Robots in Today's World | The Kojo Nnamdi Show

WAMU 88.5
  • Favorited 0 times
  • 0 comments

Robots in Today's World

Listen Tuesday, Sep. 26, 2006 at 12:06 p.m. in Economy, Science, Tech Tuesday, Technology
Guest host: Corey Flintoff

Do you think of robots as helpful or scary? We look at the latest advances in robotics, and why Americans and Japanese appear to have such different cultural attitudes toward robots.

Order a order a CD CD or order a transcript TRANSCRIPT of this program.

Guests

Timothy Hornyak

freelance journalist based in Tokyo; and author of "Loving the Machine: The Art and Science of Japanese Robots" (Kodansha International)

Daniel H. Wilson

Contributing Editor, Popular Mechanics; Author, "How to Survive a Robot Uprising" (Bloomsbury)

Kenneth Berry

Assistant Professor of Technology Education at California State University; Founder, RoboEducators; and Columnist, Robot Magazine

Related links

Related items

Comments

Search

Find Past Shows

Today <<    <  
 
loading...
S M T W T F S
 
1
 
2
 
3
 
4
 
5
 
 
 
 
 
8
 
9
 
10
 
11
 
12
 
 
 
 
 
15
 
16
 
17
 
18
 
19
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Related NPR Stories

© WAMU 88.5 American University Radio | 4000 Brandywine Street NW | Washington, DC 20016-8082 | (202) 885-1200 | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy

WAMU 88.5

The Kojo Nnamdi Show is produced by member-supported WAMU 88.5 in Washington, DC.