WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Audio archives of spoken word broadcasts from Community Radio WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill (weru.org)
A weekly feature on electronic technology as it affects everyday life with Jim Campbell. Broadcast on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, ME every Thursday at 7:30 AM.
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Spring car buying season is just around the corner. But just what are you buying when you purchase a new car? For one thing, you are getting a lot of computing power, and that makes cars a lot more reliable, more fun, and maybe, more dangerous. Here’s why.
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
The illusion that the Internet is a free space outside of government control has been laid to rest by the actions of governments in the Middle East and North Africa in recent days. And maybe by the actions of our own government
as well. See what you think.
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
The recent shutdown of the Internet in Egypt as a way to try to quell demonstrations there has caused some observers to jump in and say that such a thing couldn’t happen here. But it could. Here’s why.
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
We’ve heard a lot about the Internet lately with the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt. What we haven’t heard so much about are questions about personal information security right here at home. Today we take a brief look at both in this first installment on Internet Security.
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Today, let’s catch up on some recent developments in labs and elsewhere that will be affecting our lives sooner or later ranging from storing information in bacteria to letting government agents have access to our reading habits for no particular reason.
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Here’s another from the 2010 Electronic Cottage vault posing as a “Best of” selection. See what you think.
Perhaps your parents told you television would rot your brain. What about the Internet – does it really affect our brains? Some researchers think so but whether that is a good thing or a bad one is up to each of us to decide for ourselves. Give a listen.
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
What no Best of the Electronic cottage 2010 list form major news organizations? Well, we’ll just have to make our own then. In this episode from June 2010, we review the current accuracy of GPS devices, what’s on the horizon, and what new degrees of accuracy might mean in everyday life.
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Well, it’s a new year and so we are awash in technology predictions. What are in short supply however, are predictions about how all this new technology is going to affect our everyday lives and those of our children. With that in mind, here are a few predictions from the Electronic Cottage.