Segments From This Episode

• What’s the point of a drone debate if the FBI already uses them?

  by Molly Wood

  FBI Director Robert Mueller says the FBI uses drones domestically, though rarely. He is calling for more discussion on drone use, while the FBI proceeds.

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• Is Verizon to blame for slow Netflix service?

  by Molly Wood

  People who get their Internet from Verizon have reported having trouble with Netflix. It has to do with something called 'peering' — and it seems Verizon hasn't been to friendly to its peers of late.

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• Avatar therapy aims to aid patients with schizophrenia

  by Molly Wood

  A psychiatrist in England is using digital avatars — almost like characters in a video game — to help people with schizophrenia put a face to the voices in their heads.

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• How your cellphone could create an emergency telecom network

  by Molly Wood

  One of the hardest things to do in the wake of a disaster is communicate. Now researchers in Boston have a plan to address that with something called an ad-hoc network.

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