Original version

BBC World Service Online

Click

Digital Planet

Magazines & Reviews

Factual: Science & Nature: Science & Technology

Technological and digital news from around the world.

Digital Planet: 06/04/2010

Factual: Science & Nature

06/04/2010

BBC World Service - Digital Planet, 06/04/2010

Robots that care; Robots past and future; Nubians in Kibera; Tina Shoulders on Fashion 2.0

Maja Matarić demonstrates her robots that care. Steven Hall reflects on developments in robotics; Creating a digital archive of the Nubians in Kibera; The fashion industry embraces social networking

Jon Stewart reports on the desire to humanise Robots.  He visits the laboratory of Maja Matarić at the University of Southern California and is given a demonstration of robots that care.


The Granta magazine writer, Steven Hall, reflects on the past and future developments of robotics.


The documentary photographer, Greg Constantine, reveals the back story to his digital archive of the Nubians who live in the Kibera slum of Nairobi.


Tina Shoulders discusses how the elitist fashion world is waking up to the benefits offered by social networking tools.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Digital Planet

06/04/2010

Genres

Brand

BBC World Service Online

About BBC World Service