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Laptops From the Skies

By Clark Boyd

Technology Podcast 351: The One Laptop Per Child project looks set to try an interesting distribution method in the new year. It wants to use helicopters to drop, literally, laptops and tablets into far flung communities around the world. The idea is to see how people respond to the machines. more »

New Rules for Chinese Microbloggers

By Clark Boyd

Technology Podcast 350: This week, we look at the Chinese government's decision to make microblog users hand over their real names. We'll also hear about the need for a smartphone app that can detect malaria, HIV and tuberculosis in the developing world. more »

Laid Off NASA Engineers Build the “Treycycle”

By Clark Boyd

Technology Podcast 338: In this episode, we answer a question that's doubtless been weighing on your mind: what do NASA space shuttle engineers do now that the shuttle program's been shuttered? Build the Treycycle, of course. more »

Tech Week in Review: May 13, 2011

By Clark Boyd

Blog 10: The first of our newly minted "Global Tech: Week in Review" posts, offering links to the top stories from the past week. We'll post it every Friday. This week, we take flight with the world's first completely solar-powered aircraft! more »

Revisiting Past Nuclear Accidents

By Clark Boyd

Technology Podcast 324: This week, we'll be looking back into history to get a better perspective on the unfolding nuclear crisis in Japan. We'll examine the legacies of Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, and Tokaimura. more »

Tech Podcast: Social networks past, present and future

By Clark Boyd

Technology Podcast 316: Ah, a good old-fashioned wedding, organized entirely via Facebook and Twitter. In a special BBC series, we'll take a look at "The Secret History of Social Networking." We'll find out how social networks got started, and where they might be headed. more »

Tech Podcast: 300 episodes and going strong

By Clark Boyd

Technology Podcast 300: Yep, Episode 300 of The World's Technology Podcast. For five and half years, we've tried to bring you the best in global technology. We've also tried to eschew gadgets and gizmos in favor of tech stories that have some meat on their bones. Join us for this Tech Roundup episode, with help from Jonathan Fildes of... more »

Tech Podcast: Giant humanoid electricity pylons

By Clark Boyd

Technology Podcast 299: In this week's podcast, Iceland says "nei" to boring electricity pylons. The country's sponsoring a contest for innovative new girder designs for holding up electricity lines. We'll hear from one of the finalists, whose design calls for giant humanoid shaped pylons to stride across the Icelandic landscape. (Photo: Choi Shine) more »

Tech Podcast: Sats and nukes, CO2 turned to fuel, and Tweetspeare

By Clark Boyd

Technology Podcast 285: In this episode of The World's Technology Podcast, we talk about the role of satellites in monitoring known, and supposed, nuclear sites worldwide. We also have an in-depth look at online extremism. And what are we going to do with all that CO2? Some British scientists want to find a way to turn it back into... more »

Technology Podcast: Smart phones for scientists

By Clark Boyd

[Technology Podcast 264: In this week's technology podcast, you can hear how some scientists in Britain are working to develop an open source application for smartphones that will allow field researchers to do some pretty sophisticated data collection and mapping. It's all in an effort to fight the spread of infectious diseases across the globe. Also, we have a... more »