World Wise Web Podcast
Teenagers from around the world talk to technology pioneers who have shaped their lives.
Teenagers from the around the world talk to the technology pioneers who have shaped their lives. Each episode is introduced by seventeen year old Anna Zanelli, a budding designer from London. Young people get the chance to ask leading innovators the questions they want answered. We find out about the inspiration behind some of the most important digital inventions, what their creators needed to do to make them a reality, and hear words of wisdom from brilliant minds.
Episodes to download
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Nasa鈥檚 Curiosity rover parachute
Sat 28 Mar 2020
The supersonic parachute which helped land Nasa鈥檚 Curiosity rover on Mars in 2012
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The mobile phone
Sat 29 Feb 2020
In 1973, Marty Cooper made the first public mobile phone call using his new cell phone
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Internet networks
Sat 22 Feb 2020
A teenager from the Philippines talks to "the mother of the internet"
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Lithium ion battery
Sat 25 Jan 2020
How Professor John Goodenough's lithium ion battery kick-started the wireless revolution
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Socially assistive robots
Sat 18 Jan 2020
Robots that care - making technology that is a force for good
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The preview
Christmas Eve 2019
Who are the people designing our digital world? And how do they come up with their ideas?