking Terrorist Websites, ICANN and IDNs, and Barcoding Mosquitos For WTP 168, we take a look at European Union legislation that would seek to block websites deemed to be terrorist in nature. How would that work, if at all? Also, an extended conversation with Tina Dam, Program Director for Internationalized Domain Names at ICANN. We'll also hear about an effort to barcode mosquitos, and about some research that says cheap sneakers are as good, maybe even better, than expensive ones. And we'll end...with no tech at all, but rather some music from Shef ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WTP Special Podcast: Laika, Laika After months of research and development, our homage to Laika the Soviet cosmodog is ready for your earbuds. Laika takes center stage in Nick Abadzis' new graphic novel. German techno-band CCCP finally has their 20 seconds of fame (thanks, Evan). We also have two extended interviews. The first is with Von Hardesty, co-author of Epic Rivalry. The other is with Dr. Sergei Khrushchev, son of former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev and Visiting Professor at Brown University. Longer than u ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WTP 167: Guatemala Human Rights Database, Burma Info War, and OLPC Special Deal It's a cracking line-up for Tech Podcast 167. We have a great piece on the technology being used to digitize and analyze the archive of Guatemala's National Civil Police. We'll also talk about how the way technology is shaping the way we look at news out of Burma, or Myanmar if you prefer. Also, a report from Vietnam on how a democracy activist found his IBM job offer suddenly rescinded. And we'll end with another update on the One Laptop Per Child project. Hint: Give One, Get One! H ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WTP 166: Guatemala Bloggers, Chinese Hackers, and Global YouTube Clones On this week's podcast, we'll hear what Guatemalan bloggers think about the elections. Also, Wired's Noah Shachtman is back from Iraq, and fills us in on the forensic work being done to track down bombers -- it's CSI meets IED. Then, a look at recent Western government and military hacks tracked back to China. Is the Chinese military responsible? We'll end with a look at new efforts to stem cyber-bullying, and also a report on YouTube clones that are springing up across the globe. Enj ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WTP 165: Building a Better Soldier, Yahoo in China, and AbiWord in Bolivia On this week's podcast, our four part series on the US military's efforts to build a better soldier. Also, Yahoo is taken to court in the United States for turning over information about bloggers in China. And we'll hear about AbiWord, an open source project to develop software in one of Bolivia's indigenous languages.
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WTP 164: DVD Sniffer Dogs, Svalbard Seed Vault, and Wikiscanner Down Under On this week's podcast, we'll hear about how Malaysia is using sniffer dogs to root out DVD pirates. Also, Norway thinks long-terms about the disappearance of the world's plant life. Then, a look at how all of America's dirty cast-offs find their way to the developing world, via the internet. We'll also hear about how Wikiscanner is causing a political ruckus in Australia, and just what goes into an out-of-body experience. Good fun.
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WTP 163: Lenovo Goes Low-Cost in China, Flood Tech in Bangladesh, and Alive in Baghdad A big, juicy tech podcast with two weeks of deliciousness for you. We have an update on the cyberspat between Estonia and Russia. And then we look at Lenovo's bid to get low-cost PCs into rural China. We'll also talk about new technologies to distribute flood warnings in Bangladesh, and about Ukraine's #1 cybercriminal, Maxim Yastremsky. We'll finish off with a report about a website called Alive in Baghdad, and then a multi-media romp through Rotterdam. What fun. Have a great weeken ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WTP 162: OLPC, Microsoft Pre-Pay, Video Game Ratings, and Malaysian Bloggers The inaugural podcast from our new studios in Boston features an update on the One Laptop Per Child project. Also, Microsoft tries "pay-as-you-go" Office software in South Africa. Then, a listener suggests we do a report on video games ratings systems worldwide -- so, we do. We turn to Israel next for a report into how ultra-Orthodox Jews are using the internet. And we end with a look at the recent crackdown against bloggers in Malaysia. Have a great weekend.
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WTP 161: Darfur Remote Sensing, iLimb, Nigerian Mobiles, and Serious Cell Bling On this week's podcast, Laika Laika has been Found Found. Thanks Evan! Also, we talk remote sensing in Darfur, and find out about a new high-tech prosthetic hand. Then, we're off to Nigeria to hear about cell phone coverage, or lack thereof. And last stop - cell phone bling. Got a spare 10,000 dollars? Try a Vertu.
