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Not just telephone operators, folks!

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 03:48
  • Purchases: 1
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Another design buzzword? Or important field? Both?

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 1
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Engineering and business consultant Pat Sweet, P.Eng., guests on this episode to discuss the critical engineering design concept of validation. You...

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 25, 2017
  • Length: 08:33
  • Purchases: 1
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Is being a brogrammer a good thing?

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 25, 2017
  • Length: 03:18
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Angie Coiro with Antonio Garcia Martinez, Credit: Carolee Hazard
Technology veteran and now author, Antonio García Martínez, discusses his new book, Chaos Monkeys. Imagine a chimpanzee rampaging through a datacen...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Aug 11, 2016
  • Length: 01:00:01
  • Purchases: 1
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Marco Tempest is not your average magician. He uses robots to do magic tricks on stage -- but the real trick is in how easily he can get an audienc...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2016
  • Length: 16:56
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Trying to save humanity by mining asteroids.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Jan 06, 2016
  • Length: 22:24
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Ben Gross' personal video discs and player. , Credit: Photograph by Mariel Carr.
Some technologies flash in the pan so quickly they hardly leave a trace (Google Glass anyone?); while others seem to stick around long past their u...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Apr 01, 2015
  • Length: 38:38
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Programmers show off their virtual reality experiments.
Cris Miranda believes in the promise of virtual reality. After decades of hype, 2015 may be the year that it breaks into homes around the country.

  • Added: Feb 04, 2015
  • Length: 11:41
Caption: Green Apple Books before the opening of their second store, Credit: Holly J. McDede
So you want to open a bookstore? Excellent news. Here's your guide to survival.

  • Added: Dec 28, 2014
  • Length: 06:07
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In 1999, most of America’s tech hysteria centered around Y2K. But at that same time, a teenager in Canada was messing around in chat rooms, meeting...

Bought by KALH and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 08, 2014
  • Length: 16:26
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Andy Schneider hosted a lecture and book signing of "The Chicken Whisperer's Guide to Keeping Chickens" on Sunday at Tractor Supply Co. Schneider is the host of an internet radio show called "Backyard Poultry with the Chicken Whisperer" and the editor-in-, Credit: Katie Bell, the Missourian
Andy Schneider IS the Chicken Whisperer. He doesn't profess to talk to chickens, but he does know everything you need to raise backyard poultry AND...

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA


  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 09:16
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Trish Witkowski, Chief Folding Officer, Credit: Louisa Jonas
Every single Thursday for the last five years Trish Witkowski has uploaded a video just meant for the few thousand people in the world that design ...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2014
  • Length: 22:59
Caption: A Muni bus passes a "Google Bus" in San Franisco, Credit: Sven Eberlein
Private shuttles have been using Muni stops in San Francisco for a while. But they’ve mostly been smaller buses, for hospitals and universities. In...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2013
  • Length: 05:44
Caption: Fenwood Ranch, Credit: Minnie Sagar
This feature looks at the greening of Prather Ranch, a sustainable cattle hay and farming operation in Northern California. Through a partnership ...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2013
  • Length: 10:25
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Is it possible to reverse this downward slide of the brick-and-mortar retail stores? Will implementing disruptive technologies alone save the tradi...

  • Added: Jun 11, 2013
  • Length: 49:44
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Digital health solutions are on the rise. Now X PRIZE Foundation is challenging innovators to create a wireless device that monitors and diagnoses ...

  • Added: May 19, 2013
  • Length: 58:27
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As of January, there were over three quarters of a million apps available for our smartphones and iPods. Thanks to one occupational therapist, some...

Bought by KENW, KFAI Minneapolis, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 29, 2013
  • Length: 02:26
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Digital Detox, Credit: http://thedigitaldetox.org/
Spending too much time on Facebook or compulsively checking your smartphone might seem innocuous. But, as more people find it difficult to put the...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 07, 2013
  • Length: 05:55
  • Purchases: 2
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For more than a year now, BART's board of directors has been discussing whether – and how – the system could stay open later. Right now the trains ...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2012
  • Length: 05:11
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Who would have thought that Borders, the corporate bookselling behemoth that had stores in practically every mini mall across America, would now be...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2011
  • Length: 05:44
Caption: There's quite a story behind D.C.'s first fireproof residence..., Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/josepha/2977738045/
After losing a home and two breweries to fire, one German beermaker vowed not to let history repeat itself... and built an extraordinary house that...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 09, 2011
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 1
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Chairman and CEO of the Coca-Cola Company Muhtar Kent describes his hopes and aspirations for his company.

  • Added: Dec 10, 2010
  • Length: 54:01
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The snow has started to fall. What does the internet offer for amusement in the winter? Matisyahu, Charlie Brown, and curling in the same audio pla...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2010
  • Length: 19:42
Caption: Virtual Goods (via Viximo.com homepage), Credit: Viximo.com
Why are real people paying real money for products that don’t exist? And can this monetize networking sites? Jim Cosco gets to the bottom of it wit...

Bought by WILL


  • Added: Dec 16, 2009
  • Length: 06:25
  • Purchases: 1