Is your phone watching you? Can texting make you smarter? Are your kids real? Note to Self explores these and other essential quandaries facing anyone trying to preserve their humanity in the digital age. WNYC Studios is a listener-supported producer of other leading podcasts, including Radiolab, Death, Sex & Money, Snap Judgment, Here’s the Thing with Alec Baldwin, Nancy and many others. © WNYC Studios
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 4 days 4 hours 25 minutes
episode 55: Mutated Code and the Amish Algorithm
Two groups of people that shy away from many technologies — Amish and Mennonites — are actually on the cutting edge when it comes to genetics.
episode 53: NYC Tech: Who’s Your Daddy?
Mayor Bloomberg likes to take credit for transforming New York City into the second biggest technology economy in the country. Does he deserve it?
episode 52: Phones + Mischief: From Muggers to Dennis Crowley
This week New Tech City takes you into the bodegas, laundromats and back alleys of New York's black market for stolen cell phones.
episode 51: A Google Map of Our Brains: The Next Chapter in Neuroscience
Scientists in New York City are at the center of President Obama's brain research initiative, a $100 million effort to better understand the inner workings of the human noggin.
episode 50: Real Estate, Rackets, Risk: When Rules Get Rewritten
When it comes to finding just the right sized office space, New York City's tech companies are turning to subleases because they are not ready to sign five to 10 year leases favored by the city's landlords.
episode 49: Know Thy @Neighbor: The End of Urban Anonymity and Rural Solitude
Simple experiences, like borrowing a ladder from a neighbor or just taking a long solitary hike, are being altered by tech.
episode 48: Grossology, Tolerant Taxis + Smart Bikes
Experiments in the life sciences, taxi technology and bike sharing are helping regular people do DIY scientific research and transform the way they get around.
episode 47: Computerized Confessions: Biographies and Wedding Toasts in the Digital Age
Biographers have relied on handwritten letters for centuries, but more and more, they're using emails, texts and online chats to tell the story of a person's life.
episode 46: Your So-Called Future Life: Homes and To-Do Lists Get 'Smart'
In the smart home of the future, your milk jug will tell you when your milk has gone sour, your plants will text you when they need watering and with solar panels on your roof, you may not even need to be connected to the power grid.