Aleks Krotoski explores when captivates and beguiles and asks if the digital world can measure up to the real one.
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Digital Human - Engagement
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This American Life - 110: Mapping
Five ways of mapping the world. One story about people who make maps the traditional way — by drawing things we can see. And other stories about people who map the world using smell, sound, touch, and taste. The world redrawn by the five senses.
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Sound of Snow and Ice
The Jyväskylä School for the Visually Impaired in Finland has one important aim: discouraging blind children from relying on high tech and expensive navigational aids. Find out how they help.
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Red Mondays and Gemstone Jalapeños: The Synesthetic World
"Synesthesia is the blending or mixing of senses. A synesthete, for example, might see colors when listening to music or taste flavors when hearing a word. Dr. David Eagleman of Baylor College of Medicine explains this strange condition, and four synesthetes explain how they perceive the world."
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