Broward County Library Creation Station
By Creation Station
Creation Station Monthly is an hour long show released the last Tuesday of each month. Featuring two creative people talking about how they became interested in their field, how they are creative, and some of what their creative journey has been.
Broward County Library Creation Station Dec 14, 2023
Tech Talk Weekly Number 182
Episode number 182 – May 23rd 2024 – A milestone overdue, is copyright broken? When deleted is not deleted, Electric Salt Spoon
This week's guest: Michael Bryant from Community Engagement
Links to this week’s stories:
A milestone overdue:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/may/19/ed-dwight-blue-origin-first-black-astronaut-candidate
https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/05/blue-origin-resumes-human-flights-to-suborbital-space-but-it-wasnt-perfect/
Is copyright broken?
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/4674656-how-copyright-is-killing-creativity-except-taylor-swifts/
When deleted is not deleted:
https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/20/24161152/apple-ios-17-photo-bug
Electric Salt Spoon
https://www.kirinholdings.com/en/newsroom/release/2024/0520_01.html
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2M3VXCR
Tech Talk Weekly Number 181
Episode Number 181 – May 16th 2024 – It takes time for science, AI voice, Pieces of your brain, and can we get back from Mars?
This week's guest: Brianna Escobar from Community Engagement
Links to this week’s stories:
Science can take time, a lot of time
AI voice again
https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/13/24155652/chatgpt-voice-mode-gpt4o-upgrades
Pieces of your brain
https://www.techspot.com/news/102964-groundbreaking-3d-brain-scan-generated-14-petabytes-data.html
https://h01-release.storage.googleapis.com/landing.html
Can we get BACK from Mars?
Bonus link on Auroras:
https://theconversation.com/solar-storms-that-caused-pretty-auroras-can-create-havoc-with-technology-heres-how-230020
Tech Talk Weekly Number 180
Episode Number 180 – May 9th 2024 – Who gets the money for chargers, another healthcare hack, AI from beyond the grave becomes more mainstream, and talking with whales
This week's guest: Lindsay from Community Engagement
Links to this week’s stories:
Who gets the money for those chargers?
https://insideevs.com/news/718664/tesla-supercharger-nevi-charger-funding/
Another healthcare provider is hacked:
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/08/tech/cyberattack-disrupts-healthcare-network/index.html
AI from beyond the grave is coming to the mainstream:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/09/digital-recreations-of-dead-people-need-urgent-regulation-ai-ethicists-say
Talking with Whales:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/8/scientists-discover-sperm-whale-phonetic-alphabet
Tech Talk Weekly Number 179
Episode Number 179 – May 2nd 2024 – Google AR, Driverless F1, results take time, 1 million homes, and bees
This week's guest: Eileen Fisclschweiger from Main Library
Links to this week’s stories:
AR going away?
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/29/24144735/google-ar-search-3d-objects-missing
Autonomous driving, sort of…
It takes time for results sometimes..
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/29/24144425/razer-zephyr-face-mask-covid-n95-ftc-settlement
One million homes carbon free
Bees
https://newatlas.com/robotics/festo-bionicbee/
the other bee story
New YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTTW0eli8enOUTJ2FFEY-8Z55bxI1YNmJ
Creation Station Monthly - April 2024 - Data Science
This month on Creation Station Monthly we feature people working in Data Science.
Guests on this episode:
Michael Kesaris https://www.nhl.com/panthers/
Sheldon Burkehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/sheldon-burke-979017212
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2M3VXCR
Tech Talk Weekly Number 178
Episode Number 178 – April 25th 2024 – Remote updates, too much solar, infrastructure is hard, and is your health care safe?