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SPECIAL REQUEST PODCAST: Help Us Tell a Story... No, don't worry. We're not asking for money. Instead, we're asking for your help in tracking down some music. Clark is desperately seeking an album that was released in 1986. The album is called Cosmos. It's by a German techno-band called C.C.C.P. There's a track on the album -- number 4, we think -- called Laika Laika. It's for a piece Clark's doing on the anniversary of the launch of Sputnik II. That's when the Soviets put Laika, the dog, into space. Please help!
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WTP 160: China Internet Growth, Japan Web Politics, and Brazilian DNA This week on Ye Olde Technology Podcaste, we have a story highlighting the explosive growth of internet use in China. Also, how the web is NOT playing a role in Japan's election campaign. Then, a look at a French company's plan to help you track your kids. It's called Kiditel. And we'll end with a look at some recently completed work tracing the DNA of Brazilian celebrities. There WILL be surprises, we promise.
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WTP 159: Insurgent Web, Information Overload, Iran Dual-Fuel, and Alan Johnston First up -- a new from highlights how insurgent groups in Iraq are using the internet to put out their messages. No real surprise, but the report is a real behind the scenes look at this material, most of which is in Arabic. Download the entire report in PDF.
Next up -- information overload goes global. Tired of being connected 24/7 to your BlackBerry, Palm, or gulp...iPhone? Well, apparently you're not alone. The World's Jason Margolis will fill you in.
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WTP 158: ICANN and IDNs, Zimbabwe Ecommerce, and Happy Birthday ATM! As promised, Tech Podcast 158 features absolutely nothing about either Paris Hilton or the iPhone. Instead, we delve into the intricacies of Internationalized Domain Names. Non-speakers of English are pushing ICANN, the California non-profit responsible for, well, the domain name system, among other things. They want to be able to enter URLs in scripts other than ASCII. Also, Zimbabweans are finding it hard to buy essential goods, because of rampant inflation. Now, websites are spring ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WTP 157: Science and Poverty, Science and Islam, Cyberwar!, and Manhunt 2Today's podcast is half tech, half science. We'll hear about some MIT researchers who are using scientific methods to help alleviate poverty. Then, a podcast exclusive interview about how science is, and isn't, practiced in the Islamic world. Then, we'll talk about the prospects of cyberwar: who can wage it, and why? And we'll finish with a story about a new video game that's getting bad reviews from British and Irish authorities. Have a great weekend!Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WTP 156: Yahoo in China, Cyberwar, Hunting Dirty Bombs, and Blogging World War I.Techpodcast 156: For our podcast today, we’ll take a look at two human rights related measures considered by Yahoo shareholders this week. Also, is China becoming the biggest threat in cyberspace? And, we’ll go on a hunt for dirty nukes in the Caucasus Mountains in Georgia. We’ll finish up with a story about a gentleman who is using a blog to publish his grandfather’s letters home from the trenches in World War I.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WTP 154: The World’s Technology correspondent Clark Boyd is back with a podcast about Internet Censorship
Techpodcast 154: Clark Boyd is back at the helm for Tech Podcast 154. This is a special theme-based podcast. We'll listen to some of the reporting The World has done on the topic of global Internet censorship. Clark's off to London next week to Chair an Amnesty International event called Some People Think the Internet is a Bad Thing. Listen in for details on how you can participate as well.
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WTP 155: The Bush Administration, WiTricity, and Martin Stiksel all in this editions with Clark Boyd.
Techpodcast 155: In today's Technology Podcast, we take a look at some of the technologies underlying the Bush Administration's missile defense shield. Also, some MIT researchers find a way to send electricity without cables or wires -- call it WiTricity. And finally, an extended interview with Martin Stiksel, one of the founders of the popular London-based online radio outfit last.fm. Have a great weekend everyone.
