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 as Epitaph. Help our podcast grow! Tell five of your friends or enemies about us!

Halo UV Vacuum Cleaner Kills Germs Not Brutes

UV-C is the new Ultraviolet, and a ton of new products are using UV-C to kill germs outright. This spectrum of UV kills dust mites, bacteria and other germs without chemicals so why not stick one on your vacuum cleaner? That’s what the Halo UV-ST Ultraviolet vacuum is all about - killing germs with UV-C rays while sucking up…