SciFri Radio: Computers

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: Voting Machine Update
A computer scientist discusses the “hack-ability” of voting machines and election security.

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: 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...

SciFri Radio: An Etch-A-Sketch for Nanotech?
New research published this week may point to an easier way to create nanoscale electronic devices.

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Video: Virtual Worlds
While Ira was on the air chatting about virtual worlds, his avatar made a visit to Second Life to meet listeners. More than 100 avatars turned out...

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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...

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Video: In Voting Software We Trust?
America is transitioning from mechanical voting machines to electronic voting machines. The key to an electronic voting machine is its...


SciFri Newsbriefs: Computers

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

Featured Video: CreatureCast: Why Cells Cooperate
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