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Download 17 Jun 2013 — Caught in the panoramic prism
You might think you can take panoramic shots on your phone, but you ain't seen nothing yet... until you meet Prague's 360 Cities, that is. And: how do you feel being caught in an American spy prism?
Spectrum
Deutsche Welle | Podcast, ±29 min episodes every 6 days
From advances that will change our lives to offbeat oddities, Spectrum keeps you abreast of developments in the realm of European science and technology news.
10 Jun 2013 — Notes on sound
On a serious note, we look at moves to block pornography on the Net and track people who source images of child sex abuse. Then, on a lighter note, we get into the SoundPrism app, and hear from electro quartet Ghost Capsules on music tech.
3 Jun 2013 — Come Techether
Find out about the international science facility that will bring Israel and Iran together - if only it gets built. Then, the ethics of testing new drugs on people in poor countries. And Yahoo's woes: 'I've got Google, so what more do I want?'
27 May 2013 — High frequency treatments
Waking up dormant HIV cells 30 years after the virus was detected… The low cost rotavirus vaccine that could save lives and start a homegrown pharma industry in India... And HFT… HF-what? Okay, then… high frequency trading and social media.
20 May 2013 — A digital demonstration
What do we want? The right to return unwanted apps! When do we want it... as soon as we can download it! Plus: new disorders and the new "psychiatrists' Bible," cloned cells, e-cigarettes and life online in Russia.
13 May 2013 — Mad for mobile music apps
This week we're not so much "deep and dirty" in the worlds of science and technology as we are lounging it in a miasma of repetitive beats and bleeps. This is a special of edition of Spectrum on how mobile music apps are changing the way we make tunes.
6 May 2013 — Lighting up knockout mice
Visit the Czech lab where scientists are lighting up "knockout" mice in the name of gene research. Find out why "tweet now, think later" can land you in prison. And sit back and enjoy the science of coffee in Italy.
22 Apr 2013 — How to buy tweets and influence people
So we've all downloaded Twitter's #music app... or not... but did you spot the paid for tweets? Were they paid for? Also, get tips on how to cross the digital divide. And Google taps white space in South Africa to expand Internet coverage.
15 Apr 2013 — Games, games, glorious… HTML5?
As we enter the new age of HTML5, why are some games developers turning away from the language of the Web? Where are Europe's tech micro-multinationals? And get inside your digital memory.
8 Apr 2013 — Virtual currency bubble
Even in beta, the virtual currency Bitcoin is stuck in an experimental bubble, but its supporters still say it's the currency of the future. Also, a new bird flu in China, kickstarting the EU's tech startup culture, and the landmine detector that harnesses the wind.
1 Apr 2013 — Fair play technology
We've got goal line technology, the European Space Agency's Drones App... and we get into digital and analog music - learn how to build a DIY synth and hear from legendary inventor and WaveGenerator app maker, Wolfgang Palm.
25 Mar 2013 — Fight for your right to IT
Kapil Sibal, the Indian minister of communications and IT tells us why it's impossible to govern the Internet, while his and other governments try to do just that. Also, why placebos don't work. And... the Raspberry Pi hits British schools.
18 Mar 2013 — Cool yer boots
We cool computers with a special non-conductive liquid and dunk a cell phone or two. We keep track of research cash from international firms. And we get the lowdown on the fat burning properties of Viagra.
11 Mar 2013 — Need a taxi - get the app!
Europe's bid to develop science and technology infrastructure in Africa. A taxi apps arms race is brewing. And if you think Australia's safe from soaring rates of vitamin D deficiency, you'd be wrong.
4 Mar 2013 — Make drugs, not war
In this special edition of Spectrum, we get deep and dirty with Europe's multi billion euro drive to resuscitate the drugs industry - to keep research going into new drugs and new therapies – with a major push towards collaborative projects into basic science between the public sector and the pharmaceuticals industry in the private sector.
25 Feb 2013 — Sci-Tech in deep water
Find out how to help autistic kids improve social interaction skills with virtual objects and a boy called Andy. European data protection agencies take aim at Google... again. And sharks beware, there are scientists about!
18 Feb 2013 — Be alert and be alarmed!
As the number of cases of a new - potentially fatal - coronavirus increase, the World Health Organization wants us to be alert to "unusual patterns." Also, meet the people who say Germany's Open Data portal is more like a closed shop.
11 Feb 2013 — It's an ethical, bionic, pulsating hunk
Try squaring ethical hacking, cyber security and the law...then shake hands with the one million dollar bionic man, and engage with pulsating, woven, vascular implants in Latvia.
4 Feb 2013 — Brussels goes bling, bling!
Science research is all about the billions in Brussels - a billion here, a billion there. But will member states pay up to make the Horizon 2020 fund 80 billion strong? Find out about future TV, and why your penis (if you have one) is like a canary in a coal mine.
28 Jan 2013 — Bendable future
We've got bendable phones, a little known revolutionary material called graphene, Mozilla's mobile OS, Spanish tech innovators Geeksphone… and a forensic pathologist wielding a drill.