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Notes from the Electronic Cottage 8/31/17

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell

Voice controlled tech is becoming more and more a part of many people’s daily lives. Those voice controlled Internet of Things devices are really convenient – whether smart phones or baby monitors or personal assistants like Siri or Google Now or Amazon Echo. But what happens when devices are controlled not by the owner’s voice but by sounds that the owner can’t hear. Some researchers decided to find out – and they did. Here’s the story.

Notes from the Electronic Cottage 4/22/10

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.

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Doing Business 2/04/10

Producer/Host: Jane Haskell, University of Maine Cooperative Extension

Studio Engineer: Amy Browne

Topic: How Do I Really Do Market Research?

What are some of the issues people need to think about as they consider marketing their business?
How do these issues roll into the basic concept of what marketing is?
How do people take the concept of marketing to become an action?  Or is there basic strategy that applies to just about every business – small, very small or even medium sized?

Guests:

Stephen Fadel, Business Reference Librarian,  University of Maine, 5729 Fogler Library, Orono ME  04469-5729  207-581-3610; Stephen.fadel@umit.maine.eduhttp://www.library.umaine.edu/staff/fadel.htm

Christy Hemenway, owner, Gold Star Honeybees, PO Box 1061, Bath ME  04530; 207-449-1121   Christy@goldstarhoneybees.com; http://www.goldstarhoneybees.com

Janyce Boynton , owner, Sojourn Quilts, 208 Maple ST, Apt 2, Bangor ME  04401; 207-990-1571sojournquilts@myfairpoint.net; http://www.sojournquilts.etsy.com

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BabyTalk 8/21/08

Producer/Host: Cathy Jacobs

Topic: Babies Matter

What are A.C.E.’s (Adverse Childhood Experiences)?  How can all of us help babies have a positive start in life?  What are some new findings in research about the early years?

Guests:  Dr. Burtt Richardson, retired pediatrician;  Gladys Richardson, child advocate

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