Our guest this evening is a genuine Renaissance man. Conor Myhrvold is a senior in the geosciences department at Princeton University. He is also a wildlife photographer, inventor, and javelin thrower. Conor joins us to discuss a couple of research projects he is currently working on—one of which involves heat conduction in elephant hair. (That’s [...]
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Bell Labs is the single most important reason we live in the so-called “digital age.” We sit down with Princeton Professor Sigurd Wagner to learn how the Holmdel, NJ site of Bell Labs came to be abandoned like some forgotten colossus.
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Alfred Miller and Aaron Smargon bring you audio and commentary from the recent speech given on campus by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke. Listen here: WPRB News Bernanke Special 09.27.2010.
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Princeton Professor of Chemical Engineering, Yueh-Lin Loo, joins us to talk about “conducting polymers,” the exciting field of “plastic electronics,” and the new technique she invented that allows scientists to shape plastics into a useful form while maintaining high conductivity. Her breakthrough paves the way for plastics to replace metals in a wide range of electronic devices, including plastic solar panels.
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A conversation with Eden Full, the teenage inventor whose system of “dynamic photovoltaics” could change the way we harness solar energy and make solar power a more viable option in the developing world. Learn about bimetallic strips, the power of bamboo, and the life of an inventor. Listen now! [Audio clip: view full post to [...]
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A conversation with Princeton Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Michael McAlpine, about his invention of piezorubber—the new hybrid smart material that could change the way we power tomorrow’s portable devices and more… Learn how some materials can convert mechanical energy into useful electricity via the piezoelectric effect. Discover how a quartz watch keeps accurate [...]
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This week on Discourse, Professor of Electrical Engineering Andrew Houck ’00 joins us to discuss the latest in quantum computing. Earlier this year, Professor Houck’s work in this exciting new field prompted the editors of Technology Review magazine to include him on their list of the top 35 young innovators for 2009. The TR35, as [...]
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From Discourse, Sunday April 12 at 12:00 pm EST, produced by Nikki Leon and Alfred Miller. In this episode, we take a look at a new technology, “nanoimprint lithography” developed by Princeton University scientist Stephen Chou. We explore how this method of building things on a “nano” scale can be used in a variety of [...]
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Sunday at 12:00 pm EST, join producer Sophie Jin for an interview with Jon Greenwald, Vice President of the International Crisis Group and former director of the U.S. Department of State Office of Counter-Terrorism. Greenwald discusses the state of American involvement in the Middle East and how the Obama administration is shaping perspectives on America [...]
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This Sunday, March 8, The Dispatch turns to the sciences at Princeton University: Alfred Miller speaks with leading synthetic biologist Prof. Ron Weiss on “programming bacteria.” Nikki Leon interviews Dr. Roberta Hotinski, of the Princeton Environmental Institute, about the ways in which scientists are educating business leaders and the greater public about climate change. Discourse [...]
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