
Digital Planet
BBC World Service
Kategorier: Teknologi
Lyssna på det sista avsnittet:
A Nigerian project called Looty is seeking to take back African art in digital form. Members go into museums, take LiDAR scans using their phones, and recreate these African artworks as non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The first piece is one of the Benin Bronzes from the British Museum. Different artistic reimaginations of this ancient artwork are now being sold as NFTs, with parts of the proceeds going to emerging Nigerian artists. Gareth speaks to Looty’s founder Chidi about the idea, and blockchain expert Anne Kaluvu comments on the project. The innovative vision of Amazonia 4.0 The Amazon rainforest is being destroyed at an alarming rate. Could there be another way? The project Amazonia 4.0 is envisioning harnessing the rainforest’s inherent biodiversity through a sustainable bioeconomy. Professor Carlos Nobre explains how, with the help of drones, fibre optic cables and other technologies, this vision may become a reality. The common fruit fly’s digital twin One of the most ubiquitously used and best understood organisms in science is the common fruit fly. Many important developments in medicine and biology stem from research on this tiny insect. Now Professor Pavan Ramdya and his team have developed a complete simulated model of the fruit fly, a so-called digital twin. This model can be used by researchers to conduct experiments digitally, which may help speed up research and solve unanswered questions. The programme is presented by Gareth Mitchell with expert commentary from Angelica Mari. Studio Manager: Duncan Hannant Producers: Hannah Fisher and Florian Bohr (Photo: A man uses Sony's 3D Creator scanning to create a three-dimensional image Credit: PAU BARRENA/AFP via Getty Images)
Tidigare avsnitt
-
347 - Reclaiming African art in digital form Wed, 18 May 2022
-
346 - North Korean digital control Tue, 10 May 2022
-
345 - Electric road trip on Jersey Tue, 03 May 2022
-
344 - Can we predict Twitter’s future? Tue, 26 Apr 2022
-
343 - Audio beats - the new digital drugs? Tue, 19 Apr 2022
-
342 - Africa’s first cyber-security declaration Tue, 12 Apr 2022
-
341 - Robot boat to survey Tonga volcano Tue, 05 Apr 2022
-
340 - Facial recognition identifies dead Russian soldiers Tue, 29 Mar 2022
-
339 - Splinternet Risks Tue, 22 Mar 2022
-
338 - Calls for facial recognition tech ban on Brazilian metro Tue, 15 Mar 2022
-
337 - Tracking Russian disinformation and propaganda sites Tue, 08 Mar 2022
-
336 - Ukraine’s massive global tech presence Tue, 01 Mar 2022
-
335 - The bionic eye that’s obsolete Tue, 22 Feb 2022
-
334 - India to launch digital rupee Tue, 15 Feb 2022
-
333 - Tonga internet satellite kit deployed Tue, 08 Feb 2022
-
332 - First-ever unassisted robotic surgery Tue, 01 Feb 2022
-
331 - Internet connectivity still patchy in Tonga Tue, 25 Jan 2022
-
330 - Twitter returns to Nigeria Tue, 18 Jan 2022
-
329 - Robots under the Thwaites Glacier Wed, 12 Jan 2022
-
328 - Afrofuturism and tech innovation Tue, 04 Jan 2022
-
327 - A tech review of 2021 Tue, 28 Dec 2021
-
326 - The Internet Archive is 25! Tue, 21 Dec 2021
-
325 - Brazil: where is all the COVID data? Tue, 14 Dec 2021
-
324 - Mobile phones not always beneficial to displaced people Tue, 07 Dec 2021
-
323 - PIX instant payment limits to reduce kidnappings Tue, 30 Nov 2021
-
322 - Smart speakers used in gaslighting Tue, 23 Nov 2021
-
321 - Distress of TikTok fake school accounts Tue, 16 Nov 2021
-
320 - Blockchain’s e-waste a growing problem Tue, 09 Nov 2021
-
319 - How green is our data? Tue, 02 Nov 2021
-
318 - Online Safety Laws Tue, 26 Oct 2021
-
317 - Women's safety online Tue, 19 Oct 2021
-
316 - Economic cost of the digital gender gap Tue, 12 Oct 2021
-
315 - Census goes digital in India Tue, 05 Oct 2021
-
314 - Spyware threatening independent media Tue, 28 Sep 2021
-
313 - Can AI predict Arctic ice loss? Tue, 21 Sep 2021
-
312 - Tech on the island of Jersey Tue, 14 Sep 2021
-
311 - The Children’s Code protecting kids online Tue, 07 Sep 2021
-
310 - Digital us Tue, 31 Aug 2021
-
309 - Why the Taliban love social media Tue, 24 Aug 2021
-
308 - Uganda, too much surveillance? Tue, 17 Aug 2021
-
307 - Brazil’s Data Protection Law comes into force Tue, 10 Aug 2021
-
306 - How Jersey is leading tech development Tue, 03 Aug 2021
-
305 - IoT saves driver after kidnapping in Mexico Tue, 27 Jul 2021
-
304 - Internet shutdowns in Latin America Tue, 20 Jul 2021
-
303 - Fighting for the right to repair Tue, 13 Jul 2021
-
302 - Big tech platforms to protect women online Tue, 06 Jul 2021
-
301 - YouTube’s rules silencing human rights activists Tue, 29 Jun 2021
-
300 - Bias in AI – what next? Tue, 22 Jun 2021
-
299 - Bitcoin’s environmental cost Tue, 15 Jun 2021
-
298 - NFT? That’ll do nicely Tue, 08 Jun 2021