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NOVA

Watch Onlne: Trapped In An Elevator


WATCH
Elevators have transformed our cities and our lives, but how safe are they?
99.5 Host Notes

Popcorn With That Beethoven?


By Brian McCreath
Orchestras at the multiplex:  a mixed bag.
99.5 Host Notes

The Artistry of Innovation


By Brian McCreath
Creativity and technology, on the stage and beyond.
Nova

The Smartest Night On TV


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Catch Nova on its new night and time with a triple-header: How Smart Are Animals? What's going on in the brains of non-human animals?  Making Stuff Smarter: Smart materials that can respond, change, and even learn. The Smartest Machine On Earth: Will scientists build a computer that rivals the flexibility and power of a human brain?

Wednesday, February 9, at 8pm on WGBH 2
Technology

At MIT, The Jeopardy Machine Is Personal


NOVA: THE SMARTEST MACHINE ON EARTH
By Andrea Smardon
Wednesday night is the much-anticipated final round of the quiz show Jeopardy, in which Watson, a computer, competes against the two greatest champions in the show's history.  The contest has generated a special kind of excitement at MIT.
POSTCARD FROM CAMBRIDGE

Boston: There's An App For That


POSTCARD FROM JAMAICA PLAIN
By Jess Bidgood
A growing number of individuals are dreaming up new possibilities for Boston’s civic data – basic streams of information on topics ranging from real-time bus data to sidewalks. They gathered for a low-key afternoon of brainstorming in Cambridge.
Digital Life

Data-Sharing Websites May Facilitate Identity Theft


By Toni Waterman
A South Boston woman is struggling with identity theft — and it may not have been difficult for the theives to get her information. A crop of websites are aggregating personal information and showing it to anyone who wants to see, for free.
Technology

Mass. Companies Get $27 M To Develop Clean Cars


By Sarah Birnbaum
Massachusetts companies will receive about $27 million dollars from the federal government to help improve fuel efficiency technologies for next generation cars.
Remembrances

Remembering Steven Paul Jobs


WATCH THE WGBH STEVE JOBS 1990 INTERVIEW
By Bob Seay
We have a special remembrance of Apple's Steve Jobs in a superb WGBH interview from 1990. It's from a series called The Machine That Changed The World. In it, Jobs talks about how that revolutionary device, the Macintosh personal computer, came to be and the particular gifts of the people who made it a reality.
INNOVATION

MIT Helps Build the Silicon Valley of Russia

By Phillip Martin
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is about to sign a historic agreement to help establish a major university in Russia—that will anchor a planned $6.6 billion town of technology, innovation and business success. SKOLKOVO INSTITUTE: A TIMELINE
MIT, FOUNDATION ANNOUNCE COLLABORATION
TECHNOLOGY

Experts Warn Against Digital 'Babysitters'


THE EMILY ROONEY SHOW: CHILDREN IN A TOUCH-SCREEN WORLD
GREATER BOSTON: MANDATORY IPADS IN THE CLASSROOM
By WGBH News
Touch-screen devices and tablets can be educational for children, experts said — but parents have to be in charge.
INNOVATION

Xconomy Report For Oct. 21, 2011

A Boston-area tech company is creating the software for what could be the nation’s first wireless collision avoidance system for cars.
INNOVATION

MIT Signs Historic Deal With New Russian Technology Hub


MIT HELPS BUILD THE 'SILICON VALLEY' OF RUSSIA
By Phillip Martin
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is teaming with a Russian government–sponsored foundation to build a world-class graduate school of technology, known as SkTech, just outside Moscow.
INNOVATION

Inventing The Future: Learning From The Epic Fail


WGBH RADIO: INNOVATION HUB
By WGBH News
Many successful startups — including Rovio, creator of "Angry Birds" — had to experience a lot of failure first.
ISSUES & IDEAS

Today At WGBH: TEDx New England


By WGBH News
Watch at your computer on November 1 as thinkers discuss innovations and ideas worth acting on at the WGBH studios.
INNOVATION

Xconomy Report For Oct. 28, 2011

Biogen Idec, the world's largest maker of injectable treatments for multiple sclerosis, has met its goals in a second clinical trial of the company's first pill for the disease.
Xconomy

Xconomy Report For Nov. 4, 2011

By Xconomy.com
On Monday, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook is recruiting at Harvard and MIT to tap into Boston's hot startup market — epitomized by fast-growing upstarts such as HubSpot, Gemvara, Kayak, TripAdvisor and Wayfair.
Technology

Facebook Founder's 'Fans' Flock To See Him IRL


INNOVATION HUB: ZUCKERBERG RETURNS
By Cristina Quinn and WGBH News
Harvard students and the media crowded around to hear Mark Zuckerberg explain his plans for Facebook — which do not involve opening a Boston office any time soon. UPDATE: Listen to his speech to students.
Energy

Energy In The Ether?


