Technology developed for war has been turned to the saving of lives. Engineers have converted uncrewed military aircraft into robotic carrier pigeons to ferry medical samples or even snake antivenom from remote regions to labs for testing.
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Health Check: Chronic Daily Headache
Flora reported on CDH for Health Check, and her interview with Dr Peter Goadsby was used for a Factfile segment on the same programme.
Headaches are common, but if someone’s symptoms persist for more than fifteen days a month, then they are said to be suffering from a condition called chronic daily headache.
Melanie Carpigo has headaches almost all the time ever since she had a benign tumour removed from the base of her brain five years ago.
She has to take so many painkillers that when she became pregnant there was a risk that her baby might be born with a dependency on drugs.
Luckily the baby was fine, but the headaches are still going on.
She talks to Flora Graham about living with chronic daily headaches.
Material World: Captive Breeding
Flora researched and edited this pre-recorded, as-live segment for the Radio 4 programme Material World.
Factfile: Kidney Dialysis
Flora produced and co-presented this short segment for the World Service programme Health Check.
Science in Action: Primate extinction & Galaxy hunters reveal the human mind
Flora produced the segment on the unexpected psychology discoveries of a team of galaxy-hunting astronomers for the World Service programme Science in Action. She also edited the segment on primate extinction.
Artificial retina brings curvature to cameras
Even images from the most expensive cameras don’t yet rival the view of the world we get from our own eyes. The secret lies in the curved retina at the back of the eyeball – and now there is an artificial equivalent.
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Science in the Making
Flora could be heard pontificating on Science in the Making, a Radio 4 programme about the craft of science, featuring Stephen Webster from Imperial College London.
GPS gadgets can reveal more than your location
We know GPS gadgets can tell where you are. But researchers at Microsoft are developing ways for them to know what you are doing too — even down to which mode of transport you use to get to work.
New Scientist Technology Blog: Boost for social networking goldrush
The big-money investments in social networking sites like Facebook are based on the notion that it will be possible to spin users’ networks of friends into gold. But as a Google co-founder admitted today, no one has yet perfected it.
Shooting clouds with lasers triggers electrical discharge
In a step towards gaining the God-like ability to call down lightning bolts on a whim, researchers used an ultra-high-power laser to trigger electrical activity in storm clouds over New Mexico, US.