SciFri Radio: Communications

SciFri Radio: Arpanet Anniversary
Forty years ago this week, the first information was transmitted across the ARPANET -- a computer network that would one day evolve into the Internet.

SciFri Radio: Who's Doing What Online?
A new report looks at use of social media and online communities among US computer users.

SciFri Radio: Who Owns Your Digital Data?
From the E-book on your reader to the mp3s on your iPod to your musings on Facebook and Twitter - who owns the bits of data that make up your...

SciFri Radio: Cell Phone Microscope
Researchers describe an portable fluorescent microscope they've built using a cell phone and inexpensive parts.

SciFri Radio: Building Functional Fibers
Researchers have been able to build a fabric-based camera out of a mesh of light-sensitive fibers. We'll talk about the wok and efforts to use...

SciFri Radio: Happy Birthday, SETI@Home
For ten years, people have been donating processing time on their personal computers to sift the cosmic radio spectrum for signals from...

SciFri Radio: What's Next In Web Searching
Developers are set to unveil WolframAlpha, a new type of search engine - and Google is responding with new tricks of its own. We'll look at what's...

SciFri Radio: Checking In With the Mars Rovers
Mission managers are investigating unexplained reboots and 'amnesia events' on board the Mars rover Spirit. We'll get an update on the rovers' status.

SciFri Radio: Turing Award Winner Barbara Liskov
Ira talks with Barbara Liskov, the winner of this year's Turing Award, what's been called the Nobel Prize of computing research.

SciFri Radio: Future of Animation
Recent films such as Coraline have wowed audiences with their visual effects. We'll talk with movie industry experts about the science and...

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Newsbrief: Better Medicine Through Cell Phones
Answer that call—your ultrasound results are on the line.