By Bob Seay
Wireless electricity offers the promise of a life free from the worry of losing one's phone charger — or maybe even losing power after a storm.
Xconomy

Xconomy Report For Nov. 11, 2011


By Xconomy.com
If XL Hybrids' new venture succeeds, anyone could turn their gas-guzzling clunker into a hybrid electric car.
WHERE WE LIVE

Worcester Plans A New Economy


WHERE WE LIVE: COMPLETE SERIES
By Sarah Birnbaum
The amenities that have attracted biotech execs to Worcester are no accident: Starting 30 years ago, the city has been working to attract new industries. But will it be enough?
Fitness & Nutrition

A Picture That's Worth 1,000 Calories


READ THE PLATEMATE PROPOSAL (PDF)
By Jordan Weinstein
Two former Harvard University engineering students have developed a smartphone app they say could make dieting and weight loss as simple as taking a picture.
INNOVATION

Xconomy Report For Nov. 18, 2011


By Xconomy.com
Will the new Harvard Innovation Lab, opening today, keep the next Zuck or Gates in Boston? That's the $20 million question.
INNOVATION

Xconomy Report For Nov. 25, 2011


By Xconomy.com
AOL co-founder Steve Case has invested in a Boston startup that's created a smartphone app popular among runners.
Technology

Real Questions About Robot Answers


By Cristina Quinn
As we become more and more dependent on technology, and companies create ever-better facsimiles of human conversation, it might be worth asking: Is this really what we want?
Xconomy

Xconomy Report: Treatment For Parkinson's


By Xconomy.com
In this week's top life sciences and innovation news, Michael J. Fox's charity has given a local startup funding to improve Parkinson's treatment.
Xconomy

Xconomy Report: Protecting Online Privacy


By Xconomy.com
When you go online, do you know which eyes are watching you? Boston startup Abine is trying to give consumers more control over their personal information.
Xconomy

Xconomy Report: Fight Fat With Fat


By Xconomy.com
A new Boston firm has raised $34 million to develop drugs that tap into a new understanding of brown fat, a tissue that could help people burn off the more-familiar white fat.
Technology

Happy Holidays From WGBH


By WGBH News
At WGBH, even the editing boards get into the holiday spirit....
Education

X Marks The Spot For MIT Online Ed


By Jordan Weinstein
The new MITx online learning platform will offer students interactive labs, discussions and the opportunity to earn MIT credentials, provost Rafael Reif said.
Technology

Texting While Walking Draws Safety Concerns — And An App


BOSTON: THERE'S AN APP FOR THAT
By Cristina Quinn
They’re everywhere: stumbling on sidewalks, ambling across busy streets, even falling into fountains — the cell phone zombies. But, inevitably, there's an app to help them.
Xconomy

Xconomy Report: This Is Boston, Not Seattle... Right?


By Xconomy.com
It’s beginning to look a lot like the West Coast around here as Amazon reportedly considers opening an office in Cambridge.
Innovation Hub

Encore: Innovations In Urban And Digital Learning


By Kara Miller
On this encore edition of Innovation Hub, we look at new ideas in urban education and explore the expanding horizons of educational video games.
Xconomy

Xconomy Report: More For Less In 2011


By Xconomy.com
Fewer deals, more money. That’s the takeaway from a new report on U.S. venture capital exits from 2011. Among the Boston companies that went public in that time: Zipcar, TripAdvisor and Carbonite.
Xconomy

Xconomy Report: How Green Was My Startup


By Xconomy.com
A new genomics technology company in Cambridge hopes to examine the genetic makeup of plants, animals and other organisms to find hot new drugs.
Technology

Asking An #Alternative Wikipedia


By WGBH News
With Wikipedia dark for the day as a political protest, NPR, the Washington Post and the Guardian are teaming up to answer questions tweeted with the hashtag #altwiki. What are people asking?
World Health

Diagnosing Disease On A 'Postage Stamp'


