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Shots - Health News
Listen Up To Smarter, Smaller Hearing Aids
April 8, 2013 Today's devices are smaller and much more powerful than they were 20 years ago. New advances in technology can't solve all hearing problems, but they've improved many aspects of life for people with hearing loss.
Planet Money
How To Start A Magazine (And Make A Profit)
February 21, 2013 Marco Arment pays his writers, doesn't sell ads, and turns a decent profit. He walked us through the numbers.
Shots - Health News
No Mercy For Robots: Experiment Tests How Humans Relate To Machines
January 28, 2013 To understand how social rules affect the interactions between humans and machines, scientists re-created a famous psychology experiment using robots. What they found is that if robots are nice to us, we're nice to them. If they're not, we "punish" them.
The Two-Way
Outsourced: Employee Sends Own Job To China; Surfs Web
January 16, 2013 What began as a company's suspicion that its infrastructure was being hacked turned into a case of a worker outsourcing his own job to a Chinese consulting firm, according to reports that cite an investigation by Verizon's security team. The man was earning a six-figure salary.
The Two-Way
Kickstarter Pledges Topped $320 Million In 2012; Site Names Year's Top Projects
January 9, 2013 Kickstarter, the crowd-funding site that pairs indie-minded entrepreneurs with online investors, funded more than 18,000 projects in 2012, according to its end-of-year analysis. The site says more than 2.2 million people pledged nearly $320 million, with 17 projects raising more than $1 million.
Planet Money
3-D Printing Is (Kind Of) A Big Deal
January 4, 2013 It's miraculous to see: Press a button, make anything you want. But will it transform the economy?
Planet Money
Episode 412: How To Fix The Patent Mess
October 23, 2012 On today's show, we talk with a Stanford law professor about the problems with software patents — and how to fix the system.
Planet Money
Warning To Minnesota Residents: Don't Take Stanford Profs' Free, Online Courses
October 19, 2012 A couple of Stanford professors have set up a company called Coursera to offer free classes to anybody anywhere in the world. Anywhere in the world, that is, except Minnesota.
The Two-Way
Leased Computers Spied On Users' Personal Data And Photos, FTC Finds
September 26, 2012 Rent-to-own companies installed invasive software on hundreds of thousands of computers that enabled them to spy on users, the Federal Trade Commission has ruled. The program logged keystrokes, captured personal information, and, in some cases, took webcam photos of people without their knowledge.
Planet Money
'We've Been Acquired!'
August 16, 2012 Lots of entrepreneurs are starting companies in order to sell them. A new Tumblr captures the zeitgeist.
Planet Money
Judges Call Apple, Google Lawsuits 'Ridiculous,' 'Silly,' 'Arrogant'
July 31, 2012 This week's Apple-Samsung case is just the latest battle in a global war over high-tech patents. Judges, it seems, are getting fed up.
The Salt
Just What Your Summer Beer Needed, Frozen Foam
June 27, 2012 A Japanese beer foaming machine aims to keep beer cold for up to 30 minutes without watering it down. Unfortunately, it won't be available at your next happy hour, unless you're at a selected bar in Japan.
Planet Money
'Today,' 'Tomorrow,' and Nine Other Words You Can't Search For In China
June 4, 2012 It's the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown. China's Internet censors are blocking even more than usual.
