Glenn

Glenn Have you heard of a mineral, 'Peridotite Rock'? It absorbs Carbon Dioxide...quite a recent discovery actually..

Glenn

Glenn =D

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There appear to be cheaper, more effective ways to improve education in developing nations than the glitzy One Laptop per Child program.
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PRI's The World: Technology Podcast WTPers! Thanks for weighing in over on the Science Forum about appropriate tech/engineering! Great discussion going on over there. Two days left!

Source: www.world-science.org
Technology has the potential to transform the lives of the world's poor. Computers, water filters, renewable energy, improved crops... all have been tou...
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PRI's The World: Technology Podcast Take a break from tech...a rare glimpse inside life in Somalia, via Doctors without Borders.

Source: doctorswithoutborders.org
Located nearly 20 miles north of the Somali city of Kismayo, Jamaame Hospital was opened in 2007. At this site, MSF provides nutrition, maternity, general medical, and emergency care. Javier Roldan, a 35 year-old nurse worked as Jamaame field coordinator for seven months this year. ...
Glenn
Glenn
very informative..thanks
Yesterday at 8:39pm
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PRI's The World: Technology Podcast Your break from tech for today: Jeb Sharp takes you on an amazing historical tour of the Berlin Wall on her weekly history podcast. Great, great stuff...

Source: www.theworld.org
Stories commemorating the events of 1989 including what happened to the wall itself, life on the border today, what Germany's youth learns about the Wall now.
PRI's The World: Technology Podcast

PRI's The World: Technology Podcast Great to see some WTP listeners weighing in over on our World Science Forum. Great discussion brewing about ICT for development, among other things. Highly recommended.

Source: www.world-science.org
Technology has the potential to transform the lives of the world's poor. Computers, water filters, renewable energy, improved crops... all have been tou...
Rhitu
Rhitu
I'm really appreciating the WTP listener comments to our Science Forum. Looking forward to more thoughts and questions from WTP listeners. The discussion runs till Nov 13th.
Mon at 6:58pm
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PRI's The World: Technology Podcast The Long, Dark Teatime of the Soul...

Susie

Susie I have to admit that I have become an addict now that I've discovered your podcast. I think I'm on my 12th episode today. I have a lot of catching up to do! Thanks for feeding my daily geek.

Sun at 5:23pm · Report
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As much as I dislike being responsible for addiction, this is one habit I will probably continue to enable.... ;)
Mon at 6:30am
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PRI's The World: Technology Podcast
By the way -- all of the archive shows are available through this RSS feed:

http://www.theworld.org/rss/techarchive.xml
Mon at 6:49am
Susie
Susie
I've gone back as far as WTP 420 and have eleven-ish more to go before I get caught up. Then I may dig in to the archives some more to find more goodies.
Mon at 1:56pm
Andrew

Andrew Clark, How do I contact you about a possible topic for the podcast?

November 7 at 9:51pm · Report
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clark <dot> boyd <at> bbc <dot> co <dot> uk
Mon at 6:29am
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PRI's The World: Technology Podcast It's not often that we ask for anything more than your time, your attention and your critical thinking. But, to keep the World's Technology Podcast in your earbuds, we sometimes ask for a wee bit of financial help. Follow the link to help us out. International listeners -- there is a PayPal option.

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PRI's The World: Technology Podcast Show notes for this week's tech podcast. Has links, audio, etc.

Source: www.theworld.org
This week: the strange case of blogger Hossein Derakhshan, some new research on Persian blogs, and the world's smallest FM transmitter. Also, a guy who loves his digital camera.
PRI's The World: Technology Podcast

PRI's The World: Technology Podcast It's not easy for engineers to come in from outside and understand what technologies are truly useful to a poor community. Got ideas? Questions? Examples of successes or failures? Environmental engineer Anu Ramaswami is online in the World Science Forum til Nov 13 to field your questions and comments.

Source: www.world-science.org
Technology has the potential to transform the lives of the world's poor. Computers, water filters, renewable energy, improved crops... all have been tou...
PRI's The World: Technology Podcast

PRI's The World: Technology Podcast There's plenty of technology over on the science podcast this week--it's a good time to visit! Plus an online discussion with one of the podcast guests... to be posted in a separate link.

Source: www.world-science.org
[player] Download MP3 This week: Swine flu continues to spread. In today's podcast you'll hear from two parts of the world that are dealing with the pan...
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PRI's The World: Technology Podcast the...weasels...are...closing...in...

November 6 at 9:03am
Lucia
Lucia
what? where?
November 6 at 9:48am
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PRI's The World: Technology Podcast
You mean you don't see them? They're right there...
November 6 at 10:08am
Lucia
Lucia
er .. clark, lay off the caffeine for the rest of the day man
November 6 at 1:27pm
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PRI's The World: Technology Podcast Take a break from tech with this story of the Soviet all-female fighter and bomber regiments in World War II.

Source: www.theworld.org
The Soviet Union had three regiments of female pilots that flew combat missions during World War II. The BBC's Lucy Ash caught up with some of the women who were known as The Night Witches.