This week's guest: Danille from South Regional library
Links to this week’s stories:
Over the solar system software updates:
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-voyager-1-resumes-sending-engineering-updates-to-earth
Too much solar?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/04/22/california-solar-duck-curve-rooftop/
Starting up infrastructure is hard:
https://restofworld.org/2024/tsmc-arizona-expansion/
Is your health care safe?
https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/unitedhealth-says-hack-could-impact-data-substantial-proportion-americans-2024-04-22/
https://www.justice.gov/atr/HealthyCompetition
New YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTTW0eli8enOUTJ2FFEY-8Z55bxI1YNmJ
Tech Talk Weekly Number 177
Episode Number 177 – April 18th 2024 – AI after death, Sleep is good for you, politics of defending water, teens and screen time
This week's guest: Sergy Garber from Hallandale Beach library
Links to this week’s stories:
AI after death:
https://restofworld.org/2024/china-ai-chatbot-dead-relatives/
Sleep is good for you:
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/04/sleeping-more-flushes-junk-out-of-the-brain/
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07108-6.epdf
Politics of protecting water:
https://www.wired.com/story/cyber-army-of-russia-reborn-sandworm-us-cyberattacks/
https://dailytechnewsshow.com/2024/04/17/ps5-pro-specs-worth-it-dtns-4750/
Teens and screen time:
https://www.marketplace.org/shows/make-me-smart/what-we-often-get-wrong-about-teens-and-screen-time/
https://www.businessinsider.com/i-love-my-smartphone-use-more-not-less-iphone-why-2024-4
New YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTTW0eli8enOUTJ2FFEY-8Z55bxI1YNmJ
Tech Talk Weekly Number 176
Episode Number 176 – April 11th 2024 – Still cool stuff in the sky, Hope I do not alter the deal further, Maybe someone will listen this time? And Metafluids
This week's guest: Renette Bessard from North Regional library
Links to this week’s stories:
Still cool stuff up in the sky:
https://www.howtogeek.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-watching-the-lyrid-meteor-shower/
Hope I do not alter the deal further:
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/after-pushing-cloud-storage-tv-provider-to-auto-delete-61-day-old-dvr-recordings/?comments=1&comments-page=1
Maybe someone will listen before it is too late:
https://theconversation.com/in-a-future-with-more-mind-reading-thanks-to-neurotech-we-may-need-to-rethink-freedom-of-thought-225033
Metafluids:
https://scitechdaily.com/not-science-fiction-harvard-scientists-have-developed-an-intelligent-liquid/
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07163-z
Noise in your Neighborhood Citizen Science kit:
https://digitalarchives.broward.org/digital/collection/p16146coll17/id/2/rec/1
New YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTTW0eli8enOUTJ2FFEY-8Z55bxI1YNmJ
Tech Talk Weekly Number 175
Episode Number 175 – April 4th 2024 – Helium to save us, Faster than filling with gas, Hazardous waste disposal, the line between life and death
This week's guest: Karina Mora from Creation Station at South Regional library
Links to this week’s stories:
Helium
to save us:
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/geology/its-had-11-billion-years-to-accumulate-helium-reservoir-in-minnesota-has-mind-bogglingly-large-concentrations
Faster than filling with gas:
https://restofworld.org/2024/ev-battery-swapping-china/
Hazardous waste
disposal:
https://gizmodo.com/iss-battery-pallet-fragment-hit-florida-home-1851381481
The line between Life and Death is…..
New YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTTW0eli8enOUTJ2FFEY-8Z55bxI1YNmJ
Tech Talk Weekly Number 174
Episode Number 174 – March 28th 2024 – Destroying history, judging by who's standard, ChatGPT memory loss, and AI is not Search
This week's guest: Autumn Dec from Creation Station Science at North Lauderdale library
Links to this week’s stories:
Destroying history:
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/25/uk/microplastics-archeological-remains-study-scli-intl-scn-gbr/index.html
Judging by what standard?
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/03/24/the-anxious-generation-qa-00147880
ChatGPT causes memory loss?
https://www.psypost.org/chatgpt-linked-to-declining-academic-performance-and-memory-loss-in-new-study/
AI search is more than Search:
https://www.theverge.com/24111326/ai-search-perplexity-copilot-you-google-review
New YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTTW0eli8enOUTJ2FFEY-8Z55bxI1YNmJ
Creation Station Monthly - March 2024 - Women in Tech
This month on Creation Station Monthly we feature two women passionate about working in technology.
