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

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 ...

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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.

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