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Marketplace Tech for Thursday, January 22, 2015

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Airing on Thursday, January 22, 2015: First up on today’s show, we’ll talk with Forrester analyst Frank Gillett about trying out Microsoft’s HoloLens headset. Plus, we’ll talk to Mike Panetta, Partner at the social media strategy firm Beekeper Group, about how the White House is using YouTube to reach out to younger voters. And 2015 marks the year that Back to the Future Part II promised us everything from hover boards to bar code license plates. But which predictions have proven true? What about sleep inducing technology? We talk to Sarah Lisanby, Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University, about using technology to induce sleep.

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Technology can't make you fall asleep

by Molly Wood Jan 22, 2015
... but it might help you sleep better.

Pipeline spill exposes a fracking cost

by Molly Wood Jan 22, 2015
Wastewater spill is a huge reminder that fracking generates contaminated water.

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