SciFri Radio: Computers

SciFri Radio: Listening In On The Brain To Decode Speech
A study in PLoS Biology details how researchers decoded the brain’s electrical activity to reconstruct speech.

SciFri Radio: Drone Technology Reaches New Heights
Experts discuss the military and commercial applications of increasingly sophisticated drones.

SciFri Radio: A Mobile Wallet: Cash, Credit, Or... Cell Phone?
Google already offers a way to buy lunch with a phone; cell providers and banks aren’t far behind.

SciFri Radio: How Large Ships Use Navigation Systems
Can electronic navigation systems prevent shipwrecks?

SciFri Radio: Making A Computer From Bubbles
By directing bubbles through etched pathways, bubbles can act as bits and be used to solve computations.

SciFri Radio: ‘Steve Jobs’: Profiling An Ingenious Perfectionist
Walter Isaacson discusses ‘Steve Jobs,’ the biography he wrote at the Apple leader’s request.

SciFri Radio: A Virtual Arm That Talks With The Brain
A virtual arm tested in monkeys is a step toward artificial limbs that communicate with the brain.

SciFri Radio: Remembering Steve Jobs
Author Steven Levy remembers the life and contributions of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.

SciFri Radio: How Google Grew Into An Online Goliath
A new book by Steven Levy considers the way Google’s founders think, and how they steer the company.

SciFri Radio: Technology Aids Free Speech--And Its Suppression
Cellphones and the Internet have democratized free speech, but what if governments shut off service?

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SciFri Videos: Computers

Video: Virtual Worlds
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Video: Road Watchers
New Jersey's main arteries are two of the most congested roads in the country--we stop in at the state's brand new Traffic Management and...

Video: In Voting Software We Trust?
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Video: Clone This Smile
Like a digital video puppet, the facial expressions of one person can be cloned in real time and mapped onto the digital face of another person....

Video: Robots Battle In Engineering Competition
The FIRST Robotics competition is the brainchild of Dean Kamen -- inventor of several medical devices and the Segway. This science and engineering...

Video: Ahoy, RoboSailor
The Navy brought more than ships and sailors to New York for Fleet Week this year. Meet Octavia -- the Navy's humanoid robot. Greg Trafton, section...

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