Steven Cherry Hi this is Steven Cherry for IEEE Spectrum’s podcast, Fixing the Future. Hospitals are where we go to get cured of infections and diseases, but sadly, sometimes tragically, and ironically, they are also places we go to get them. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “On any given day, about one in 31 hospital patients has at least one healthcare-associated infection.” Yet, according to Dr. Lee Harrison, “The current method used by hospitals to find and stop infectious disease transmission among patients is antiquated. These practices haven’t changed significantly in over a …
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 Hi, this is Steven Cherry for _IEEE Spectrum's_ podcast, Fixing the Future. Rare diseases are, well, rare. In two not unrelated ways. By definition, they're diseases that afflict fewer than 200,000 people. But because, in the world of big business, in particular big pharma, that's not enough to bother …
 **Steven Cherry** Hi, this is Steven Cherry for _IEEE Spectrum's_ podcast, Fixing the Future. Like a lot of people, I've been thinking about trading in my car. The case, morally and even financially, for an all-electric car is becoming stronger and stronger. And yet, what about recharging? Can I …
 **Steven Cherry** Hi, this is Steven Cherry for _IEEE Spectrum's_ podcast, Fixing the Future. IBM is a remarkable company, known for many things—the tabulating machines that calculated the 1890 U.S. Census, the mainframe computer, legitimizing the person computer, and developing the software that beat the best in the …
 **Steven Cherry** Hi, this is Steven Cherry for _IEEE Spectrum's_ podcast, Fixing the Future. IBM is a remarkable company, known for many things—the tabulating machines that calculated the 1890 U.S. Census, the mainframe computer, legitimizing the person computer, and developing the software that beat the best in the world …
 Hi and welcome to Fixing the Future, IEEE Spectrum’s podcast series on the technologies that can set us on the right path toward sustainability, meaningful work, and a healthy economy for all. Fixing the Future is sponsored by COMSOL, makers of of [COMSOL Multiphysics simulation software](https://www.comsol.com/comsol-multiphysics). I’m Steven …
 Hi and welcome to Fixing the Future, IEEE Spectrum’s podcast series on the technologies that can set us on the right path toward sustainability, meaningful work, and a healthy economy for all. Fixing the Future is sponsored by COMSOL, makers of of [COMSOL Multiphysics simulation software](https://www.comsol.com/comsol-multiphysics). I’m Steven …
 **Steven Cherry** Hi, this is Steven Cherry for IEEE Spectrum's podcast series, “Fixing the Future." That's the first time you've heard me say that. The most honest and inadvertently funny marketing message I ever saw was at a gas station that was closed for remodeling; it had …
 **Steven Cherry** Hi, this is Steven Cherry for IEEE Spectrum's podcast series, “Fixing the Future." That's the first time you've heard me say that. The most honest and inadvertently funny marketing message I ever saw was at a gas station that was closed for remodeling; it had been …
 **Steven Cherry** Hi, this is Steven Cherry for Radio Spectrum. A recent podcast about a carbon-negative technology startup had a small connection to beer. Today’s podcast also concerns a way to reduce our carbon footprint, and has a small connection to beer. In every other way, the two …
 **Steven Cherry** Hi, this is Steven Cherry for Radio Spectrum. A recent podcast about a carbon-negative technology startup had a small connection to beer. Today’s podcast also concerns a way to reduce our carbon footprint, and has a small connection to beer. In every other way, the two …
 **Steven Cherry** Hi, this is Steven Cherry, for Radio Spectrum. A few months ago, we had on the show an economist who specialized in the energy sector. She noted that while the Trump administration had [put drilling rights](https://www.npr.org/2020/11/16/935527352/trump-administration-rushes- to-sell-oil-rights-in-arctic-national-wildlife-refug) to the Alaska Natural Wildlife Refuge, or ANWAR, up …
 **Steven Cherry** Hi, this is Steven Cherry, for Radio Spectrum. A few months ago, we had on the show an economist who specialized in the energy sector. She noted that while the Trump administration had [put drilling rights](https://www.npr.org/2020/11/16/935527352/trump-administration-rushes- to-sell-oil-rights-in-arctic-national-wildlife-refug) to the Alaska Natural Wildlife Refuge, or ANWAR, up …
 **Steven Cherry** When horses were replaced by engines, for work and transportation, we didn't need to rethink our legal frameworks. So when a fixed-in-place factory machine is replaced by a free-standing AI robot, or when a human truck driver is replaced by autonomous driving software, do we really …
 **Steven Cherry** When horses were replaced by engines, for work and transportation, we didn't need to rethink our legal frameworks. So when a fixed-in-place factory machine is replaced by a free-standing AI robot, or when a human truck driver is replaced by autonomous driving software, do we really …
 Cities are engines of innovation as well as fashion, art, finance, and science, and they have been for every great civilization, whether it’s the cities of China, Egypt, Persia, Greece; the Mayans and the Romans; Venice in the 16th century, or Paris, London, and New York in the …
 Cities are engines of innovation as well as fashion, art, finance, and science, and they have been for every great civilization, whether it’s the cities of China, Egypt, Persia, Greece; the Mayans and the Romans; Venice in the 16th century, or Paris, London, and New York in the …
 **Steven Cherry** Hi this is Steven Cherry for Radio Spectrum. The African nation of Equatorial Guinea is [rich in oil and gas reserves](https://www.eia.gov/international/analysis/country/GNQ), yet poor in most other ways. It has over a billion barrels of proved crude oil and over a trillion cubic feet of proved natural …
 **Steven Cherry** Hi this is Steven Cherry for Radio Spectrum. The African nation of Equatorial Guinea is [rich in oil and gas reserves](https://www.eia.gov/international/analysis/country/GNQ), yet poor in most other ways. It has over a billion barrels of proved crude oil and over a trillion cubic feet of proved natural …
 **Steven Cherry** Hi this is Steven Cherry for Radio Spectrum. The Existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre has an example that he uses to describe what it is to decide to do something … what the process of decision- making is. Or, more precisely, what the process isn’t. He says, …