Guests on this episode:
Gabrielle Crevecoeur
https://www.nowayshecodes.com/
Karishma Vanjani
Tech Talk Weekly Number 173
Episode Number 173 – March 21st 2024 – El Nina is coming, Space DANGER, the air is bad, and how much would you pay for privacy?
This week's guest: Susan Middleton from Creation Station Business at Main library
Links to this week’s stories:
El Nina is coming:
https://www.clickorlando.com/weather/2024/03/18/this-hurricane-season-will-be-very-different-heres-why/
The air is bad:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/19/air-pollution-health-report
How much for privacy?
https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/19/24105660/meta-ad-free-subscription-facebook-instagram-gdpr-dma-eu-privacy-regulation
Tech Talk Weekly Number 172
Episode Number 172 – March 14th 2024 – Animals watch the eclipse, when did you get that shirt? How many people are there? Is it your brain or your liver?
This week's guest: Carla Brown from The Studio at Main library
Links to this week’s stories:
Animals watch the eclipse too:
https://apnews.com/article/animal-reactions-total-solar-eclipse-2024-7ae30b99edc5196f99d5501f2a902335
People can help too:
https://www.space.com/eclipse-megamovie-2024-nasa-project-citizen-science-solve-solar-mysteries-during-solar-eclipse-2024
When did we start wearing clothes? :
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/when-did-humans-start-wearing-clothes
Global life expectancy study:
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)00476-8/fulltext
How many people are there?
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-population-growth-by-region-1900-2050f/
Is it your liver or your brain?
https://www.sciencealert.com/many-dementia-cases-could-actually-be-a-hidden-form-of-liver-disease
Tech Talk Weekly Number 171
Tech Talk Weekly Number 171
Episode Number 171 – March 7th 2024 – Screens but no camera, a way to space, robots working, Alexa where is Grandma?
This week's guest: Danielle Daguerre from Main library
Links to this week’s stories:
We have better screens than cameras:
https://petapixel.com/2024/03/01/canon-no-currently-available-camera-is-high-res-enough-for-apple-vision-pro/
A new way to fly people to the moon:
https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/03/blue-origin-staffing-up-to-build-a-human-spacecraft/
Robots at work:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-04/amazon-warehouses-provide-glimpse-of-workplace-humanoid-robots?embedded-checkout=true
Alexa where is Grandma?
https://www.theverge.com/24080494/smart-home-assistant-amazon-alexa-caregiver-elders
Tech Talk Weekly Number 170
Episode Number 170 – February 29th 2024 – Moon landing details, too much of a good thing, women are psychopaths too and can you trademark reality
This week's guest: Ann Maria Bitere from Southwest Regional library
Links to this week’s stories:
Details about landing on the moon:
https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/28/world/odysseus-spacecraft-first-images-moon-surface-scn/index.html
Too much of a good thing:
Women are psychopaths too
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/feb/26/more-women-may-be-psychopaths-than-previously-thought-says-expert
Episode 164:
https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/erJrEmqQAHb
Can you trademark Reality?
Creation Station Monthly - February 2024 - Weather
This month on Creation Station Monthly we feature two people passionate about weather.
Guests on this episode:
Henry Swenson
https://www.instagram.com/henrysweatherchannel/
Mike Boylan
https://www.spaghettimodels.com/
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2M3VXCR
Tech Talk Weekly Number 169
Episode Number 169 – February 22nd 2024 – Moon landing, 200 miles on a bicycle, robots replacing workers, your brain is not protected
This week's guest: Kristen Morrison from SN
Links to this week’s stories:
Landing on the moon again… maybe?
https://apnews.com/article/moon-landing-private-company-fed3a76d25c9f68cf20d2b6efd48b593
200 miles a bicycle
Robots replacing the workers who are not there
You brain is not protected:
https://www.androidcentral.com/gaming/virtual-reality/zuckerberg-says-neural-interface-controls-are-close-to-ready
Only Chile
https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL8N3AH6D6/
Tech Talk Weekly Number 168
Episode number 168 – February 15th 2024 – Sunspot glasses, Underwater kites, bugs know when you die, and AI content is not illegal
This week's guest: Maria Vega – Hollywood Library
Links to this week’s stories:
Sunspots need eclipse glasses (coming March 1st)
https://www.spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=08&month=02&year=2024
Underwater Kites for power:
https://newatlas.com/energy/minesto-tidal-kite/
Your microbes know when you died:
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/02/how-a-corpses-microbiome-can-help-scientists-nail-down-time-of-death/
AI content is not illegal:
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/02/judge-sides-with-openai-dismisses-bulk-of-book-authors-copyright-claims/
https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/13/24072241/ai-patent-us-office-guidance
Tech Talk Weekly Number 167
Episode number 167 – February 8th 2024 – Another sub, Your phone does not care, don’t do stupid things, and life is complicated.
