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slash UK slash AI for people. Welcome to Science Talk, the weekly podcast of Scientific American

for the seven days starting July 23, 2008 2008. I'm Steve Merski. Something

different this week, I'll take you inside a technology expo. Plus, we'll test your knowledge about

some recent science in the news. Back on June 25th, I attended an event here in New York City

called Digital Experience, which showcased innovations in computers and consumer electronics.

Lots of nifty toys for the gadget freaks out there.

There were dozens of exhibits to check out in only a couple of hours, so I just kind of wandered around until something grabbed my attention.

Using that careful procedure, I wound up recording interviews with five of the folks showing

their high-tech wares.

The place was lousy with journalists because there was free food, so I just wanted you to know

it was a rather challenging audio environment, but everybody's intelligible.

First up, Yuval Koren, he's an MIT grad and the chief product officer and one of the founders of I-Fi.

They make these nifty media cards that can do a lot more than just store your photos.

Yuval, so I don't need to even hook my camera up to a computer anymore to upload photographs.

That's right. The I-Fi card is a wireless memory card for your digital camera.

Plug it into your existing camera if it takes SD cards and set it up to send photos to your PC or Mac

or to any one of our 25 online photo sharing

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