
Digital Planet
BBC World Service
Categories: Technology
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Could 3D-printing be serving us up a tasty food revolution, or is it the ultimate in gimmicky processed foods taking us yet further away from natural eating? In the kitchen, a 3D-printer builds up customised tasty treats like exotic cheesecakes, layer by layer, using edible pastes, gels and liquids. The results look delicious, and delicate, and can be tweaked to suit the individual’s specific nutritional needs. The latest possibilities are one of the main courses in the latest issue of npj Science of Food. One of the article’s authors is Dr Jonathan Blutinger worked at the Creative Machines Lab at Columbia University in New York where the research was carried out. Jimmy Wales on AI and its impact on Wikipedia In our second interview with Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales, Gareth asks about the balkanisation of the internet and how ChatGPT and other AI tech could impact Wikipedia. Bollywood and the multiverse India is now officially the most populated country in the world and everything there is measured in huge numbers. Take film, for example. With nearly two thousand films made each year in over 20 regional languages, India produces the most films worldwide. And Bollywood is just a part of it. This year marks 110 years since the first Indian feature movie was made - ‘Raja Harishchandra’, a silent movie by legendary Dadasaheb Phalke. Since then Indian film has come a long way, winning an Oscar in two categories at the Academy Awards this year. Our reporter Snezana Curcic recently went to Mumbai, the city where it all started. She’s explored how digitalisation has disrupted and affected the industry and Indian film audiences in recent years. Pod EXTRA: A make-up applying app for the visually impaired How would you feel about applying make-up for a date or an important meeting without the aid of a mirror? Well, if you're blind or visually impaired, that's effectively a situation you might find yourself in on a regular basis. But now it seems help could be at hand. A new app called the Voice Enabled Makeup Assistant has been developed by the International cosmetics company Estee Lauder. So will it help if you're a blind dater, or is it all just lip service. Our reporter, Fern Lulham takes up the story. The programme is presented by Gareth Mitchell with expert commentary from Ghislaine Boddington. Studio Manager: Giles Aspen Producer: Ania Lichtarowicz (Image: 3D-printed cheesecake using edible food inks, including peanut butter, Nutella, and strawberry. Credit: Jonathan Blutinger/Columbia Engineering)
Previous episodes
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391 - 3D printed food – what’s cooking? Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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390 - Jimmy Wales on bots and blockages Tue, 14 Mar 2023
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389 - Digital identity: Where are we now? Tue, 07 Mar 2023
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388 - Ukraine’s drone spotting app Tue, 28 Feb 2023
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387 - Data in disaster zones Tue, 21 Feb 2023
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386 - Internet shutdowns around the world Tue, 14 Feb 2023
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385 - What’s the future of bots on Twitter? Tue, 07 Feb 2023
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384 - A smart glove to save babies Tue, 31 Jan 2023
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383 - What happens when the Bitcoin miners leave? Tue, 24 Jan 2023
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382 - Self-driving cars could be a massive source of global carbon emissions Tue, 17 Jan 2023
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381 - Getting online in Ukraine’s blackouts Tue, 10 Jan 2023
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380 - Agritech Special Edition Tue, 03 Jan 2023
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379 - The Tech of 2022 Tue, 27 Dec 2022
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378 - Eight million SIMs blocked in Ghana Tue, 20 Dec 2022
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377 - Shopee in Thailand – is it safe? Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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376 - Predicting cyclones with mobiles Tue, 06 Dec 2022
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375 - Robots that can assemble almost anything. Thu, 01 Dec 2022
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374 - Twitter – what next? Tue, 22 Nov 2022
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373 - The Open Internet for Africa Tue, 15 Nov 2022
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372 - Controlling protesters in Iran via phones Tue, 08 Nov 2022
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371 - The Twitter takeover Tue, 01 Nov 2022
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370 - Chip exports and US-China relations Tue, 25 Oct 2022
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369 - 5bn mobile phones to become waste in 2022 Tue, 18 Oct 2022
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368 - Internet under attack in Ukraine Tue, 11 Oct 2022
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367 - Pandemic pushes women online Tue, 04 Oct 2022
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366 - Tiny robots cure mice with deadly pneumonia Tue, 27 Sep 2022
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365 - Gamification – does making things fun work? Tue, 20 Sep 2022
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364 - Community Networks: Connecting the unconnected Tue, 13 Sep 2022
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363 - Happy birthday Digital Planet! Tue, 06 Sep 2022
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362 - Inoculation videos against misinformation Tue, 30 Aug 2022
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361 - India’s cyber scam scourge Tue, 23 Aug 2022
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360 - Misinformation on the midterms on social media Tue, 16 Aug 2022
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359 - How Nancy Pelosi’s flight was tracked Tue, 09 Aug 2022
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358 - Is disability tech delivering? Tue, 02 Aug 2022
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357 - Grassroots data – holding the powerful to account Tue, 26 Jul 2022
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356 - Self-driving cars on the horizon? Tue, 19 Jul 2022
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355 - Are internet shutdowns evolving? Tue, 12 Jul 2022
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354 - Deepfake calls to European mayors? Tue, 05 Jul 2022
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353 - What’s the deal with the metaverse? Tue, 28 Jun 2022
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352 - Japan tackles online insults Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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351 - Archiving music in glass Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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350 - Community Networks: Connecting the unconnected Tue, 07 Jun 2022
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349 - Data-driven football Tue, 31 May 2022
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348 - Detecting earthquakes with seafloor internet cables Tue, 24 May 2022
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347 - Reclaiming African art in digital form Wed, 18 May 2022
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346 - North Korean digital control Tue, 10 May 2022
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345 - Electric road trip on Jersey Tue, 03 May 2022
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344 - Can we predict Twitter’s future? Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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343 - Audio beats - the new digital drugs? Tue, 19 Apr 2022
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342 - Africa’s first cyber-security declaration Tue, 12 Apr 2022