Topic: Science and Technology (general)
How do advances in computing make Sudokus, exoskeletons and micro air vehicles possible? On IEEE Spectrum Radio, listen how computers are key to the development of the Sudoku puzzle craze, make exoskeletons a reality, help us understand the aerial genius of house flies, and make digital archives of our lives possible.
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Dr. Auke Ijspeert from EPFL, the Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland. Ijspeert works on biologically-inspiried robotics, and explains why he builds animal and human robots to study their biology.
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Erik Larson, author of "The Devil in the White City" and "Thunderstruck," about the development of wireless technology by Marconi and how it played a role in the transatlantic hunt for a murderer. It was the 1890's and London was the most powerful city on earth.
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Sean Carroll, genetics professor and author of the book "The Making of the Fittest." Carroll discusses how close a human is to a baboon, and why geneticists are interested in Neanderthal DNA.
Tech Nation's Dr. Moira Gunn moderates the 1st Annual Science Laureates Town Hall. A contingent of international science journalists, including Jason Pontin, the Editor-in-Chief of Technology Review magazine and Clive Cookson from the Financial Times of London, talk with Purdue University professors from Earth and Atmospheric Science to Engineering, from Agriculture to Libraries. The topic? The major scientific issues that need addressing today. The impact of the Internet on science itself. The needs of the common person. And the needs of society.
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with award-winning science writer, Tom Siegfried. Author of "A Beautiful Math: John Nash, Game Theory, And The Modern Quest for a Code of Nature," Siegfried talks about Game Theory - its beginnings with John von Neumann, to the work of John Nash, whom so many know through the movie "A Beautiful Mind."
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with David Quammen about his new book "The Reluctant Mr. Darwin." Quammen explains why Darwin kept his theory of evolution under wraps for twenty years, and how he came to publish it in such a hurry.
Vyomesh Joshi is an executive vice president at Hewlett-Packard who has helped lead the company to success over the past 25 years. In this audio lecture, Joshi discusses how HP is integrating social and environmental responsibility into its bottom line with efforts such as a program to retrieve and recycle 200 million pounds of used inkjet and LaserJet printer cartridge paraphernalia each year.
Dr. Louann Brizendine, neuropsychiatrist at UCSF Medical School, speaks with Dr. Moira Gunn about her new book "The Female Brain."
Usama Fayyad, Chief Data Officer at Yahoo! believes that if the Internet is going to continue to grow, it will require a dedication to scientific excellence and the ongoing development of new scientific foundations. Many of the concepts and technologies upon which the Internet is based are still in the infancy stage, and display a lack of substance when challenged scientifically. Yahoo! has built a world-class team of scientists dedicated to the task of building this new science for the next generation Internet.
