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WTP 276: Haiti Crisis Camps, Blue Nile Footbridge, Better Pint Glasses, and

Fri, Feb 5 Listen

A great mix this week. We visit a Crisis Camp for Haiti, and hear about the role radio played in the wake of the quake. Also, the design and technology that goes into building a footbridge over the Blue Nile. And some new designs for a better, safer pint glass for beer in Britain. And we end with a study on Internet addiction and depression. Give to the podcast at www.pri.org/give.

WTP 275: Nope, Not a Single Thing About Apple's iPad

Fri, Jan 29 Listen

This week, rural Nigerians weigh in on what an Internet connection might mean. We revisit the push to make Internet access a human right for every Finn. We have a wonderful history piece on the technology of television, and look ahead to a day when 3D TV might go mobile. Give to the podcast at www.pri.org/give.

WTP 274: Mapping Haiti, Tweak the Tweet, Clinton's Net Freedom Speech, Two

Fri, Jan 22 Listen

More Haiti, and lots more on Google and China. Also, Clinton's Internet Freedom Policy speech. Give to the podcast at www.pri.org/give.

WTP 273: Haiti, Google in China

Fri, Jan 15 Listen

We have two stories on Haiti, and two takes on Google's decision to possibly leave China. Give to the podcast at www.pri.org/give.

WTP 272: Bagpipes, Iran, Y2K10, MPESA, Call of Duty, and True Grit

Fri, Jan 8 Listen

We start the year with bagpipes, naturally. Then, we talk about Germany's little Y2K10 bug, and hear a couple of stories about tech in Iran. We'll have an in-depth look at the economic effect the mobile money transform platform MPESA is having in Kenya. Also, it seems that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II is riling some Russians. Oh, and listen to the end. We've got an audio paean to grit. Give to the podcast at www.pri.org/give.

WTP 271: The Last Podcast...of 2009

Fri, Dec 18 Listen

Back to the drones this week. We explore a report that insurgents are pulling down the video feeds from Pentagon drones. Also, a former proponent of social networking tools like Twitter in combatting repressive regimes has a change of heart. Then, we hear about how different tech tools and platforms are helping in times of crisis. And we end in Copenhagen, on a bicyle. Give to the podcast at www.pri.org/give.

WTP 270: Drones, Virgin's SpaceShipTwo, NASA Telescope, Space Beer, and The

Fri, Dec 11 Listen

We spend alot of time in space this week. But first, the drones that are patrolling the airspace over Pakistan and Afghanistan. Then, Virgin Galactic rolls out its commercial spaceship for viewing, and NASA readies a really cool new space telescope. Meanwhile, on Earth, Sapporo brews up a beer made with barley that spent some time, as seeds, in space. Oh, and just what are Oscar Pistorius' amazing prosthetic legs made of? We'll find out. Give to the podcast at www.pri.org/give.

WTP 269: Cybercrime, Spam and How To Stop Them (Maybe)

Fri, Dec 4 2009 Listen

In this episode, we tackle cybercrime. We've got our yearly round-up of trends in cybercrime with Graham Cluley of the British anti-virus firm Sophos. Also, law professor Susan Brenner offers up a new approach to combating cybercrime. And we have an update on the story of Simon Cox, the intrepid BBC reporter who set out to nail one of the world's most prolific spammers. Give to the podcast at www.pri.org/give.

WTP 268: Homemade African Windmill, Internet Governance, Semtex, and Book S

Fri, Nov 20 2009 Listen

Marvin the Paranoid Android gives the podcast a boost this week. And fair enough, as we have an interview with Eoin Colfer, author of Book Six of the Unaptly Named Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Trilogy. Also, we talk Internet governance, Semtex and homemade windmills in Africa. Cool. Give to the podcast at www.pri.org/give.

WTP 267: Churchill Flunks Computer Test, Comet Fun, Samasource, and the Pan

Fri, Nov 13 2009 Listen

Happy Friday the 13th. We celebrate with music and stories about luck, both good and bad. Churchill's speeches don't pass electronic muster, while shorthand makes a case for itself. Also, trying to land a probe on a comet, and trying to get IT work for those with few prospects at all. And, listener Clarence Graansma tells us about his open source hardware project, the Pandemic Ventilator. Give to the podcast at www.pri.org/give.

WTP 266: World's Smallest FM Transmitter, Hossein Derakhshan and Persian Bl

Fri, Nov 6 2009 Listen

This week, we hear about what's billed as the world's smallest FM transmitter. Also, we ask you to weigh in on our discussion about appropriate technologies for the developing world. Then, the strange case of Hossein Derakhshan, and the wider world of Persian language blogs. Then, we revisit digital memory. Give to the podcast at www.pri.org/give.