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WTP 149: The Robots are Coming, Tempura Biofuel, North Korean Radio, A New Planet, and The Trick to a Long LifeThe robots are coming. What will they do? Let's talk about this first. An interesting biofuel in Kyoto, Japan. Sending radio signals into North Korea. We found a new planet just like our's! And what's the trick to a long and healthy life? Listen up.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WTP 150: Ocean sequestration, The latest UN climate change report, Biofuels in Denmark, Slashing energy use in Germany, design for the other 90 percent, and the world is moving faster!The UN’s panel on climate change issues their third report this year: This one looks at what role technology can play. What about ocean sequestration to remove carbon from the air? Will it work? How Germans are slashing energy use. Biofuels in Denmark. A discussion about design concepts to help the other 90 percent. And, the world is moving too fast! (It’s scientifically proven.)Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WTP 151: Electric Cars, The Downside of Biofuels, Oil in Iraq and Russia, An Iraqi Blogger HIV in Mexico and South Africa.Who needs a car that goes over25 mph anyhow? The all-electric car is back! What's so great about biofuels? Oil issues in Iraq an Russia. Checking in with the Iraqi blogger Riverbend. And two stories about HIV in Mexico and South Africa.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WTP 152: Internet Censorship in China, Cyber attacks in Estonia, Missile Defense, An African Satellite, Tech Moguls Doing Good, Blair’s Green Legacy, Ruppert Murdoch’s Greening too?Techpodcast 152:The Chinese government may censor the newspapers and the Web, but they can’t censor the podcast! Cyber attacks in Estonia. The U.S. missile defense strategy. An African satellite heading for space. Tech moguls doing good, giving back. British Prime Minister is departing: What’s his green tech legacy? What about Ruppert Murdoch?Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WTP 153: La Sagrada Familia at Risk, Under Surveillance via your Cell Phone, Finding Fossils near the Panama Canal, Rebuilding Noah’s Ark, Underwater Weapons, Working in Antarctica, Fees to Drive in Manhattan.Techpodcast 153: A high-speed rail puts Spain’s La Sagrada Familia at risk. Our lives under surveillance… because of our cell phones! They’re widening the Panama Canal, and finding fossils from 20 million years ago. Rebuilding Noah’s Ark in Turkey. The latest weaponry to fight war underwater. What would it be like to work in Antarctica? Want to take your car into Manhattan? Pay up.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WTP 148: Phone Service in Bangladesh, Cognitive-enhancing drugs, Cyber bullying, Saving the Dead Sea, and Polish TV.High-tech, low-tech and medium-tech on the podcast this week. Trying to call Bangladesh? You might be having some problems. New drugs that make you smarter. Bullies online. Here's an irony: The Dead Sea is dying. How to save it. And what's on Polish TV these days?Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WTP 146
A new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change looks at the impacts of global warming. This podcast explores how climate change is affecting our world: from Africa, to South America, to Europe. And what global warming could mean in your neck of the woods.
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WTP 147
A range of wonderful stories this week. Let there be light in the hills of Mexico! Don’t litter in England; Big Brother is watching. A radio station in a psychiatric ward in Argentina. Can they build an underwater tunnel from Africa to Europe? What about through the Alps? Like text messaging in Cambodia? Not so fast. And genetically modified crops that can make human insulin.
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WTP 145: Wi-Fi in India, Technology for the Disabled, A solar ship, Power in Iceland, You Tube shenanigans.
The modern Pony Express delivers the Internet in rural India. How technology can help the disabled. A fantastic journey across the sea in a solar-powered ship. Clean power in Iceland, but at what price? And capturing dangerous stunts on You Tube.
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WTP 141: All sorts of way to recycle, Catch a cheater with ITunes, Wi-fi on a bus, and Israeli rock.A few stories about recycling, some products you might not have thought about too: chairs, kitchen counters, and jackets. Take a ride in Estonia on board a bus with Wi-fi. Thinking about plagiarizing music? Be careful. And Israeli rock.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WTP 142: The Reverse Brain Drain, The Brain, Ethanol, Carbon Capture, Renewable Energy, and Leg Power.Can the brain make you rich? Indian high-tech workers heading for the promised land: Back home. How green is ethanol? Capturing carbon underground. Making renewable energy work in Spain. And get on the Stairmaster and make some energy!Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WTP 144: Iraqi blogger, Internet censorship, Whistling shepherds, Genetically engineered mosquitoes, Preparing for the Paralympics, Sniffing out Pirated DVD’s.What’s daily life like in Iraq? Go to the Blogs. A look at Internet censorship under authoritarian governments. The best way to communicate for shepherds: whistle. Rebuilding wounded soldiers’ bodies by preparing for the Paralympics. Build a safer mosquito. Buying a pirated DVD? Be careful...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WTP 143: Fast running with no legs, The power of blogs, Mirrors on Mountains, Dying caught in the wind turbines, Old maps, and Fertilization in India.
Want to race? Not with this South African man with amputated legs. Blogs that change the course of Hollywood. Put a mirror on a mountain. Bad to be a bat these days caught in the wind, turbine that is. A rally for a change to climate change. Old maps better than the new? And having babies in India.
