Dec
30
WTP 132: The Internet: the next 10 years. Robots in Japan, Warm weather in Europe, A Swiss Village goes green, and Donating fertility eggs.
Posted by PRI's The World: Technology from BBC/PRI/WGBH
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.
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Dec
23
WTP 131: Trams in Paris, Polluting Airplanes, Offsetting that pollution, and tracking snow leopards with GPS
Posted by PRI's The World: Technology from BBC/PRI/WGBH
A 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.
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Dec
16
WTP 130: Coconut cars, Biofuels, Cleaning Beijing, Chemical regulation in Europe, and an incredible cure for blindness.
Posted by PRI's The World: Technology from BBC/PRI/WGBH
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.
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