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26/04/2011

Researchers have shown how your smartphone tracks and stores your movements. An intelligent robot in Finland sorts out the waste. Laurie Anderson criticises the compression of mp3.

Click hears from the researcher who's accessed the data that his iPhone has recorded about his movements over the last few months. Even though this information is buried deep in the iPhone's memory, it's easy to access and share.

Gareth Mitchell talks to Jaako Sarela of Zen Robotics about a machine that has learnt how to scour piles of waste in search of valuable materials that could be recycled. The Finnish company has put together the best technology at its disposal to create an industrial robot that uses vision and other senses even including touch, to sort the useful from the useless.

The performance artist, Laurie Anderson has re-jigged a violin so it triggers audio samples when the bow touches the strings. She's taken a table that transmits music to your ears through your arms. Ahead of her show Delusion which comes to the Brighton Festival in southern England next month, Anderson talks to Colin Grant about adopting and adapting cutting-edge technology in her art

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18 minutes

Last on

Sun 1 May 2011 04:32GMT

Chapters

  • iPhone Tracking

    Alasdair Allan reveals how your smartphone tracks and stores your movements

    Duration: 04:42

  • Zen Robotics

    Jaako Sarela discusses the robot that uses vision and other senses to recycle waste

    Duration: 05:25

  • Laurie Anderson’s Delusion

    Laurie Anderson talks to Colin Grant about adopting cutting-edge technology in her art

    Duration: 06:22

Broadcasts

  • Tue 26 Apr 2011 18:32GMT
  • Wed 27 Apr 2011 03:32GMT
  • Wed 27 Apr 2011 10:32GMT
  • Wed 27 Apr 2011 15:32GMT
  • Sat 30 Apr 2011 10:32GMT
  • Sun 1 May 2011 04:32GMT

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