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WTP 136: Ancient air conditioning in Dubai, Cleaning up oil in the Philippines, Weird weather, Temperate Moscow, Small solar, and A special delivery of snow.Everybody's favorite topic: The weather. It's warm in Moscow. There's no snow in the Alps; no problem. The Philippines worst environmental disaster: How to clean up an oil spill? Ancient air conditioning in Dubai. And our main man in Prague is using the sun to power his cellphone.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WTP 137Gas hydrates... hot new fuel source or environmental menace? A blanket of pollution covers a village in rural China. And the role of immigration in American hi-tech startups. Plus the return of The Plastic People of the Universe.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
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WTP 140: Wave energy, Abandoned babies, Telecommuters, and Goodbye two-wheels in Vietnam.The power of the ocean: Wave Energy takes off in Portugal. A high-tech solution to, sadly, abandoned babies in Italy. Work from home? Ever get lonely? No longer the case in France. And cars are catching on in Vietnam.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WTP 135: The Apple iPhone, Recording your phone calls, Answering them in Manila, Cars in Detroit, Observing the Sabbath in Israel, and Video Games in the Holy Land.
Two tech podcasts this week. This one about gadgets, phones and games. The new iPhone from Apple. New software to detect angry callers, and when those angry calls go halfway around the world to the Philippines. Cars in Detroit. And two stories in Israel: Observing the Sabbath high-tech style and video games for Israelis and Arabs.
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WTP 133: Folk music in Georgia, Flooding in Venice, A bad year for Nuclear Weapons, Mobile phones in Kenya, AIDS in Cameroon.
It’s flooding in Venice: What to do? 2006: A bad year for nuclear proliferation. Need to make a phone call in Kenya? Buy a mobile. Fighting AIDS in Cameroon. And they’re listening to restored music in Georgia that’s a century old. How’d they do that?
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WTP 131: Trams in Paris, Polluting Airplanes, Offsetting that pollution, and tracking snow leopards with GPSA show this week devoted to transportation. An old technology revived in Paris, the tram. Planes flying over Europe must now buy credits to offset greenhouse gas pollution credits. What you can do to offset your carbon emissions when you fly. And tracking snow leopards in Pakistan with GPS tracking.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WTP 130: Coconut cars, Biofuels, Cleaning Beijing, Chemical regulation in Europe, and an incredible cure for blindness.They’re running their cars on coconuts in the Philippines! What’s the best biofuel? How do they work? Cleaning Beijing for the Olympics. Regulating chemicals in Europe, and what that means for American companies. And a truly amazing new cure for blindness.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WTP 129: Nuclear Fusion, Edible Cotton, Great Tech Gag Gifts, Media Censorship in China, and Hot Wine in France.Last Tech Podcast for two weeks, so get your fix this week. What if we could make energy in the same way that the sun does? It’s called nuclear fusion. Can it be done? How’s this one: edible cotton. Comedians Kasper Hauser has some holiday tech gift ideas. Can the Internet ease media censorship in China? And what climate change means for growing wine in France.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WTP 132: The Internet: the next 10 years. Robots in Japan, Warm weather in Europe, A Swiss Village goes green, and Donating fertility eggs.The Internet is a decade old! What will the next decade bring? Robots in Japan want your job, but they're only trying to be helpful. Warm weather in Europe hurting the ski season; a Swiss village is doing its part to combat global warming. Young women donating their eggs to older women. And sprinkled throughout the podcast, the digitally remixed music of the Beatles.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WTP 134: A special Technology Podcast about Climate ChangeA special Tech Podcast exclusively devoted to the topic of climate change. What does all this weird weather really mean? How are the world’s governments tackling greenhouse gas emissions? What YOU can do to limit greenhouse gas emissions. And a few examples of the impacts of climate change from Brazil and Australia.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WTP 128: Adapting to climate change in Kenya, Sony’s new Playstation, Neanderthal DNA, Disposing of the dead in India, and Internet companies in GuineaAnother week, another Tech Podcast. On the podcast this week, a story about people waiting in line for days to buy Sony’s new Playstation. Decoding the DNA of Neanderthals, and what this can tell us about us. What to do with the dead in India? Adapting to climate change in Kenya. And booming Internet businesses in Guinea. And the results are in for Alex G’s impersonation.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WTP 127: Scarce Water, UN Climate Conference, Democrats and Energy Policies, Australian Drought, Woody Allen, Virtual Fence, Electronic Voting, and an airplane that makes no noise
Long podcast this week... A wealth of good stories. Could you survive on 20 liters of water a day? A UN Climate Conference in Kenya. What does the change in power in Washington mean for energy and the environment? No rain in Australia. A Woody Allen impersonator on the podcast? A virtual fence along the U.S. borders with Canada and Mexico. Electronic voting machines: Can they be trusted? Taking courses in terrorism. And last... An airplane that makes no noise. Can that be true?
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