06/07/2010
Clay Shirky explains how the internet is harnessing a trillion hours of cognitive surplus; Football comes to a rural Kenya via a massive inflatable TV screen; The latest in spying technology.
The collaboratively authored free encyclopaedia Wikipedia has so far consumed around 100 million hours worth of human thought. The tech visionary Clay Shirky, joins Digital Planet to explain how the internet is harnessing a trillion hours of cognitive surplus for the greater good of mankind.
Football has come to a rural part of Kenya with limited electricity and connectivity via a massive inflatable TV screen. Anna Lacey reports on the Kenya Field of Dreams project.
And, in the wake of that alleged Russian spy ring in the United States, Steven Ashley reports on the very latest in spying technology.
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Clay Shirky
The tech visionary, Clay Shirky, explains the benefits of cognitive surplus.
Duration: 09:04
Kenya's Field of Dreams
Anna Lacey reports on the massive TV screen bringing soccer to remote Kenya.
Duration: 06:15
Spy's digital toolkit
Steven Ashley reports on what鈥檚 in the modern spy鈥檚 digital toolkit.
Duration: 05:06
Broadcasts
- Tue 6 Jul 2010 09:32GMT主播大秀 World Service Online
- Tue 6 Jul 2010 14:32GMT主播大秀 World Service Online
- Tue 6 Jul 2010 19:32GMT主播大秀 World Service Online
- Wed 7 Jul 2010 00:32GMT主播大秀 World Service Online
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