This week's guest: Paul Hodges - Main Library
Links to this week’s stories:
Another missing submarine:
https://jalopnik.com/who-could-have-guessed-a-sub-would-go-missing-exploring-1851239070
https://scitechdaily.com/the-mysterious-disappearance-of-an-underwater-explorer-in-antarctica/
No your phone is not listening to you:
https://gizmodo.com/your-phone-is-not-listening-to-you-1851220787
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29293047/?ref_=ttep_ep13
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2x55c-LbJk8&list=PLtFHpYbnbtDXbEHj_1spdNUIIgqDm14xa&index=36
Don’t do stupid things in XR:
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/dont-wear-apple-vision-pro-while-piloting-a-self-driving-tesla-officials-warn/
Check out our January Creation Station Monthly show on XR
Life is complicated:
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/02/female-propensity-for-autoimmune-diseases-tied-to-x-chromosome-inactivation/
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0295842
Tech Talk Weekly Number 166
Episode number 166 – February 1st 2024 – Ingenuity retires, recycling motorbikes, Neuralink, and Taylor Swift’s influence
This week's guest: Ann Wenger – María de Lurdy (Mari) Martínez Serrano Carver Ranches Library
Links to this week’s stories:
Ingenuity retires:
https://mashable.com/article/nasa-ingenuity-mars-images-helicopter-rotor
Recycling motorbikes:
https://restofworld.org/2024/spiro-ebikes-africa/
Neuralink is not the first:
Or the sixth, or seventh
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/01/30/neuralink-musk-first-human-brain-chip/
The Taylor Swift Effect:
https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/30/the-taylor-swift-deepfake-debacle-was-frustratingly-preventable/
https://apnews.com/article/taylor-swift-x-searches-deepfake-images-adec3135afb1c6e5363c4e5dea1b7a72
https://www.axios.com/2024/01/31/tiktok-umg-deal-artists-songs-ai
Creation Station Monthly - January 2024 - XR
This month on Creation Station Monthly we feature two people creating XR.
Guests on this episode:
Denise Mendez
https://www.linkedin.com/in/deniseamendez
Tory Smith
https://www.linkedin.com/in/torypaulsmith
What is Mixed reality?
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/mixed-reality/discover/mixed-reality
Tech Talk Weekly Number 165
Episode number 165 – January 15th 2024 - Japan on the moon, seeing through other eyes, holodecks coming online, are tattoos fair use?
This week's guest: Ann Wenger – Dania Beach Library
Links to this week’s stories:
Japan lands on the moon:
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68055186
Through other eyes:
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/01/novel-camera-system-lets-us-see-the-world-through-eyes-of-birds-and-bees/
https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3002444
Holodecks coming online:
https://gizmodo.com/vr-breakthough-holotile-disney-imagineering-lanny-smoot-1851178431
Are tattoos fair use?
Tech Talk Weekly Number 164
Episode number 164 – January 18th 2024 – How many steps, the Milky Way, are you a psychopath, and should robots teach your kids?
This week's guest: Korry Keen – Community Engagement
Links to this week’s stories:
How many steps should you be getting?
