| May 1, 2013 |
Computer Programming Game
- A fun video game teaches college-level computer programming skills to 10-year-olds.
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| April 12, 2013 |
Podcast for 12 April 2013
- ATHLETES & ROBOTS - Elite athletes are far from dumb jocks. A common ingredient in energy drinks could promote heart disease. Also: Robots that learn by watching us, and robots that can walk on sand.
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| April 10, 2013 |
Off-Road Robots
- Inspired by animals, researchers have created robots that can traverse sand.
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| April 4, 2013 |
Highly Observant Robots
- New robots are learning how to handle objects by watching humans.
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| January 17, 2013 |
Technology vs. Reading
- Chinese children's reading development has gone downhill since electronic communication technologies became common.
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| December 4, 2012 |
Smart Flying Robot
- A new flying robot can sense and dodge obstacles.
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| November 19, 2012 |
Digitizing Ancient Texts
- Sophisticated computer imaging may help decode the world's oldest un-deciphered written language.
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| October 18, 2012 |
Blind Navigation Game
- A computer game that familiarizes blind people with the layout of a virtual building makes it easier to navigate the real thing.
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| August 28, 2012 |
Quantum Computing
- Quantum computing harnesses strange properties of atoms and particles and could revolutionize the computer age.
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| August 3, 2012 |
Podcast for 3 August 2012
- INVENTION - More lifelike robots. Headlights that can see past raindrops. And a pair of goggles that could improve your memory. Also, scientists have developed the world's lightest material.
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| July 19, 2012 |
Smart Headlights
- “Smart” headlights improve visibility by illuminating the road ahead, but not raindrops or snowflakes.
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| June 7, 2012 |
Thought-Controlled Robot
- Two patients with near-total paralysis have learned to control a robotic arm with their thoughts.
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| April 30, 2012 |
Dream:ON App
- Can a smartphone app influence your dreams?
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| April 23, 2012 |
Penguins from Space
- Researchers have estimated the total number of Emperor Penguins in Antarctica using satellite images.
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| April 4, 2012 |
Light Circuits
- Researchers are designing faster, smaller circuits that use light instead of electricity.
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| March 30, 2012 |
Podcast for 30 March 2012
- GERMS & PEOPLE - Does opening the windows spread germs around? Why health-related websites may be scaring people unnecessarily. And, how the heart burns fat.
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| March 22, 2012 |
Navigating With Smartphones
- A combination of smartphones, GPS and radar could help the blind navigate the cities of the future.
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| March 2, 2012 |
Podcast for 2 March 2012
- ALL ABOUT LANGUAGE - Neuroscientists are beginning to reconstruct what we've heard by listening to brainwaves, how scientists measure language delays around the world, using technology to keep endangered languages vibrant, and a musical instrument that allows you to sing...with your hands, Also: decoding the secret language of worms.
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| February 27, 2012 |
Brain Voices
- Scientists are beginning to reconstruct the words people hear based on electrical activity in their brains.
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| February 23, 2012 |
Endangered Voices
- Digital technology and social media are helping save endangered languages.
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| February 21, 2012 |
Hands-on Music
- Specialized gloves allow musicians to sing with their hands.
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| February 20, 2012 |
Video Games vs. Cataracts
- Playing certain types of video games can improve the vision of people who were born with cataracts.
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| January 2, 2012 |
The Oldest Oldies
- Some of the first sound recordings ever made are finally being heard again.
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| December 29, 2011 |
Video Game Brains
- Violent video games can affect brain activity well after the games are over.
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| December 27, 2011 |
Eye-Witness Accuracy
- Tracking witnesses’ eye movements may help reveal what they’ve really seen.
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| October 6, 2011 |
Twitter Mood
- Sociologists analyzed Twitter posts to track daily and seasonal mood swings around the world.
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| October 5, 2011 |
Mind Movies
- A computer algorithm partially reconstructs movies from patterns of brain activity in people watching them.
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| September 30, 2011 |
Podcast for 30 September 2011
- HORMONES & BEHAVIOR - Testosterone and fatherhood, the genetics of oxytocin and depression, gender and spatial reasoning revisited, where taste is found in the brain, and more.
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| September 22, 2011 |
Football & Artificial Intelligence
- Computer scientists used football footage to develop a sophisticated kind of artificial intelligence.
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| September 7, 2011 |
Opinion Spam
- A computer program can distinguish real hotel reviews from fake ones.
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| August 26, 2011 |
Podcast for 26 August 2011
- FEAR, LIES & SHRINKING BRAINS - Why our brains shrink, but chimps' don't, why computers are better at spotting lies than we are, and an enzyme for fear. Also, medical electronics that resemble tattoos, and how organic chicken farms could be a boon to public health.
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| August 22, 2011 |
Safe Water Software
- New software can quickly flag tainted water supplies.
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| April 25, 2011 |
Zebra Barcodes
- Zebra stripes resemble barcodes, and could help researchers keep track of each member of the herd.
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| April 21, 2011 |
Sounding Out Insects
- An automatic insect detection system that uses a variety of technologies could help monitor insect infestations.
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| April 18, 2011 |
Hybrid Brain-Computer Interfaces
- New research lets people with severe disabilities rapidly switch between different communication and assistive devices.
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| April 9, 2011 |
Podcast for 8 April 2011
- Football and family violence, rooting out insects, a question of taste, and a bird's eye view for danger.
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| March 25, 2011 |
Podcast for 25 March 2011
- A new generation of self-conscious robots, how sunshine affects drugs in the body, new research into the prevention of cleft lips, why it's hard to stay focused for long periods of time, and what sound recordings can tell us about the health of natural habitats.
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| March 18, 2011 |
Podcast for 18 March 2011
- An early screening test for autism, a car controlled by thoughts, the safety of fruit seeds, blaming the hero, and testing an ancient Egyptian prosthetic.
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| March 16, 2011 |
Thought-Controlled Car
- German scientists have engineered a car that can be driven by thinking.
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| March 7, 2011 |
Information Inventory
- Scientists have estimated the total amount of information transmitted and stored by humans.
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| January 7, 2011 |
E-Book Roundup
- Electronic paper could bring video to newspapers and magazines.
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| December 20, 2010 |
Satellites & Human Rights
- Satellite images document human rights abuses in Burma.
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| December 15, 2010 |
Neanderthal Brains
- Brain development in the first year of a baby's life set us apart from our extinct Neanderthal relatives.
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| December 2, 2010 |
Speedy Diodes
- A new processor technology may potentially supplant the silicon chip.
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| October 28, 2010 |
Google Crater
- Scientists have found a previously undiscovered meteorite impact crater using Google Earth.
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| October 11, 2010 |
Robonaut
- A human-like robot is about to make its first trip into outer space.
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| October 5, 2010 |
Mapping Disasters
- Google Earth is making it easier to locate survivors of natural disasters.
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| September 17, 2010 |
Podcast
- AIR & SPACE: The moon is shrinking - slowly, astronomers discover a solar system similar to our own, exploring the moons of Jupiter, how satellite-based mapping programs can help during natural disasters, and why clouds have distinct borders.
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| September 6, 2010 |
Ovarian Cancer Test
- Researchers are developing a highly accurate screening test for ovarian cancer.
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| August 25, 2010 |
Translator Phones
- A specialized telephone may serve as a translator for troops in Afghanistan.
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