The following audio selections aired on Columbia, Missouri’s NPR affiliate KBIA or Discovery News Tech’s Podcast
Audio Postcard: Rock Bridge Memorial State Park in Columbia, Missouri is home to one of the Cave State’s crown jewels: the Devil’s Icebox. Around 200 brave souls climb into canoes, dodge bats, crawl through tight passages, and wade in frigid chest-deep water each year to experience the cave’s natural beauty. KBIA’s Brian Pellot followed tour guide Kathy Christensen on a 10-hour voyage into the heart of Devil’s Icebox. KBIA: October, 2009. (4:30)
Podcast: Crowdsourcing—the act of outsourcing microtasks to anonymous Internet users—is revitalizing some of the world’s most impoverished communities. Discovery News Tech: January, 2010. (5:39)
Podcast: Tweeting in church. Facebooking in class. Texting in a public restroom. All of these activities are possible with a SmartPhone, but are they socially appropriate? What are the rules of SmartPhone etiquette? Discovery News Tech: January, 2010. (6:01)
