WTP 149: The Robots are Coming, Tempura Biofuel, North Korean Radio, A New Planet, and The Trick to a Long Life

The 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.

Crop, Sort and Share

Digital photo album programs can seem like tourist snapshots of the Washington Monument: At first, they all look alike.

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?

9 to 5 Laptop Sleeve

Isn’t it about time you invest in a new laptop sleeve (http://barrysfarm.net/store/single_view/43)? Here’s one sure to raise a few eyebrows in the office. Spotted
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Going to Town With WiFi

On a chilly April day, the idea of wireless Internet access from a park bench seems overrated.

‘Delete’ Doesn’t Mean ‘Disappear’

This might not seem obvious when you’re struggling to locate the e-mail somebody sent you last week, but it’s not easy to make an e-mail message vanish for good. A lot of the time, it’s outright impossible.

The DVD Player, Fully Mature

The DVD player has been around for more than a decade, but now it has finally grown up.

WTP 146: A special podcast dedicated the topic of Climate Change

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.

WTP 147: Solar Lights in Mexico, Big Brother in England, Radio in a psychiatric ward, Tunnels and Trains, Text Messaging in Cambodia, and GM Crops.

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.

Draconian Windows Watchers

When some people use Windows without paying for it, Microsoft’s honest customers wind up covering their tab.

 
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