http://archives.weru.org Audio archives of spoken word broadcasts from Community Radio WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill (weru.org) Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:14:24 +0000 en hourly 1 Copyright © WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives 2011 archives@weru.org (WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives) archives@weru.org (WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives) 1440 http://weru.org/sites/all/themes/marinelli/weru/img/WERU-podcast-small-20110628.png http://archives.weru.org 144 144 Audio archives of spoken word broadcasts from Community Radio WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, ME 99.9 Bangor (weru.org) WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives archives@weru.org no no http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-102011 http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-102011#comments Thu, 20 Oct 2011 11:30:25 +0000 Community Radio WERU FM http://archives.weru.org/?p=8158 http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-102011/feed 0 0:06:57 Producer/Host: Jim Campbell Technology can be wonderful – but not always. Today, we take a look at some not so wonderful uses of current technologies. Forewarned is forearmed. Producer/Host: Jim Campbell Technology can be wonderful – but not always. Today, we take a look at some not so wonderful uses of current technologies. Forewarned is forearmed. archives@weru.org no no http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-82610 http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-82610#comments Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:30:38 +0000 Community Radio WERU FM http://archives.weru.org/?p=6444 http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-82610/feed 0 0:07:07 Producer/Host: Jim Campbell If bad uses of technology upset you, maybe you’d better pass this edition by. But if you use an ATM machine or a cell phone or GPS, you may find some of this information not only disturbing but useful as well. And a[...] Producer/Host: Jim Campbell If bad uses of technology upset you, maybe you’d better pass this edition by. But if you use an ATM machine or a cell phone or GPS, you may find some of this information not only disturbing but useful as well. And as for the credit and debit card number skimmers that crooks have taken to using of late, check this site out for some pix. Can you tell the difference betweena skimmer and your favorite real ATM?  We can’t.  http://krebsonsecurity.com/2010/02/atm-skimmers-part-ii archives@weru.org no no http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-7810 http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-7810#comments Thu, 08 Jul 2010 11:30:03 +0000 Community Radio WERU FM http://archives.weru.org/?p=6304 http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-7810/feed 0 0:07:15 Producer/Host: Jim Campbell According to the UN, about 2500 of the world’s remaining 6900 languages are in imminent danger of becoming extinct. What is lost when a language dies? And, can computer technology possibly help to save some of those[...] Producer/Host: Jim Campbell According to the UN, about 2500 of the world’s remaining 6900 languages are in imminent danger of becoming extinct. What is lost when a language dies? And, can computer technology possibly help to save some of those languages from extinction?  Maybe. archives@weru.org no no http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-42210 http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-42210#comments Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:30:48 +0000 Community Radio WERU FM http://archives.weru.org/?p=5981 http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-42210/feed 0 0:07:52 Producer/Host: Jim Campbell Time for another quick look at some of the things going on in research labs that will probably have a real effect on our lives in the not too distant future. From machines that read minds to ways to make pacemakers safe f[...] Producer/Host: Jim Campbell Time for another quick look at some of the things going on in research labs that will probably have a real effect on our lives in the not too distant future. From machines that read minds to ways to make pacemakers safe from outside attack, researchers are busy making what formerly seemed like science fiction more science and less fiction. . archives@weru.org no no http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-22510 http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-22510#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:30:11 +0000 Community Radio WERU FM http://archives.weru.org/?p=5717 http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-22510/feed 0 0:07:07 Producer/Host: Jim Campbell Sorry to say, electronic technology can be used for bad purposes as well as good and we review a few today from electronic skimmers that capture your credit and ATM card numbers to school laptops and your cell phones that[...] Producer/Host: Jim Campbell Sorry to say, electronic technology can be used for bad purposes as well as good and we review a few today from electronic skimmers that capture your credit and ATM card numbers to school laptops and your cell phones that can be used to spy on you. For a look at some card number skimmers that have been used to help generate a billion dollars of ATM fraud, check www.krebsonsecurity.com/2010/02/atm-skimmers-part-ii archives@weru.org no no http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-62509 http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-62509#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:30:07 +0000 Community Radio WERU FM http://archives.weru.org/?p=4694 http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-62509/feed 0 0:07:37 Producer/Host: Jim Campbell Technology has played an important role in the protests about the recent election in Iran – both for good and for ill. The Internet allowed protesters to communicate after the Iranian government effectively took con[...] Producer/Host: Jim Campbell Technology has played an important role in the protests about the recent election in Iran – both for good and for ill. The Internet allowed protesters to communicate after the Iranian government effectively took control of the mass media. Deep packet inspection technology also allowed the Iranian government to monitor protesters emails and help identify those who were communicating via the Internet and what they were saying. The monitoring technology was supplied by western companies – who also supplied the same technologies to western governments, including the U.S., who are using it in much the same way the Iranian government is. Interestingly, the language we use to describe that activity is quite different depending on who is doing the monitoring. archives@weru.org no no http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-61809 http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-61809#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:30:12 +0000 Community Radio WERU FM http://archives.weru.org/?p=4672 http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-61809/feed 0 0:07:49 Producer/Host: Jim Campbell The TopCoder Open is a big deal international computing competition. It was won this year by an 18 year old Chinese lad. Out fo 4200 entrants, there were 70 finalists: 20 were from China, 10 from Russia, 2 from the U.S. A[...] Producer/Host: Jim Campbell The TopCoder Open is a big deal international computing competition. It was won this year by an 18 year old Chinese lad. Out fo 4200 entrants, there were 70 finalists: 20 were from China, 10 from Russia, 2 from the U.S. About the same time, the Carnegie Corporation of New York issued report entitled “The Opportunity Equation: Transforming Mathematics and Science Education for Citizenship and the Global Economy.” These two events might serve to give pause to those who may think the United States will automatically be the leader in technology in the future. archives@weru.org no no http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-121808 http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-121808#comments Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:30:57 +0000 Community Radio WERU FM http://archives.weru.org/?p=3800 http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-121808/feed 0 0:08:18 Producer/Host: Jim Campbell Technology is moving very fast, and promises to change important parts of our lives in the not too distant future. IBM has recently described five technologies that will change our lives within five years. Here’s a [...] Producer/Host: Jim Campbell Technology is moving very fast, and promises to change important parts of our lives in the not too distant future. IBM has recently described five technologies that will change our lives within five years. Here’s a peek at several and their implications for our daily lives – both good and perhaps not so good. archives@weru.org no no http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-111308 http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-111308#comments Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:30:50 +0000 Community Radio WERU FM http://shows.weru.org/archives/?p=1824 http://archives.weru.org/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage/notes-from-the-electronic-cottage-111308/feed 0 0:08:41 Producer/Host: Jim Campbell On this program, we’ve often looked at technologies which have the potential to impinge on the liberty and privacy of individuals. To see what a world might look like in which a combination of technologies, all of w[...] Producer/Host: Jim Campbell On this program, we’ve often looked at technologies which have the potential to impinge on the liberty and privacy of individuals. To see what a world might look like in which a combination of technologies, all of which are available today, are deployed by the state – in the name of combating terrorism, of course – check out “The Last Enemy,” a program set in the London of the very near future. It depicts what it might be like to live in such a world in a way no science report ever could. archives@weru.org no no