Simon Cox is at the helm as the programme which explores the latest developments and issues in the world of IT returns for a fourth series.
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23 March 2009
Whether you've embraced technology willingly, or you’re slowly learning the delights of the digital world, this series will have something for you. Simon Cox finds out how modern technology touches our lives.
Maker Faire Simon is in Newcastle for the UK's first Maker Faire - celebrating the spirit of digital DIY. He meets stall holders whose inventions include a gadget to turn TVs off in public places, a machine which blows bubbles whenever its name is mentioned on Twitter, and a device which monitors the electricity consumption of individual devices in the home.
Green IT Simon is joined in studio by Tom Standage from The Economist and James Murray from news website BusinessGreen, to discuss what can be done to reduce the IT industry's carbon footprint, and to ask whether expertise from the digital world could be what's needed to kick start a revolution in clean technology.
Open source in the real world Back at the Maker Faire, Simon meets Vinay Gupta, who has used the principles behind open source software - of collaboration and sharing - to create something physical: a foldable building which he hopes could be useful for disaster relief and refugee housing. And Simon asks whether open source ideals will become more common as a way to find answers to real world problems.
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