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Tech Podcast 145
March 30, 2007 permalink

The modern Pony Express delivers the Internet in rural India. How technology can help the disabled. A fantastic journey across the sea in a solar-powered ship. Clean power in Iceland, but at what price? And capturing dangerous stunts on You Tube.


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Tech Podcast 144
March 23, 2007 permalink

What's daily life like in Iraq? Go to the Blogs. A look at Internet censorship under authoritarian governments. The best way to communicate for shepherds: whistle. Rebuilding wounded soldiers' bodies by preparing for the Paralympics. Build a safer mosquito. Buying a pirated DVD? Be careful...


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Tech Podcast 143
March 16, 2007 permalink

Want to race? Not with this South African man with amputated legs. Blogs that change the course of Hollywood. Put a mirror on a mountain. Bad to be a bat these days caught in the wind, turbine that is. A rally for a change to climate change. Old maps better than the new? And having babies in India.


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Tech Podcast 142
March 9, 2007 permalink

Can the brain make you rich? Indian high-tech workers heading for the promised land: Back home. How green is ethanol? Capturing carbon underground. Making renewable energy work in Spain. And get on the Stairmaster and make some energy!


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Tech Podcast 141
March 2, 2007 permalink

A few stories about recycling, some products you might not have thought about too: chairs, kitchen counters, and jackets. Take a ride in Estonia on board a bus with Wi-fi. Thinking about plagiarizing music? Be careful. And Israeli rock.


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Tech Podcast 140
February 23, 2007 permalink

The power of the ocean: Wave Energy takes off in Portugal. A high-tech solution to, sadly, abandoned babies in Italy. Work from home? Ever get lonely? No longer the case in France. And cars are catching on in Vietnam.


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Tech Podcast 139
February 16, 2007 permalink

A major conference on climate change in Washington DC and the view from China, India, and South Africa. Mexican drug cartels go online. A cheesy webcam in England. 365 suggestions for how you can make the world a better place. And, careful where you leave your footprint: the British police are watching. Intermixed within it all, some good ole' fashioned banjos from Nashville.


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Tech Podcast 138
February 9, 2007 permalink

The Tech podcast is back after a one-week hiatus. On this weeks podcast... Getting your vitamins by eating more rice; genetically-modified rice that is. An elaborate maze of underground nuclear bunkers in Switzerland. What will tougher new vehicle emission standards in Europe mean for Detroit? Cement bricks that eat smog in Italy. The TV show “Friends” -- Chinese style and on the Internet. A new United Nations report on Global Warming and world attitudes about climate change. And make your wardrobe environmentally friendly!


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Tech Podcast 137
January 26, 2007 permalink

Gas hydrates... hot new fuel source or environmental menace? A blanket of pollution covers a village in rural China. And the role of immigration in American hi-tech startups. Plus the return of The Plastic People of the Universe.


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Tech Podcast 136
January 19, 2007 permalink

Everybody's favorite topic: The weather. It's warm in Moscow. There's no snow in the Alps; no problem. The Philippines worst environmental disaster: How to clean up an oil spill? Ancient air conditioning in Dubai. And our main man in Prague is using the sun to power his cellphone.


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