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Beyond Infinity

Piers Cunningham

Broadcast every Tuesday at 11am AEDT on Radio Port Phillip 98.7 or 98.3 FM. It’s your weekly dose of science and technology. Including features on cool gadgets, website reviews, the latest science and IT news, not to mention astronomy and space exploration. http://beyondinfinity.com.au/ Special thanks to John Young, Paul Wattie, Steve Meyers, Brendon Telfer and the team at RPPfm.

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00:07:46

Space Bugs That Eat Rock And Metal

Beyond Infinity ·

2019/12/11

Metallosphaera sedula is a single-celled organism and hails from some of the earliest life forms on Earth. Now scientists think this metal-eating extremophile could help extract minerals from space rock or even find signs of life on Mars.

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00:06:03

Preserving Pirated Scientific Papers

Beyond Infinity ·

2019/12/11

Library Genesis and Sci-Huh have evolved into very popular and massive repositories of pirated scientific papers. Now there are moves to formalise and protect the "pirate bays" of science.

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00:08:58

Much Freer Speech On Twitter

Beyond Infinity ·

2019/12/10

Tesla CEO Elon Musk successfully fended off a monster US$190 million defamation lawsuit brought by UK cave diver Vernon Unsworth. In a far-reaching decision, an LA court found that tweets are merely casual conversation and opinions, and should not be taken too seriously.

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00:06:21

Should A Double Murderer Be Forgotten?

Beyond Infinity ·

2019/12/09

After serving a lengthy jail term, a German criminal wants Der Spiegel Online to remove his name from archived references on its website.

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00:07:43

China's All-Pervasive Facial Recognition

Beyond Infinity ·

2019/12/08

When you buy a smart phone in China, your face will be imaged and the biometric data kept by the government.

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00:08:40

Do We Really Have To Use Google Search?

Beyond Infinity ·

2019/12/05

Though Google search, thanks to its sheer size, offers the best search available on the Net, users must accept that it will store their IP addresses and user information. They must also accept tracking, tailored ads and suggestions to use Google products like Maps and YouTube. For most purposes, Duck Duck Go provides an acceptable search alternative, albeit without the tracking.

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00:09:56

Radical 'Flying' Boats Competing For America's Cup In...

Beyond Infinity ·

2019/12/05

'AC 75' hydro foiling monohulls, capable of sailing at over 50 knots from wind power alone, will compete for the Auld Mug in Auckland. But there are concerns over crew safety, susceptibility to capsize and how they'll handle before getting up on to their foils.

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00:07:24

Noise Concerns Dampen Support For Delivery Drones

Beyond Infinity ·

2019/12/02

After concluding a national drone noise review, the Australian Federal Government has come under fire from Google-linked Wing, a delivery drone operator. The Feds want to hand responsibility for drone noise to the states, which may result in an uncertain and inconsistent regulatory environment.

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00:06:38

Suspended Animation For The Critically Injured

Beyond Infinity ·

2019/11/29

Doctors at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have used emergency preservation and resuscitation (EPR) to place critically ill patients in suspended animation. EPR involves lowering body temperature to 10-15C, by replacing all the body's blood with ice cold saline, for up to 2 hours, thereby buying time for life-saving surgery.

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00:06:27

Is The Clock TikTok'ing For Spotify?

Beyond Infinity ·

2019/11/29

A new music streaming service from TikTok's parent company Bytedance could challenge Spotify's market dominance. It aims to capitalise on the massive and growing popularity of TikTok to encourage sharing and virality among music lovers, with emphasis on video and interactivity.

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00:05:35

Sun Cable To Deliver Outback Solar To Singapore

Beyond Infinity ·

2019/11/27

Australian billionaires Mike Cannon-Brookes and Andrew Forrest are lead investors in a project to build an enormous solar power plant near Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory, plus a 4,500 km long interconnector to supply clean energy to SE Asia.

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00:09:12

Suspicionless Device Searches Ruled Illegal

Beyond Infinity ·

2019/11/23

In an important opinion on privacy at borders, US District Court Judge Denise Casper ruled that device searches without probable cause are in violation of the 4th Amendment. She held that people have significant privacy interests in their digital data and that device searches require reasonable suspicion from border officials.

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00:07:17

After 50 years, US Strategic Air Command Retires Its...

Beyond Infinity ·

2019/11/23

The Air Force has completed an upgrade to its Strategic Automated Command and Control System whereby its 1960s era 8-inch floppy disk system was replaced with a solid state digital storage solution. Yet America's ICBMs may wind up being less secure from hackers.

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00:15:20

CSIRO's Data61 Identifies AI As Vital To Australian...

Beyond Infinity ·

2019/11/20

A new report from Australia's peak science and technology agency says artificial intelligence will be vital to the future of healthcare, natural resource management and the built environment. Data61's roadmap says more jobs will be created than lost, with digital technologies potentially worth AUD$315 billion to the local economy by 2030. By the same year, AI could be worth AUD$22.17 trillion to the global economy.

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00:08:59

Australian Government Moves To Block Offshore...

Beyond Infinity ·

2019/11/15

The Australian Communications and Media Authority will block illegal offshore gambling websites. It's part of an effort to counter the growing problem of unscrupulous and unlicensed operators which don't pay up if you win, charge hidden fees and are involved with credit card fraud.

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00:09:34

AI Drones Monitoring Music Festivals

Beyond Infinity ·

2019/11/15

The Eye in the Sky program, a drone surveillance system developed in India and the UK, uses artificial intelligence to provide early warning of violent actions in large crowds. But there are concerns about privacy and abuse of the technology.

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00:08:18

China Limits Time Young People Spend Gaming

Beyond Infinity ·

2019/11/15

Concerned about adverse social effects, the government is introducing strict limits on the amount of time (and money) spent gaming by young people. But just how will it know the age of an online gamer?

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00:08:32

The World's Darkest Skies

Beyond Infinity ·

2019/11/15

The River Murray International Dark Sky Reserve in South Australia is a massive 3000 square kilometres in area and, with some of the darkest skies on the planet, is a star-gazers paradise. Only the 15th location to receive such status, viewers can feast their eyes on the centre of our Milky Way galaxy, which cannot be seen from the Northern Hemisphere.

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00:10:50

How To Really Lose Weight

Beyond Infinity ·

2019/11/11

If you lose 1 kg of body weight, where does it go? Physicist Dr Tony Heyes explains why the amount you eat is far more important to your weight than what you eat. With thanks to Ruben Meerman and Radio National's 'Ockham's Razor'.

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00:17:53

Pixel 4 Reviewed (and found wanting)

Beyond Infinity ·

2019/11/09

John's comprehensive critique of the much-leaked new Pixel smart phone. It has an impressive camera, with great low-light capabilities, but disappoints in other key areas like battery life and the lack of integration of Face Unlock into tap and go payment. He was considering an upgrade from his Pixel 2 but is adamant it won't be to this iteration of Google's device.

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