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The XPrize Foundation drives innovation through competitions with the hopes of improving the human experience. Its prizes are focused on bold yet a...
- Added: Aug 23, 2016
- Length: 32:00
Gary is a serial entrepreneur who launched Match.com, the online dating service, in 1993. A host of other online matchmaking personals companies ha...
- Added: Aug 23, 2016
- Length: 32:00
Casper is a company focused on sleep. Casper’s leading product is its mattress, which can be ordered online and delivered in a box, sometimes withi...
- Added: Aug 23, 2016
- Length: 19:00
Opower is a software company focused on energy efficiency. Opower works with utilities to monitor how much energy a consumer uses and gives househo...
- Added: Aug 23, 2016
- Length: 19:00
IDEO is a global design firm that takes a human-centered approach to innovation. IDEO has helped to innovate products including Apple’s first compu...
- Added: Aug 23, 2016
- Length: 32:00
Change is coming to solar stocks and their markets as the solar industry grows and big utilities begin to invest heavily in this alternative energy...
- Added: Aug 14, 2016
- Length: 03:00
Host Bob Kustra interviews Clive Thompson about this book, "Smarter Than You Think: How Technology is Changing our Minds for the Better."
- Added: Jun 10, 2016
- Length: 29:06
The Planetary Society’s solar sail spacecraft was in the middle of a critical test as we spoke with the Society’s Bruce Betts and Jason Davis. Mat...
Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, KFCF FM, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more
- Added: May 23, 2016
- Length: 28:50
- Purchases: 7
8 More Ways To Save The Most Money, Ever, Understanding Today's Most Popular Investment: ETFs, Do You Have Good Debt Or Bad Debt? Need A Moving Com...
Bought by KTSW 89.9, WMUU-LP, WETD, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WLRN
- Added: May 11, 2016
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 5
This is a story discussing the need for taking drone-flying training in order to be a drone pilot. In the story, you will hear a major drone traini...
- Added: May 10, 2016
- Length: 03:19
When refugees come to a new country the language barrier that they face can be problematic. One challenge they face is being able to report crimes ...
- Added: May 09, 2016
- Length: 03:20
The new flying technology, air drones, are turning up everywhere. They can help save people's lives, help put out fires, and record videos up in th...
- Added: May 03, 2016
- Length: 07:11
With the release of the United Nations report on Friday, June 3, declaring internet access as a fundamental human right, the significance of buildi...
- Added: Apr 21, 2016
- Length: 11:37
Melody loves words, but she can't speak or write or even walk across a room. Until a new computer opens up her life. Students from St. Lucy School ...
- Added: Feb 23, 2016
- Length: 19:48
So we now know that Apple has made the extraordinary contribution called ‘Enter the wrong password 10 times and all the data on your way-too-expens...
- Added: Feb 19, 2016
- Length: 05:07
We’re told intelligent machines and big data will free us from work, educate our children, transform our environment, and even make religion more u...
- Added: Jan 26, 2016
- Length: 58:34
When life robs you of your bow and arrow, just pick up a crossbow or gun instead. Jason Kroger knows this all too well after colliding with a downe...
- Added: Jan 17, 2016
- Length: 01:13:36
Astronomer Ramanath Cowsik describes the history of dark matter and how his discovery influenced the way scientists think about dark matter in the ...
- Added: Jan 04, 2016
- Length: 09:00
Women make up 47% of the US workforce, but hold only a small fraction of computer and IT jobs in the US. The latest stats from the Department of La...
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio
- Added: Dec 17, 2015
- Length: 11:44
- Purchases: 1
If there were more women in tech, would women enjoy better tech products? We look for answers through three women who are succeeding in the tech in...
- Added: Sep 22, 2015
- Length: 28:52
The Chicago businesswoman parlayed a phenomenal gift for numbers into a successful computer-forensics firm called TeamWerks.
- Added: Sep 08, 2015
- Length: 22:32
The San Francisco native was inspired by her small-business-owner parents to create the Indiegogo crowdfunding platform. Little did she know her bi...
- Added: Sep 08, 2015
- Length: 18:39
Producer Michael May discovers prototype designs for washing machines from the 1800s, which not only scrubbed clothes, but churned butter and made ...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: May 04, 2015
- Length: 03:24
- Purchases: 1
In the world of commercial media, it’s all about the ratings – getting as many people as possible to tune into your broadcast. The latest effort by...
Bought by WABE
- Added: Apr 23, 2015
- Length: 04:27
- Purchases: 1
Video game critics say computer-generated play keeps kids glued to a screen. But at Createch Studio--a community center in St. Paul--staff are usin...
- Added: Mar 18, 2015
- Length: 05:26