How can we tell what the Milky Way looks like?
https://www.yahoo.com/news/know-milky-way-looks-130047534.html
Are you a psychopath?
https://www.ndtv.com/science/want-to-know-if-you-are-a-psychopath-study-explains-how-to-test-4873725
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002239562300568X
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrenology
Should robots teach your kids?
https://theconversation.com/what-social-robots-can-teach-americas-students-220124
Tech Talk Weekly Number 163
Episode number 163 – January 11th 2024 - – Apple is particular, Useable tech now, last chance to see, lunar landing… not, and DNA data protection
This week's guest: Michael Bryant – Community Engagement
Links to this weeks stories:
CES news:
Apple is particular:
https://www.engadget.com/apple-tells-developers-not-to-call-their-ar-and-vr-apps-ar-or-vr-apps-085136127.html
Useable tech now
Last chance to see:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/10/i-discovered-tree-kangaroo-only-seen-once-1928-aoe
Lunar landing on the way… or not:
https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/08/world/ula-vulcan-centaur-rocket-peregrine-launch-scn/index.html
https://www.space.com/astrobotic-peregrine-lander-time-running-out-fuel-leak
https://www.celestis.com/launch-schedule/enterprise-flight/#mission-participants
Your data protection for DNA:
https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/blog/2024/01/dna-privacy-privacy-dna
Tech Talk Weekly Number 162
Episode number 162 – January 4th 2024 – Eclipse, Recycle your gear, Trademark and Copyright, and Electric Vehicles
This week's guest: Mihaela Micu – Reference and Instruction Librarian, Alvin Sherman Library Nova University
Links to this weeks stories:
Looking forward to Eclipse 2024
https://www.space.com/most-crowded-places-for-total-solar-eclipse-april-2024
Get rid of your old tech the right way:
https://www.theverge.com/22594200/recycle-tech-declutter-environment-green
The big trademark news this week:
Those other copyright stories:
https://www.theverge.com/24006670/mickey-mouse-steamboat-willie-enters-copyright-public-domain-2024
https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2024/
Electric Vehicles are in the news a LOT:
https://electrek.co/2024/01/01/kentucky-electric-cars-now-pay-two-taxes-where-gas-cars-only-pay-one/
https://www.businessinsider.com/electric-car-ev-sales-prices-problem-transportation-2024-1
https://www.fleetpoint.org/electric-vehicles-2/2024-ev-market-predictions/
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/electric-vehicle-sales-slowing-panic-insiders/story?id=105842727
https://electrek.co/2024/01/03/the-revolution-is-on-france-has-record-year-in-ev-sales/
Tech Talk Weekly Number 161
Episode number 161 – December 28th 2023 – Potential hope for power, Why do you shake your presents, shaking your stomach, and infinite loops of AI
This week's guest: Autumn Dec – Community Library Manager North Lauderdale
Links to this week's stories:
Potential hope for power sources:
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/westinghouse-evinci-nuclear-reactor-saskatchewan-canada/
Shaking your presents:
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/12/how-you-shake-that-wrapped-christmas-gift-reveals-what-youre-trying-to-learn/
Shaking your stomach:
https://www.livescience.com/health/obesity/a-vibrating-pill-could-help-treat-obesity-pig-study-finds
Infinite loops of AI:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexzhavoronkov/2023/12/25/merry-ai-christmas-the-most-terrifying-thought-experiment-in-ai/?sh=1337933474b4
Creation Station Monthly - December 2023 - Movies
This month on Creation Station Monthly we feature two people who are passionate about movies.