By Cristina Quinn
Paper is everywhere — in your coffeemaker, on your desk, in the recycling bin. But what if it could save lives? One Cambridge company thinks a slip of paper holds the answer to diagnosing illness cheaply, anywhere.
Technology

On The Day The Internet Went Dark


WGBH NEWS: WHAT THEY ASKED #ALTWIKI
By Cristina Quinn
At the start of this week, most of us had never heard of SOPA or PIPA. But on Wednesday, everyone was talking about the online protest — and in Kendall Square, technologists approved.
Technology

A One-Woman Wikipedia


WGBH NEWS: KENDALL SQ. ON THE BLACKOUT
By Danielle Dreilinger
We talk with the librarian who fielded your questions to #altwiki during the Great Wikipedia Blackout of Jan. 18.
Xconomy

Xconomy Report: Get Stupid, Student


By Xconomy.com
How can students prepare for the world they'll face in 10 years? Xconomy asked 22 innovators as part of a new national report on the future of education.
Innovation Hub

A Tour Of Harvard's Innovation Lab


MORE INNOVATION HUB
By Kara Miller
We take a walk through Harvard's new Innovation Lab,where students and graduate students can take courses, find mentors, compete for start-up money… and work together while doing it.
Xconomy

Xconomy Report: It's Hard Out There For A Jerk


By Xconomy.com
An informal survey of Boston-area tech CEOs suggests that being a jerk may be much less beneficial than it used to be.
Innovation Hub

Innovation For An Energy-Hungry World

By Kara Miller
What it will take to generate the energy and fuel for a planet that just hit 7 billion and isn’t done growing? The old gas-and-coal-powered grid is changing. Germany now generates 20% renewable energy, but America has lagged — and our next guest says that’s got to change.
Innovation Hub

Cars That Fly, Fold Up And Drive Us Forward


By Kara Miller
How can we adapt cars to a world that's rapidly industrializing, urbanizing, and straining to meet its energy needs? 
Xconomy

Xconomy Report: Finding The Next Facebook


By Xconomy.com
While most of the tech world is analyzing Facebook’s impending IPO, a new effort at Harvard University is trying to find the next Facebook — and keep it in Cambridge.
Sports

The State Of Biosensors And The Super Bowl


By Cristina Quinn
Did the high-stress Super Bowl make your heart pound? During the game, we strapped biosensors on fans to learn about the state of mobile-phone health technology.
Technology

Watching The Super Bowl Online: A Review


SCIENCE + THE SUPER BOWL
By Danielle Dreilinger
The Super Bowl was the most-watched TV show in U.S. history — but for geeks, the excitement was online, with NBC's first-ever web stream. How did the experience measure up?
Xconomy

Xconomy Report: Corporate Eyes Are Watching You


By Xconomy.com
With video conferencing, your competitors can be just as bored as you are: Many video conferences are susceptible to corporate spying, according to Boston software company Rapid7.
Biology & Chemistry

Super Bowl Sensors: The Findings Are In


WGBH NEWS: THE BIOSENSORS GO ON
By Cristina Quinn
Some unexpected data came out of WGBH News' Super Bowl biosensor experiment that could advance a researcher's work on addiction.
Physics & Mathematics

Seaching for the Unexpected


NOVA: The Ghost Particle
Listen to David Wark, High Energy Physicist, talk about the search for interesting physics.
Physics & Mathematics

Not X-Ray Vision, Terahertz-Ray Vision


NOVA: Diamond Q & A with Butler
MIT News on Terahertz
Terahertz laser technolgy is a field still to be explored for its possible applications, especially in the field of security scanning.
Business

Game Conference Sparks Hope in Local Industry


By Toni Waterman & Sanjay Salomon
Officials say the video game conference PAX East’s 10-year commitment to Boston could make Massachusetts the center of the rapidly growing, multi-billion-dollar gaming industry.
Xconomy

Xconomy Report: Stylin' Students


By Xconomy.com
Fashion isn’t the first word that comes to mind when you hear “Harvard,” but Xconomy has tracked down 19 young, fashion-focused internet companies with founders from the B-school.
Education

Studying Libraries, Part 1: More with Less


WCAI
By Sean Corcoran
People are looking to libraries to respond to technology and make up for cuts in their own household budgets — and libraries are answering the call.
Innovation Hub

High-Tech Health: Apps For Exercise, Diet And More

By Kara Miller
We’ll look at high-tech ways of getting healthy — a nutritionist in your pocket, a marathon coach on your mobile phone — and more.
WGBH Local News

