GPS Weather Jets
GPS devices on commercial flights could predict hurricanes.
Cadaver Hologram
A 3-D hologram of a human cadaver brings med-school dissection to the 21st century.
Smart Guns
Biometric sensors on guns could decrease accidental deaths and suicides.
Eyewire
With a computer and an internet connection, you can help scientists map the human brain just by playing a video game.
Detecting Fish
An image processing algorithm helps find fish in a sea of data.
Endangered Voices
Digital technology and social media are helping save endangered languages.
Mountain Legacy Project
Scientists are using the science of computer vision to document climate change in the Rocky Mountains.
Email Spam
Email spammers use disorienting techniques to get you to click on their links.
Smartphone Microscope
A new attachment turns a smartphone into a powerful microscope.
Cell Phone Medicine Update
Using mobile phones for medical purposes, a new frontier when we reported on it in 2008, has become a huge field.
Everyday Objects Roundup
Discarded compact discs could be used to treat wastewater.
Computer Joke Generator
A computer program tells jokes, some of which are judged both original and funny.
Credit Card Fraud
How do cyber criminals steal your credit card information?
Computer Programming Game
A fun video game teaches college-level computer programming skills to 10-year-olds.
Podcast for 12 April 2013
ATHLETES & ROBOTS - Elite athletes are far from dumb jocks. A common ingredient in energy drinks could promote heart disease. Also: Robots that learn by watching us, and robots that can walk on sand.
Off-Road Robots
Inspired by animals, researchers have created robots that can traverse sand.
Highly Observant Robots
New robots are learning how to handle objects by watching humans.
Technology vs. Reading
Chinese children's reading development has gone downhill since electronic communication technologies became common.
Digitizing Ancient Texts
Sophisticated computer imaging may help decode the world's oldest un-deciphered written language.
Blind Navigation Game
A computer game that familiarizes blind people with the layout of a virtual building makes it easier to navigate the real thing.
Quantum Computing
Quantum computing harnesses strange properties of atoms and particles and could revolutionize the computer age.
Podcast for 3 August 2012
INVENTION - More lifelike robots. Headlights that can see past raindrops. And a pair of goggles that could improve your memory. Also, scientists have developed the world's lightest material.
Smart Headlights
“Smart” headlights improve visibility by illuminating the road ahead, but not raindrops or snowflakes.