Filk Music: Odd Voices for a Digital Generation October 20, 2005 Filk is a little-known genre of folk music composed and performed by science-fiction fans, usually revolving around sci-fi and fantasy themes. "Filkers" share a lively online culture -- and in the real world, some entertaining and slightly bizarre get-togethers. Filk Music: Odd Voices for a Digital Generation Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4967052/4967063" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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U.N. Control of the Internet and Open Information October 14, 2005 There are international efforts to move central control of the Internet from the United States to a United Nations group. Day to Day technology contributor Xeni Jardin reports that some critics of the proposed move question whether it would give too much control to countries that don't embrace the idea of open information. U.N. Control of the Internet and Open Information Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4958840/4958841" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Writers Sue Google over Book Search September 21, 2005 Google.com, the top Internet search engine, has a new legal battle on its hands -- this one from angry writers. Noah Adams talks with Day to Day technology contributor Xeni Jardin about a lawsuit that claims that Google's effort to make books searchable and findable on the Internet violates copyright law. Writers Sue Google over Book Search Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4857600/4857601" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Focused Sound 'Laser' for Crowd Control September 21, 2005 Several police departments across America are planning to try a new device that uses focused sound, turned way up. These so-called non-lethal acoustic devices are already in use by U.S. forces in Iraq -- and some are already in place in areas hit by Hurricane Katrina. Focused Sound 'Laser' for Crowd Control Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4857417/4857420" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Techies Find Solutions to Gulf Coast's Telecom Woes September 6, 2005 Hurricane Katrina devastated communications systems throughout the Gulf Coast -- everything from land lines to cell phones to Internet access. Now tech industry volunteers are helping the government fix the problem. Day to Day technology contributor Xeni Jardin reports. Techies Find Solutions to Gulf Coast's Telecom Woes Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4834612/4834613" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Virtual Reality Therapy for Combat Stress August 19, 2005 Using components from a popular video game, researchers have created a "virtual" world that simulates the sources of combat stress for use in therapy sessions to treat Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Virtual Reality Therapy for Combat Stress Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4806921/4806953" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Google to Snub CNET Reporters for CEO Disclosure August 10, 2005 Madeleine Brand speaks with Day to Day technology correspondent Xeni Jardin about a budding dispute between the CNET tech news site and search engine giant Google. CNET published personal information about Google's CEO in a recent article, and Google responded by declaring it wouldn't speak to CNET reporters for a year. Google to Snub CNET Reporters for CEO Disclosure Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4794016/4794017" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Cyberfashion: Technology You Can Wear August 5, 2005 Visionary designers and technology experts put their heads together at the recent annual SIGGRAPH convention to showcase cutting-edge fashions that are part fanciful, part practical, part science fiction. Cyberfashion: Technology You Can Wear Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4787070/4787091" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Simnuke: Having a Blast in the Nevada Desert July 18, 2005 Activists and techno-geeks gather to commemorate the world's first nuclear explosion -- and have a party. Organizers of Simnuke set off their own, much smaller blast, as a reminder of the destructive power of atomic bombs. Simnuke: Having a Blast in the Nevada Desert Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4758517/4758544" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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A Digital Film Studio on Prime S.F. Real Estate June 28, 2005 Our own Day to Day technology contributor reports on Star Wars director George Lucas' new home for creating films, the Letterman Digital Arts Center in San Francisco -- a "campus" of virtual studios at the base of the Golden Gate Bridge. A Digital Film Studio on Prime S.F. Real Estate Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4721540/4721549" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Ruling Exposes Web File-Sharing to Lawsuits June 27, 2005 Madeleine Brand talks with Day to Day technology correspondent Xeni Jardin about the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling, handed down Monday, directly affecting the Internet file-sharing program called Grokster. The court ruled that entertainment companies could sue businesses that make programs which facilitate file sharing. Ruling Exposes Web File-Sharing to Lawsuits Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4720119/4720120" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Actors' Union Rejects Video Voiceover Contract June 23, 2005 The Screen Actors' Guild has rejected a work agreement with the video game industry -- but its sister union, AFTRA, accepted. Alex Chadwick talks with Day to Day technology correspondent Xeni Jardin about the contentious relationships between both actors' unions and game publishers, and the debate over whether voice actors are entitled to a share of electronic game profits. Actors' Union Rejects Video Voiceover Contract Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4715737/4715738" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Talk Freely Behind the Fortress of Babble June 14, 2005 Want to have a private chat in public? Our Day to Day technology correspondent reports on a new technology that can protect conversations in a small, otherwise open space from eavesdroppers -- get the buzz on Babble. Talk Freely Behind the Fortress of Babble Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4702851/4702852" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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The Next Step for the 'Big Three' Game Platforms May 26, 2005 Console video game heavyweights Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo have all announced their own next-generation game systems. Each system moves beyond eye-popping graphics to focus on creating a larger media experience for gamers -- and in the case of the Microsoft Xbox, becoming a central home entertainment platform. The Next Step for the 'Big Three' Game Platforms Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4667966/4667967" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Video Gaming Goes Hollywood May 20, 2005 Day to Day technology contributor Xeni Jardin visits the annual E3 video game convention in Los Angeles, and reports on how movies are having greater and greater influence over the video game industry. Video Gaming Goes Hollywood Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4660315/4660316" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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