WTP 265: "Internet's" Birthday: 40 Years of Modulated Anarchy

Fri, Oct 30 2009 Listen

It's all about Internet this week. Our raison d'etre turned 40, and we're here to celebrate in style with half an hour of stories about how it came to be, what it is today, and where it's going tomorrow. Enjoy.

WTP 264: EpiCollect, Electric Cars, and Political Tweets in the US and UK

Fri, Oct 23 2009 Listen

This week's tech podcast comes to you not from Boston, but from London. We speak to a researcher who is trying to bring the power of smartphones to field data collection in the fight against infectious diseases. Also, as more car makers come out with electric cars, how far does the technology still have to go? And we end with a transatlantic comparison of political Tweets.

WTP 263: Cuba Cable Capers, Finns Get Right to Broadband, Twitter Trumps Ne

Fri, Oct 16 2009 Listen

Cuba gets word that not one, but possibly two, fiber optic cables are headed its way. Also, the Tsunami Early Warning System gets a test run in the Pacific, and Finns get the right to have broadband Internet access. Twitter gets a big jump on a big story in Britain. And we have an extended conversation with Viktor Mayer Shoenberger, author of Delete: The Value of Forgetting in a Digital Age.

WTP 262: Moon Crash, Peruvian Fog Nets, Nobel Prize in Physics, and Trongs!

Fri, Oct 9 2009 Listen

Oh, what a show! NASA crashes two spacecraft into the moon. Don't worry, they meant to do that. Also, in Peru, some ingenious folks are harvesting water with huge fog nets. We give an audio nod to the winners of the Nobel Prize in Physics. And we end with a nod to one of the interesting folks who listens to The World's Technology Podcast. Eric Zimmerman tells us about Trongs!

WTP 261: Europe takes on Iran Net Filtering, Smart Electricity Meters, Nano

Fri, Oct 2 2009 Listen

Cyrus Farivar reports on an attempt by the EU to ban the sale of Internet filtering hardware to Iran. Also, French and British takes on the idea of smart electricity meters. We also hear an in-depth report on the future of nanotechnology. And we end with a short preview of the World Science Podcast with Rhitu Chatterjee.

WTP 260: Potential AIDS Vaccine, Embrace Thermoregulator, Scottish Earthwor

Sun, Sep 27 2009 Listen

Scottish accordionist leads us off with a tune called Exhausted. Then, on to big news about an AIDS vaccine that researchers contend can prevent infections. Also, the Embrace thermoregulator, designed to save low birth weight babies in the developing world. We chat about Scottish earthworms, and we hear a cell phone symphony in Mumbai.

WTP 259: Iraq Internet Regs, Africa Connected, NComputing, and Autism Detec

Fri, Sep 18 2009 Listen

It's Friday, I'm in Love. With technology, I mean. We've got a look at a new measure that may curtail Internet access in Iraq. Also, Africa's broadband fibre-optic cable goes live, and we'll get reactions. Stephen Dukker from NComputing talks about how to turn one PC into 10 or more. And we end with some software designed to detect autism in infants and children.

WTP 258: High-Speed Rail, Bamboo Trains, Bio-Truck Expedition, Coltan/Congo

Fri, Sep 11 2009 Listen

We take a look at global models for America's proposed high-speed rail system, and then keep it real by dipping into the podcast archive for a piece on Cambodia's Bamboo Railway. We talk about a unique bio-truck that will attempt to go around the world, and hear about the downside of hybrid vehicle technology. We go to Congo to hear about how mining for the materials that make your cell phone work is making life miserable for the locals. And we end with Winston, the high-speed data pigeon.

WTP 257: Recreating Pre-War Nagasaki in 3D, Ars Electronica 2009, and A Bri

Fri, Sep 4 2009 Listen

Great show this week. Find out how students in Japan are using 3D technology and people's memories to recreate pre-war Nagasaki. Also, we take you to Linz, Austria for the Ars Electronica 2009 festival. We hear about a wind-up vibrator. Yes, you read that correctly. And we'll explore a way to turn your urine into fertilizer. We end with a tech podcast listener who imparts some serious knowledge about GPS drawing on your host.

