Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share Digital Planet
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
Digital Planet
By BBC World ServiceTechnology
Digital Planet episodes
- Chandrayaan-2: India’s moon landing
The Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO, succeeded this week in getting its latest lunar lander into earth orbit. A new mobile money platform mGurush launches in South Sudan. In London young developers compete for a prestigious award, and in New Zealand a simple app offers security for lonely situations.
(Photo: Indian Space Research Organisation orbiter vehicle Chandrayaan-2 launch. Credit: ISRO HANDOUT © European Photopress Agency)
Producer: Alex Mansfield
37 min - Chinese surveillance app analysed by researchers
Travellers to China through Kyrgyzstan are being forced to install a surveillance app on their phones. Professor Thorsten Holt is on the programme to explain, with the help of investigative journalists, how he has hacked into and analysed this surveillance app. He says the app compiles a report on your phone contacts, text messages and even your social media accounts, as well as searching for over 73,000 specific files.
Atmospheric Memory
A breath-taking new art environment where you can see, hear and even touch sound, has opened in Manchester. The exhibit is inspired by Charles Babbage, a pioneer of computing technology from 180 years ago. He once proposed that if all spoken words remain recorded in the air, a powerful computer could potentially ‘rewind’ the movement of all air molecules. So how has the ground-breaking ideas of Charles Babbage influenced art and technology today?.Robotic Endoscopy
Endoscopies are medical procedures that involve threading a camera through the body to see inside. Anyone who has had one will know how uncomfortable they can be. But, they are also challenging for the doctor - taking on average 100 to 250 procedures to be able to perform well. Reporter Madeleine Finlay met Dr Joe Norton, who is part of an international team developing an intelligent robotic system that could make it a lot less painful for both the patient and clinician.Game Designing: Mentoring the Next Generation
Mathew Applegate works with over 300 young people in Suffolk on game design, and has just won the BAFTA Young Game Designers Mentor Award. Having been a hacker and spent time working for the government, Mathew then set up his Creative Computing Club in 2012, which delivers courses on game design, robotics, AI, VR and much more. He spoke to us on why he believes game design is so beneficial for the young people of Suffolk.(Photo caption: “Analysing the App’s binary software code” credit: © Mareen Meyer )
Producer: Ania Lichtarowicz
Producer: Ania Lichtarowicz
41 min - Tax on connectivity in Africa
Tax on Connectivity
Taxes on internet and mobile access are on the rise across Africa, according to the Alliance for Affordable Internet. After a daily levy was introduced on social media services in Uganda for example, internet subscriptions fell by 2.5 million. Eleanor Sarpong, Deputy Director at the Alliance for Affordable Internet explains how it’s the poorest and women who are being hardest hit.Kibera Stories
Brian Otieno has been using photography to redefine his hometown’s visual narrative, looking beyond the poverty, crime and hardship of Kibera on the outskirts of Narirobi. One day, Brian was scrolling through pictures of his area on his phone and all he saw was deep poverty, whereas he would look around Kibera and see beautiful scenery and aimed to do photography that would “leave a lasting impression on people’s minds”.Green Monkeys
Scientists have found that green monkeys in Senegal make the same alarm calls when they see drones as another population of green monkeys across the continent make to eagles – seeing them as a flying threat. Professor Julia Fischer from the German Primate Centre in Gottingen led the study. She says that technology is making some primates behave differently – for instance hiding until drones disappear.How fit if your fitbit?
Zoe Klienman has been to Loughborough University to find out how fit our fittech actually is.(Picture: Tax sign. Credit: Getty Images)
Producer: Ania Lichtarowicz
42 min
About Digital Planet
From the publisher's feed
Technological and digital news from around the world.
More shows like Digital Planet
Global News Podcast
7,624 Listeners
Economist Podcasts
4,115 Listeners
Business Daily
519 Listeners
Newshour
1,044 Listeners
In Our Time
5,482 Listeners
The Documentary Podcast
1,796 Listeners
6 Minute English
1,813 Listeners
Learning English Conversations
1,034 Listeners
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
2,111 Listeners
The Infinite Monkey Cage
1,906 Listeners
Tech Life
57 Listeners
Unexpected Elements
361 Listeners
Health Report
132 Listeners
The Daily
111,766 Listeners
13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble
4,169 Listeners
You're Dead to Me
3,224 Listeners
The Great Post Office Trial
37 Listeners