Summary
Sonar and AI have been brought together in a hand-held device that can find humans underwater. We speak to its inventor and an underwater search team leader. Chris Vallance examines voice cloning and has a telephone conversation with artificial intelligence. Shiona McCallum reports on tech protecting crops from climate change in Africa. And Alasdair Keane learns about making magnets.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, you're about to listen to a BBC podcast, so I'd like to tell you where you'll find more just like it. |
| 0:05.6 | I'm Izzy Lee Poulton, an assistant commissioner for BBC Sounds, which means I'm involved in the whole podcast making process. |
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| 0:19.7 | At the BBC, we've got access to storytellers and experts across a huge range of subjects. |
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| 0:28.6 | No podcast or day looks the same here. |
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| 0:37.8 | Hi, I'm Una Chaplin and I'm the host of a new podcast called Hollywood Exiles. It tells |
| 0:44.0 | the story of how my grandfather Charlie Chaplin and many others were caught up in a campaign |
| 0:50.1 | to root out communism in Hollywood. Hollywood Exiles from CBC podcasts and the BBC World Service. |
| 0:58.0 | Find it wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:00.8 | Hello and welcome to Tech Life on the BBC World Service, the program searching for new technology |
| 1:08.4 | that could change your life. |
| 1:14.9 | I'm Shona McCallum and this week we're looking at a piece of tech which could help save lives if people get into difficulties in deep water or if the worst happens it can help |
| 1:20.9 | bring comfort to relatives. Also today our reporter talks to artificial intelligence on the |
| 1:26.9 | telephone. |
| 1:30.9 | I understand you're interested in discussing voice cloning techniques. |
| 1:32.3 | Is that correct? |
| 1:36.5 | Yes, I'm concerned about malicious uses of voice cloning. |
| 1:41.8 | I'll be learning about the technology which is protecting crops from climate change in Africa and how to make an environmentally friendly magnet. |
| 1:45.3 | We hope to attract your attention. Our first story is one that was high up in the news bulletins here in Scotland over the last few weeks |
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