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Just in time for the global climate summit in Copenhagen and the debate on a climate and energy bill in Washington, this half hour special from Hig...
Bought by WFHB, RadioStPete Florida, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KGNU Community Radio, KGLT and more
- Added: Nov 22, 2009
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 11
The Firefox browser represents the pinnacle of open source software, this commentary explains the open source movement.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:27
Most power plants waste much energy because they are so inefficient. Moving them closer to where their power is used would waste much less energy
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:21
While VOIP is popular it is a difficult problem to make it work with 9-1-1.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:44
Jack Kilby invented the microchip, and thus, indirectly, helped me to learn to dance.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:15
A pothole is a uniquely American phenomenon. Drive the highways of South Africa, Germany or France and you'll find few ruts and divots. Why pothole...
Bought by Delta College Public Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, and KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:47
- Purchases: 3
Adam Osborne marketed the first successful a compact computer: A 24-pound portable computer!
Bought by Prairie Public
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:43
- Purchases: 1
Commentary that argues that to be environmentally friendly we want products designed so that the high value materials can be removed - reserving re...
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:48
The story of Barbara McClintock's Nobel Prize winning work
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:24
The story of Willard Gibbs who revolutionized chemistry
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:49
The story of John von Neumann whose work laid the foundations for digital computing
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:53
The story of Richard Feynman who physics revealed a new world
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:56
Moore's Law postulates that computing power will double every 18 months, what if it fails?
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:25
The introducation of technology has not reduced the amount of time spent on housework.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:18
The iPod threatens the free flow of intellectual property
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:34
The microwave oven came directly from World War II technology: The Radar.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:43
Energy from the wind is renewable and pollutes very little, yet the wind supplies only a small percent of the United States electricity. Why?
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:51
The reason we stand in our basements and do laundry is a complex mix of scientific facts, technological innovation, and worry about class and statu...
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:41
Duct tape is a pop icon of the technological world - but only in America. It's sold in other countries, but no where else does it have this reputat...
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:43
Making ice cream is a tricky business - its a careful mixture of air bubbles, globes of oil and ice crystals suspended in water.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:28
Story of the inventor of the wind up radio
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:30
The importance of cryptography for the web
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:48
Bob Kearns invented the intermittent wiper blade - the blades that flash occasionally across a windshield. This simple invention caused him much gr...
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 01:20
The story of the greatest engineer born on Valentine's Day: Ferris made his mark in 1893 at the World's Fair in Chicago. with his giant wheel.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:55
The Edge razor developed by Gillette about ten years ago is a technological marvel that cost three-quarters of a billion dollars to develop.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 01:56
