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Summary: The state of our public school education, recycling water through rooftop gardens, the UK will spy on all motorists, GM crops cross-fertilize with weeds, the NSA’s spy program more widespread than thought, generating electricity from the ocean’s natural thermal gradient, and the plight of megayacht owners.

Links of interest for this podcast:

• Stupid in America: how lack of choice cheats our kids out of a good education by John Stossel
• Rooftop garden recycles water by Tracy Staedter
• Britain to monitor every car journey
• GM crops created superweed, say scientists by Paul Brown
• Just how extensive is NSA’s spy program? by Declan McCullagh
• Sea Solar Power, Inc. to tap sea temperature gradient by Sterling D. Allan
• The new megayachts: too much of a good thing? by Michelle Higgins

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Summary: Caviar exports cancelled, Citizen and E Ink’s bendable clock, China’s tyrany uses American hi-tech, Chinese healthcare is not there, GOP cause for most corrupt government in history, government can track your cellphone at will, Apple to drop firewire, nano armor 5x stronger than steel, new PC design, swimmer does 26-mile stretch, snowkiting catching on.

Links of interest for this podcast:

• Caviar exports canceled in move to stop extinction by C. J. Chivers
• Citizen and E-Ink demonstrate bendable clock
• China’s tyranny has the best high-tech help by Jonathan Mirsky
• The bottom drops out of a Chinese safety net by Howard W. French
• Democrats: GOP selling US to ‘highest bidder’
• Bad ruling on cellphone tracking: what a difference a G makes by Kevin Bankston
• Apple to eliminate Firewire?!

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Summary: Author on trial in Turkey, stranger inherits Norway farm, ozone recovery slower than expected, aging computers hobble DHS, FCC backs VoIP phone taxes, Asimo ready for office work, Frenchman is killer driver, scientists find cure for gassy cows, wireless camera thrown to work, inventor of the Walkman.

Links of interest for this podcast:

• Author’s trial set to test Turkey, by Sarah Rainsford
• Stranger inherits Norwegian farm
• Ozone recovery slower than expected by Larry O’Hanlon
• FCC Chief backs net phone taxes by Anne Broache
• Honda’s robot ready for office chores
• Man goes wrong way on highway for 11 miles
• Aging computers hobble Homeland Security by Anne Broache and Declan McCullagh

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Summary: Printing organs, torture in Iraq, grafts in Washington, new FM transmitter, CIA misled Italians, Pope gets steering wheel, putting old buildings to rest, LAME IS an MP3 Encoder, VLC and the French legislature, Costco’s way of business, server power too costly, the Rembrandt code, soothing pooches, drowning in fines, massacre in China, Islam women can stand on their own, Wikipedia prankster confesses, what has dating become, world’s oldest person, face scanners, product placements in TV shows and macro photography on a budget.

Links of interest for this podcast:

• TV writers must sell, sell, sell
• Scanning tech a blurry picture
• Reporters scowl at face scanners
• Printing organs on demand
• Old rips: may they rest in peace
• Airport face scanner failed
• The Rembrandt Code

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Summary: Teens can’t stand the buzz, China still tortures, first face transplant, sensor listens for cancer, goldfish have memory, the Roman Room trick, Nigerian drag, the worst car, tiny movie projectors, hogs in your living room, new Mac Mini, Bose suspension and electricity from banana peels!

Links of interest for this podcast:

• Energy hogs in your living room
• Fuel up with banana peels
• Bose suspension takes on potholes
• Road to Expo: Reborn Mac mini set to take over the living room
• A movie projector in a cellphone?
• Readers choose the least-loved American auto
• In Nigerian hall of shame, ‘a new low’