Focus on Technology looks at important scientific advancements and tech news trends, as well as their many intersections with other areas and issues in our society today like medicine, politics, entertainment and the environment. Focus on Technology takes on a range of fascinating topics, from archaeology to alternative fuels, and covers the cutting edge of research and development as well as forecasts from experts about where we鈥檒l be in a few years with the future technology of tomorrow.
From cute animals to social justice, this 91制片厂 podcast produced by WVXU brings its listeners engrossing and relevant content about the world of high tech that we鈥檙e living in, like:
路 Earlham College archaeologists using drones and 3D mapping to survey the landscape for potential sites of Viking artifacts in Iceland;
路 fairness in the art world with a discussion of NFTs as a mechanism of equity for marginalized and minority artists;
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In political tech news, Thompson illuminates the unexpected but alarming links between ideological extremism, domestic terror and nuclear power plants. In the field of medicine, she takes a close look at what only a few years ago would have seemed like future technologies鈥�laparoscopic surgeries performed on fetuses in utero to repair spina bifida at Cincinnati Children鈥檚 Hospital; new research on peanut allergies at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine; and advancements by researchers at the Cincinnati Children鈥檚 Hospital Medical Center in the care of patients with respiratory distress, allowing them to 鈥渂reathe鈥� through their intestines.
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A German church even enabled an avatar to deliver the message. Other churches have utilized ChatGPT to write sermons. -
Hybrid electric and sustainable fuel are just a few programs the partnership has taken on. -
A device the size of a cell phone could help make a sky full of flying cars, drones and planes saferAs the skies become more crowded, a device developed by a Cincinnati-based company could eventually keep the people flying in them safer. -
The ACLU of Ohio has concerns about how the program works. -
Solvita, formerly the Community Blood Center, harvested donated skull and hip bones and made it flexible to cover the boys heads. -
Could places like Cincinnati be refuge? -
The Foundation Pain Index, developed by Ethos Labs, uncovers the biochemical origins of pain. -
The Georgian government has sanctioned a cybersecurity master's degree program between St. Andrews Georgian University and Northern Kentucky University -
Their fast and accurate decisions, like deciding which flowers to visit for nectar, could aid robots and self-driving vehicles. -
The state is already testing self-driving vans in Southeast Ohio and partnering with East Logistics to deliver goods with automated trucks on interstates.