Guests on this episode:
Victoria Johnson
Barbara Nightingale
https://fliff.com/
Tech Talk Weekly Number 160
Episode number 160 – December 21st 2023 – Some Autonomous vehicles are doing well, Moving and Climate Change, How people laugh online, and complex paintings
This week's guest: Adrienne Chadwick – Community Engagement
Doing Autonomous Vehicles right:
https://www.theverge.com/24001741/may-mobility-driverless-service-microtransit-robotaxi
Moving and Climate Change:
https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/18/24003005/flood-risk-migration-climate-change-abandonment-areas
How do you laugh online?:
https://restofworld.org/2023/how-people-laugh-online/
Complex master paintings:
Tech Talk Weekly Number 159
Episode number 159 – December 14th 2023 – YouTube over Netflix for movies, VR for mice, and Brains & Computers wired together
This week's guest: Christopher Rubio – Main Library
Using YouTube to distribute movies:
https://restofworld.org/2023/nigera-filmmakers-youtube/
You got brains in my Computer chips:
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03975-7
Tech Talk Weekly Number 158
Episode number 158 – December 7th 2023 – How do you smell? Is Strava a dating app? Helping the blind to see, and building for tomorrow
This week's guest: Arianna Hendrickson – Southwest Regional Library
How do you smell?:
https://www.axios.com/local/des-moines/2023/12/04/stink-detectors-odor-smithfield-wiechman-enose
Is it an exercise app? A dating app?:
https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/4/23984181/strava-direct-messaging-fitness-routes
Helping the blind to see:
Building for tomorrow:
https://www.theverge.com/23963720/infrastructure-ev-battery-5g-trucks-internet-silicon
Tech Talk Weekly Number 157
Episode number 157 – November 30th 2023 – Rare rhino birth, better jet fuel, Human swine flu, How fast we learn, and who controls when we are dead? This week's guest: Eddison Lewis– Main Library Rare rhino birth: https://apnews.com/article/indonesia-sumatra-rhino-born-endangered-species-conservation-255d8297c30732ed9e2f7c2c5afa4963 Better jet fuel is here: https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/virgin-atlantic-jet-lift-off-maiden-transatlantic-flight-low-carbon-fuel-2023-11-28/ Swine flu in humans: https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/britain-detects-first-human-case-flu-strain-similar-pig-virus-2023-11-27/ We learn at the same rate: https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/62750/a-group-of-scientists-set-out-to-study-quick-learners-then-they-discovered-they-dont-exist Who controls when we are dead? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/28/hospital-organ-donation-death-lawsuit-fresno-california https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2M3VXCR
Creation Station Monthly - November 2023 - Therapy
Creation Station Monthly - November 2023 - Therapy
This month on Creation Station Monthly we feature two experts in BBQ to talk about what makes them creative.
Guests on this episode:
Jo-ann Anstett
https://wellnessthroughempowerment.com/therapy-services/
Latrice Richards
https://www.unitedwaybroward.org/commission-behavioral-health-drug-prevention/
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2M3VXCR
Special Tween Class Tech Talk Weekly Episode number 156.5
Tech Talk Weekly Number 156.5
This episode was a special podcast created during a tween podcast class at Nova Southeastern University.
The tweens picked the topic we would cover and Tonie was the guest host with me.
Link to the story:
https://www.cbc.ca/kidsnews/post/explore-cbc-kids-news-in-minecraft-during-computer-science-education-week
Tech Talk Weekly Number 156
Episode number 156 – November 22nd 2023
This week's guest: Mario Ricardo – Main Library
Links to this week’s stories:
The Fear and Tension That Led to Sam Altman’s Ouster at OpenAI: The Fear and Tension That Led to Sam Altman’s Ouster at OpenAI - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
What OpenAI Really Wants?
What OpenAI Really Wants | WIRED (archive.ph)
A Spy Agency Leaked People’s Data Online—Then the Data Was Stolenhttps://www.npr.org/2023/05/08/1174132413/people-are-trying-to-claim-real-videos-are-deepfakes-the-courts-are-not-amused
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2M3VXCR
Tech Talk Weekly Number 155
Episode number 155 – November 16th 2023 – Cars with no windows, Earthquakes are haunting us, a LOT of rain, and the gender gap in longevity
This week's guest: Demarcus Morris – Main Library
Would you drive in a car with no widows?
https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/14/23959448/polestar4-ev-coupe-rear-window-camera-ridealong
Are you being haunted by Earthquakes??
We get a lot of rain, but are we worse off:
https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/14/us/national-climate-assessment-extreme-weather-costs/index.html
https://www.marketplace.org/shows/how-we-survive/
The gender gap in longevity:
https://neurosciencenews.com/gender-gap-life-expectancy-25213/
Tech Talk Weekly Number 154
Episode number 154 – November 9th 2023 – Flying cars are here, Robocalls on the way out? AI and the law, Deep Fakes and elections
This week's guest: Sonia Collazo – Weston Branch Library
We have flying cars, really!
