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Tech Podcast: New study on Tetris and trauma
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Can playing a visual video game like Tetris help ease the effects of trauma? Some researchers at the University of Oxford are trying to answer that question. You’ll hear from them in this week’s technology podcast.Download this episode (19:55)
Podcast: Monthly Tech Roundup 2.0
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In our monthly tech round-up, we talk about the latest developments in professor Sugata Mitra’s Hole in the Wall project (pictured). Find out what happens when you let kids in a Delhi slum figure out a computer all by themselves. We also talk about Facebook’s half-a-billion users, and about how you use technology to make sense of information during times of crisis. (Screengrab from the Hole in the Wall website)
Online mapping helps Haiti relief efforts
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When the earthquake struck Haiti last week, aid workers and geographers alike realized that there were no good maps of the country. A group of volunteers quickly sprang into action. Open Street Maps has been putting together a real-time view of what Haiti looks like on the ground. Aid organizations and rescue teams are actively using their maps to direct and coordinate relief efforts. The World’s Clark Boyd reports. Download MP3
Tech Podcast: Tech aids Haiti relief efforts
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This week, we look at two major stories. The first is the relief effort in Haiti, which was hit by a devastating earthquake earlier this week. We examine the importance of getting telecommunications back up and running, both for aid groups and for locals. Also, we talk about how US aid groups are turning to text messaging to raise funds. Our other big story is Google’s announcement that it may pull out of China completely.
Telecommunications critical in Haiti relief effort
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“Telecommunications isn’t a luxury in emergency response. It’s core to the mission,” says Paul Margie (not pictured), US representative for the group Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF). TSF volunteers are currently on the ground in Haiti, trying to set up internet and phone access for humanitarian workers, and for locals. The World’s technology correspondent Clark Boyd speaks with anchor Jeb Sharp. Download MP3 (Photo courtesy of TSF) Tech Podcast: M-PESA, Y2K10, and Call of Duty
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And…we’re back, ready for a whole new year of fun and frolics on the Tech Podcast. The centerpiece for this episode is a conversation with Tavneet Suri of MIT’s Sloan School of Management. Suri, a Kenyan herself, has been studying the impact of the mobile money transfer system called M-PESA on her native country. We’ve also got two items on tech and Iran, some news about a Y2K10 bug in Germany, and some Russians who are riled about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II.
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