The University of Wisconsin’s Field Day Lab attempts to merge creative storytelling, software design, and educational research into simple accessible tools that facilitate learning. One of their latest products, an online, open source platform for citizen science experiments, is called “Siftr,” and it might just be the next big thing on the internet. David Gagnon, […]
Madison365: Building diversity in Madison technology startups
Madison365 editor-in-chief David Dahmer reported on the burgeoning technology business sector in the city, introducing entrepreneurs who are seeking to challenge its lack of diversity. In this interview, he discussed their work to change Madison’s tech scene.
The Ethics and Ethos of a Genetically Observant Society
Monday Buzz producer and engineer Harry Gilbert recently spoke with Dewey-Hagborg about her work and the societal, bioethical, and policy concerns it brings up.
Breakthrough Listen to Accelerate Search for Alien Life
When Russian billionaire Yuri Milner announced the ten-year, $100 million Breakthrough Listen initiative, some referred to it as the largest and most comprehensive step towards discovering extraterrestrial intelligence in human history. The unprecedented level of funding will give scientists thousands of hours of use on two major radio telescopes, which were previously devoted to the […]
Mapping Your World
For all the budding or practicing cartographers out there — Raushana Mead and Katie Kowalsky talk about their free workshop at the Central Library, MapTime Madison.
The Internet of Things
Sandee Seiberlich from UW Madison’s Department of Information Technology (DoIT) joins Buzz host Jonathan Zarov to talk tech.