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Thu September 6, 2012 at 11:00 PM
We're discontinuing the Spark Plus Podcast, but never fear, you can now get bonus Spark content on our regular Spark podcast. Host Nora Young explains the change.
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Wed June 20, 2012 at 11:00 PM
Nora Young speaks with Oliver Carsten, about his research into distracted driving. He's a professor of Transport Safety at the Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds.
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Wed June 20, 2012 at 11:00 PM
Nora Young speaks with Joanne Harbluk from Transport Canada all about the tech explosion in our cars- how we're using that tech and how it affects our driving.
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Tue June 19, 2012 at 11:00 PM
There's no need to flip a coin to see who does the driving on your next road trip, just let the car drive itself! It's closer than you think - automated cars are currently in the works at nearly every major car manufacturer. Clifford Nass talks about the psychological issues that arise when we begin to accept being driven around by our own cars.
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Mon June 11, 2012 at 11:00 PM
Nora Young speaks with Andrew Blum, author of "Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet" all about the physical structure of the internet.
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Thu June 7, 2012 at 11:00 PM
Nora Young speaks with Mills Kelly, a history professor at George Mason University. He teaches a course called "Lying About the Past" where students create a hoax and "turn it loose on the internet."
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Tue June 5, 2012 at 11:00 PM
How about a little Robot sand this summer? You know, the kind that can morph into just about any object it touches? It sounds like something from the Terminator, but it's actually technology that's being developed in Kyle Gilpin's lab at MIT. Gilpin and his post-doc supervisor Daniela Rus have developed robot pebbles that can communicate, self-assemble, and sculpt replicas of the object they surround. Whoa.
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Mon June 4, 2012 at 11:00 PM
Nora Young speaks with Bryan Pearson, CEO of LoyaltyOne, the people behind Air Miles. He's the author of "The Loyalty Leap" which looks at the collection of customer data and the challenges companies face in figuring out how to use that info in ways that are relevant and not creepy.
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Sun June 3, 2012 at 11:00 PM
We've talked a lot about whether or not learning computer programming language is as essential a skill as learning to read or write. A lot of people think so, including Carlos Bueno. He's a Software Engineer at Facebook and the author of "Lauren Ipsum" a book that introduces coding to kids by using metaphor.
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Wed May 30, 2012 at 11:00 PM
Roel Vertegaal is an associate professor of Human Computer Interaction at Queens University and is the director of The Human Media Lab. He designs attentive user interfaces designed to support our ability to focus by reacting accordingly instead of interrupting us.
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