Hacking Device, Designer Seaweed, Accent Exposure
Curiosity Weekly
Warner Bros. Discovery
4.6 • 963 Ratings
🗓️ 2 November 2022
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
We discuss the latest in phone hacking technology, how aquaculture may be able to help the global food crisis, and how engaging with people who speak in a foreign accent may help us retain language.
Hacking Device
- “Hacking device can secretly swipe and tap your smartphone screen” by Jeremy Hsu
- “‘Invisible finger’ demo hacks the touchscreen” by Billy Hurley
Designer Seaweed
- “New aquaculture technology can help ease the global food crisis” by Tel-Aviv University
- “Enriched seaweed may be a key element in the fight against world hunger, experts flag” by William Bradford Nichols
Accent Exposure
- Exposure to accents helps children learn words by University of Freiburg
- “Why do some accents sound better than others?” By Gerry Howley
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, you're about to get smarter in just a few minutes with Curiosity Daily from Discovery. |
| 0:08.0 | Time flies when you're learning super cool stuff. |
| 0:11.0 | I'm Nate. |
| 0:12.0 | And I'm Callie. If you're dropping it for the first time |
| 0:14.2 | welcome to curiosity where we aim to blow your mind by helping you to grow your mind. |
| 0:18.1 | If you're a loyal listener, welcome back. Today we are going to talk about the |
| 0:22.1 | latest in phone hacking technology, how aquaculture |
| 0:25.6 | may be able to help the global food crisis, and how engaging with people who speak in a foreign |
| 0:31.0 | accent may help us retain language. |
| 0:34.0 | Without further ado, let's satisfy some curiosity. |
| 0:37.0 | Nate, have you ever had somebody break into your phone? |
| 0:40.0 | My phone's never been hacked that I know of, and I'm really careful about not letting it out of my site. |
| 0:45.3 | Well, keeping it within sight might not be enough. |
| 0:48.1 | Two separate groups of researchers recently showed that it is possible to use electromagnetic signals to break into |
| 0:54.4 | your phone and swipe on your screen from up to three centimeters away. With access to the |
| 0:59.4 | screen they could download viruses and even send money to themselves from your account |
| 1:03.8 | all without ever actually laying a finger on your phone. |
| 1:06.5 | What? Okay, how does that even happen? |
| 1:09.5 | So both groups, one from the University of Florida and the other from a university in China, |
| 1:14.2 | created shockingly simple and similar devices, small machines with an antenna for sending |
| 1:19.6 | electromagnetic signals and a phone locator to help determine your phone's position. |
| 1:24.0 | When you use your phone normally, you create a disturbance in the phone's electromagnetic field. |
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