Studying Libraries, Part 2: The E-Book Battle


STUDYING LIBRARIES, PT. 1
By Sean Corcoran
Librarians are reporting dramatic increases in the numbers of people looking to borrow e-books. But some publishing houses are rethinking whether they want libraries loaning out e-books at all.
Health Care

Xconomy Report: More Hope for Hep C


By Xconomy.com
The battle for hepatitis C drug market dominance rages on locally, with Vertex honing its drug Telaprevir and Enanta teaming with Novartis to create a new treatment.
Innovation Hub

Bringing More Women To The Top Of The Business World


MORE INNOVATION HUB
By Kara Miller
We talk to a filmmaker, a vice president at Google and a national news anchor about the future of women in business.
Xconomy

Xconomy Report: Tech in the Air


By Xconomy.com
A Google-owned Cambridge software company will introduce a new reservation system for airlines, starting with Hyannis-based Cape Air.
Technology

Xconomy Report: The Internet Never Forgets


By Xconomy.com
New England tech startups could be instrumental in changing the way companies market their wares in a digital world, with technology to help companies get their stories out on Facebook and merge advertising with mobile apps.
Technology

Kinetic Theory and Absolute Zero


NOVA: Absolute Zero
INTERACTIVE: States of Matter
Scientists use the theory of kinetic energy to explore ways to harness energy generated from heat and movement.
Psychology & The Mind

A Nutrition Label for the News


By Cristina Quinn
You're doing it right now: You're consuming media. Some theorists say our information diet is making us bloated. Here's how they want to help us. EXTRA: What's your favorite media "junk food"?
Xconomy

Xconomy Report: Video Game Medicine


By Xconomy.com
Could your child leave his next checkup with a prescription for a video game? Akili Interactive Labs hopes its game will be the first approved by the FDA as a medical device.
Innovation Hub

The Future of Knowledge: Too Big to Know

By Kara Miller
We're joined by Harvard’s David Weinberger, whose book, Too Big to Know, argues that the rapidly-expanding amount of information available to us is changing how we think and communicate.
Xconomy

Xconomy Report: Let the Robot Reach the Top Shelf


By Xconomy.com
It's the biggest local deal of the year so far: Amazon has acquired a North Reading company that makes wheeled robots to move packages in warehouses efficiently.
NOVA

Lessons from a Fatal Crash


NOVA: How Air Flight France 447 Could Have Been Saved
What have scientists learned from examining the little evidence they obtained from the worst crash in Air France's history? (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
Xconomy

Xconomy Report: Share and Share Un-Alike


By Xconomy.com
Kibits, a new social networking mobile app, allows users to control exactly what information gets shared with whom — so your colleagues will never, ever see that vacation pic.
Technology

Gamers Invade Massachusetts


WGBH NEWS: PAX EAST SIGNS DEAL
By Will Roseliep
As 75,000 video game fans descend on the Seaport for the PAX East conference, locals say the Bay State has become a major player in the industry. 
Xconomy

Xconomy Report: Remembering Norman Priebatsch


By Xconomy.com
The life sciences entrepreneur is missing and presumed dead after a hiking accident in New Hampshire.
INNOVATION HUB

Brave New Snacktime: Edible Packaging, Breathable Caffeine


MORE INNOVATION HUB
By Kara Miller

We talked with David Edwards on the mad science behind his food inventions, like inhalable chocolate and caffeine.

INNOVATION HUB

How Social Media Is Shaping Us


LISTEN TO THE SHOW
By Kara Miller
Innovation Hub takes a look at how social media is changing us and the world we live in. What do we share about ourselves? And what do we want to keep secret?
Xconomy

Xconomy Report: Mobile Is Moving


By Gregory T. Huang, Editor, Xconomy Boston
While most of the tech world is talking about Facebook's billion-dollar acquisition of Instagram, a couple of local startups in mobile and social apps are making some noise of their own.
Innovation Hub

Swapping Blackboards for iPads: Tech in the Classroom


MORE INNOVATION HUB
By Kara Miller
Children spend more and more time punching out text messages, playing online games, and updating their Facebook pages. Is a tech takeover of the classroom inevitable?
Xconomy

Xconomy Report: (Re)generating Excitement


By Gregory T. Huang, Editor, Xconomy Boston
A couple of Cambridge companies are gaining ground with their regenerative medicine technology, which uses living cells and other natural materials to promote healing.

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