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What is small data?
Our unique digital traces, or small data, are being collected and analyzed constantly by search engines and social media. What can we learn about our health through this data? Deborah Estrin, co-founder of the startup Open mHealth, joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss this trend.
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In episode 18, computing takes a quantum leap and kids learn to code.
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In episode 17, scientists try to capture the moon and our cities get re-programmed.
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In episode 16, makers meet the web and St. Louis sewers get an upgrade.
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In episode 15, Jane Goodall opens up and a robotics company goes (back) to the moon.
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In episode 12, Google goes to space and a company disrupts the shipping industry.
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Detroit fights blight with innovation and one young girl has her sights on Mars.
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In episode 10, we deconstruct Einstein and travel to the cutting edge of virtual reality.
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In episode nine, we swim with a snot otter and robotics get wild.
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In episode eight, furniture gets kinetic and the future of the universe is revealed.
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In this episode, trash is turned into gas in space and devices go digital.
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In episode six, cars go driverless and we look at one of the oldest societies on earth.
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In episode 5, technology becomes wearable and we find out what matter is made of.