The health tech changing lives in Africa

Tech Life

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4.4 • 221 Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

There's a new testing kit for life-threatening diseases in sub-Saharan Africa. We hear about the technology from the project leader and some of those involved in Uganda and Kenya. Also in Tech Life, we report on lab grown diamonds in India. And posting photos of flooding on social media could help experts predict where it might happen next.

(Photo: Composite image with a globe and medical staff looking at a tablet. Credit: Getty Images)

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0:00.0	On Radio 4, the more you listen, the more you see.
0:04.7	Hello, I'm Brian Cox.
0:05.6	And I'm Robin Ince, and this is The Infinite Monkey Cage.
0:08.3	In this series, we're going to have a planet off.
0:10.8	I feel like Jupiter wins.
0:12.8	And after all of that, we're just going to chill out a bit.
0:15.9	We're talking about your bog standard.
0:17.8	Ice, not the fancy one.
0:20.1	Science with funny bits.
0:21.9	The new series of The Infinite Monkey Cage.
0:24.1	Listen on Radio 4 and BBC Sounds.
0:28.6	Unexpected Elements is the podcast exploring the science behind the headlines.
0:32.9	It's a real melting part.
0:34.1	Yeah, there's certainly a lot happening.
0:36.2	Unexpected elements from the BBC World
0:38.5	Service. Find it wherever you get your BBC podcasts. Hello, I'm Shona McCallum and this is
0:46.5	Tech Life, your guide to the ideas, innovations and people reshaping our world. This week,
0:52.7	the health tech that could help save millions of lives in Africa.
0:55.9	We have a report on lab-grown diamonds in India
0:58.7	and how those might be kinder to our environment.
1:02.0	And we hear from an expert who wants us to post photos of flooding on social media
1:05.8	to help predict where it might happen next.
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