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Facebook tries out artificial intelligence (AI) to identify users at risk for suicide; UK researchers find connection between screen time and child...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2017
  • Length: 06:50
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A new chip could make speech recognition practical for wearables by reducing power consumption; cotton and carbon combine to make smart garments; a...

  • Added: Mar 14, 2017
  • Length: 05:42
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Measuring the speed of blood flow with a tiny chip using light; lightweight exoskeletons based on fabric and air; miniature magnetic coils outside ...

  • Added: Mar 08, 2017
  • Length: 06:47
Caption: GetPublished! Radio Host Gerald Everett Jones, Credit: La Puerta Productions
Here's Gerald's audio book review of Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson.

  • Added: Mar 05, 2017
  • Length: 02:13
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A transistor that is driven by heat instead of electricity; stomach acid as a means of powering ingestible smart devices; a standby switch that con...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2017
  • Length: 06:25
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Diagnosing disease from speech samples; LinkedIn employees reduce stress with wearable, in Stanford study; infant monitors may cause more problems ...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2017
  • Length: 06:35
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How a smartwatch may be able to sense your mood; the shortcomings of optical sensors for wearables and how radio frequency (RF) sensors may solve t...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2017
  • Length: 07:00
Caption: The Wine Fellers
Does the mere wearing of cologne overpower a fine wine tasting? The Wine Fellers is an upbeat, good chemistry driven show created for anyone who h...

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  • Added: Feb 13, 2017
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Alfred Poor, Editor, Health Tech Insider
Two stories about vision: a $30 device for smartphones that performs eye exams, and glasses with lenses that change as needed. Also a story about h...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2017
  • Length: 06:40
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More highlights from CES 2017, including a smart mouthguard for athletes that detects head impacts, and a device that see through walls to track pe...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2017
  • Length: 06:49
Caption: Alfred Poor, Editor, Health Tech Insider
Highlights of the CES 2017 consumer electronics show in Las Vegas, covering wearables for health and medical applications.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2017
  • Length: 05:41
Caption: Alfred Poor, Editor, Health Tech Insider
Highlights of the CES 2017 consumer electronics show in Las Vegas, covering wearables for health and medical applications.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2017
  • Length: 06:01
Caption: Alfred Poor, Editor, Health Tech Insider
An analysis of the likely developments in 2017 for wearable technology for health and medical applications.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2017
  • Length: 07:53
Caption: Alfred Poor, Editor, Health Tech Insider
An analysis of the major developments in 2016 for wearable technology for health and medical applications.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2017
  • Length: 07:35
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How old is old to you? Imagine what it would be like if the only tool you had for determining a person’s “oldness factor” was the vibrancy of his o...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2016
  • Length: 24:21
Caption: PSARA
Interview by Ken Winkes: Robby and Steve, members of the Puget Sound Alliance for Retirement Action, disclose what they have in mind regarding ret...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2016
  • Length: 28:28
Caption: Larry and Marianne
They're old. But they're still letting air out of people's tires...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2015
  • Length: 07:49
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We are all busy getting older, for better and for worse. Here is an unvarnished perspective on aging by author Marc Estrin. Marc Estrin is a write...

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  • Added: Dec 24, 2014
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Tax Aide for Seniors and Low Income
Interview: Dick talks about helping seniors and low income citizens with their taxes through an AARP program. For more information, go to http://...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2014
  • Length: 27:58
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Older, middle and younger generation guests discuss dysfunctional families

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  • Added: Apr 21, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Michael Goldberg contributes "The Last Word," his weekly topical essay to Northern Community Radio's Between You and Me program on Saturdays.

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  • Added: Apr 17, 2014
  • Length: 02:44
  • Purchases: 1
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Dennis Herschbach is a northern Minnesota writer whose poems have won awards in national contests. He is also the author of a number of fiction and...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2013
  • Length: 02:10
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Originally from the Finger Lakes area of New York state. She's a world traveler who settled in at the University of Michigan for her BFA degree in ...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2013
  • Length: 01:53
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Doris Stengel grew up on the North Dakota prairie, and then moved to the woods and lakes of Minnesota. She's been a high school teacher and has men...

  • Added: Sep 23, 2013
  • Length: 02:59
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Sharon Harris is a member of the Jackpine Writer's Block, and a native of Park Rapids. She has published three books of poetry. The Beat is a daily...

  • Added: Sep 08, 2013
  • Length: 01:43