Fewer Robocalls because?
https://themessenger.com/business/youre-now-getting-far-fewer-annoying-robocalls
AI complies with the laws we have:
https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/06/openai-promises-to-defend-business-customers-against-copyright-claims/
Microsoft wants to protect again deep fakes:
https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/8/23951955/microsoft-elections-generative-ai-content-watermarks
Tech Talk Weekly Number 153
Episode number 153 – November 2nd 2023 – South Pole Robots, Salad & Mice in space, AI politics, valuable keywords
This week's guest: Jerry Kosakowski – Miramar
Robots at the South Pole
https://spectrum.ieee.org/south-pole-roombas
Nasa is streaming too:
Gardens in Space
https://www.space.com/china-astronauts-grow-vegetables-tiangong-space-station
Mice in Space:
https://www.sciencealert.com/in-a-huge-first-mouse-embryos-have-been-grown-in-space
Is AI in politics good or bad?
https://restofworld.org/2023/ai-voice-modi-singing-politics/
Google made how much from those keywords?
https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/1/23941766/google-antitrust-trial-search-queries-ad-money
Creation Station Monthly - October 2023 - BBQ
Creation Station Monthly - October 2023 – BBQ
This month on Creation Station Monthly we feature two experts in BBQ to talk about what makes them creative.
Guests on this episode:
Chris Ashley
https://bbqandtech.com/
Adrian Miller
https://adrianemiller.com/
Tech Talk Weekly Number 152
Episode number 152 – October 26th 2023 – The Teens might save us, bring out your dead, whales getting smarter? And who is a luddite?
This week's guest: Loria Tillman – Programmer Central Cluster
Links to this week’s stories:
Teen Scientists
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/10/25/heman-bekele-skin-cancer-soap/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AEMhrbG8gc
When did we starting burying people?
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/when-did-humans-start-burying-their-dead
Are whales getting smarter?
Who is a luddite?
https://www.wired.com/story/everyone-is-a-luddite-now/
Tech Talk Weekly Number 151
Episode number 151 – October 19th 2023 – Extinction events happening, SPAM phone calls, your robot nurse, and wine
This week's guest: Hayley St. John-Ayre - Programmer North Cluster
Links to this week’s stories:
Extinction ?
https://www.npr.org/2023/10/17/1206664432/21-species-extinct-fish-wildlife-birds
Why are there still SPAM phone calls?
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/10/telcos-filed-blank-robocall-plans-with-fcc-and-got-away-with-it-for-2-years/
Robots ?
https://www.thedailybeast.com/meet-the-robot-that-might-take-care-of-your-grandparents
Natural wine?
https://apnews.com/article/natural-wine-organic-grapes-c3d6198c9eb65f7a24a6c5b68adc4ba2
Tech Talk Weekly Number 150
Episode number 150 – October 12th 2023 – Presents from space, how long do you want to live, New Orleans can drink for now, AI laws
This week's guest: Traymina Fitzpatrick - Librarian AALRCC
Links to this week’s stories:
What did OSIRIS bring home?
https://www.space.com/osiris-rex-bennu-asteroid-sample-carbon-water
How long do you want to live?
https://www.sciencealert.com/the-blood-of-exceptionally-long-lived-people-shows-key-differences
How much longer can New Orleans drink?
Do we need new AI laws? Or just the ones we have?
Tech Talk Weekly Number 149
Episode number 149 – October 5th 2023 – Cats purring, Exosuit robots, you live after you die, and do you want to know the truth?
This week's guest: Sahsha Andrade - Programmer South Cluster
Links to this week’s stories:
How cats purr:
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(23)01230-7
But why?
Human or more?
https://www.popsci.com/technology/archax-mech-suit-robot/
How long do you live after you die?
https://www.sciencealert.com/a-vital-part-of-your-body-will-continue-to-live-years-after-you-die
Is knowing the truth better?
https://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2023/10/03/1-5-degrees-celcius-un-climate-change-report-barbara-moran
Tech Talk Weekly Number 148
Episode number 148 – September 28th 2023 – OSIRIS is back, Hippos ruled the Sahara, and do you answer the phone?
