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Click: A Route 66 of the future - Episode 5114
In part 5 of Click’s series, A Route 66 of the future, Gareth Mitchell explores how mapping and mining of data has enriched the lives of tourists.
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25 Jun 2013
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Click: A Route 66 of the future - Episode 4114
In part four of Click: A Route 66 of the future, Gareth Mitchell explores how technology might help to identify the worse problems of traffic congestion.
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13 Jun 2013
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Click: A Route 66 of the future - Episode 3114
In the third part of Click: A Route 66 of the future, Gary Duffy asks how do you move such a huge population around and ensure relatively pain-free travel?
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07 Jun 2013
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Click: A Route 66 of the future - Episode 2114
In the second part of Click: A Route 66 of the future, Gareth Mitchel investigates our desire to switch to auto-pilot.
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10 May 2013
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Click: A Route 66 of the future - Episode 1114
In this episode, Click unlocks the grid and investigates whether our roads and highways really can become intelligent.
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26 Apr 2013
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OU on the BBC: Click - A Route 66 of the future114
In a series of programmes, The Open University and Click road test some of the new technologies that aim to improve our lives.
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17 Apr 2013
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David Sky under CC-BY-NC-SA licence under Creative-Commons license
OU on the BBC: Click - Openness and diversity114
Does a personalised web make the internet less vibrant and, ultimately, less useful?
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21 Jun 2011
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Divine Harvester under CC-BY-NC-SA licence under Creative-Commons license
OU on the BBC: Click - Openness in a digital age114
The Open University and Digital Planet come together for a series of programmes exploring what we mean by open - and what open means.
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19 Apr 2011
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Copyright: Igor Aronov | Dreamstime.com
OU on the BBC: Click - Openness and privacy114
In a rush to openness, have we abandoned our privacy? The programme that was once Digital Planet investigates...
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19 Apr 2011
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luca.sartoni under CC-BY-SA licence under Creative-Commons license
OU on the BBC: Digital Planet - Openness and creativity114
In a special edition from SXSW, a panel debates whether openness is killing creativity.
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15 Mar 2011
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hexmar under CC-BY-NC-SA licence under Creative-Commons license
OU on the BBC: Digital Planet - Ownership and openness114
What does it really mean to own digital content and devices?
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22 Feb 2011
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campuspartybrasil under CC-BY-SA licence under Creative-Commons license
Campus Party Brasil 2011: The interviews114
Digital Planet went to the 2011 Campus Party Brasil, and took the chance to listen to some provocative thinkers and their views on openness.
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08 Feb 2011
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Martin_Heigan under CC-BY-NC-ND licence under Creative-Commons license
OU on the BBC: Digital Planet - What does openness mean?114
Openness sounds like a great thing - but what do we mean by openness? And when the digital world is open, do some people get bitten?
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01 Feb 2011
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OU on the BBC: Digital Planet: BBC World Service - Open source in South Africa114
The World Service team visit Cape Town for a special edition discovering how technology is changing African lives.
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07 Jun 2010
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OU on the BBC: Digital Planet: BBC World Service - Education114
Digital Planet explores how technology is changing education.
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09 Feb 2010
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TerriOSullivan via Flickr under Creative-Commons license
OU on the BBC: Digital Planet: BBC World Service - IT challenges in Ethiopia114
Alex Little explains why viruses and infrastructure are a bigger problem than shortage of PCs: IT challenges in Ethiopia. [Image: Terri O'Sullivan/CC]
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09 Feb 2010
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DIY animation114
The 15th September 2009 edition of Digital Planet looked at Kenya's growing animation industry. Here we explain how you can try your hand at animation from the comfort of your computer.
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16 Sep 2009
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Copyright: MattCrypto via Wikimedia
The Codebreakers of Bletchley Park114
An unassuming building in what is now Milton Keynes played a pivotal role in the Second World War - and the development of computing.
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26 May 2009
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Copyright: Nixdorf via Wikimedia
Chiptunes114
It's not just the computer industry that took inspiration from the code-breaking machine Colossus. The BBC/OU series Digital Planet discovers a unique fusion of retro gaming and music
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26 May 2009
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Colossus114
At the heart of the code-breaking effort during WWII was an incredible piece of engineering - Colossus - the world's first programmable computing device.
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26 May 2009

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