Nov 7

From The Big Story: The Genesis Engine

To hear stories three days earlier, listen on The Big Story: ⁠⁠⁠⁠http://swap.fm/l/wi-bigstorypod-feeddrop We now have the power to quickly and easily alter DNA. It could eliminate disease. It could solve world hunger. It could provide unlimited clean energy. It could get really o ... Show More

41m 50s

Nov 4

From The Big Story: You Finally Got a Wikipedia Page. Then It Vanished

To hear stories three days earlier, listen on The Big Story: ⁠⁠⁠⁠http://swap.fm/l/wi-bigstorypod-feeddrop Every day, Wikipedia biographies of living people are flagged for deletion because the subjects are not “notable” enough. How do these poor souls take the news? Written by Du ... Show More

30m 36s

Nov 2

From The Big Story: The Big Fight Over 403 Very Small Wasps

To hear stories three days earlier, listen on The Big Story: ⁠⁠⁠⁠http://swap.fm/l/wi-bigstorypod-feeddrop Earth is teeming with unknown species, and they’re dying off faster than ever. Now biologists are battling over an old question: how to catalog life? Written by Brooke Jarvis ... Show More

39m 17s

Jun 2017

Banned From the US? There’s a Robot for That

Two telepresence robots roll into a human-computer interaction conference. Sounds like the beginning of a very nerdy joke, but it really happened (#2017). A few weeks ago in Denver, Colorado, a robot I was piloting over the internet from my computer in Idaho stood wheel-to-wheel ... Show More

11m 28s

May 2021

Robot revolution

A brain-computer interface allows a severely paralysed patient not only to move and use a robotic arm, but also to feel the sensations as the mechanical hand clasps objects . We hear from Jennifer Collinger at Pittsburgh University’s Rehab Neural Engineering Labs. And Nathan Cope ... Show More

36m 17s

Oct 2023

Disaster zone innovators

In the midst of a crisis, sometimes the solution you need isn’t obvious. Today we meet the inventors who found fascinating fixes amid the chaos and destruction of disasters. We visit the hospital that was painstakingly constructed inside a train, to treat Ukrainian civilians in a ... Show More

24m 15s

Sep 2025

Opening Doors to Computer Science

<p>In high school, Carla Brodley was almost shut out of computer science when boys took over all the computers. But she rediscovered her love for the field in college and has made it her mission to open doors for others. At Northeastern University, she founded the <a href="https: ... Show More

34m 19s

May 2022

Pre-intermediate | A Robotic Solution?

<p>It's been a long day for a husband and wife. Still, the floors are dirty and there's cleaning to be done. Of course, neither of them want to do it. Just when all seems to be lost... it's robots to the rescue! Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/2378</p>

13m 16s

Oct 2023

Season 1 Episode 3: Improving Accessibility with AI

For many years, Intel has been developing AI technologies that can empower people with disabilities, and improve accessibility in our modern world. Disabilities come in all forms, and as we develop technology and tools, the taboo associated with such disabilities lessen over time ... Show More

35m 24s

Nov 2018

Robots Lend a Hand

Ashitey Trebi-Ollennu is in charge of the InSight mission’s robotic arm and hand. His work on space robots has led him to give a helping hand back home.

24m 17s

Apr 2021

The IoT-Based Smart Cane with Mariam Arshi and Reem Al Amiri (08.04.21)

Technology is giving sight to the visually impaired. In this episode, two members of the team of computer science and engineering AUS students that recently designed an IoT-based smart cane for people with visual impairment as part of their graduation design project join the Futu ... Show More

28m 56s

From The Big Story: She Got a Great Deal...