Episode number 66 - March 3rd 2022 - Taxes in the Metaverse, health by voice, shipping without checking out, and robots everywhere

This week's guest: Afua Fernandance from Special Collections

This week's stories:

Taxes are a part of life:

https://arstechnica.com/.../even-in-the-metaverse-you.../...

https://nwn.blogs.com/.../second-life-sales-tax-linden...

No button to push, just ask Alexa for your doctor:

https://www.theverge.com/.../amazon-alexa-telehealth...

Just walk out of the store:

https://www.theverge.com/.../amazon-whole-foods-just-walk...

Robots take over a town in England:

https://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/.../time-lapse-video-shows...

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2M3VXCR

Episode number 65 - February 24th 2022 - Artificial Voices, what laws should apply in the Metaverse, Instagram wants more time, birds in charge

This week's guest: Kim Butler Human Resources

Today we have the voice story that was so fun:

https://www.theverge.com/.../ai-voice-speech-synthesis...

When you interact in the Metaverse which laws apply?

https://arstechnica.com/.../metaverse-vs-employment.../...

Instagram changes how much time you use the app:

https://www.engadget.com/instagram-minimum-daily-time...

And the birds are in charge:

https://gizmodo.com/the-birds-outsmarted-us-magpies-help...

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2M3VXCR

This month on Creation Station Monthly we feature two photographers to talk about what makes them creative.

Guests on this episode:

Giovanni DeTorres: https://detorresmfg.com

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2M3VXCR

Episode number 64 - Feburary 17th 2022 - Robotic muscle fish, last chance to see, and what happens when they shut off your eyes

This week's guest: Jill Sears Library Division Assistant Director

Today we get stories about swimming robots with a heart:

https://arstechnica.com/.../the-beating-heart-of-a.../...

https://www.npr.org/.../watch-these-robotic-fish-swim-to...

A chance to find creatures that have not been seen in decades or centuries:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/.../most-wanted-lost-species/

And what happens when a company turns off your eyes?

https://spectrum.ieee.org/bionic-eye-obsolete

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2M3VXCR

Episode number 63 - February 10th 2022 - Fixing spines so people can walk, Parkinson's research, the right to be forgotten, not a right to hide

This week's guest: Jo Gilch from Library IT

On today's show we have a couple of uplifting medical technology stories:

Rebuilding spines:

https://arstechnica.com/.../new-spinal-implant-gets.../

A placebo effect for Parkinsons Disease:

https://www.npr.org/.../a-brain-circuit-tied-to-emotion...

And the difference between the right to be forgotten and wanting to hide the truth:

https://restofworld.org/.../documents-reputation.../

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2M3VXCR

Episode number 62 - February 3rd 2022 - Robot Lawnmowers, Books that help you be a better digital citizen, and 1 sleep or 2

This week's guest: Joe Nargi from Business Services

Today we get to talk about Robot Lawnmowers:

https://techcrunch.com/.../electric-sheep-raises-21.../...

Books to help you be a better digital citizen for both kids and adults:

https://bookriot.com/books-about-digital-citizenship/

And sleep. Do you do one sleep or two?

https://www.theatlantic.com/.../medieval-sleeping.../621372/

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2M3VXCR

Episode number 61 - January 27th 2022 - Webb arrives in style, Tonga needs internet badly, and DNA testing can solve medical mysteries

This week's guest: Elissa Pfeffer from LL

Today we get to celebrate how Webb arrived:

https://www.space.com/james-webb-arrival-lagrange-parking...

An interview with someone deeply involved in just how much could have gone wrong:

https://arstechnica.com/.../whats-left-for-the-webb.../

Amateurs' captured it settling into the final orbit:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/photo-james-webb-home

Also NASA revamped the Where Is Webb site to include very fun 3D mapping of the solar system:

https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/whereIsWebb.html

PLUS there is other news at well from Tonga:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/60109275

And finally stories of tracking down ancestors can save your life.

https://www.cnbc.com/.../how-one-of-googles-earliest...

https://www.theatlantic.com/.../brain-bleed.../621336/

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2M3VXCR

This month on Creation Station Monthly we feature two podcasters to talk about what makes them creative.

Guests on this episode:

Robb Dunnewood: https://thetechjawn.com The Tech Jawn

Michael Graves: https://mgraves.org Graves on SOHO 

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2M3VXCR

Episode number 60 - January 20th 2022 - 5G is coming, or not, Virtual Reality IS reality, and can you really be friends with an octopus

This week's guest: Melody Chait from WE

Today we will talk about the 5G rollout that will or will not affect your airplane:

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-60036831

But that already happened in Europe:

https://www.cnn.com/.../5g-aviation-safety-europe/index.html

Virtual Reality IS Reality:

https://www.theguardian.com/.../virtual-reality-is...

And can you be friends with an octopus?

https://hakaimagazine.com/.../can-we-really-be-friends.../

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2M3VXCR

This is a short highlight reel of some of our guests on Season One of Creation Station Monthly.