This week's guest: Sebastian Perez Programmer at Main Library
Links to this week’s stories:
OSIRIS is back
When hippos ruled the Sahara
Do you answer your phone?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/09/25/cell-phone-etiquette-call-voicemail/
Creation Station Monthly - September 2023 - Acting
This month on Creation Station Monthly we feature two Actors and how it feels creative.
Guests on this episode:
Angelica Zadak
Michael Pizzi
Tech Talk Weekly Number 147
Tech Talk Weekly Number 147
Episode number 147 - September 21st 2023 - Mars lander puzzle, China arrives at Mars, Paging Dr. Watson, Body heat charging
This week's guest: Sheldon Burke South Regional/Broward College Library
Links to this week’s stories:
Cake cutting math:
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/cake-cutting-math-problem-fairness-envy
Apple to Issue iPhone 12 update in France
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/15/tech/apple-iphone12-france-update-radiation-levels/index.html
Confessions of a Viral Al Writer
https://www.wired.com/story/confessions-viral-ai-writer-chatgpt/
Bryan Johnson’s quest for immortality: https://time.com/6315607/bryan-johnsons-quest-for-immortality/ https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2M3VXCR
Tech Talk Weekly Number 146
Episode number 146 – September 14th 2023 –
This week's guest: Mo Beasley from AARLCC
Links to this week’s stories:
Text to Audiobook:
https://www.zdnet.com/article/heres-how-to-access-thousands-of-free-audiobooks-thanks-to-microsoft-ai-and-project-gutenberg/
Super local weather experts:
https://restofworld.org/2023/india-weather-influencers/
SPACE
No heaters -https://www.space.com/india-chandrayaan-3-no-heaters-lunar-night-survival
Too much light - https://www.cnn.com/travel/astrotourism-eclipse-meteor-showers-scn
You can check out a kit from the library - https://scistarter.org/citizen-science-kit-measuring-light-in-the-night
There is life out there, maybe? - https://mashable.com/article/james-webb-space-telescope-exoplanet-discovery-1
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2M3VXCR
Tech Talk Weekly Number 145
Episode number 145 – September 7th 2023 – Google Turns 25, You need to be on the Internet, Heat is bad, Your car is spying on you
This week's guest: Anthony Guilarte from Pembroke Pines Walter C Young
Links to this week’s stories:
Google Search turns 25:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/4/google-turns-25-a-look-at-the-worlds-top-performing-searches
Older adults need to be on the internet:
https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jgs.18394
Your gear gets too hot too:
Your car is spying on you:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2M3VXCR
Tech Talk Weekly Number 144
Episode number 144 – August 31st 2023 – Self driving cars, AI needs real people, speak up about AI, NASA tracks pollution and 25 cities in danger
This week's guest: Andra Mentor from Community Engagement
Links to this week’s stories:
Do you have a self driving car near you?
https://www.axios.com/2023/08/29/cities-testing-self-driving-driverless-taxis-robotaxi-waymo
AI needs real people to train it – how much can you make?
https://restofworld.org/2023/scale-ai-language-training-hiring/
Copyright and AI – give your comments:
https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/29/23851126/us-copyright-office-ai-public-comments
NASA tracks pollution:
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-shares-first-images-from-us-pollution-monitoring-instrument
Worst places to live with climate change:
Creation Station Monthly - August 2023 - Yoga
This month on Creation Station Monthly we feature two about Yoga and how it feels creative.
Guests on this episode:
Val Jennings
http://valjennings.com/
Janis McDavid
https://www.msjanismusic.com
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2M3VXCR
Tech Talk Weekly Number 143
Tech Talk Weekly Number 143
Episode number 143 – August 14th 2023 – Consumer Reports for AI, Caffeine, Space has a great and a bad week
This week's guest: Alison Rials from Friends of Broward County Libraries
Links to this week’s stories:
Ask your tech person which AI is right for you?
https://www.zdnet.com/article/4-things-claude-ai-can-do-that-chatgpt-cant/
Caffeine is not a sleep replacement:
Great Space news – and not so great space news:
Politics on Earth making Space harder:
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/22/world/russia-luna-25-chandrayaan-3-global-space-race-scn/index.html
Russian money woes holding things back
Russian politics holding things back
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2M3VXCR