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November 2nd, 2009
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The message of Fahrenheit 451 in the age of DVD and electronic books: We run the risk that the literary and intellectual canon of the coming centur...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
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As terrorist uses more sophisticated technology we face a Faustian bargain in using technology to track them.

  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
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Tivo changes the financial model for televsion

  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
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Boeing's 7E7 jet - now the 787 - uses high tech to use less fuel

  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
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A Nobel Prize winner called the disappearance of Erector sets a "disaster of modern life." He considered their replacement by Legos to herald the "...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
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Vaseline was first sold as a cure-all for all types of ills.

  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
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Cruise control was invited by a blind engineer.

  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
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The story of the global positioning system

  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
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The story of the invention of the Geiger Counter.

  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
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The story of the invention of the phillips screw.

  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 02:43
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The cleverness and ingenuity of engineering in designing objects for mass production.

  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 02:27
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It seems like we live in a time where things become obsolete quickly, but for every eight-track tape that has gone by the way side, there are age-o...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 02:47
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The escapment - the essential part of a mechanical clock that makes to go tick, tock - changed the world by allowing humans to move away from the c...

Bought by Radio Catskill


  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 02:43
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The lessons from the August 14, 2003 blackout of the United States and Canada.

  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
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Tunneling through the ground has a long and important history in human affairs.

  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
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What risks do we run from living in a high tech society. They likely different that you'd expect.

  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
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The story of engineer Saul Griffith and his machine that instantly makes lenses for developing countries.

  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
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American Idol shows the future of text messaging

  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 02:40
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On June 21st, 2004 the first private space flight took off, even through it hearalded a new age, it harked back to the showmen of the 19th century.

  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 02:35
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We associate the saxophone with the mellowness of jazz, but it roots are very hotheaded. The saxophone evolved from a bass clarinet built by the Be...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 02:38
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