WTP 256: Cell Phones in the Classroom, Steam Car Redux, New Wikipedia Guide

Fri, Aug 28 2009 Listen

No More Whining, that's our motto. This week: we meet a history teacher who is letting his students fully embrace the tech that they are carrying around. Also, we revisit the British steam car team trying to break a 100 plus year old record. We have an interview with Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales on new editing guidelines, and we hear about the trade in conflict minerals in Congo. We end, of course, with artificial trees.

WTP 255: Botnets, Russia v. Georgia, Steam-Powered Car, Creative Commons Fl

Fri, Aug 21 2009 Listen

No one's listening anyway, so let's have some fun. We talk about attempts to get international law to catch up with botnets. Also, a study details last year's cyberspat between Russia and Georgia. We hear about a seriously fast steam-powered car, and also about a flamenco and hip-hop mash-up that's got a real creative commons feel about it. We end with zombies. How much more do you want? Oh yeah, Dan Deacon and Quincy Jones provide light entertainment.

WTP 254: Castle Building Gets Medeival, Solar Impulse, Driverless Cars, and

Fri, Aug 14 2009 Listen

We start with a tribute to the pioneer of that outstanding piece of technology, the single body electric guitar. RIP Les Paul. Then, some builders in France use 13th century tools and technology to build a castle from scratch. Also, Bertrand Piccard and his quest to fly a solar powered plane around the world. Then, driverless cars may be coming to Heathrow Airport. And we end by featuring podcast stalwart Vicente Montelongo, who makes, well, some very Atari-like art out of his San Francisco...

WTP 253: Sand Dunes Made from Bacteria, Electronically Enhanced Borders, an

Fri, Aug 7 2009 Listen

We start with a geek's audio tribute to the late John Hughes, director of Weird Science. Then, architect Magnus Larsson wants to build sand dunes out of bacteria. Not just any sand dunes. We're talking thousands of miles long in the Sahara. Whoah. Also, countries try to enhance their borders with, wait for it, technology. And we end with an interview with Dr. Laura Stachel of WE CARE Solar.

WTP 252: Gary McKinnon Update, New Military Tech in Afghanistan, and Pirate

Fri, Jul 31 2009 Listen

Briton Gary McKinnon stands accused by the US government of committing the biggest military computer hack of all time. McKinnon's been fighting extradition to the US for three years. Today, we have an update on the case. Also, the US Army tries out some new military technology in Afghanistan. We explore the rise of Pirate Parties worldwide, and we hear about how outdated Japanese political campaign laws are hampering Obama style elections.

WTP 251: Apollo Mission Computers, Undersea Net Cables in Africa, and Bambo

Wed, Jul 29 2009 Listen

Vertigo is now gone, so back to your regularly scheduled technology podcast. We've got a great story on the computers used 40 years ago on the Apollo 11 mission. Also, a series of fiber-optic cables go live in Africa, bringing hope that affordable high-speed Internet access will be coming soon. And also, a Zambian company starts to export its bamboo bicycles.

WTP 250: Tech in China and Iran, Air France 447, Codex Sinaiticus, and Hal

Fri, Jul 10 2009 Listen

The Chinese government's trying to control information, especially online information, coming from the city of Urumqi, which has been the scene of violence this week. Also, global geeks try to help Iranians keep the flow of information coming. We check in on the search for the black boxes for Air France flight 447. Next, an ancient Bible finds a new home on the Internet, which also happens to be the ONLY place the band Hal and the Big 5 have ever jammed together.

WTP 249: Updates on Internet Filtering in Iran and China, One-on-One with K

Fri, Jul 3 2009 Listen

Updates on two stories we've been following in recent weeks. First, the Iranian government continues to try to control the flow of on-line information out of the country. We try to sort out Twitter fact from fiction with regard to Iran. Also, China's new Internet filtering plan gets delayed. Then, we have an extended conversation with Ken Banks, founder of FrontlineSMS. We end with a Skype-enabled wedding ceremony between someone in China, and someone in Denver. Cool.

WTP 248: Eco-cooker, Generation Google, Kiva in the US

Fri, Jun 26 2009 Listen

Three stories today: the first is a look at an impressive piece of engineering – a cooker that its makers claim reduces carbon emissions by a staggering degree.

WTP 247: Twitter and Other Social Media Tools in Iran

Fri, Jun 19 2009 Listen

It's all Iran this week, folks. Violence and protests have flaired in Iran following last week's disputed election results. The government moved quickly to shut down the flow of information out of, and into, the country. But Twitter and other social media tools are keeping that flow of information going. In fact, it's not a flow, but a flood. We'll take an in-depth look at how vital social media tools have become in Iran in the wake of the elections. Show notes, links and pics at...

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